Which of the following regarding the election of the president is correct ?
a) A candidate securing the majority of votes is not automatically elected
b) The supreme court has no jurisdiction in any doubt or dispute arising in connection with the election of the president.
c) The presidential election can’t take place when one or more state assembles stand dissolved because all the state assembles from part of the electoral college.
d) The total value of the votes allotted to both house of parliament is much more then the total value of the votes of all the states taken together.
At the time of the partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence ? (a) Punjab (b) Assam (c) Bengal (d) Bihar
. What was chouth during Maratha days? (a) A place (b) A political unit (c) A tax (d) A person
Which is the supersonic anti ship cruise missile that has been successful test-fired by India from a warship in the Bay of Bengal? 1 Nag 2 BrahMos 3 Prithvi 4 Agni
Which one of the following terms was used by the Sufis for the successor nominated by the teacher of a particular order of silsilah? 1 Pir 2 Murid 3 Khalifah 4 Wali
The successor of Chandragupta to the throne of magadha was: (a) Buddhagupta (b) Bimbisara (c) Bindusara (d) Udayee
Why was Colonge city recently in the news? 1 G-8 Summit took place there in June 1999 2 This was the venue of the 1999 World Cup Cricket finals 3 The World Science Congress 1999 was organized there 4 None of these
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is associated with 1 Biocon India 2 Jet Airways 3 Organic Foods 4 Shaw-Wallace
Bangladesh has decided to purchase MiG-29 fighter planes from 1 Russia 2 China 3 France 4 Germany
The five-year term of the President is calculated from the (a) First day of the month he assumes charge (b) First day of the month following the month he assumes charge (c) Day he assumes charge (d) Date of his election result
. Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of the (a) Prarthana Samaj (b) Satyashodhak Samaj (c) Arya Samaj (d) Rama Krishna Mission
Who initiated the prohibition of female infanticide in India
Which is the most polluted city in India? (A) New Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Kolkata (D) Chennai