. What type of winds are the monsoons?
(1) Periodic
(2) Cyclonic
(3) Constant
(4) Anti-cyclonic
Who of the following Chief Minsiters resigned on October 19, 2001 after failing to ensure on his/her election to the State Assembly within the mandatory period of 6 months as per the Constitutions? (1) Panneer Selvam of Tamil Nadu (2) Ms. Jayalalitha of Tamil Nadu (3) P. Shanmugam of Pondicherry (4) Vilasrao Deshmukh of Maharashtra
Jhumpa Lahiri of Indian origin, who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction recently, had also won earlier the O. Henry Award for her title story. What is the title of the story? (1) Interpreter of Maladies (2) Hangaman’s Journal (3) The Night of the krait (4) Difficult Daughters
Ramacharitamanas was written by (a) Armadas (b) Suradas (c) Tulsidas (d) Tansen
. NABARD, associated with rural development is a: (1) Bank (2) Board (3) Department (4) Bureau
The name of the volunteer cops that played a significant part in the No-tax comaign at peddanandipadu (a) Andhra sena (b) Pannu sena (c) Ramadandu (d) Santi sena
Who of the following was the first Mughal ruler to introduce prohibition? (1) Babur (2) Akbar (3) Humayun (4) Jahangir
. The proclamation of emergency declared by the president can be in force without approval by the parliament for (1) Six months (2) Two months (3) Six weeks (4) One year
. The Chola empire came to be extinguished finally with the invasion of (1) Akbar (2) Babar (3) Ala-ud-din (4) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Birds do not have (1) Nerves (2) Eyelids (3) Sweat glands (4) Solid bones
The movement which enlivened Hinduism during the period of Delhi Sultanate was the (a) Chaitanya movement (b) Shakti movement (c) Bhakti movement (d) None
. Who among the following is the world’s first woman Prime Minister (1) Mrs. Margaret Thatcher of the U.K. (2) Mrs. Indira Gandhi of India (3) Mrs. Sirimao Bandara Naike of Srilanka (4) None
Who was the founder of the dynasty of the Chalukyas of Vatapi? (a) Pulakesi II (b) Pulakesi I (c) Kubja Vishnuvardhan (d) None