1451: A lottery system has ticket numbers with eight digits. There are ten first prizes of Rs. 1.00 lakh each, one hundred second prizes of Rs. 10,000 each and one thousand third prizes of Rs. 1,000 each. At the draw of lots, an eight digit number is generated by choosing for each digit from left to right a random number in the range of 0 to Q. Any one who has a ticket with the first two digits (from left to right) matching, the chosen number gets a first prize, and so on. One individual purchases a large number of tickets at a discounted price of Re. 0.75 each. For how much money should he purchase tickets to achieve a 10% chance of winning a third prize ?
(a) Rs. 10,000
(b) Rs. 75,000
(c) Rs. 1,00,000
(d) Rs. 7,500
1452: Latvia does not share its borders with which one of the following countries?
(a) Russia
(b) Estonia
(c) Lithuania
(d) Poland
1453: In the context of Indian economy, consider the following pairs :
Term : Most appropriate description
1. Melt down : Fall in stock prices
2. Recession :Fall in growth rate
3. Slow down : Fall in GDP
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1454: Consider the following animals
1. Sea cow
2. Sea horse
3. Sea lion
Which of the above is/are mammal/mammals?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1455: The Narimanam oil field is located in:
(a) Mahanadi delta
(b) Krishna delta
(c) Cauvery delta
(d) Godavari delta