156: NABARD, which is set up to provide loans for rural development, is a:
(a) Bank
(b) Board
(c) Block
(d) Department
157: 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
158: With reference to Indian history, who among the following is a future Buddha, yet to come to save the world?
(a) Avalokiteshvara
(b) Lokesvara
(c) Maitreya
(d) Padmapani
159: With reference to the cultural history of medieval India, consider the following statements:
1. Siddhas (Sittars) of Tamil region were monotheistic and condemned idolatry.
2. Lingayats of Kannada region questioned the theory of rebirth and rejected the caste hierarchy.
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
160: 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' was written by:
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya