As per the recent reports in the newspapers, the Prime
Minister of Portugal, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso is likely to
be the next President of the European Commission. Who among
the following is the President of the EC at present?
1 Jacques Chirac
2 Tony Blair
3 George Sampaio
4 None of these
. Why a small drop of water or mercury on a clear glass plate is circular in shape? (a) Due to viscosity (b) Due to capillary action (c) Due to surface tension (d) None of these
Which of the following is the aim of the ?Jan Shree Bima Yojana? of the Union Government launched in 2000? 1 To provide food security to the rural poor 2 To provide Insurance security to the people living below poverty line 3 To provide Insurance cover to the children whose parents died in the earthquake in Bhuj a few years back 4 None of these
About what percentage of total area of India is under cultivation (1) 40 (2) 60 (3) 70 (4) 90
. Soils of western Rajasthan have a high content of (a) Alluminium (b) Calcium (c) Nitrogen (d) Phosphorus
?Pure for Sure? Campaign has been launched by 1 Indian Oil 2 Bharat Petroleum 3 Hindustan Petroleum 4 Indo Burma Petroleum
Which one of the following teams was not in the cricket super six league match of the recently-concluded world cup? 1 Sri Lanka 2 Zimbabwe 3 West Indies 4 New Zeland
Which of the following is an example of physical change ? (1) Rusting (2) Burning (3) Melting (4) Hydrolyzing
Production of gobar gas involves 1 Fermentation 2 Oxidationj 3 Reduction 4 Hydrolysis
Punjab has79 per cent irrigated agricultural land. Which one of the following State has the second position in this respect? (a) U P (b) Bihar (c) West Bengal (d) Haryana
Who, among the following has not attempted the decipherment of the Harappan script? (1) Iravatham Mahadevan (2) Ram Sharan Sharma (3) S.R. Rao (4) Father Heras
Against which of the following announcements of the Central government, the truckers? associations went on a strike? 1 Increase in octroi charges 2 Hike in the diesel prices 3 Compulsory insurance by drivers 4 None of these
The slogan ?liberty, Equality, Fratenity? was actually given by 1 Russian Revolution 2 French Revolution 3 American War of Independence 4 Industrial Revolution