496: Which of the following was the principal article of food of the Indus Valley people?

(a) Fish

(b) Palm-date

(c) Eggs

(d) Wheat
497: Consider the following statements regarding the Directive Principles of State Policy:

1. The Principles spell out the socio-economic democracy in the country.
2. The provisions contained in these Principles are not enforceable by any court.

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
498: Which one of the following is not an instrument of selective credit control in India ?

(a) Regulation of consumer credit
(b) Rationing of credit
(c) Margin requirements
(d) Variable cost reserve ratios
499: They are fantastically diverse. They speak hundreds of languages and dialects. They comprise scores of ethnic groups. They include highly industrialised economies and up-and-coming economies. They span half the surface of the earth and are home to two-fifths of the world's population. The group of countries referred to here belongs to

(a) SAPTA
(b) APEC
(c) EC
(d) CIS
500: The wrongly matched pair among the following is:

(a) Gandhiji --- Dandi March

(b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah --- Khilafat movement

(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan --- Aligarh Muslim University

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose --- Forward Bloc