With which one of the following events, did the Saka Era of
the Indian National Calendar commence?
(A) Coronation of Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Birth of Adi Sankaracharya
(C) Coronation of Kanishka
(D) Ascenstion of Chandragupta-II
Which of the following is good evidence for concluding that glaciers once covered Canada? (a) Rocs containing melted ice have been found throughout Canada (b) Radioactive decay of uranium in Canadian rocks has been measured (c) Scratches on surface rocks in Canada look like scratches made by known glaciers (d) Only glaciers could have formed the high Canadian mountains (e) Canada has a cold climate which glaciers need in order to keep from melting
What is the maximum period during which the Parliament cannot meet? (a) Not more than one year (b) Not more than six months (c) Not more than five months (d) Not more than nine months
From the Jain and Buddhist literature we get quite a good impression that during those days there existed: (a) Many republics (b) Many monarchies (c) No republics (d) Both A and B
The largest endocrine gland of human body is 1 Pituitary 2 Adrenal 3 Thymus 4 Thyroid
The 1994 Jnanpith Award went to (1) U.R. AnandthamurthiPuttappa (2) Puttappa (3) Dr. Sitakant Mohapatra (4) Gopinath Mohanty
Name the company which has agreed to pay a fine of $50 million for “inadequacy in sales and disclosure practices”, 1 DSP Merrill Lynch 2 Morgan Stanley 3 Anderson 4 Enron
Antibiotics are the drugs used for the cure of: (A) bacterial diseases (B) cancer (C) malaria (D) nervous disorders
The only Indian musician who have sung before the United Nation is: (a) Hirabai Barodekar (b) Begum Akhtar (c) M S Subbulakshmi (d) Siddeswari Devi
A reason why farming is difficult in Scandinavia is that : (a) the growing season is short (b) there is a small population (c) there is a lack of water
Netherland?s currency is: (a) Peso (b) Pesata (c) Rupiah (d) Guilder
The only developing country to win the right to impose sanctionhs on a G-7 trading partner through the WTO dispute settlement mechanism in the famous ?banana disputes? is 1 Brazil 2 India 3 Columbia 4 Ecuador
13 Answers Accenture, RRB, TCS,
The Civil Disobedience movement caught the imagination of the people in the States. In many places, significant popular movements came into being. Point out where it did not? (A) Rajkot (B) Hyderabad (C) Travancore (D) Rampur