3831: The term Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership often appears in the news in the context of the affairs of a group of countries known as

(a) G20
(b) ASEAN
(c) SCO
(d) SAARC
3832: Mycorrhizal biotechnology has been used in rehabilitating degraded sites because mycorrhiza enables the plants to

1. resist drought and increase absorptive area

2. tolerate extremes of pH

3. resist disease infestation

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3833: Oxygen transportation in a human body takes place through

I. Blood
II. Lungs
III. Tissue

The correct sequence of transportation is

(a) I, II, III
(b) III, I, II
(c) II, I, III
(d) I, III, II
3834: The terms Event Horizon, Singularity, 'String Theory and Standard Model are sometimes seen in the news in the context of

(a) Observation and understanding of the Universe
(b) Study of the solar and the lunar eclipses
(c) Placing satellites in the orbit of the Earth
(d) Origin and evolution of living organisms on the Earth
3835: Match List-1 with List-II and select the correct, answer using the code given below the lists :

List-I

A. E.C.G. Sudarshan
B. V. Shanta
C. T.N. Krishnan
D. Mahesh Dattani

List-II

1. Theatre
2. Violin
3. Research in Physics
4. Cancer treatment
5. Water-harvesting

(A) 2 4 5 1
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 2 1 5 4