. The theory of ‘jumping genes’ was propounded by
(a) Gregor Johann Mandel
(b) Thomas Hunt Morgan
(c) Barbara McClintock
(d) Watson and Crick
The name of India born British author who was issued a death threat (Fatwa) by ayatollah Khomeini is: (a) Salman Rushdie (b) Pamella Bordes (c) R K Narayan (d) Mira Nayar
The Goan economy is based mainly upon: (a) Tourism (b) Export of rubber (c) Agriculture (d) The earning of the Goans working in Gulf countries
Indian standard time is measured based on the longitude at (1) 82 1/20 E (2) 82 1/20 W (3) 82 1/20 S (4) 82 1/20 N
In the 42nd amendment a new chapter has been added under which: (a) Fundamental rights are modified (b) Some of the fundamental rights are abolished (c) Directive principles are extended (d) Basic duties are added
Andhra Political awakening was reflected in Telugu novel ?maalapalli? of 1921. Who wrote it? (1) Unnava Laxminarayana (2) Gurajada Appa Rao (3) Jashuva (4) P. Sitaramayya
Number of Gold medals won by India in Afro Asian games (1) 25 (2) 19 (3) 15 (4) 14
The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in (a) The Madras Presidency (b) Punjab (c) Bombay-Karnataka (d) East Bengal
On July 16, 2000, the world witness the largest and rare eclipse which takes place after every 140 years. This was a 1 Partial Solar eclipse 2 Total Solar eclipse 3 Partial Lunar eclipse 4 Total Lunar eclipse
Who is responsible to collect the service tax? (a) Income Tax Department (b) Central Excise Department (c) Commercial Tax Department of the State/UT (d) Postal Department
Author of the book ?Origin of Species? was: (a) Karl Marx (b) Charles Darwin (c) Newton (d) T A Edison
In 2004, the World Economic Forum met at 1 Davos 2 Vienna 3 Paris 4 London
. Sound waves travel at 300 m/s. Sound produced at a point is heard by a person after 5 seconds while the same sound is heard by another person after 6 seconds. What could be the maximum and minimum distances between the two persons? (a) 1.8km, 0.15 km (b) 2.2km, 0.20 km (c) 2.8km, 0.25 km (d) 3.3km, 0.3 km