Which of the following countries won the Champions Trophy
Hockey for both the men and the women in 1999?
1 Pakistan
2 Australia
3 Holland
4 None of these
An intense local storm associated with cumulo-nimbus clouds is: (a) thunderstorm (b) dust storm (c) wind storm
The ?Prakash Utsav? which the Sikhs celebrated on the 1st September 2004 marked the 400th anniversary of what event ? (a) Completion of the construction of the Golden Temple at Amritsar (b) Establishment of Sikh religion (c) Installation of Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple (d) Worship at Akal Takht
With which game are the terms bull?s eye, muzzle and plug associated? (a) Billiards (b) Solitaire (c) Shooting (d) Rowing
. 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.
Hormone that helps in cell division (1) Absicic acid (2) Cytokinin (3) Gibberellic acid (4) Rennin
Which of the following countries hosted the Euro-2004 football tournament? 1 Greece 2 Hungary 3 Portugal 4 None of these
Why is it necessary to grow plants in an aquarium? (1) To increase the supply of oxygen to fishes (2) It beautifies the aquarium (3) To increase CO2 in the atmosphere (4) To give more food to fish
Which of the following is known as Salt petre? 1 NaCI 2 NaNO3 3 Na2CO3 4 NaHCO3
The Olympic Motto is (A) Health is wealth (B) Promote universal brotherhood (C) Faster, higher, stronger (D) Excellence in the goal
Who is our Chief Vigilance Commissioner? (a) P. Shankar (b) T.S. Krishnamurthy (c) N. Vittal (d) James Lyngdoh
The term ?Punter? is associated with the game of: (a) Golf (b) Polo (c) Bridge (d) Horse Racing
M K Gandhi was born on October 2. Another famous Indian also born on this day-was: (a) Sardar Patel (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri (c) Rabindra Nath Tagore (d) Bhagar Singh (e) Rajendra Prasad