486: Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?

List-I----------List-II

(Period)----------(Wars)

1. AD 1767-69----First Anglo Maratha War
2. AD 1790-92----Third Mysore War
3. AD 1824-26----First Anglo-Burmese War
4. AD 1845-46----Second Sikh War


(a) 2 and 4
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
487: During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?

(a) Jahangir

(b) Akbar

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb
488: Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Indian cities in the decreasing order of their normal annual rainfall?

(a) Kochi - kolkata - Delhi - Patna

(b) kolkata - Kochi - Delhi - Patna

(c) Kochi - kolkata - Patna - Delhi

(d) kolkata - Kochi - Patna - Delhi
489: A person earns Rs. 2000 per month over and above his salary as additional charge allowance. However, 30% of this additional income will be deducted as additional income-tax at source. If the person would deposit Rs. 1000 per month on a long-term saving fetching 12% interest his tax liability on the additional allowance would reduce to 10%. What is the effective interest for this person for money invested in the long-term savings scheme ?

(a) 12%

(b) 18%

(c) 19%

(d) 20%
490: Match the international events listed below with their respective places labelled as 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 in the given map and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list

International Events :

A. Venue of Commonwealth Conference held in 1999.

B. Venue of World Trade Organisation meeting held in 1999.

C. Place of Israel-Syria Peace talks held in January 2000.

D. Place of military action by Russian troops in January 2000.

Codes :

(a) A-2, B-1, C-5, D-3
(b) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
(c) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
(d) A-4, B-3, C-5, D-2