1416: Why is it advisable not to draw current for many appliances from a single point?

(a) Current will decrease

(b) Current will increase

(c) Current and voltage both will increase

(d) Voltage will decrease whereas current will increase
1417: Hughly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by

(a) the Portuguese

(b) the French

(c) the Danish

(d) the British
1418: Assertion (A) :

Panchayati Raj institutions were set up to decentralise planning to village level.

Reason (R) :

Village panchayats are in a better position to have a proper appreciation of their developmental needs.

(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 a correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A is false but R is true
1419: Barkhan is a

(a) Crescent shaped sand-dune

(b) Depositional bar, separated by water from the coast

(c) Dark coloured, fine grained rock

(d) Glacial erosional feature
1420: Lineage is:

(a) A straight line joining any two points on the globe

(b) The line of descendants of a particular ancestor

(c) The paleolithic age

(d) The linking of genes