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Who among the following presided over the Buddhist Council held during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir ?
(a)
Parsva
(b)
Nagarjuna
(c)
Sudraka
(d)
Vasumitra
(D)
Consider the following statements regarding power sector in India : I. The installed capacity of power generation is around 95000 MW. II. Nuclear plants contribute nearly 15% of total power generation. III. Hydroelectricity plants contribute nearly 40% of total power generation. IV. Thermal plants at present account for nearly 80% of total power generation. Which of these statements is/are correct ?
I only
II and III
III and IV
I and IV
Answer not available
If a new State of the Indian Union is to be created, which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution must be amended ?
First
Second
Third
Fifth
(A)
Consider the following statements regarding the Armed Forces : I. First batch of women pilots was commissioned in Indian Air Force in 1996. II. Officers’ Training Academy is located in Nagpur. III. Southern Command of Indian Navy has its Headquarters at Chennai. IV. One of the Regional Headquarters of Coast Guard is located at Port Blair. Which of these statements are correct ?
I, II, III and IV
II, III and IV
III only
IV only
Which one of the Chola kings conquered Ceylon ?
Aditya I
Rajaraja I
Rajendra
Vijayalaya
(C)
The theme of Indian Science Congress, 2001 was
“Food Nutrition and Environmental Security”
“Arrest declining interest in pure sciences”
“Make India energy self-sufficient”
“Make India IT Superpower”
Consider the following statements regarding environment issues of India: I. Gulf of Manner is one of the biosphere reserves. II. The Ganga Action Plan, phase II has been merged with the National River Conservation Plan. III. The National Museum of Natural History at New Delhi imparts non-formal education in environment and conservation. IV. Environmental Information System (ENVIS) acts as a decentralised information network for environmental information. Which of these statements are correct ?
I, II and IV
I, III and IV
The prices at which the Government purchases food grains for maintaining the public distribution system and for building up buffer-stocks is known as
minimum support prices
procurement prices
issue prices
ceiling prices
(B)
Assertion (A): Ceiling on foreign exchange for a host of current account transaction heads was lowered in the year 2000. Reason (R): There was a fall in foreign currency assets also.
Both A and R are individually true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are individually true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
A is true, but R is false
A is fasle, but R is true
Assertion (A): During the Neap Tides, the high tide is lower and the low tide is higher than usual. Reason (R): The Neap Tide, unlike the Spring Tide, occurs on the New Moon instead of on the Full Moon.