The National Literacy Mission launched in 1988 aims at
attaining full literacy (i.e.sustainable threshold level of
75%) by the year
1 2004
2 2005
3 2008
4 2010
Number of transistors per chip on a Pentium Chip with a clock frequency of 300 MHz is approximately (A) 100000 (B) 1000000 (C) 10000000 (D) 100000000
Which of the following is not a basic feature of the Indian Constitution ? a) Presidential Government b) Parliamentary Government c) Federal Government d) Independence of Judiciary
Which of the following vegetable oils does not contain essential fatty acids? (a) Sunflower oil (b) Mustard oil (c) Coconut oil (d) Groundnut oil
The most abundant metal in the earths crust is? a) Zinc b) Copper c) Aluminum d) Iron
Which of the following periods is covered by the Tenth Five-Year Plan? 1 2001-2006 2 2002-2007 3 2003-2008 4 2000-2005
What is common to the following ? Pantaloons, Lifestyle, Shopper?s Stop and Westside? 1 They are all owned by the TATA group 2 HDFC has bought a stake in each of these operations 3 They are leaders in the retail store business 4 They are authorized dealers for Khadi Gram Udyog
Which of the following is correctly matched? A. PTI-Bangladesh B. Reuters-USA C. Associated Press-USA D. UNI-Iran
Which among the following foreign banks is completing 150 years of its establishment this year? 1 HSBC 2 Bank of Tokyo 3 Bank of America 4 None of these
The Directive Principles of the State Policy aim at: (a) establishing social and economic justice in the country (b) ensuring the smooth functioning of democracy (c) giving extra-Constitutional power to the Government (d) None of the above
With which one of the following events, did the Saka Era of the Indian National Calendar commence? (A) Coronation of Chandragupta Maurya (B) Birth of Adi Sankaracharya (C) Coronation of Kanishka (D) Ascenstion of Chandragupta-II
In which country is the world?s highest observatory located ? (a) India (b) Russia (c) USA (d) Japan
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte of Chile was recently in the news as he 1 Is being tried on the charges of crimes against humanity 2 Has again taken over as the President of Chile after an exile for 10 years 3 Would be the new Secretary-General of the UNO 4 Took political asylum in Germany after a military coup in his country