. Which of the following was the Rana of Mewar who fought
against Aurangzeb
(a) Rana Jagat Singh
(b) Raja Singh
(c) Ajit Singh
(d) Jaswant Singh
In the consolidation of his empire Chandragupta was greatly helped by: (a) Yaudhayana (b) Upagupta (c) Chankya (d) Shudraka
Who among the following received the prestigious Borlaug Award for generating awareness among farmers about threats to food security and livelihoods from patents and intellectual property rights ? (a) Aruna Roy (b) Champa Devi (c) Suman Sahai (d) Vandana Shiva
Chilka Lake is located in (a) Bihar (b) West Bengal (c) Assam (d) Orissa
. Which of the following is/are used as biofertilizers? 1. Azolla 2. Blue-green algae 3. Alfalfa Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 alone (b) 1 and 2 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
An eminent Harvard professor, who was residing in India for the last two years, recently decided to move back to the USA and return to his alma mater. Name this famous person: 1 Robert Blackwill, American Ambassador to India 2 Robert Strong, Resident Editor of Reader’s Digest in India 3 John West, President of AT & T in India 4 None of the above
Which is not a function of the Constitution ? a) It acts as a source of power and authority of the government b) It minimizes confusion and conflict between various organs of government c) It strengthens the hands of rules to rule according to their discretion d) It lays down the limits of governmental authority.
When a river near the sea divides into many small channels, the channels are known as: (a) distributaries (b) tributaries (c) cascade
Yuang chwang came to India during the reign of: (a) Dharmapala (b) Harshvardhana (c) Chandragupta II (d) Samudragupta
The first of the six 250 MW units of the 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakari Hydel Power Project has been launched in October 2003 in 1 Madhya Pradesh 2 Haryana 3 Himachal Pradesh 4 Kerala
The earliest coins in India bearing names and busts of rulers are 1 Indo-Greek coins 2 Kushana coins 3 Gupta coins 4 Punch-marked coins
?Lion of Punjab? is the nickname assigned to: (a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Sardar Bhagat Singh (d) None of these
In the recent report on annual global corruption index, which country occupied the top ranking (as the least corrupt country)? 1 US 2 Japan 3 Finland 4 New Zealand