1041: Which one of the following authorities recommends the principles governing the grants-in-aid of the revenues to the states out of the Consolidated Fund of India?
(a) Finance Commission
(b) Inter-State Council
(c) Union Ministry of Finance
(d) Public Accounts Committee
1042: When the Portuguese arrived in India, the foreigners whom they encountered as trade rivals were the
(a) Persians
(b) Arabs
(c) Dutch
(d) English
1043: The next number in the series 0, 7, 26, 63 is:
(a) 124
(b) 178
(c) 195
(d) 255
1044: Which of the following rivers has a bird's foot delta?
(a) The Amazon
(b) The Brahmaputra
(c) The Mississippi
(d) The Nile
1045: Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Reinhold Messner : Computer Technology
(b) Harlow Shapley : Astronomy
(c) Gregor Mendel : Hereditary Theory
(d) Godfrey Hounsfield : CT Scan