The United Nations came into existence in the year
1 1945
2 1950
3 1946
4 1947
The direction to which wind blows is known as: (a) windward (b) leeward (c) eleaving side
One of the characters that distinguishes a frog from a toad is 1 External ear 2 Tail 3 Warty skin 4 Tongue
Who among the following persons won the Best Actor award at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards function in Singapore in May 2004? 1 Amitabh Bachchan 2 Ahahrukh Khan 3 Akshay Kumar 4 Hrithik Roshan
Consider the following statements : 1. Prior to the establishment of Home Rule League by Annie Besant, it was Lokmanya Tilak who had set up a Home Rule League at Poona. 2. The Congress in its Bombay Session in 1915, passed a resolution demanding Home Rule for India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Water exists in the atmosphere mostly in the: (a) gaseous state (b) liquid state (c) solid state
Who amongst the following is the to-recipient of the UNESCO Peace Prize for 1998? 1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2 Nawaz Sharif 3 Birendra Bir Vikram Deo 4 Sheikh Hasina
The strength of Rajya Sabha is: (A) 525 (B) 250 (C) 244 (D) None of these
The downcutting process of a hill or plain is: (a) gradation (b) aggradation (c) degradation
As per International Labour Organisation (ILO), how many children out of the total child population of India (in the age group 10-14 years) are employed as child labour (approxiametly) 1 10% 2 12% 3 16% 4 20%
The prenatal technique used to see an image of the growing foetus in the womb is called 1 Radiotherapy 2 X-ray marking 3 Ultrasound 4 Amniocentesis
Which of the following statements about INSAT-3a, which was launched by India in April 2003, is not true? 1 It will support telecommunication, broadcasting and weather forecasts 2 It has 25 transponders which will help bounce signals to and from the earth 3 It was launched from Kourou, French Guyana 4 It will be in service for 15 years after being placed in its final geostationary orbit
Two lamps have tungsten filaments. The resistances of two lamps at incandescence are r and R, R being greater than r. These lamps are connected in series. Then (1) The lamp with resistance r will shine more brightly (2) The lamp with resistance R will shine more brightly (3) Both will shine equally brightly (4) No prediction can be made regarding brightness