2476: The word 'secular' denotes:

(a) Keeping away from all religions

(b) Belief in one God

(c) Freedom of religion and worship to all citizens

(d) Practising different religions
2477: Which one of the following is responsible for the preparation and presentation of Union Budget to the Parliament ?

(a) Department of Economic Affairs
(b) Department of Financial Services
(c) Department of Expenditure
(d) Department of Revenue
2478: The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was

(a) Amritsar

(b) Patiala

(c) Lahore

(d) Kapurthala
2479: With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is not correct ?

(a) Laikat Hossain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations
(b) In 1989, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(c) The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the Principal
(d) Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank of which was social and economic regeneration of the villages
2480: Humidity of the air:

(a) Increases with the increase in atmospheric temperature

(b) Decreases with the increase in atmospheric temperature

(c) Is not affected by the change in atmospheric temperature

(d) Does not show any consistent behaviour with the change in atmospheric temperature