3511: Recently, which one of the following currencies has been proposed to be added to the basket of IMFs SDR?
(a) Ruble
(b) Rand
(c) Indian Rupee
(d) Renminbi
3512: The economic and monetary union of 15 European Countries is proposed to be made by 1999. But the currencies of two countries, Franc, have already the same value and circulate freely in both the countries. The countries are
(a) France and Switzerland
(b) Switzerland and Luxembourg
(c) Luxembourg and Belgium
(d) France and Belgium
3513: Hydroponics means:
(a) Cultivation of plants without the use of soil
(b) Detection of sound in water
(c) Animals living in water
(d) A Japanese way of flowering
3514: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Person) -- List-II (Position)
A. Nagender Singh -- 1. Chief Election Commissioner of India
B. A. N. Ray -- 2. President, International Court of Justice
C. R. K. Trivedi -- 3. Chief Justice of India
D. Ashok Desai -- 4. Attorney General of India
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 1 3 2 4
3515: In ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries, a ceremony called Pavarana used to be held. It was the
(a) occasion to elect the Sanghaparinayaka and two speakers one on Dhamma and the other on Vinaya
(b) confession by monks of their offences committed during their stay in the monasteries during the rainy season
(c) ceremony of initiation of new person into the Buddhist Sangha in which the head is shaved an when yellow robes are offered
(d) gathering of Buddhist monks on the next day to the full moon day of Ashadha when they take up affixed abode for the next four months or rainy season