. Landslides occur due to the combined action of
(1) Weathering and heavy rainfall
(2) Weathering, heavy rainfall and gravity
(3) Gravity and rainfall
(4) Weathering and winds
‘Operation Stabilize’ is related to (1) West Asian Peace Talks (2) East Timor (3) China – Hong Kong conflict (4) India’s Kargil operations
The father of Andhra renaissance was (a) P. Ananda charyulu (b) Veeresalingam pantulu (c) Bapi Raju (d) Gurimellia Satyanarayana
. The Reserve Bank of India was established in the year (1) 1935 (2) 1952 (3) 1951 (4) 1949
Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the President to pardon the sentence of a convicted person? (1) Article 62 (2) Article 63 (3) Article 70 (4) Article 72
. Which characteristics of Indian economy made it under developed? A. Per capita income low B. High percentage of food in consumption expenditure C. Preponderance of agriculture (1) A only (2) A and C only (3) A, B and C (4) None of the above
What is the amount of copper in twenty-two carat gold? (1) Two carats (2) Four carats (3) Six carats (4) Eight carats
. Shivaji’s ‘Ashta Pradhan’ was (1) A religious council (2) An assembly of elders (3) A body of ministers (4) A literary assembly
The power to set up the Finance Commission is vested by law in (1) The Cabinet (2) The Union Parliament (3) The Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India (4) The President of India
. Padmini, the beautiful Rajput queen of Mewar was the wife of (1) Bhim Singh (2) Sangram Singh (3) Rattan Singh (4) None
Which district is mostly covered by black cotton soil? (a) Kurnool (b) Guntur (c) Cuddapah (d) None
The Eastern Chalukyan king who patronized Nannayabhattu was (a) Ammaraja (b) Bhima II (c) Rajaraja (d) Vijayaditya
. The biggest island in the world is (1) Borneo (2) Sumatra (3) New Guinea (4) Galapagos