1136: Consider the following statements in respect of welfare schemes launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.
1. Drinking water for rural areas in one of the components of the Bharat Nirman Plan.
2. In the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 there is a provision that the statutory minimum wage applicable to agriculture workers in the State has to be paid to the workers under the Act.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1137: Indianisation of the Civil Services was done by:
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Mayo
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Reading
1138: In collaboration with David hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(d) Raja Rammohan Roy
1139: The brothers Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha are
(a) Kathak dancers
(b) Dhrupad vocalists
(c) Tabla players
(d) Sarod maestros
1140: Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world ?
(a) Antarctica
(b) North America
(c) Asia
(d) South America