The phenomenon called Equinox is due to the

• rotation of the Earth on its own axis

• revolution of the Earth on its inclined axis

• oblate-spheroid shape of the Earth

• oblate-spheroid shape of the Earth

The Director-General of the World Trade Organization is

• Renalto Ruggiero

• Pascal Lamy

• Arthur Dunkell

• Arthur Dunkell

Capital account convertibility signifies

• guaranteeing the right to investment to foreigners

• ensuring the right of buyers to make international payments

• ensuring free international movement of capital

• ensuring free international movement of capital

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'obiter dicta' means

• Direction by a judge

• Basis of judicial decision

• Judgement of a court in the case before it

• Judgement of a court in the case before it

The purpose of Kyoto Protocol is

• to promote tourism

• to contribute sustainable development

• to promote renewable sources of energy

• to promote renewable sources of energy

What do carbon credits signify ?

• Credits given in the course of carbon products sales

• Entitlements to emit certain quantity of green house gases

• Permissible amount of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• Permissible amount of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

The practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling
price is called

• discrimination

• dumping

• double pricing

• double pricing

Which of the following is considered as bulwark of personal freedom ?

• Mandamus

• Habeus Corpus

• Certiorari

• Certiorari

Vande Mataram is composed by

• Rabindranath Tagore

• Sharatchandra Chatterji

• Bankimchandra Chatterjee

• Bankimchandra Chatterjee

How many minutes for each degree of longitude does the local time of any place vary from the Greenwich time ?

• Four minutes

• Two minutes

• Eight minutes

• Eight minutes