Prelims

Consider the following statements about the megacities of India : I. Population of each megacity is more than 5 million. II. All the megacities are important sea ports. III. Megacities are either national or State capitals. Which of these statements are correct ?

The first Indian State to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi is

Which one of the following statements is not true ?

The following news item appeared in a National daily dated 1-12-1999: “…Parliament today rejected a Bill to grant women the right to vote and stand for office in parliamentary elections, by a margin of 32 to 30. The National Assembly was split between liberal, pro-government and Shiite Muslim deputies who were in favour of women’s rights, while the opposition camp grouped Sunni Muslim fundamentalists and tribal MPs. A total of 64 MPs and Ministers were present, of whom two abstained.” The Parliament referred to in this quotation is that of

The growth rate of per capita income at current prices is higher than that of per capita income at constant prices, because the latter takes into account the rate of

“In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus”. To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate ?

Which one of the following statements is incorrect ?

Which one of the following lakes forms an international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda ?

Consider the following provinces of former Yugoslavia : I. Bosnia II. Croatia III. Slovenia IV. Yugoslavia. The correct sequence of these provinces from the east to the west is

Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism ?