136: What is the correct sequence of the following events ?
I. The August Offer
II. The I. N. A. trial
III. The Quit India Movement
IV. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings Revolt
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
Codes :
(a) I, III, II, IV
(b) III, I, II, IV
(c) I, III, IV, II
(d) III, I, IV, II
137: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I List II
(Person) (Distinguished as)
I. Santosh Yadav (A) T.V. Host
II. Oprah Winfrey (B) Journalist
III. Oscar Wilde (C) Mountaineer
IV. P. Sainath (D) Dramatist and Author
Codes:
(a) I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B
(b) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
(c) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D
(d) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
138: Rolling Plan can be best defined in context of India as:
(a) Formulation of annual plans
(b) Perspective of Five-Year Plan with the provision of extending by one year at a time so that there would be a constant planning horizon of five years
(c) Aims and achievements reviewed every year in a Five-Year Plan
(d) Plan for full 5 years
139: Some species of plants are insectivorous. Why?
(a) Their growth in shady and dark places does not allow them to undertake sufficient photosynthesis and thus they depend on insects for nutrition
(b) They are adapted to growing nitrogen deficient soils and thus depend on insects for sufficient nitrogenous nutrition
(c) They cannot synthesize certain vitamins themselves and depend on the insects digested by them
(d) They have remained in that particular stage of evolution as living fossils, a link between autotrophs and heterotrophs
140: Two taps can fill a tank separately in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, then the tank can be filled in:
(a) 50 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) 12 minutes
(d) 10 minutes