731: Aspartame is an artificial sweetener sold in the market. It consists of amino acids and provides calories like other amino acids. Yet, it is used as a low-calorie sweetening agent in food items. What is the basis of this use ?
(a) Aspartame is several times sweeter than table "sugar, hence food items made with small quantities of aspartame yield fewer calorieson oxidation
(b) When aspartame is used in food processing, the sweet taste remains, but it 'beccmes resistant to oxida- tion
(c) Aspartame is as sweet as sugar, but after ingestion into the body, it is converted into metabolites that yield no calories
(d) Aspartame is as sweet as table sugar, but unlike table sugar, it is not readily oxidized in human body due to lack of requisite enzymes
732: LMNOP, is a semi-circle with centre at R and diameter LP, LSR and RQP are also semi-circles with centres at T and U and diameters LR = RP = 1/2 LP. The ratio of perimeters of LMNOP and LSRQP is
(a) 0.75 : 1
(b) 1 : 1
(c) 1 : 0.75
(d) 1.25 : 1
733: Mach Number is a term associated with the speed of:
(a) Ships
(b) Cars
(c) Aeroplanes
(d) Light
734: During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts, called for
(a) the Union of Pashtun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan
(b) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers
(c) the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social reform
(d) the Pathan regional nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism
735: 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