From which part of the saffron plant is saffron obtained?
(1) Dry flower buds
(2) Dry calyx
(3) Stigma
(4) Dry petals
The Amendment to the Constitution which relates to the urban local bodies in India (1) 64th Amendement (2) 72nd Amendement (3) 73rd Amendement (4) 74th Amendement
The increase in the world population has been accompanied by a major shift in its distribution. The share of the developed countries in the world population is approximately. (1) 15% (2) 20% (3) 25% (4) 33% (5) 38%
Why was Kanha, the famous tiger reserve in India, recently in news? 1 An International workshop on ?Pure Forests? was organized there in December ?97 2 The only pair of the tigers in the reserve died accidentally resulting into the fear of extinction of the entire species of tigers 3 A ?sal borer epidemy? has put a serious threat to entire population of sal trees in the forest 4 None of these
?Eagle? is a term used in: (a) Golf (b) Tennis (c) Billiards (d) Volleyball
Which one amongst the following was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1997? (1) Dr. U.R. Rao (2) Dr. Raja Ramanna (3) Dr. G. Padmanabhan (4) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
The words ?socialist? and ?secular? used in the Preamble were (A) Part of the original Preamble (B) Added by the 29th Amendment (C) Added by the 42nd Amendment (D) Added by the 44th Amendment
Residuary power is vested with (1) State (2) Center (3) President (4) Prime Minister
To permit operations of private life insurance companies in India, Government of India revised the Insurance Regultory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act in the year 1 1999 2 1998 3 2000 4 2001
In overall literacy rate in India, which state holds the top position? (a) Mizoram (b) Kerala (c) Tamilnadu (d) None of these
. What is common among Madam Bhikaji Cama, M. Barkatulla, V.V.S Iyer and M.N. Roy? (a) All of them were leading members of the International Communist movement (b) M. Barkatulla was the Prime Minister and the rest were ministers in the Provisional Government of Free India established by a group of revolutionaries at Kabul. (c) All of them were among the prominent revolutionaries outside India operating in different countries during the Freedom Movement. (d) All of them were accused in the case relating to the throwing of a bomb on Lord Hardinge
The location of A.P. is known as (1) Continental (2) Insular (3) Littoral (4) Peninsular
The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army is (1) Rajula Khan (2) Saxena (3) S.F. Rodrigues (4) None of the above