The Sorts star, the sports magazine published from India,
has chosen who amongst the following as the sportsperson of
the year for 1996, the announcement for which came recently?
1 Sachin Tendulkar
2 Viswanathan Anand
3 Leander Paes
4 None of these
which of the following fibers is generally preferred for making gauze and lint? 1 Cotton 2 Rayon 3 Nylon 4 Terylene
Which one of the following statements is wrong? (a) In many States of India education has been made compulsory and free up to the age of 14 years (b) Cow slaughter has been banned all over the country (c) The government is attempting to ensure equal pay for equal work to both men and women (d) Panchayati Raj has been introduced by most of the States
In India, support prices are now recommended by (1) Agricultural Price Commission (APC) (2) Govt. of India (3) Planning Commission's Agricultural Cell (4) Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (C.A.C.P.)
Which water body separates Australia from New Zelansd? 1 Cook Straits 2 Tasman Sea 3 McMunro Sound 4 Great Barrier Reef
Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means (a) The sum f budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings (b) The difference between current expenditure and current revenue (c) The sum of monetized deficit and budgetary deficit (d) Net increase in Union Government’s borrowings from the Reserve Bank of India
Which one of the following is not among the privileges and immunities of the Members of Parliament? (a) Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and to the rules and standing orders regulating the procedure of Parliament, there shall be freedom of speech in the Parliament (b) No member of Parliament shall be liable to any proceeding in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him in the Parliament or any committee thereof (c) The powers, privileges and immunities of each House of Parliament shall be such as may from time to time be defined by the Parliament by law (d) None of these
Third World refers to 1 Developing countries 2 Developed countries 3 Capitalist nations 4 None of these
. The statue of Gomateswara at Sravanabelagola was built by (a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Kharavela (c) Amoghavarsha (d) Chamundaraya
Rocky, Links, Mother Nature and Merlin are the 1 Names for various ‘Office Assistants’ in Microsoft’s Office package 2 Names of famous Walt Disney cartoons 3 Names of characters in the novels by Bhaskar Ghosh 4 Names of Holiday Inn hotels
Peeled banana under normal conditions is 1 Brittle 2 Elastic 3 Plastic 4 Fluid
The northern tip of the earth is inclined towards the sun on: (a) June 21 (b) December 22 (c) March 21
As per the rough estimates, the general elections In India and the burden of Kargil war operations will need an expenditure of about 1 Rs.3,000 crore 2 Rs.5,000 crore 3 Rs.16,000 crore 4 Rs.10,000 crore