1646: Consider the following statements:
1. The Islamic Calendar is twelve days shorter than the Gregorian Calendar.
2. The Islamic Calendar began in AD 632.
3. The Gregorian Calendar is a solar calendar.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 only
1647: Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh ?
(a) The arms Act
(b) The Public Safety Act
(c) The Vernacular Press Act
(d) The Rowlatt Act
1648: Which of the following pairs about India's economic indicator and agricultural production (all in rounded figures) are correctly matched?
1. GDP per capita Rs 37,000 (current prices)
2. Rice 180 million tons
3. Wheat 75 million tons
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) I, 2 and 3
1649: The winter rain in Madras is caused by:
(a) South-West Monsoons
(b) North-East Monsoons
(c) Intense land and sea breezes
(d) Cyclonic winds in the Bay of Bengal
1650: Which organelle in the cell, other than nucleus, contains DNA ?
(a) Centriole
(b) Golgi apparatus
(c) Lysosome
(d) Mitochondrion