Winner of 2003 Magsay Say award
(1) Lingdo
(2) Raja Reddy
(3) Sre Lekha
(4) V.V. Sharma
Sweat glands occur in greatest number in the skin of the 1 Forehead 2 Armpits 3 Back 4 Palm of hand
Who is the outstanding woman environmentalist in India today? (1) Medha Patkar (2) Mamata Banerjee (3) Sarojini Mahishi (4) Margaret Alva
The Jains believe that Mahavira was the last of the: (a) teachers (b) monks (c) prophets (d) tirthankaras
Which of the following is a distributary river? (a) Hoogly (b) Chambal (c) Kosi
SWhich of the following is the odd one out that does not belong to the group of other three? 1 America online 2 Vivisimo 3 Excite 4 Altavista
Where the city of ?Tashkent? is located?
The rain forest of Amazon basin is called (1) Campos (2) Selvas (3) Pampas (4) Lianos
When frozen water vapour falls, it is: (a) snowfall (b) sleet (c) drizzle
Summer sleep of animals is termed as 1 Hibernation 2 Incubation 3 Aestivation 4 Gestation
The ex-officio Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is the (a) Planning Minister (b) Finance Minister (c) Prime Minister (d) President
Why do migratory birds go back to their earlier habitat in spring? Because of 1 Weather becoming too hot in the regions 2 Scarcity of food in the regions to which they have migrated 3 Breeding instinct with change n climate and they breed only in their original habitat 4 Hunting season commencing in spring
What is India?s second permanent station at Antarctica called? (A) Swetha (B) Chakra (C) Maitree (D) Dakshin Gangotri