1466: Consider the following events:
1. Fourth general elections in India
2. Formation of Haryana State
3. Mysore named as Karnataka State
4. Meghalaya and Tripura become full States
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the above?
(a) 2-1-4-3
(b) 4-3-2-1
(c) 2-3-4-1
(d) 4-1-2-3
1467: Which one of the following is not a feature of "Value Added Tax" ?
(a) It is basically a subject of the Central Government and the State Governments are only a facilitator for its successful implementation
(b) It is a multi-point destination-based system of taxation
(c) It is a tax levied on value addition at each stage of transaction in the production-distribution chain
(d) It is a tax on the final consumption of goods or services and must ultimately be borne by the consumer
1468: Assertion (A):
India's software exports increased at an average growth rate of 50% since 1995-96.
Reason (R):
Indian software companies were cost-effective and maintained international quality.
(a) Both A and R are individually true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is fasle, but R is true
1469: With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India, consider the following statements regarding Sankhya school :
1. Sankhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of soul.
2. Sankhya holds that it is the self - knowledge the leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent.
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
1470: NASA'S Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus ?
(A) Hale Bopp
(B) Halley's Comet
(C) Hyakutake
(D) Tempel 1