146: During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Swadeshi Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
147: Judaism and Christianity arose in:
(a) Palestine
(b) Rome
(c) Egypt
(d) Iran
148: Assertion (A):
In India, the political parties which formed the governments represented the majority of seats secured in the elections to the House of the People at the Centre and the Legislative Assemblies in the States but not the majority of votes.
Reason (R):
The elections based on the majority -vote system decide the result on the basis of relative majority of votes secured.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
149: As per the Human Development Index given by UNDP, which one of the following sequences of South Asian countries is correct, in the order of higher to lower development?
(a) India--Sri Lanka--Pakistan--Maldives
(b) Maldives--Sri Lanka--India--Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka--Maldives--India--Pakistan
(d) Maldives--India--Pakistan--Sri Lanka
150: Thyagaraja of 18th century was:
(a) The greatest musician who composed his songs in Telugu
(b) The greatest Kathak dancer
(c) The greatest playwright of Tamil
(d) The greatest Sanskrit poet