The Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for
1996 was recently presented to an organization which is
considered as ?Doctors without Borders?. What is the actual
name of this organization?
1 World Health Organisation
2 The World Red Cross Society
3 Amnesty International
4 Medicines sans Frontiers
Who takes the final decision upon the disqualification of aMember of Parliament? (a) Speaker of Lok Sabha (b) Vice-President (c) President (d) Prime Minister
From the Jain and Buddhist literature we get quite a good impression that during those days there existed: (a) Many republics (b) Many monarchies (c) No republics (d) Both A and B
. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are (a) Buddhist (b) Buddhist and Jain (c) Hindu and Jain (d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
The real founder of the Kushana Empire in India was: (a) Menander (b) Vasudeva (c) Kujula Kadphises (d) Kanishka
The member countries of the Commonwealth: (a) agree to come to defence of each other if attacked by any outsider (b) have democratic governments on the same pattern as UK (c) are free to follow independent policies (d) share the same wealth and hence the name
60 percent of commercial energy in India comes from: (a) Coal (b) Wind (c) Hydel (d) Nuclear projects
What is the chief function of the UPSC? (A) To conduct examinations for appointment of All India and Central Services (B) To advise the President regarding claims of civil servants for costs incurred in the course of execution of duties (C) To advise the President regarding disciplinary action against a civil servant (D) All the above
?Development as Freedom? is a book written by who among the following? 1 Amartya Sen 2 Pankaj Mishra 3 T.S.Krishna 4 Shobha De
Consider the following statements : 1. The expenditure to be incurred by the Government and the revenue to be collected by way of taxes must be approved by both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. 2. The charge of impeachment against the President of India can be brought about by only Lok Sabha and not Rajya Sabha. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Arrange the following in correct chronological order ? (i) Cripps Mission (ii) Gandhi Irwin Act (iii) Simon Commission (A) I, II, III (B) II, I, III (C) III, II, I (D) II, III, I
The greatest of the Kushana rulers who patronized the Mahayana form of Buddhism was: (a) Kadphises-I (b) Kanishka (c) Vama Kadphises (d) Munishka
The most powerful of the Greek Gods was: (a) Zeus (b) Dionysus (c) Apollo (d) Poseidon