3296: Consider the following statements:

1. The Islamic Calendar is twelve days shorter than the Gregorian Calendar.

2. The Islamic Calendar began in AD 632.

3. The Gregorian Calendar is a solar calendar.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 only
3297: Assertion (A) :

In a motion picture, usually 24 frames are projected every second over the whole length of the film.

Reason (R) :

An image formed on the retina of eye persists for about 0.1 s after the removal of stimulus.

(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
3298: Among the following, which one is not a football club?

(A) Arsenal
(B) Aston Villa
(C) Chelsea
(D) Monte Carlo
3299: The varieties of corn can be improved by which of the following methods?

(a) Dihybrid cross

(b) Back cross

(c) Double cross

(d) Natural selection
3300: India's external debt increased from US $98,158 million as at the end of March 2000 to US $100,225 million as at the end of March 2001 due to increase in

(a) multilateral and bilateral debt

(b) rupee debt

(c) commercial borrowings and NRI deposits

(d) borrowing from International Monetary Fund