UNIFICATION OF ITALY WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF
The reign of Jahangir spread over a period of: (a) twenty-years (b) twenty-two years (c) thirty years (d) forty years
Which one of the following entities makes recommendations to the president of India as to the principles which should govern the grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States out of the Consolidated Fund of India? (a) Planning Commission (b) Finance Commission (c) National Development Council (d) Union Ministry of Finance
Which of the following films has won the Academy Award 1999 for the ?Best Film?? 1 Life Is Beautiful 2 When You Believe 3 Saving Private Ryan 4 Shakespeare in Love
A bill in the 3rd stage is: (a) introduced in the Rajya Sabha (b) discussed clause by clause (c) still in the stage of introduction (d) goes to the President for final approval
As per the figures published recently, the industrial production during 1998-99 registered a growth of 1 3% 2 3.5% 3 4.3% 4 5.6%
Which one of the following is not among the privileges and immunities of the Members of Parliament? (a) Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and to the rules and standing orders regulating the procedure of Parliament, there shall be freedom of speech in the Parliament (b) No member of Parliament shall be liable to any proceeding in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him in the Parliament or any committee thereof (c) The powers, privileges and immunities of each House of Parliament shall be such as may from time to time be defined by the Parliament by law (d) None of these
The authorship of ?Divine Life? is ascribed to: (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Muktananda (c) Sivananda Swami (d) Dhirendra Bhramchari
. Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude? (a) Bangalore and Madras (b) Bombay and Visakhapatnam (c) Ajmer and shillong (d) Nagpur and Calcutta
Famous ?Oscar Awards? are presented by the : (a) American Motion Pictures Association (b) World Film Society (c) American Film Society (d) Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences
After the decline of the Guptas a large part of north India was reunited by the: (a) Rajputs (b) Chalukyas (c) Saka Satraps (d) Harshvardhana
Which of the following levied by the Union Govt.? (a) Wealth tax (b) Land revenue (c) House tax (d) Sales tax
Which of the following does not play a role in rural indebtedness? 1 Low income 2 unemployment 3 Use of high yielding variety of seeds 4 Natural calamities