2141: Consider the following statements:

1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi.
2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
3. Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) None
2142: Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world ?

(a) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram

(b) Jama Masjid, Delhi

(c) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi

(d) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
2143: A "closed economy" is an economy in which

(a) Only exports take place

(b) Neither exports nor imports take place

(c) Deficit financing takes place

(d) The money supply is fully controlled
2144: In many developing countries, three major causes of death and disease are

(a) lack of safe drinking water, increasing use of pesticides and thinning of the ozone layer

(b) contaminated food, global warming and industrial chloro-fluoro-carbons

(c) polluted air, greenhouse effect and soil erosion

(d) dirty water, contaminated food and polluted air
2145: Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission ?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel

(b) Acharya J. B. Kripalani and C. Rajagopalachari

(c) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad

(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai