Which of the following agencies directed the Government of
India and State Governments to identify families living
below poverty line?
1 World Trade Organisation
2 UNO
3 Supreme Court of India
4 None of these
In which of the following cities, is the Golden Temple located? (a) Gaya (b) Patna (c) Mathura (d) Amritsar
??. Has taken over as the Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) . 1 P.C.Hota 2 S.R.Hashim 3 R.A.Mashelkar 4 None of these
Money bills in a State can be moved: (a) only in the Legislative Council (b) only in the Legislative Assembly (c) at the joint meeting of the LC and the LA (d) by the Chief Minister and his colleagues
The Mughal Empire extended up to Tamil territory in the South under the reign on 1 Akbar 2 Auragzed 3 Kajamgor 4 Shahjahan
The credit for forming an all India organization of nationalist political workers goes to: (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) S.N. Banerjee (c) W.C. Bonerjee (d) A.O. Hume
The number of Lok Sabha seats allocated for the State of Jharkhand is 1 20 2 14 3 11 4 5
The concept of sustainable development was first defined by 1 Royal Commission 2 Brundtland Commission 3 Hoover Commission 4 Kaldor Commission
The 36th Nehru Literacy Award for the year 2003, instituted by the Indian Education Association has gone to ?. (1) Prof. Bhawani Shankar Garg (2) Amit Verma (3) Sumit Sarkar (4) Amit Sharma (5) None of these
. Acid precipitation is now regarded as a serious problem in some European and Asian countries. Its major cause or source is (a) Discharge of acidic effluents onto neutral or slightly alkaline land where the acidic components precipitate (b) Emissions of sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides from thermal power plants and burning of fossil fuels; these oxides dissolve in atmospheric water vapour and fall back on earth as acid rain (c) Neutral carbon dioxide released during respiration of living organisms dissolves in water, forming carbonic acid which is the chief contributor to acidity in rain water. (d) Chlorofluorocarbons readily react with various chemicals near the earth’s surface, producing acidic intermediates which cause acid precipitation.
In a recent excavation, remains of some ninth century Chandela Temples have been found. The site of the excavation is 1 Sanchi 2 Lothai 3 Jatkara 4 None of these
????? was the Prime Minister of England, when India became independent. (1) Churchil (2) Attlee (3) Chamberlain (4) Wilson
Which one of the following is not correct? (a) There is no uniform procedure for amending the Indian Constitution (b) The State Legislatures do not possess the right to initiate the amendment of the Constitution (c) There is a provision of referendum in the Indian Constitution (d) The proposal for amending the Indian Constitution can be initiated in either House of the Parliament