Who among the following is the new President of Sri Lanka?
1 Ranil Wickremesinghe
2 V.Prabhakaran
3 Chandrika Kumaratunga
4 None of these
Plants growing in dry habitats are: (a) xerophytes (b) hygrophytes (c) mesophytes
What was the main provision of the 4th Constitution Amendment passed in 1955? (a) Empowered the State to acquire or requisition private property in public interest (b) Empowered the President to refer a Bill to the State Legislature for its opinion whose territory is likely to be affected by reorganization (c) It gives effect to the reorganization of States (d) None of these
Name the company which has agreed to pay a fine of $50 million for “inadequacy in sales and disclosure practices”, 1 DSP Merrill Lynch 2 Morgan Stanley 3 Anderson 4 Enron
Koyana Project supplies electricity to a number of big cities which include: (a) Surat and Baharaich (b) Goa (c) Poona and Mumbai (d) Kolhapur
Which of the following films won the Oscar Award for the best film in the Academy Awards function held in March 2003? 1 Chicago 2 New born baby 3 Jerky girl 4 Devdas
As per the budget proposals of the Union Government for the year 2003-04, how much income tax one has to pay (in terms of the percentage of the taxable income) in the event of his/her being in the slab of income over Rs.1.5 lakh annually? 1 10% 2 20% 3 30% 4 45%
Which of the following regarding the election of the president is correct ? a) A candidate securing the majority of votes is not automatically elected b) The supreme court has no jurisdiction in any doubt or dispute arising in connection with the election of the president. c) The presidential election can’t take place when one or more state assembles stand dissolved because all the state assembles from part of the electoral college. d) The total value of the votes allotted to both house of parliament is much more then the total value of the votes of all the states taken together.
The final test match of the ?nine-match Hockey test series? between India and Pakistan was played at which of the following places in February 1999? 1 New Delhi 2 Lucknow 3 Lahore 4 Karachi
?Sejm? is the Parliament of: (a) Holland (b) Poland (c) Yugoslavia (d) Greece
Which one of the following is the southern-most city? 1 Bhopal 2 Kolkata 3 Raipur 4 Udaipur
who among the following has been appointed the new chief justice of india ?
Neap Tides occur: (a) at half moon (b) during the day (c) once a month (d) twice a week