2551: Salts of which of the following elements provide colours to fireworks?

(a) Zinc and sulphur
(b) Potassium and mercury
(c) Strontium and barium
(d) Chromium and nickel
2552: The chess player Alexi Shirov represents

(a) Albania
(b) Kazhakstan
(c) Russia
(d) Spain
2553: In the context of which one of the following arc the terms pyrolysis and plasma gasification mentioned?

(a) Extraction of rare earth elements

(b) Natural gas extraction technologies

(c) Hydrogen fuel-based automobiles

(d) Waste-to-energy technologies
2554: Influence of genes in controlling the activity of living organisms is through:

(a) Photosynthesis

(b) Protein synthesis

(c) Vitamins

(d) Hormones
2555: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(a) Jim Laker : Highest number of wickets in a Cricket Test match
(b) Brian Lara : Highest score in an innings in Test Cricket
(c) Sanath Jayasurya & Roshan Mahanama : Highest partnership in an innings in Test Cricket
(d) Sunil M. Gavaskar : Highest aggregate of runs in Test Cricket