256: Assertion (A): The Council of Ministers in the Union of India is collectively responsible both to the lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

Reason(R): The Member of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are eligible to be the Ministers of the Union Government.

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

(b) Both A and R are individually 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

257: To reach the final of first Grand Slam of the year 2000, Martina Hingis defeated

(a) Lindsay Davenport
(b) Jennifer Capriati
(c) Sarena Williams
(d) Conchita Martinez
258: If there is any disagreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives in USA, it is resolved by

(a) The President

(b) The Vice-President

(c) The Speaker

(d) Conference committee consisting of 3 to 9 members from each House
259: The Russian traveller who visited the Deccan during the medieval period of Indian history was

(a) Rastyannikov

(b) Shirokov

(c) Pavlov

(d) Nikitin
260: In the given figure, the site of the Tehri dam has been labelled as

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D