Who amongst the following is actively campaigning to ban
landmines and was also honoured by Nobel Peace Prize for 1997?
1 Dr.Syukuro Manabe
2 Mr.Jerzy Buzek
3 Ms.Jody Williams
4 Mr.Dario Fo
The satellite-based tele-network POLNET developed in India will be able to link which of the following throughout the country? 1 About 11000 police stations 2 1000 police stations 3 2000 major hospitals 4 All the railway stations
Which among the following foreign banks is completing 150 years of its establishment this year? 1 HSBC 2 Bank of Tokyo 3 Bank of America 4 None of these
. Each chromosome consists of (a) Many thread shaped bodies (b) Many genes (c) Many organism (d) None of these
Which of the following was built by Rashtrakutas? 1 Sun temple of Konark 2 Kailasa temple of Ellora 3 Siva temple of Ellora 4 Channakeshava temple of Batur
Numerically the largest human race in the world is 1 Caucasoid 2 Mongoloid 3 Negroid 4 Austroloid
Which of the following British statesman/politician won a Nobel Prize in literature ? (a) C Atlee (b) W Churchill (c) Robert Clive (d) Margaret Thatcher
Financial allocation to the States is made on the recommendation of: (a) Finance Commission (b) Planning Commission (c) Prime Minister (d) President of India
Ginger is a stem and not a root because (a) It stores food material (b) It grows horizontally in the soil (c) It has nodes and internodes (d) It lacks chlorophyll
A money bill can originate in (1) Only in Lok Sabha (2) Only in Rajya Sabha (3) Any of the two hosues (4) None of these
Recently which of the following TV channels has launched a new sports channel in India? 1 Star TV 2 Doordarshan 3 BBC 4 Zee TV
Which of the following statements is not correct regarding the Lucknow pact of 1916? (a) It marked an important step toward Hindu-Muslim unity (b) It left the way open for the future insurgence of communalism (c) Am important role in bringing the Congress and League together was played by Lokmanya Tilak (d) The Two organizations passed similar resolutions for political reforms on joint electorates
The chief Aluminium-producing state is: (A) Jharkhand (B) Karnataka (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Kerala