2956: Consider the following statements :
1. Steam at 100 Degree Celsius and boiling water at 100 Degree Celsius contain same amount of heat.
2. Latent heat of fusion of ice is equal to the latent heat of vaporization of water.
3. In an air-conditioner, heat is extracted from the room-air at the evaporator coils and is rejected out at the condenser coils.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) Only 2
(d) Only 3
2957: Alpha-keratin is a protein present in
(a) blood
(b) skin
(c) wool
(d) eggs
2958: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I List II
(Person) (Distinguished as)
I. Santosh Yadav (A) T.V. Host
II. Oprah Winfrey (B) Journalist
III. Oscar Wilde (C) Mountaineer
IV. P. Sainath (D) Dramatist and Author
Codes:
(a) I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B
(b) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
(c) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D
(d) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
2959: Those who give birth to young-ones are called viviparous. Some fishes lay eggs. Therefore:
(a) Some fishes do not lay eggs
(b) Some frogs are fishes
(c) Some frogs do not lay eggs
(d) Some fishes are viviparous
2960: Consider the following passage:
In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73,000 miles.
The world's greatest traveller of pre-modern times to whom the above passage refers is
(a) Megasthenes
(b) Fa-Hien
(c) Marco Polo
(d) Ibn Battuta