3056: What is the annual rate amide at in the Eighth five year plan ?

(a) 5.6 %

(b) 6%

(c) 6.5%

(d) 7%
3057: Assertion (A):

The monsoonal rainfall decreases as one goes towards the west and north-west in the Ganga plain.

Reason (R):

The moisture-bearing monsoonal winds go higher up as one moves up in the Ganga plain.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?

(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A

(c) A is true, but R is false

(d) A is false, but R is true
3058: A person walking barefooted in a field feels a sharp sting and on examination two puncture marks are found on his leg. He is most probably bitten by:

(a) Poisonous snake

(b) Non-poisonous snake

(c) Scorpion

(d) Rat
3059: The sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was

(a) Muin-ud-din Chishti

(b) Baba Farid

(c) Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz

(d) Shah Alam Bukhari
3060: Consider the following statements :

In India, taxes on transactions in Stock Exchanges and Futures Markets are

1. levied by the Union

2. collected by the State

Which of the statements given above is /are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2