Alan Hollinghurst won the Booker Prize for the year 2004 for
the Novel
1 The Swimming Pool Library
2 The Line of Beauty
3 Vernon Gold Little
4 Notes On A Scandal
After the elections In 1937, the Congress ministers tendered their resignations because 1 The British government declared India a party to World War II without consulting them 2 Of undue interference in their working by the Government 3 Of paucity of financial resources which hampered all developmental works 4 Of their inexperience to run the administration
. What does ‘Super 301’ agreement of U.S.A deals with : (a) The trade relations between the interested countries (b) Alleviation of poverty from III world (c) Foreign exchange crisis of developing countries (d) None of these
The normal temperature of the human body is 1 900F 2 980F 3 98.40F 4 96.40F
. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the (a) Harappan culture (b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India (c) Vedic texts (d) Silver punch-marked coins
The founder of the Achaemenid empire was: (a) Cyrus (b) Darius III (c) Darius I (d) Xerxes
What is the important reason for which northern Sumatra region of Indonesia was in the news recently? 1 Ethnic conflict between native tribal communities 2 Conflict between separatist local people and government security forces 3 Large scale floods and landslides in the tropical forests 4 Great loss of human life due to unknown endemic disease
Beighton Cup is awarded for which sport? 1 Hockey 2 Cricket 3 Golf 4 Volleyball
The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of (a) The Indian Councils Act, 1909 (b) The Government of India Act, 1919 (c) The Government of India Act, 1935 (d) The Indian Independence Act, 1947
. Why do short sighted persons use concave lenses in spectacles? (a) Concave lens can focus the image of the far off object on the retina (b) Concave lens gives a clear vision (c) Concave lens gives erect image (d) None of these
The maximum number of days within which the Rajya Sabha has to return a certain bill to the Lok Sabha after ?rejection? or ?acceptance? is : (a) 30 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 15
How many players are there in each side in the game of Netball? (a) 11 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 7
Solar radiation mainly; emits from (1) Carona (2) Chromosphere (3) Photosphere (4) None of the above