896: To elect the President of India which one of the following election procedures is used?
(a) System of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote
(b) Proportional representation through list system
(c) Collective voting system
(d) Secondary voting system
897: Match List-I (State / Province / Overseas Territory), with List-II (Country) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List-I -- List-II
(State/Province/ Overseas Territory) -- (Country)
A. British Colombia -- 1. USA
B. Bavaria -- 2. UK
C. Gibraltar -- 3. Canada
D. Rhode Island -- 4. Germany
5. Denmark
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 5 3
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 3 2 5 1
898: The working principle of a washing machine is
(a) centrifugation
(b) dialysis
(c) reverse osmosis
(d) diffusion
899: In the map given below, three out of the four places marked indicates places where a thermal power station is located :
The place where there is no thermal power station is marked
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
900: During Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation?
(a) Different social reform groups or organizations of Bengal region united to form a single body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions/representations to the government.
(b) Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose
(c) Behramji Malabari and M. G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform groups of the country under one organization
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context