2196: Who among the following introduced the famous Persian Festival of NAUROJ in India?

(a) Balban

(b) Iltutmish

(c) Firuz Tughlaq

(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
2197: Who among the following was selected for the 2001 Dada Saheb Phalke Award?

(a) Dev Anand
(b) Lata Mangeshkar
(c) Ramanand Sagar
(d) Yash Chopra
2198: Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

Prominent Indian Writer : Language

(a) Raja Rao : Telugu

(b) Gobind Trimbuk Deshpande : Marathi

(c) Subramaniyam : Tamil

(d) Tara Shankar Joshi : Gujarati

2199: Match List I (Physiological processes) with List II (Cell organelles) and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :

List I : List II

I. Photosynthesis : (A) Plasma membrane
II. Mineral uptake : (B) Chloroplast
III. Respiration : (C) Mitochondria
IV. Protein Synthesis : (D) Ribosomes

Codes:

(a) I - A, II - B, III - C, IV - D
(b) I - A, II - B, III - D, IV - C
(c) I - B, II - A, III - C, IV - D
(d) I - B, II - A, III - D, IV - C
2200: A radioactive substance has a half-life of four months. Three-fourth of the substance would decay in

(a) 3 months

(b) 4 months

(c) 8 months

(d) 12 months