2871: Which one of the following processes in the bodies of living organisms is a digestive process ?

(a) Breakdown of proteins into amino acids

(b) Breakdown of glucose into CO2 and H2O

(c) Conversion of glucose into glycogen

(d) Conversion of amino acids into proteins
2872: Consider the geographical details given in the following figure :


The point marked by A in the figure indicates a country in

(a) North America
(b) South America
(c) Europe
(d) Asia
2873: Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress

I. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress.

II. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress.

III. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume.

IV. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894.

Which of these statements are correct ?

(a) I and III
(b) II and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II, III and IV
2874: The standard time of the following countries is ahead or behind Greenwich Mean Time depending on whether they are east or west of the longitude passing through Greenwich :

I. Cuba

II. Greece

III. Iraq

IV. Costa Rica

V. Japan

Which one of the following sequential orders gives the correct arrangement of the countries according to their standard time from ahead to behind GMT?

(a) V, III, II, I, IV

(b) II, IV, I, III, V

(c) IV, I, III, II, V

(d) III, V, IV, I, II
2875: The number of economically active women (excluding students and those doing domestic duties in their homes) as a percentage of all women of working age (generally those aged 15-64 years) was the highest in 1996 in

(a) USA
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) S. Korea