551: Match List-I (Persons) with List-II (Positions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List-I List-II
(Persons) (Positions)
(A) B.P. Mishra 1. Executive Director, IMF
(B) Suresh Kalamadi 2. Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd.
(C) PrafulPatel 3. President, Indian Olympic Association
(D) V. S. Jain 4. Vice-President, South Asian Region, World Bank
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 2 1 3
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 4 3 1 2
(d) 1 2 4 3
552: Consider the following statements:
1. There are 25 High Courts in India.
2. Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh have a common High Court.
3. National Capital Territory of Delhi has a High Court of its own.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
553: English men are more efficient partly by upbringing, partly by race and partly by education. Who said this?
(a) Rippon
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Minto
(d) Dufferin
554: Which of the following can be said as the 'Theory of Darwin'
(a) Survival of the fittest and struggle for existence
(b) Weak and strong always maintain a fixed proportion
(c) Different species do not arise by genetic mutation
(d) None of these
555: Heat from the sun is received by the earth through:
(a) Conduction
(b) Convection
(c) Radiation
(d) None of the above