According to an opinion poll carried out by the magazine
Business Barons,who has been voted as India?s most admired
chief executive in 2004?
1 Nandan Nilekani
2 Anil Ambani
3 Rahul Bajaj
4 Vivek Paul
The most important characteristics of medieval European cities was: (a) their freedom from feudal control (b) that the houses were built of wood (c) the poor sanitation (d) epidemic diseases
. In recent years there has been some concern over the threat posed by the Mathura Oil Refinery and the thermal power plants to the Taj Mahal in Agra. The Scientific basis of any possible damage to the Taj is mainly (a) Stratospheric ozone and the chlorofluorocarbons which destroy it (b) Acid precipitation and tropospheric ozone (c) Increasing levels of atomospheric CO2 which produce the greenhouse effect (d) Ultraviolet radiation (240-260 nanometers wavelength) and the fumes from the heavily polluted Yamuna river
Which of the following is an example of physical change ? (1) Rusting (2) Burning (3) Melting (4) Hydrolyzing
Which fo the following statements is correct? 1 Kashmir was annexed to Mughal Empire by Humayun 2 Gujarat was annexed to Mughal Empire by Akbar 3 Malwa was annexed to Mughal Empire by Jahangir 4 Khandesh was annexed to Mughal Empire by Shahjahan
Indian Air Force was established in the year : (a) 1932 (b) 1947 (c) 1857 (d) 1950
Grand Trunk Road was built by (1) Akbar (2) Babar (3) Sher Shah (4) Aurangzeb
Which of the following rivers does not form any delta at its mouth? (a) Cauvery (b) Mahanadi (c) Godavari (d) Tapti
The first State in India which was created on linguistic basis is (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Gujarat (c) Haryana (d) Kerala
The spacecraft launched by the USA in 1972 to explore Jupiter which is still in orbit is: (1) Cosmos-1402 (2) Pioneer-10 (3) Cosmos-1445 (4) Observer
According to the 1991 Census, the average annual growth rate of population during the decade 1981-91 was 1 2.5 2 2.8 3 2.11 4 3.0
The Cash Reseve Ratio (CRR) effective from June 14, 2003 is fixed at 1 3% 2 3.5% 3 4% 4 4.5%
A public meeting was held on April 13, 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh to: (a) organize a hartal (b) protest against the arrest of popular leaders (c) protest against the Rowlatt Act (d) demand swaraj