4251: What was Komagata Maru?
(a) A political party based in Taiwan
(b) Peasant communist leader of China
(c) A naval ship on voyage to Canada
(d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long march
4252: In a given year in India, official poverty lines are higher in some States than in others because
(a) poverty rates vary from State to State
(b) price levels vary from State to State
(c) Gross State Product varies from State to State
(d) quality of public distribution varies from State to State
4253: In the November 1998 Composite Dialogue Process between India and Pakistan, three contentious issues listed below as 1, 2 and 3 were discussed.
Contentious Issues
1. Disengagement of troops
2. Settlement of boundary dispute
3. Sharing river water
Match the issues with the areas marked in the map as A, B and C and select the correct answer using the codes give below :
Codes:
(a) A-2, B-1, C-3
(b) A-2, B-3, C-1
(c) A-1, B-3, C-2
(d) A-3, B-2, C-1
4254: Consider the following countries :
1. Australia
2. Canada
3. China
4. India
5. Japan
6. USA
Which of the above are among the 'free-trade partners' of ASEAN ?
(a) 1, 2, 4 and 5
(b) 3, 4, 5 and 6
(c) 1, 3, 4 and 5
(d) 2, 3, 4 and 6
4255: The research work of Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield, the Nobel Prize winners for Medicine in 2003, relates to:
(a) Control of AIDS
(b) Magnetic resonance imaging
(c) Respiratory diseases
(d) Genetic engineering