The Roman civilization started developing around the:
(a) 3rd century BC
(b) 4th century BC
(c) 6th century BC
(d) 1st century AD
The National Calendar, which is based on Saka Era, was introduced in the country in the year: (a) 1957 (b) 1951 (c) 1949 (d) 1947
. If the sum of X and 4/X is = 4, value of X is : (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) None of these
The proceeds of the India Resurgence Bond with NRI?s as a major contributor is used for (a) returning loans taken from World Bank and IMF (b) strengthening Foreign Exchange reserves (c) investment in infrastructure sector (d) Meeting Defence expenditure
The Ninth Five-Year Plan covered the period 1 1997-2002 2 1998-2003 3 1996-2001 4 1999-2004
What was the name of the space shuttle that landed man on the moon? (a) Eagle (b) Columbia (c) Challenger (d) Apollo
Who among the following test cricketers has not been India?s test wicket keeper? 1 F.Engineer 2 Kiran More 3 Brijesh Patel 4 Budhi Kunderan
The president rule in a state can be continued for a maximum period of ? a) 2 ½ years b) 2 years c) 1 year d) 6 months
Anti-cyclone in the Southern hemisphere shows spiral of: (a) anti-clockwise (b) clockwise (c) No spiral
The largest gland in the human body is 1 Heart 2 Liver 3 Kidney 4 Brain
What is the speed of light in m-sec?1 ? (A) 3 x 1010 (B) 3 x 109 (C) 3 x 108 (D) 3 x 106
In an operation conducted by the environmentalist groups, about 1.6 tonnes of garbage was removed from a mountain peak. The peak is known is 1 Kanchengunga 2 K-2 3 Nanda Devi 4 Mount Everest
Ashoka sent his son and daughter for preaching of Buddhism to: (a) Sumatra (b) Cambodia (c) Javadvipa (d) Ceylon