Cororate tax is a form of
1 Sales tax
2 Excise duty
3 Income tax
4 Expenditure tax
World Population Day was celebrated on (a) Aug. 2, 2004 (b) July 27, 2004 (c) July 19, 2004 (d) July 11, 2004
Government of India?s Disinvestment Policy was recast in 2000 to provide for ?strategic sale? of PSU shares. The new policy involves : (A) Sale with a change in management. (B) Majority holding to be sold to a private party. (C) Sale of only loss making PSUs. (D) Sale of shares of defence PSUs
Ian Thorpe is associated with which of the following games? 1 Badminton 2 Chess 3 Swimming 4 Squash
In which State is Nalsarover Bird Sanctuary located? 1 Maharashtra 2 Orissa 3 Gujarat 4 Rajasthan
. Consider a specific point on the surface of the earth (say, the city of Delhi). The temperature at a given time of day (say, 12-00 noon) will in general be higher in summer than in winter. This is because (a) The earth is closer to the sun in summer than in winter (b) Sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the surface of the earth in winter (c) Evaporation of water from atmospheric precipitation occurring in winter alone (d) The axis of the earth is inclined more towards the sun in winter
General Knowledge & Current Affairs ? April 2005
Which of the following animals has the longest life span? 1 Elephant 2 Crocodile 3 Dog 4 Tortoise
Clotting of blood vessels is called 1 Thrombosis 2 Rheumatism 3 Agglutinisation 4 Fibrosis
IMF has projected India?s economic growth rate for 1999-2000 at about 1 2% 2 3% 3 3.5% 4 5%
The pitch of the voice of women is generally 1 Same as that of men 2 Higher than that of men 3 Much lower than that of men 4 None of these
Animal semen for breeding of animals remains fertile for a long time at 1 370C 2 40C 3 -40C 4 -1960C
The language spoken by the largest number of people in the world is (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Mandarin (d) Spanish