501: Global capital-flows to developing countries increased significantly during the nineties. In view of the East Asian financial crisis and Latin American experience, which type of inflow is good for the host country?
(a) Commercial loans
(b) Foreign Direct Investment
(c) Foreign Portfolio Investment
(d) External Commercial Borrowings
502: The Employment Assurance Scheme envisages financial assistance to rural areas for guaranteeing employment to at least
(a) 50 per cent of the men and women seeking jobs in rural areas
(b) 50 per cent of the men seeking jobs in rural areas
(c) one man and one woman in a rural family living below the poverty line
(d) None of the above
503: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I List II
(Achievement in genetics) (Scientists)
I. Discovery of tramsdiction and Conjugation in bacteria (A) Khurana
II. Establishing the sex-linked inheritance (B) Kornberg
III. Isolation of DNA polymerase form E. coli (C) Lederberg
IV. Establishing the complete genetic code (D) Morgan
(E) Ochoa
Codes:
(a) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
(b) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-E
(c) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-E
(d) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
504: Which of the following are included in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?
1. A dispute between the Government of India and one or more States
2. A dispute regarding elections to either House of the Parliament or that of Legislature of a State
3. A dispute between the Government of India and a Union Territory
4. A dispute between two or more States
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
505: Who among the following Governor Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service ?
(a) William Bentinck
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Wellesley
(d) Cornwallis