Which of the following represents the foreign investment in
India during 1998-99 (approximately in billion dollars)?
1 1.06
2 2.02
3 3.04
4 3.78
Which country is not a membr of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)? 1 Myanmar 2 Sri Lanka 3 Bhutan 4 Maldives
11 Answers Appco, DRDO, IBM, Naval Academy, University of Karachi,
Aurangzeb sentenced to death the Sikh Guru: (a) Arjun Dev (b) Hargovind Singh (c) Teg Bahdur (d) Govind Singh
The Aryans came to India from outside and first settled in the: (a) Samatata (b) Pragjyotisha (c) Punjab (d) Panchala
Pick the odd man out. (A) Yahoo (B) Excite (C) Hotmail (D) World Wide Web
Mula is the hybrid of 1 Male horse and mare 2 Female horse and female donkey 3 Male horse and female zebra 4 Female horse and male zebra
The tree whose bark yields quinine used against malaria and bacterial infections is 1 Mangifera 2 Citrus 3 Cinchona 4 Ficus
Which of the following is not correctly matched ? a) Galena : Lead Sulphide b) Green Vitriol: Copper Sulphate c) Plaster of Paris: Calcium Sulphate d) Calomel : Mercurous chloride
Which one of the following statements concerning powers of the President of wrong? (a) No Bill can become a law unless the President puts his signature over it (b) The President has the power to dissolve the Council of States (c) The President nominates 12 members to the Council of States and two Anglo-Indian members to the House of People (d) He declares war and concludes treaties or makes peace, subject to the provisions of the Constitution
. Which one of the following statements regarding ‘Exit Poll’ is correct? (a) ‘Exit Poll’ is a term used to denote a post-election survey of voters regarding the candidate in whose favour they had exercised their franchise (b) ‘Exit Poll’ and ‘Opinion Poll’ are one and the same (c) ‘Exit Poll’ is a device through which results of voting can be most exactly predicted (d) ‘Exit Poll, is an administrative device made recently by the Chief Election Commissioner to prevent impersonation
Winds that affect weather on a small scale are known as: (a) Local winds (b) seasonal winds (c) prevailing winds
Ratnappa Kumbhar, who died in December ?98, was known for which of the following contributions? 1 He started the trade union movement in Maharastra 2 He worked for the education of the weaker sections of society 3 He started the cooperative movement in Maharashtra by uniting farmers 4 None of these
Which of the following is the second most abundant metal in the earth?s crust? 1 Copper 2 Aluminum 3 Iron 4 Zinc