1716: Match List-I (Indian Scientist/Scholar) with List-II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List I
A. C.N.R. Rao
B. Jagdish Bhagwati
C. G.N. Ramchandran
D. Ashok
List II
1. Telecommunication
2. Physics
3. Economics
4. Solid State Chemistry and Material Science
Codes :
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 2 3 4 1
1717: Paraffin is a by-product of
(a) Petroleum refining
(b) Processing of agricultural wastes
(c) Cottage industries involving beekeeping
(d) Leather industry
1718: Which of the following statements is not correct about Nalanda University ?
(a) It was an ancient Buddhist learning centre
(b) A Chinese Hiuen Tsang studied here
(c) We came to know about it only through the writings of Chinese pilgrims
(d) It was mainly responsible for spreading Buddhism to China, Japan and South East Asia
1719: 'Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan' is a national campaign to
(a) rehabilitate the homeless and destitute persons and provide them with suitable sources of livelihood
(b) release the sex workers from their practice and provide them with alternative sources of livelihood
(c) eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers
(d) release the bonded labourers from their bondage and rehabilitate them
1720: Which of the following is a balanced fertiliser for plants?
(a) Urea
(b) Ammonia sulphate
(c) Nitrates
(d) Compost