2056: 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
2057: 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
2058: Caldera is a feature associated with

(a) Volcanoes

(b) Earthquakes

(c) Folding of rocks

(d) Faulting of mountains
2059: Pulse reading is done by doctors to find out:

(a) Temperature

(b) Heart beat

(c) Blood pressure

(d) Respiration rate
2060: Consider the following statements :

1. Hepatitis B is several times more infectious than HIV/AIDS

2. Hepatitis B can cause liver cancer

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