The Presiding Officers of the Rajya Sabha are:
(a) President and Vice-President
(b) Vice-President and the Speaker
(c) Chairman and the Deputy Chairman
(d) Prime Minister and the President
(e) The Speaker and the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
The book ‘Development is freedom’ is authored by 1 Bima jalan 2 Amartya Sen 3 Rja Chelliah 4 Amit Mitra
The maximum duration for which the vice president may officiate as the president, is ? a) 4 months b) 6 months c) 9 months d) 1 year
Poison glands of snakes are homologous to 1 Stings of rays 2 Salivary glands of vertebrates 3 Electric organs of fishes 4 Sebaceous glands of mammals
Who came to be known as the ?Grand Old Man of India?? (a) Justice Ranade (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
A news item published recently stated that the Gross Domestic Product of a country took a sudden boost after the income from the trade in illegal drugs was taken into account. Which of the following is the country and its new GDP? 1 Bangladesh, 200 million dollars 2 Nigeria, 350 million dollars 3 Ethiopia, 453 million dollars 4 Colombia, 512 million dollars
The province of Sind was annexed to the British possessions in India during the governor generalship of: (a) Lord Auckland (b) Lord Ellenborough (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Hastings
what is the national tree of India?
Naresh Chandra Committee is concerned with 1 Taxation policy 2 Rural development 3 Aviation sector 4 Defence procurements
One of the characters that distinguishes a frog from a toad is 1 External ear 2 Tail 3 Warty skin 4 Tongue
Why was the Parliament in Kuwait dissolved in 1999 before the expiry of its terms? 1 The Emir of Kuwait decided to hand over the power to his son and retire from active politics 2 Following en masse resignations by the legislators, the Government ran into minority 3 Some ministers and top ranking officials were found involved in a financial racket which brought bad name to the country 4 None of these
The ajanta painting belongs to the: (a) Harappan period (b) Mauryan period (c) Buddhist period (d) Gupta period
Cellulose is made up of units of 1 Fructose 2 Galactose 3 Glucose 4 Maltose