Who has authored the book ?A Brief History of Time??
1 Carl Sagan
2 Issac Asimov
3 John Gribbin
4 Stephen Hawking
Duma refers to: (a) freedom (b) an elected body (c) religion (d) soldiers
Which three main islands combined are called the Greatest Andamans? (a) North, East, West (b) Middle, South, West (c) North, Middle, South (d) East, West, South
Which is the top country in cotton production? 1 USA 2 India 3 Pakistan 4 China
The Commonwealth Games will be organized in Delhi in which of the following years? 1 2004 2 2008 3 2010 4 2012
. Which of the following are correctly matched? A B C Establishment of Manufacturing Year Place 1. Setting up of the first cotton mill 1854 Bombay 2. Manufacture of the first machine-made paper 1870 Near Calcutta 3. Setting up of the first cement factory 1904 Madras Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
. A man jumped at a speed of 5 metres per second from a stationary boat and the boat moved off with the speed of 0.5 metre per second. How many times is he mass of the boat greater than that of the man? (a) 5.5 times (b) 4.5 times (c) 2.5 times (d) 10 times
The authorship of ?Divine Life? is ascribed to: (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Muktananda (c) Sivananda Swami (d) Dhirendra Bhramchari
The Indian Constitution was enforced on ? a) 30th Jan’ 1950 b) 26th Jan’ 1950 c) 15th Aug’ 1947 d) 26th Nov’ 1949
The first electric railway was opened in (a) 1853 (b) 1885 (c) 1905 (d) 1925
. The solar eclipse achieves totality only in limited geographical regions because (a) The size of the shadow of the moon on the earth is small compared to the cross-section of the earth (b) The earth is not a smooth flat surface, but has elevations and depressions (c) The trajectories of the earth around the sun and the moon around the earth are not perfect circles (d) Sun rays can reach most of the peripheral regions of the shadow of the moon due to atmospheric refraction
The 1994 Jnanpith Award went to (1) U.R. AnandthamurthiPuttappa (2) Puttappa (3) Dr. Sitakant Mohapatra (4) Gopinath Mohanty
Which of the following is NOT a part of the Annapurna Yojana?A) Every family will be provided 10 kg of food grains if they are a family identified as living below poverty line.B) All those who were getting pension as Senior Citizens are covered under the Scheme.C) Only women are covered under this scheme. (1) Only a (2) Only B (3) Only A & B (4) Only C (5) All A, B & C