411: With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN and it will go into effect in 2017.
2. The Agreement aims to limit the greenhouse gas emissions so that the rise in average global temperature by the end of this century does not exceed 2 °C or even 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
3. Developed countries acknowledged their historical responsibility in global warming and committed to donate $ 1000 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
412: In the well-known Lawn Tennis doubles team, Max Mirnyi's the partner of Mahesh Bhupati, comes from which of the following countries?
(a) Italy
(b) Sweden
(c) Belarus
(d) Croatia
413: In a factory, quality assurance test is conducted on various samples for a specific characteristic value of the product. The values and the number of samples are as given in the following table :
Characteristic value, X No. of Samples
10 3
11 7
12 10
13 15
14 28
15 33
16 24
17 11
18 10
19 6
20 3
Consider the following statements based on the table :
I. The probability that X ≤ 15 is 0.64.
II. The probability that 13 < X ≤ 17 is greater than 0.64.
III. The probability that X = 15 is less than 0.22.
Which of the above statements is/are not true?
(a) I alone
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III
414: Which one of the following types of micro-organisms is most widely used in industries ?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Bacteria and fungi
(c) Bacteria and algae
(d) Bacteria, micro-algae and fungi
415: What is Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)?
(a) An agency formed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to check misuse of drugs by sports persons
(b) A non-governmental organization which specialized in international humanitarian aid and emergency medical assistance.
(c) An organization to develop applications of nanotechnology in medicine
(d) An organization of medical practitioners funded by the European Union which carries out research against spread of AIDS