Which of the following awards was recently given to
Dr.R.Chidambaram, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
of India?
1 Veer Savarkar Award
2 Man of the Year
3 Padma Vibhushan
4 None of these
Lansana Conte whose name was recently in the news of the following days? 1 Guinea 2 Fiji 3 Malawi 4 Togo
. Which one of the following is the best strategy for environment-friendly, sustainable development in Indian agriculture? (a) Expansion of cultivable land increased use of superphosphate, urea and effective biocides (b) Wider popularization of high-yielding crop varieties, better and more frequent irrigation and increased frequency of aerial sprays of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides (c) Mixed cropping, organic manures, nitrogen-fixing plants and pest-resistant crop varieties (d) Improved farm implements and machinery, use of potent insecticides to minimize post-harvest grain losses and monoculture cropping practices
Who among the following can attend meeting of the Union Cabinet ? a) Cabinet Ministers b) Ministers of state c) Deputy Ministers d) President
A light-year is a unit of: (a) time (b) distance (c) velocity (d) energy
Which one of the following languages does not occur in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution? (a) Kashmiri (b) Rajasthani (c) Urdu (d) Hindi
Who was the first woman President of Indian National Congress? 1 Annie Besant 2 Aruna Asaf Ali 3 Sorojini Naidu 4 Vijayalakshmi Pandit
. Three communicable diseases prevalent in developing countries caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation are (a) Acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout (b) Malaria, acute diarrhoea and schistosomiasis (c) Onchocerciasis, leukaemia and arthritis (d) Rheumatism, malaria and AIDS
The term ?external assistance? in the context of Indian Planning Exercises stands for: (A) only foreign grants (B) only concessional foreign loans (C) only foreign grants and ?grants component? of concessional foreign aid (D) all foreign grants and foreign loans
In human systems, vitamins cannot (A) Help in digestion (B) Help in metabolizing drugs (C) Help in growth (D) Supply energy
Parliament of India is a ?
What is the main function of insulin in the human body? 1 To maintain blood pressure 2 To help in digestion of food 3 To control the level of sugar in the body 4 To check the level of iodine in the body
Which Sstate did not bave the Assemb ly elections in 2003? 1 Madhya Pradesh 2 Mizoram 3 Rajasthan 4 Tripura