506: The Union Budget, 2000 awarded a Tax Holiday for the North-Eastern Region to promote industrialisation for

(a) 5 years

(b) 7 years

(c) 9 years

(d) 10 years
507: Variable reserve rates and Open Market Operations are instruments of

(a) Fiscal Policy

(b) Monetary Policy

(c) Budgetary Policy

(d) Trade Policy
508: A rectangular sheet of aluminium foil measuring 5 cm by 10 cm is rolled into a cylinder of height 10 cm. If the cost of painting the cylinder is Rs. 2/- per sq cm, then the cost of painting the surface of the cylinder will be

(a) Rs. 400/-

(b) Rs. 200/-

(c) Rs. 150/-

(d) Rs. 100/-
509: Human Poverty Index was introduced in the Human Development Report of the year

(a) 1994

(b) 1995

(c) 1996

(d) 1997
510: Four persons Alok, Bhupesh, Chandu and Dinesh have a total of Rs. 100/- among themselves. Alok and Bhupesh between them have as much money as Chandu and Dinesh between them but Alok has more money than Bhupesh, and Chandu has only half the money that Dinesh has Alok has in fact Rs. 5/- more than Dinesh. Who has the most money ?

(a) Alok

(b) Bhupesh

(c) Chandu

(d) Dinesh