Who among the following is directly responsible to parliament for all matters concerning the defence services of India ?
a) Cabinet committee on political affairs
b) President
c) Prime Minister
d) Defence Minister
?Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century? title has been given to: (a) Donald Bradman (b) Marks Spitz (c) Kapil Dev (d) Pele
Water rises to a height of 15cm in a capillary tube. If the tube is now dipped further in water so that only 12cm of it is above the water level, then the water will 1 Emerge as a fountain from the capillary tube 2 Stay at a height of 12 cm in the capillary tube 3 Stay at height of less than 12cm in the capillary tube 4 Flow down the side of the capillary tube
?Wipro Technology? is planning to open its first Software centre in which of the following countries? 1 Pakistan 2 Nepal 3 China 4 Afghanistan
The present base year for calculating wholesale price index is (A) 1993-94 (B) 1991-92 (C) 1961-62 (D) 1950-51
Who abandoned the policy of was after his conquest over Kalinga ? (a) Samudragupta (b) Harsha (c) Ashoka (d) Chandragupta
The authorship of ?Divine Life? is ascribed to: (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Muktananda (c) Sivananda Swami (d) Dhirendra Bhramchari
Whose permission was solicited by Albuquerque, the Portuguese Governor, to build a fort at Bhatkal? 1 Narasimha Saluva 2 Vira Narasimha 3 Krishnadevaraya 4 Achyutaraya
A bill is deemed to be a money Bill if it contains only the provisions dealing with all of the following maters, except: (A) imposition, abolition, remission, alternation or regulation of any tax (B) imposition of fines or other pecuniary penalties (C) appropriation of money out of the Consolidated Fund of India (D) audit of the accounts of the Union or of a state
Which one among the following halogen acids is the most powerful reducing agent? (1) HI (2) HCl (3) HF (4) HBr
TERI stands for 1 Tata Environmental Research Institute 2 Tata Energy Reaserach Institute 3 Tata Energy and Radiation Institute 4 Tata Effluents Research Institute
Why was Arthur Miller, the noted American playwright, recently in the news? 1 He is the new American Ambassador to France 2 He won conferred the Moliere Award in Paris 3 He was recently on an official visit to India and also visited Kargil and area of the Line of Control 4 None of these
Narain Karthikeyan was recently in the news as he became the first Indian who 1 Won the Australian Open Tennis Championship 2 Participated in the Australian Grand Prix (F-1 car race) held in Melbourne 3 Is selected by the NASA to participate in the Space Research Programme 4 None of these