2586: Assertion (A)
Red phosphorous is preferred to white phosphorous in the manufacture of matches.
Reason (R)
Red phosphorous is non-poisonous in nature.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
2587: Consider the following statements:
1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to citizen of any of the countries of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
2. A leading London-based software company underwrites the Man Booker Prize presently.
3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in year 2004 is a South Asian.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2588: Assertion (A)
The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.
Reason (R)
The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
2589: The Russian traveller who visited the Deccan during the medieval period of Indian history was
(a) Rastyannikov
(b) Shirokov
(c) Pavlov
(d) Nikitin
2590: Consider the following statements:
1. Under Ramsar Convention, it is mandatory on the part of the Government of India to protect and conserve all the wetlands in the territory of India.
2. The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010 were framed by the Government of India based on the recommendations of Ramsar Convention.
3. The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010 also encompass the drainage area or catchment regions of the wetlands as determined by the authority.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3