4486: Consider the following statements:

1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to citizen of any of the countries of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.

2. A leading London-based software company underwrites the Man Booker Prize presently.

3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in year 2004 is a South Asian.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
4487: Which of the following come under Non-plan expenditure ?

I. Subsidies
II. Interest payments
III. Defence expenditure
IV. Maintenance expenditure for the infrastructure created in the previous plans

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below :

Codes:

(a) I and II

(b) I and III

(c) II and IV

(d) I, II, III and IV
4488: Sculptures of the Mathura School of Art, which flourished in the early centuries of the Christian Era, are made out of:

(a) Marble

(b) Slate stone

(c) Granite

(d) Red sandstone
4489: Which one of the following cities (they were in the news in recent times) is not correctly matched with its country?

(a) Salamanca : Spain
(b) Cannes : Italy
(c) Cancun : Mexico
(d) Bruges : Belgium
4490: When one gene controls two or more different characters simultaneously, the phenomenon is called

(a) Apomixis
(b) Pleiotropy
(c) Polyploidy
(d) Polyteny