1541: Consider the following statements regarding blood pressure :
1. It is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of any vessel
2. It decreases in the arteries as the distance from the heart increases
3. It is lower in the capillaries than in the arteries
4. It is usually lower in women than in men.
Of these statements
(a) 1 and 4 are correct
(b) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(c) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
1542: Regarding the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker, consider the following statements:
1. He/She holds the office during the pleasure of the President.
2. He/She need not be a member of the House at the time of his/her election but has to become a member of the House within six months from the date of his/her election.
3. If he/she intends to resign, the letter of his/her resignation has to be addressed to the Deputy Speaker.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None
1543: The shaded area in the above map shows the empire of
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) Mohammad Tughlaq
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
1544: For outstanding contribution to which one of the following filed is Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given?
(a) Science
(b) Social Service
(c) Performing Arts
(d) Literature
1545: Assertion (A)
The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.
Reason (R)
The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true