Which of the following was not a candidate city for the 2012
Olympics?
1 Sydney
2 London
3 Madrid
4 Paris
Deficiency of which vitamin results in inflammation of skin and eczema along with diarrhoea? (a) Ascorbic acid (b) Folic acid (c) Nicotinic acid (d) Pantothenic acid
Particles of which of the following elements are extremely harmful for human beings? 1 Lead and Arsenic 2 Lead and Mercury 3 Mercury and Cadmium 4 Zinc and Iron
Why was the Parliament in Kuwait dissolved in 1999 before the expiry of its terms? 1 The Emir of Kuwait decided to hand over the power to his son and retire from active politics 2 Following en masse resignations by the legislators, the Government ran into minority 3 Some ministers and top ranking officials were found involved in a financial racket which brought bad name to the country 4 None of these
Who among the following visited India first? 1 Marco Polo 2 Nicolo Conti 3 Ibn Batuta 4 Vasco da Gama
The lady Congress leader who went underground during the ?Quit India? movement was 1 Sucheta Kripalani 2 Vijayalaxmi Pandit 3 Aruna Asaf Ali 4 Sarojini Naidu
?A Passage of England? was written by: (a) R K Narayanan (b) V S Naipaul (c) Nirad C Chaudhury (d) E M Forster
The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Mr.Dharam Singh, belongs to which of the following political parties? 1 BJP 2 JD(S) 3 TDP 4 Congress
Allergy is caused due to 1 Inflammation of upper respiratory tract 2 Inhalation of pollens 3 Introduction of foreign material in the body 4 Antigen-antibody reaction
Ox-bow lakes are formed by a stream during the : (a) youth stage (b) mature stage (c) old stage
?A Passage to India? is a famous novel written by: (a) E M Forster (b) Winston Churchill (c) D H Lawrence (d) Jane Austen
Which of the following works tells us about the succession of Chandragupta/ to throne? (1) Devichandraguptam (2) Aumudi Mahotasav (3) Mrichchakatika (4) Abhijnana Shakuntalam
Which of the following countries is the world?s largest producer of rubber? (a) Sri Lanka (b) Negeria (c) India (d) Zaire Republic (e) Malaysia