When Parliament is in session, a Member of Parliament gets
(per day)
1 Rs.100
2 Rs.500
3 Rs.1,000
4 Rs.400
The merger between P & G and Gillette will create?? consumer goods company. 1 The World?s Second largest 2 The World?s largest 3 A reasonably big 4 None of the above is true
. Which one of the following sets of economists strongly favoured a market economy? (a) Adam Smith, Keynes, Hicks (b) Adam Smith, Marx, Strumlin (c) Adam Smith, Hayek, Friedman (d) Adam Smith, Ricardo, J.K. Galbraith
The abbreviation ?RPF? stands for (a) Reserve Police Force (b) Railway Protection Force (c) Regional Peoples Front (d) Railway Police Force
Turebaz Khan is associated with 1857 Mutiny in (1) Delhi (2) Meerut (3) Kanpur (4) Hyderabad
Mrs Junko Tabei, who created history on May 16, 1975 by becoming the world?s first woman to reach the 8,848 metre (29,002 ft) high Everest peak belongs to which of the following countries ? (a) Japan (b) Tibet (c) Thailand (d) Nepal
The Planning Commission of India is presided over by the 1 Prime Minister 2 Vice President 3 Union Minister of Planning 4 Union Finance Minister
When parliament is not in session, the president can promulgate an ordinance which is to be ratified by the parliament within ? a) 6 weeks from the date of issue of ordinance b) 6 weeks from the reassembly of parliament c) 3 months from the date of issue of the ordinance d) 6 months from the reassembly of the parliament
Can the Prime Minister advise the President to appoint any one as minister even if he is not an MP? (a) No, PM can ask only if he is a Member of Parliament (b) Yes, even if he is not a member of Parliament and does not intend to become an MP (c) Yes, if he becomes an MP within 6 months of his appointment (d) Yes, if he becomes an MP within 3 years
India recently rejected a proposal to launch a fresh round of global trade regotiations with 1 UNO?s Trade & Development Commission 2 World Trade Organisation 3 European Commission 4 None of these
. ‘The Uniting for Peace Resolution’ adopted by the U.N has (a) Enhanced the powers of the General Assembly in a comprehensive way (b) Reduced the powers of the General Assembly (c) Made no difference to the powers of the General Assembly (d) Empowered the General Assembly to act in specific situations in matters of peace and security
The material used for bleaching paper pulp is 1 Chlorine 2 Caustic soda 3 Sodium hypochlorite 4 Lime
Who among the following was not an astronomer? (a) Bana Bhatt (b) Varahamihira (c) Arya Bhatta (d) Bhaskaracharya