2431: Water is filled in a container in such a manner that its volume doubles after every five minutes. If takes 30 minutes for the container to be full, in how much time will it be one-fourth full ?
(a) 7 minutes and 30 seconds
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 20 minutes
(d) 25 minutes
2432: In the FIFA World Cup Football event in the year 2002, the number of goals scored by Ronaldo of Brazil was
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9
2433: A great deal of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to India comes from Mauritius than from many major and mature economies like UK and France. Why?
(a) India has preference, for certain countries as regards receiving FDI
(b) India has double taxation avoidance agreement with Mauritius
(c) Most citizens of Mauritius have ethnic identity with India and so they feel secure to invest in India
(d) Impending dangers of global climatic change prompt Mauritius to make huge investments in India
2434: The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of
(a) Ajatashatru
(b) Ashoka
(c) Dharmapala
(d) Kanishka
2435: Arrange the following Buddhist councils in a chronological order:
(1) Vaishali
(2) Rajagraha
(3) Patliputra
(4) Sreenagar
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(a) 1, 4, 3, 2
(b) 3, 2, 1, 4
(c) 4, 1, 2, 3
(d) 2, 1, 3, 4