The sun rays on December 22 strike with an angle of 900 on
the :
(a) Tropic of Cancer
(b) Tropic of Capricorn
(c) Antarctic Circle
Who among the following tennis player is the winner of the US Open Women?s Singles Final 2003? (a) Justine Henin Hardenne (b) Lindsay Devenport (c) Venus Williams (d) Monica Seles
Who is the longest serving chief minister in India ? a) Bhajan Lal b) Hiteshwar Saikia c) Chimanbhai Patel d) Jyoti Basu
Which of the following measures have been taken to modernize Indian agriculture ? (a) Irrigation facilities increased (b) High yielding variety seeds made available (c) Credit facilities to farmers (d) All of these
Who is the author of the novel ?The Hungry Tide?? 1 Amitav Ghosh 2 Arundhati Roy 3 Shashi Tharoor 4 Ved Mehta
Hawaiian Islands were discovered in 1778 by the legendary: (a) Captain James Cook (b) John Cabot (c) Christopher Columbus (d) Vasco da Gama
The first democratic government of Nepal is headed by one of the following (1) Mr. Bhattarai (2) N.C. Koirala (3) Mr. Bakshi (4) Surya Bahadur Thapa
The principal work of Sir Issac Newton is: (a) Origin of the Species (b) Principia (c) One World (d) Shape of Things to Come
Which longitude is known as the Prime Meridian? (a) 00 longitude (b) 00E longitude (c) 00W longitude
Who was the Congress President when India attained independence ? (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Sardar Patel (c) J. B. Kripalani (d) Rajendra Prasad
Uruguay Round is 1 A South American RoundTable 2 A Trade negotiation 3 A Regional trading block 4 None of these
Which one of the following factors is not a determining factor of the climate? 1 Latitude 2 Longitude 3 Land and Sea contrasts 4 Relief features
The Supreme Court of which of the following countries has put a ban on the creation of Special Military Courts by the Government ? 1 Myanmar 2 Bangladesh 3 Pakistan 4 Sri Lanka