1936: The difference between the simple interest received from two banks on Rs. 500 for two years is Rs. 2.50. What is the difference between their rates ?
(A) 0.25%
(B) 0.5%
(C) 1%
(D) 2.5%
1937: India has experienced persistent and high food inflation in the recent past,what could be the reasons?
1.Due to a gradual switchover to the cultivation of commercial crops, the area under the cultivation of food grains has steadily decreased in the last five years by about 30%.
2. As a consequnce of increasing incomes, the consumption patterns of the people have undergone a significant change.
3. The food supply chain has structural constraints.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1938: Octopus is
(a) an arthropod
(b) an echinoderm
(c) a heimchordate
(d) a mollusc
1939: In a certain code, MARCH is written as OCTEJ, how is RETURN written in that code ?
(a) TFUVSM
(b) QGSTQM
(c) TGVWTP
(d) TGRVSO
1940: What is the application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) Technology?
(a) Production of biolarvicides
(b) Manufacture of biodegradable plastics
(c) Reproductive cloning of animals
(d) Production of organisms free of diseases