1736: In 1930, a person's age was 8 times that of his son. In 1938, the father's age became ten times that of his son's age in 1930. The ages of the son and father in 1940 were, respectively.
(a) 16 years, 58 years
(b) 15 years, 50 years
(c) 14 years, 42 years
(d) 13 years, 34 years
1737: Assertion (A):
A lock of Einstein's hair, if scientists could locate it and extract its DNA, could help in producing another Einstein, by cloning.
Reason (R):
The DNA extracted from the cell of an embryo at an early stage of development, can be transferred to individual eggs which in turn can be implanted into the uterus of a surrogate mother to give birth to an identical off spring.
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
1738: The best performance in terms of Human Development among the Asian countries is by
(a) China
(b) Malaysia
(c) Korea
(d) Philippines
1739: Genetic code is made up by the four-letter alphabet forming the pairs:
(a) A--C, C--A, T--G, G--T
(b) A--G, G--A, C--A, T--C
(c) T--G, G--T, A--C, C--A
(d) A--T, T--A, C--G, G--C
1740: With reference to Indian defence, which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) With the induction of Prithvi II, the IAF is the only airforce in the world with surface-to-surface ballistic missiles under its command
(b) Sukhoi-30 MKI jet fighters can launch air-to-air and air-to-surface precision missiles
(c) Trishul is a supersonic surface to-air missile-vith a range of 30 km
(d) The indigenously built INS Prabal can launch surface-to-surface missiles