Which of the following powers is not enjoyed by the president of India in the event of emergency proclaimed under Article 352 of the constitution ?
a) He can suspend the enforcement of Fundamental Rights
b) He is authorized to direct any state to exercise its executive power in a particular manner
c) He is authorized, during the recess of Lok Sabha, to allow expenditure from the consolidated fund of India pending sanction of the parliament
d) He is authorized to dissolve the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
Who among the following is a recipient of the ?Padma Bhushan? given away recently? 1 Jagjit Singh 2 Rakhee 3 Jaya Bachchan 4 Shilpa shetty
Bharat Natyam is: (a) a solo dance (b) A feminine dance (c) devotional in spirit (d) all the three above
FII is 1 Foreign Individual Investor 2 Foreign Institutional Investor 3 Foreign Income Invested 4 Foreign Investment Income
Why was INS Mysore recently in the news? 1 It is the warship recently included in the naval force 2 This is the ship which was converted into a museum and parked near Cochin 3 The ship was recently on a naval exercise with U.S.A?s Naval Force 4 None of these
Who wrote the book ?The God of Small Things? ? (A) Khushwant Singh (B) Arun Shourie (C) Salman Rushdie (D) Arundhati Roy
The most ductile element is: (A) Gold (B) Silver (C) Iron (D) Aluminium
The ?Tower of Victory? is located in 1 Gujarat 2 Maharashtra 3 Uttar Pradesh 4 Rajasthan
Which of the following is the one major function of the finance Commission set up by the Union Government once every five years ?A) To determine the share of the States and the Centre out of the Tax receipts.B) To determine the minimum support prices of all major agricultural commodities. C) To introduce the new taxes to be levied by the State and the Union governments. (1) Only A & B (2) Only B & C (3) Only B (4) Only C (5) Only A
. Given below are voting percentages of a political party secured in three successive elections to the Lok Sabha: Years 1984 1989 1991 Percentages of Votes 7.4 11.4 22.4 The party which secured these percentages of votes was (a) Congress(I) (b) Bahujan Samaj Party (c) Bharatiya Janata Party (d) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
How many of the following statements about Cuba are true? I. Its main spoken language is Spanish II. Its Prime Minister was once Che Guevara III. It defeated an American invasion in 1962 IV. It left the UNO in 1970 (a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four
Which of the following festivals is celebrated in Maharashtra to mark the beginning of the fishing season after the monsoon? 1 Ganesh Chaturthi 2 Narali purnima 3 Anant Chaturdashi 4 None of these
Which of the following awards was recently given to Dr.R.Chidambaram, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India? 1 Veer Savarkar Award 2 Man of the Year 3 Padma Vibhushan 4 None of these