Astigmatism is a defect of eye which can be rectified by using a
(1) Convex lens
(2) Concave lens
(3) Biconevex lens
(4) Cylindrical lens
. Find the next number in the series 1, 7, 26, 63………. (a) 115 (b) 189 (c) 173 (d) 136
The Basque people who are frequently in the news for their separatist activity live in (a) France (b) Italy (c) Portugal (d) Spain
As per the reports from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the three important causes of mortality in India are (1) Tuberculosis, Typhoid and Malaria (2) Malaria, Polio, Cancer (3) Cancer, Heart ailments, Polio (4) Polio, Malaria, Heart ailments (5) None of these
M.S.Subbalakshmi who died recetly was a famour 1 Kathakl Dancer 2 Classical Singer 3 Veena Player 4 Bharatnatyam Dancer
Fracisco Pelasert, a Dutch trader left an account of the reign of: (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
What is Virtual Calling Card? 1 It is a prepaid card used in cellular mobile phones 2 It is a prepaid card issued by MTNL which can be used to make Local/STD/ISD calls from any phone to any where 3 It is a prepaid card which can be used for transaction of money through voice-mail service 4 None of these
Cinnabar is an ore of 1 Calcium 2 Copper 3 Lead 4 Mercury
. ‘Self-sufficiency’ in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India in spite of a more than three-fold rise in food grains production over 1950-1990. Which of the following are the reasons for it? 1. The green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country. 2. The cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor. 3. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains. 4. The gains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
Insects that make a clicking sound are 1 Flies 2 Crickets 3 Beetles 4 Cockroaches
The largest part of the human brain is 1 Cerebellum 2 Cerebrum 3 Medulla oblongata 4 Midbrain
Who amongst the following is the receipient of the ?Lata Mangeshkar Award? given recently? 1 Illaya Raja 2 Shekhar Suman 3 Girish Karnad 4 None of these
Which one of the following things the President can do? (a) He has the power to make the rules for the convenient transaction of the business of the government and the administration (b) He can ask any information regarding the administration or the government from the Prime Minister (c) He can tell the Prime Minister to submit a particular problem for consideration to the Cabinet and inform him regarding the decision of the same (d) All of these