176: What is the importance of developing Chabahar Port by India?

(a) Indias trade with African countries will enormously increase.

(b) Indias relations with oil-producing Arab countries will be strengthened.

(c) India will not depend on Pakistan for access to Afghanistan and Central Asia.

(d) Pakistan will facilitate and protect the installation of a gas pipeline between Iraq and India.
177: According to the National Human Rights Commission Act, 1993, who amongst the following can be its Chairman?

(a) Any serving Judge of the Supreme Court
(b) Any serving Judge of the High Court
(c) Only a retired Chief Justice of India
(d) Only a retired Chief Justice of High Court
178: Himalayan rivers are perennial because:

(a) They flow from inexhaustible springs in the Himalayas

(b) They are fed in summer by melting snow of Himalayas

(c) There is continuous rain throughout the year in the catchment areas

(d) None of the above
179: Kim Dae-Jung won the Nobel Prize for Peace. He is from which one of the following countries?

(a) South Korea
(b) Vietnam
(c) Japan
(d) Cambodia
180: Assertion (A) :

Areas near the equator receive rainfall throughout the year.

Reason (R) :

High temperatures and high humidity cause convectional rain in most afternoons near the equator.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true