Those plants that shed their leaves and become dormant in an
unfavourable season are:
(a) deciduous
(b) selerophyllous
(c) succulent
The growth rate of population during 1991-2001 is highest in 1 Bihar 2 Delhi 3 Nagaland 4 Uttar Pradesh
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer who died recently was a well known 1 Carnatic Singer 2 Sitarist 3 Politician 4 Tamil author
The Annual meeting of the Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation (BIMST-EC) was held recently at which of the following places? (a) Colombo (b) New Delhi (c) Yangon (d) Bangkok
As per the rough estimates, the general elections In India and the burden of Kargil war operations will need an expenditure of about 1 Rs.3,000 crore 2 Rs.5,000 crore 3 Rs.16,000 crore 4 Rs.10,000 crore
Parliamentary System in India is proposed to be replaced by Presidential system because (1) Leaders with social conscience are not elected as members of the Legislature (2) All the ministers need not be members of Lok Sabha (3) Ministers are not always experts and specialists (4) Corruption and inefficiency in administration make people dissatisfied
In the process of evaporation: (a) heat is released (b) heat is absorbed (c) heat is reflected
In the Union Council of Ministers which of the following typs of Ministers are second in ranking? (a) Cabinet Ministers (b) Ministers of State (c) Deputy Ministers (d) None of the above
Oberon, Titania, Arial, Umbrial and Miranda are the five chief satellites of which of the following planets? 1 Jupiter 2 Neptune 3 Uranus 4 Mars
The term ?Third World? is used to refer which of the following countries? 1 Economically-development countries 2 Oil exporting countries 3 Members of the European Union 4 None of these
Which of the following represents the foreign debt of India at the end of December ?98 in terms of the percentage of GDP? 1 23% 2 28% 3 36% 4 43%
An International Container Transhipment Terminal was launched recently at the port of 1 Cochin 2 Kolkata 3 Mumbai 4 Goa
India?s longest railway platform is at: (a) Mumbai Central (b) Kharagpur (SE Railway) (c) Delhi (d) Howrah