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. The period of validity of an ordinance issued by the President is (1) Six weeks from the re-assembly of the Parliament (2) Six months (3) Three months (4) Four months

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Sri V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature this year. Which of the following novels is not authored by Naipaul? (1) The Mystic Masseur (2) A House of Mr. Biswas (3) Miguel Street (4) English August

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. Lane-Poole, the historian, writes “….the Emperor tumbled through life, and he tumbled out of it”. This statement refers to (1) Babur (2) Humayun (3) Shahjahan (4) Aurangzeb

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. Atmospheric pressure is shown on maps by (1) Isopleths (2) Isohyets (3) Isobars (4) Isotherms

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. Which port is handling about one fourth of the country’s foreign trade? (1) Bombay (2) Kandla (3) Cochin (4) Madras

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. Marcopolo visited Orugallu during the regime of (1) Rudrama Devi (2) Pola Raja-II (3) Pratapa Rudra (4) Ganapathideva

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Founder of Kakatiya dynasty was: (a) Rudrama Devi (b) Gundyana (c) Polaraja II (d) None

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. Broadly, there are three years of the earth the crust, the mantle and the core. The crust forms what percentage of the volume of the earth? (1) 0.5% (2) 2.5% (3) 7.5% (4) 12.5%

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. The major source of revenue in India is through (1) Direct taxes (2) Indirect taxes (3) Deficit financing (4) International borrowings

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Capital of the Brihatpalayanas was: (a) Guduru near Machilipatnam (b) Kondamudi (c) Rajamundry (d) None

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Which of the following films procuded by Mira Nair won the Golden Lion in the Venice Film Festival recently? (1) Kamasutra (2) Salaam Bombay (3) The Mississipi Masala (4) Monsson Wedding

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. Main Tansen was the court musician of (1) Jahangir (2) Akbar (3) Shahjahan (4) Aurangzeb

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