The fact which supports the idea that viruses are living is
that they
1 Can be crystallized
2 Are made up of common chemicals
3 Duplicate themselves
4 Penetrate cell membranes
National Award for Popularising Science was instituted in the year: (a) 1980 (b) 1987 (c) 1985 (d) 1981
The United Nations Organisation-sponsored conference on Afghanistan was held in 1 Petersberg 2 New York 3 Geneva 4 Moscow
. Which one of the following important trade centres of ancient India was on the trade route connecting Kalyana with Vengi? (a) Tagara (b) Sripura (c) Tripuri (d) Tamralipti
Which one of the following was the founder of the Advaita system of philosophy? (a) Ramanuja (b) Ramanand (c) Kumaril Bhatt (d) Shankaracharya
. In Mughal paintings one notices the adoption of the principle of foreshortening whereby near and distant people and things could be placed in perspective. This was due to the influence of the (a) British (b) Dutch (c) Portuguese (d) Danish
. Which of the following are the purposes for which the National Renewal Fund has been set up? 1. To restructure sick small scale industries. 2. To help workers likely to be displaced due to retrenchment in the process of industrial restructuring. 3. To moderize existing industrial units. 4. To help refugees from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, etc. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
The world’s largest non-capital city is 1 New York 2 Shanghai 3 Mumbai 4 Kolkata
The temperature in the earth?s core ranges between: (a) 40000 to 50000F (b) 30000 to 40000F (c) 35000 to 45000F
. Consider the following passage: “In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73,000 miles”. The world’s greatest traveler of pre-modern times to whom the above passage refers is (a) Megasthenes (b) Fa Hien (c) Marco Polo (d) Ibn Battuta
The major part of the Narmada river flows through the Indian State of: (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
. Which one of the following is in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India? (a) Population control and family planning (b) Public health and sanitation (c) Capitation taxes (d) Treasure trove
The Frst Hydroelectric Project was started in India at (1) Papanashanam (2) Shivasamudram (3) Lonavala (4) Hirakud