3741: Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, the families Below Poverty Line are provided 50 kg of foodgrains per month per family at subsidised price.
(b) Under Annapurna Scheme, indigent senior citizens of 65 years of age or above, eligible for National Old Age Pension but not getting pension, can get 10 kg of food grains per person per month free of cost.
(c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has a scheme in which indigent people living in welfare institutions like orphanages are given 15 kg of food grains per person per month at BPL rates.
(d) Ministry of Human Resource Development gives financial support to Mid-day Meal Scheme for the benefit of class I to V students in government or government-aided schools
3742: 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
3743: Match List I (Distinguished Person) with List II (Area of Work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I List II
(Distinguished Person) (Area of Work)
A. B. V. Rao 1. Automobiles Manufacture
B. C. K. Prahalad 2. Fisheries Economy
C. John Kurien 3. Information Technology and Software
D. Kiran Karnik 4. Poultry Farming
5. Management Science
(A) 2---------3---------1---------5
(B) 4---------3---------2---------5
(C) 4--------5---------2---------3
(D) 2---------5---------1---------3
3744: Which of the following electoral systems have been adopted for various elections in India ?
I. System of direct elections on the basis of adult suffrage.
II. System of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
III. List system of proportional representation.
IV. Cumulative system of indirect elections.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes:
(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) I, II and III
(d) II, III and lV
3745: Which of the following features of DNA makes in uniquely suited to store and transmit genetic information from generation to generation ?
(a) Complementarity of the two stands
(b) Double helix
(c) Number of base-pairs per turn
(d) Sugar-phosphate backbone