. Which of the following taxes is/are levied by the Union
and collected and appropriated by the States?
(a) Stamp Duties
(b) Passenger and goods tax
(c) Estate Duty
(d) Taxes on Newspaper
Who among the following joine Mir Qasim and Shuja-ud-Daula in declaring war upon the English East India Company and was later defeated by the British at the Battle of Buxar? 1 Jahandar Shah 2 Farrukhsiyar 3 Muhammad Shah 4 Shah Alam II
In the election of the President of India (a) The total number of votes to be cast by all the elected members of both Houses of parliament will be equal to the total number of votes cast by all the members of all State Assemblies (b) The total number of votes cast by the Members of both Houses of Parliament is less than the total number of votes cast by all the members of the State Assemblies (c) The total number of votes cast by both the Houses of Parliament is double than that of the number of votes cast by the State Assemblies (d) None of these is correct
Yuang chwang came to India during the reign of: (a) Dharmapala (b) Harshvardhana (c) Chandragupta II (d) Samudragupta
Who is the longest serving chief minister in India ? a) Bhajan Lal b) Hiteshwar Saikia c) Chimanbhai Patel d) Jyoti Basu
Which among the following was the major reason due to which southern Philippines was in the news in the recent past? 1 Frequent earthquakes killing hundreds of people 2 Insurgency and terrorist activity by local rebels 3 Revival of volcanic eruptions after several centuries 4 Severe economic crisis and civil strife due to crop failures
. The first bird is believed to have appeared on the surface of the earth (a) 300 million years ago (b) 200 million years ago (c) 150 million years ago (d) 100 million years ago
What is Virtual Calling Card? 1 It is a prepaid card used in cellular mobile phones 2 It is a prepaid card issued by MTNL which can be used to make Local/STD/ISD calls from any phone to any where 3 It is a prepaid card which can be used for transaction of money through voice-mail service 4 None of these
Match List-I (Book) with List-II (Author) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II (Book) (Author) A. Chitra 1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee B. Devdas 2. Rabindranath Tagore C. Durgesh Nandini 3. Sharat Chandra Chatterjee D. Ganadevata 4. Tara Shankar Bandopadhyay A B C D (a) 2 3 1 4 (b) 1 4 2 3 (c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 1 3 2 4
1000 MW Cogentrix Power Project which was in the news during December 1999, is located in which of the following States? 1 Tamil Nadu 2 Karnataka 3 Andhra Pradesh 4 Maharashtra
Which one of the following is available in the sea in plenty and is given to the patient suffering from a deficiency disease? (A) Planktons (B) Iodine (C) Vitamin A (D) None of the above
Which one is not the legal immunities of the President of India? (a) Not answerable to any court of law for the exercise of his powers (b) Cannot be compelled to appear as a witness before any court of law (c) No criminal proceedings can be brought against him during the term of his office (d) His powers are not limited even by Constitutional law
The author of ?Malavikagnimitram? was: (a) Harisena (b) Aswaghosa (c) Kalidasa (d) Virasena