711: Through which one of the following groups of countries does the Equator pass ?
(a) Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia
(b) Venezuela, Ethiopia and Indonesia
(c) Brazil, Sudan and Malaysia
(d) Brazil, Zambia and Malaysia
712: The lowering of Bank Rate by the Reserve Bank of India leads to
(a) More liquidity in the market.
(b) Less liquidity in the market.
(c) No change in the liquidity in the market.
(d) Mobilization of more deposits by commercial banks.
713: Consider the following statements :
1. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 times in amplitude.
2. Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times that of the previous integer reading.
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
714: To Prevent recurrence of scams in Indian Capital Market the Government of India has assigned regulatory powers to
(a) SEBI
(b) RBI
(c) SBI
(d) ICICI
715: What is "Virtual Private Network" ?
(a) It is a computer network across a public internet that provides users access to their organization's network while maintaining the security of the information transmitted
(b) It is a private computer network of an organization where the remote users can transmit encrypted information through the server of the organization
(c) It is a computer network in which users can access a shared pool of computing resources through a service provider
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is a correct description of Virtual Private Network