2757: In the context of Indian economy, which of the following is/are the purpose/purposes of `Statutory Reserve Requirements?
1. To enable the Central Bank to control the amount of advances the banks can create
2. To make the peoples deposits with banks safe and liquid.
3. To prevent the commercial banks from making excessive profits.
4. To force the banks to have sufficient vault cash to meet their day-to-day requirements
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2759: Match the international events listed below with their respective places labelled as 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 in the given map and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list
International Events :
A. Venue of Commonwealth Conference held in 1999.
B. Venue of World Trade Organisation meeting held in 1999.
C. Place of Israel-Syria Peace talks held in January 2000.
D. Place of military action by Russian troops in January 2000.
Codes :
(a) A-2, B-1, C-5, D-3
(b) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
(c) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
(d) A-4, B-3, C-5, D-2
2760: Assertion (A): Wind patterns are clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Reason (R):The direction of wind patterns in the northern and the southern hemisphere are governed by Coriolis effect.
(a) Both A and R are individually 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.