2716: What is the approximate mean velocity with which the Earth moves round the Sun in its orbit ?
(a) 20 km/s
(b) 30 km/s
(c) 40 km/s
(d) 50 km/s
2717: What is/are the most likely advantages of implementing 'Goods and Services Tax (GST)'?
1. It will replace multiple taxes collected by multiple authorities and will thus create a single market in India.
2. It will drastically reduce the 'Current Account Deficit' of India and will enable it to increase its foreign exchange reserves.
3. It will enormously increase the growth and size of economy of India and will enable it to overtake China in the near future.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2718: In the context of which of the following do some scientists suggest the use of cirrus cloud thinning technique and the injection of sulphate aerosol into stratosphere?
(a) Creating the artificial rains in some regions
(b) Reducing the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones
(c) Reducing the adverse effects of solar wind on the Earth
(d) Reducing the global warming
2719: A Person has to completely put each of three liquids : 403 litres of petrol, 465 litres of diesel and 496 litres of the Mobil Oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any of the above three types of liquids such that each bottle is completed filled. What is the least possible number of bottles required ?
(A) 46
(B) 34
(C) 44
(D) None of the above
2720: Match items in the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I (Country)
(A) Netherlands
(B) Ukraine
(C) Poland
(D) Japan
List II (Name of Parliament)
1. Diet
2. States General
3. Supreme Council
4. Sejm
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 4 1 2 3