1206: Consider the following statements:
1. During the year 2004, India's foreign exchange reserves did not exceed the 125 billion U. S. Dollars mark.
2. The series of index numbers of wholesale prices introduced from April 2000 has the year 1993-94 as base year.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 or 2
1207: The group of small pieces of rock - revolving round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called
(a) meteors
(b) comets
(c) meteorites
(d) asteroids
1208: Annie Besant was
1. responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement
2. the founder of the Theosophical Society
3. once the President of the Indian National Congress
Select the correct statement, statements using the codes given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1209: Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to our solar system ?
(a) The Earth is the densest of all the planets in our solar system
(b) The predominant element in the composition of Earth is silicon
(c) The Sun contains 75 per cent of the mass of the solar system
(d) The diameter of the Sun is 190 times that of the Earth
1210: Which one of the following statements regarding the election of the President of India is correct?
(a) A candidate securing the majority of votes is not automatically elected.
(b) The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction in any doubt or dispute arising in connection with the election of the President.
(c) The Presidential election cannot take place when one or more State Assemblies stand dissolved because all the State Assemblies form part of the electoral college.
(d) The total value of the votes allotted to both Houses of Parliament is much more than the total value of the votes of all the States taken together.