. Consider the following passage:
“In the course of a career on the road spanning almost
thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern
hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44
modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of
approximately 73,000 miles”.
The world’s greatest traveler of pre-modern times to whom
the above passage refers is
(a) Megasthenes
(b) Fa Hien
(c) Marco Polo
(d) Ibn Battuta
A team of the tourism and transport officials and technicians from the Pakistan was in India recently to 1 Work out modalities for the resumption of Samjhouta Express 2 Work out modalities for the resumption of Delhi-Lahore bus service 3 Visit the sites where Pakistan tourism department can open its offices 4 None of these
?Ghasiram Kotwal? was written by: (a) Nayantara Sehgal (b) Vijay Tendulkar (c) Tara Ali Baig (d) K M Munshi
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
Government of India?s Disinvestment Policy was recast in 2000 to provide for ?strategic sale? of PSU shares. The new policy involves : (A) Sale with a change in management. (B) Majority holding to be sold to a private party. (C) Sale of only loss making PSUs. (D) Sale of shares of defence PSUs
Bhagat Singh and B K Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly: (a) to protest against the passage of the Public Safety Bill (b) as their aim was to overthrow the British government (c) to kill the members of the Legislative Council (d) to average the death of Lala Lajpat Rai
Who among the following was not an astronomer? (a) Bana Bhatt (b) Varahamihira (c) Arya Bhatta (d) Bhaskaracharya
In the tropics, continents have deserts in the western coast due to: (a) prevailing winds (b) oceans (c) human beings
under which election commision functions
India opted for a federal form of government because of (a) Vast territory (b) Cultural integration (c) Linguistic and regional diversity (d) Administrative convenience
The chemical name for urea is 1 Aneurin 2 Chloroethene 3 Carbamide 4 None of these
The greatest value of bees to mankind is in 1 Storing honey for man?s use 2 Supplying of food for birds 3 Ensuring pollination of certain crop plants 4 None of these
APEC is an abbreviation for (1) Atlantic Peace Economic Co-operation (2) All Party Economic Conference (3) Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (4) None of the above