181: Consider the following statements:
1. The Parliament of Russia is called Federal Assembly.
2. The Council of the Federation in the Russian Parliament is the lower house.
3. The name of the upper house in the Russian parliament is State Duma.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
182: Which of the following was the first to escape out of solar system?
(a) Pioneer 10
(b) Voyager I
(c) Voyager II
(d) Soyuz
183: A big rectangular plot of area 4320 m2 is divided into 3 square-shaped smaller plots by fencing parallel to the smaller side of the plot. However, some area of land was still left as a square could be formed. So, 3 more square shaped plots were formed by fencing parallel to the longer side of the original plot such that no area of the plot was left surplus. What are the dimensions of the original plot?
(A) 120 m x 36 m
(B) 135 m x 32 m
(C) 240 m x 18 m
(D) 160 m x 27 m
184: Which one of the following is not a feature of "Value Added Tax" ?
(a) It is basically a subject of the Central Government and the State Governments are only a facilitator for its successful implementation
(b) It is a multi-point destination-based system of taxation
(c) It is a tax levied on value addition at each stage of transaction in the production-distribution chain
(d) It is a tax on the final consumption of goods or services and must ultimately be borne by the consumer
185: What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine, worked to get the Prize?
(A) Adult stem cell research
(B) Immunology and disease resistance
(C) Flow of genetic information
(D) Prevention of weakening due to ageing