1441: Consider the following statements :

1. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 times in amplitude.

2. Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times that of the previous integer reading.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1442: Bustard King is found in:

(a) Assam

(b) Himalayan Range

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Madhya Pradesh
1443: Corporation tax

(a) is levied and appropriated by the States

(b) is levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States

(c) is levied by the Union and shared by the Union and the States

(d) is levied by the Union and belongs to it exclusively
1444: How many numbers are there in all 6000 to 6999 (Both 6000 and 6999 included) having at least one of their digits repeated ?

(a) 216
(b) 356
(c) 496
(d) 504
1445: By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only. What was the reason for such regulation?

(a) Lord Cornwallis felt that the District Collector's efficiency of revenue collection would enormously increase without the burden of other work

(b) Lord Cornwallis felt that Judicial power should compulsorily be in the hands of Europeans while Indians can be given the job of revenue collection in the districts

(c) Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of power concentrated in the District Collector and felt that such absolute power was undesirable in one person

(d) The judicial work demanded a deep knowledge of India and a good training in law and Lord Cornwallis felt that District Collector should be only a revenue collector