2036: Consider the following statements

1. Most of the world's coral reefs are in tropical waters.
2. More than one-third of the world's coral reefs are located in the territories of
Australia, Indonesia and Philippines.
3. Coral reefs host far more number of animal phyla than those hosted by tropical rainforests.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2037: The Directive Principles of State Policy have been given precedence over Fundamental Rights in the ___ Constitutional Amendment.

(a) 41st

(b) 42nd

(c) 43rd

(d) 45th
2038: The maximum gap between two sessions of the Parliament can be of:

(a) Six months

(b) Three months

(c) Nine months

(d) Twelve months
2039: The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow it through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a "U" turn in its course to flow into India. This "U" turn is due to

(a) Uplift of folded Himalayan series

(b) Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas

(c) Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains

(d) Both (a) and (b) above
2040: Whom did Croatia defeat in the Davis Cup 2005 Finals to win the Davis Cup-2005?

(A) United States of America
(B) Spain
(C) Slovak Republic
(D) Argentina