As per Economic Survey 2002, 2003, among the major
categories of consumption, the public expenditure has gone
up on which of the following categories?
1 Health care services
2 Clothing and footwear
3 Fuel and power
4 None of these
Which one of the following countries is a member of the Common wealth of Independent States? 1 Croatia 2 Poland 3 Romania 4 Turkmenistan
‘Optra’ is a new model of car launched in India by 1 General Motors 2 Hyundai 3 Toyota 4 Honda
Which one of the following is a Gandhian Principle? (a) The State shall protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest (b) The State shall take steps to separte the judiciary from the executive (c) The State shall protect educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people and in particular of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (d) None of these
Bhaskara-II was launched in November 1981 from: (a) an aerodrome in Paris (b) a US Space Platform (c) a Soviet Cosmodrome (d) an Indian Launching Pad
Which is the largest Gulf in the world? (a) The Gulf of Mexico (b) The Gulf of Cambay (c) The Persian Gulf (d) The Strait of Hormuz
Which of the following can be used for checking inflation temporarily ? (a) Increase in wages (b) Decrease in money supply (c) Decrease in taxes (d) None of these
The removal of soil at a rate faster than its formation is: (a) soil erosion (b) accelerated erosion (c) lateral erosion
. When partial convertibility obtains, the exchange rate is (a) A weighted average (b) A simple average (c) Fully floating (d) Fully administered
How is the Vice-President of India elected? (a) By an electoral college consisting of the elected members of Lok Sabha (b) By an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the State Assemblies (c) By an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament (d) By the people directly
Who amongst the following persons is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to Cinema at the 30th International Film Festival of India? 1 Carlos Marcovicci 2 Bernardo Bertolucci 3 Sergei Eisentein 4 Peter Brooks
. The acceleration due to gravity of a catastrophic earthquake will be (a) > 550 cm/sec2 (b) > 750 cm/sec2 (c) > 950 cm/sec2 (d) > 980 cm/sec2
The system of Sati was abolished in India during the governor-generalship of: (a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord William Bentick