The President
(a) Is not bound by the advice of the Cabinet
(b) Is bound by the advice of the Cabinet
(c) Can ignore the advice given by the Cabinet
(d) Can act against the advice of the Cabinet
Which country is known as ?Cockpit of Europe??
Where in India is the Centre for DNA finger Printing and Diagnostics located? (a) Delhi (b) Hyderabad (c) Pune (d) Bangalore
Sher Singh Rana, who escaped from Tihar Jail in February 2004, is the prime accused in the murder of whom among the following? (a) Phoolan Devi (b) Beant Singh (c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) Shivani Bhatnagar
Gulf of Bothania lies between 1 Sweden and Finland 2 Italy and Greece 3 United Kingdom and France 4 United Kingdom and Ireland
North-South Road Corridor, which is being constructed under Natioinal Highways Development Project, connects 1 Jammu to Kanniyakumari 2 Srinagar to Cochin 3 Srinagar to Madurai 4 None of these
Which town/city in India has got a tower (minaar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah? (a) Mumbai (b) Aligarh (c) Calicut (d) Guntur
The final power to reprieve or remit a punishment and/or to commute death sentence rests with the: (a) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (b) President of India (c) Prime Minister (d) Attorney-General
Which one of the following statements is wrong? (a) In many States of India education has been made compulsory and free up to the age of 14 years (b) Cow slaughter has been banned all over the country (c) The government is attempting to ensure equal pay for equal work to both men and women (d) Panchayati Raj has been introduced by most of the States
The Planning Commission of India is presided over by the (a) Prime Minister (b) Vice President (c) Union Minister of Planning (d) Union Finance Minister
The ‘Da Vinci’ laptop notebook has been launched by 1 Intel 2 Videocon 3 LG Electronics 4 Samsung
Name the first Arabic writer to be awarded Nobel Prize for Literature? (a) Salman Rushdie (b) Gen Gaddafi (c) Yasser Ararat (d) Naguib Mah Fouz
?Anand Math? was written by: (a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (b) Swami Vivekananda (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Sivananda