The prices of which of the following commodities in India
were reduced by 10% recently?
1 Life Saving Drugs
2 Diesel
3 Petroleum
4 None of these
General Knowledge & Current Affairs ? April 2005
. Why is it dangerous to have charcoal burning in a closed room? (a) Burning charcoal produces a poisonous gas called carbon monoxide (b) It consumes the whole of the oxygen and man cannot breathe (c) Smoke suffocates (d) None of these
Which of the following steps have been taken to make agrarian structure growth oriented? (a) Abolition of intermediaries (b) Tenancy reforms like security of tenure etc. (c) Consolidation of holding (d) All of these
Morish traveler, Ibn Batutah, came to India during the time of (a) Ala-ud-din Khalji (b) Firuz Shah Tughluq (c) Balban (d) Muhammed-bin-Tughluq
What is the mascat for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi? A. Lion B. Tiger C. Peacock D. Zebra
The President of which of the following countries was in Bangalore recently? 1 Pakistan 2 Russia 3 Uganda 4 None of this
The authorship of ?Divine Life? is ascribed to: (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Muktananda (c) Sivananda Swami (d) Dhirendra Bhramchari
The dark lines in the solar spectrum are due to 1 Absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the prism used in he spectrograph 2 Destructive interference between waves of certain definite wavelengths 3 Absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the outer layers of the sun 4 None of these
Which of the following nations is the highest defaulter in payment of its dues to the UN? (A) USA (B) India (C) China (D) Pakistan
In India One rupee notes are issued by the: (a) Reserve Bank of India (b) State Bank of India (c) President of India (d) Government of India
14 Answers Bhakkar, HPP, HSSC, HSSC Haryana Staff Selection Commission, ICICI,
The cancellation of the Partition of Bengal was announced in: (a) 1909 (b) 1910 (c) 1911 (d) 1912
The Russian Social Democratic Party was formed by: (a) Mayakonsky (b) Trotsky (c) Stalin (d) George Plekhanov