481: Assertion (A)

Finance Commission aims to safeguard the fiscal autonomy of the States.

Reason (R)

Finance Commission is constituted every fifth year.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A is false but R is true
482: When it is noon along 82° 30' E longitude along what degree of longitude it will be 6.30 am ?

(a) along 165° E

(b) along 67°30' W

(c) 0° E or W

(d) along 82° 30' W
483: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :

List I List II

(Achievement in genetics) (Scientists)

I. Discovery of tramsdiction and Conjugation in bacteria (A) Khurana
II. Establishing the sex-linked inheritance (B) Kornberg
III. Isolation of DNA polymerase form E. coli (C) Lederberg
IV. Establishing the complete genetic code (D) Morgan
(E) Ochoa
Codes:

(a) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
(b) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-E
(c) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-E
(d) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
484: Rolling Plan can be best defined in context of India as:

(a) Formulation of annual plans

(b) Perspective of Five-Year Plan with the provision of extending by one year at a time so that there would be a constant planning horizon of five years

(c) Aims and achievements reviewed every year in a Five-Year Plan

(d) Plan for full 5 years
485: Who gave the Communal Award in India?

(a) C. R. Attlee

(b) Ramsay Macdonald

(c) Stafford Cripps

(d) None of the above