2596: The rising of evening star Venus indicates:
(a) South pole
(b) North pole
(c) East
(d) West
2597: Match List I (Drugs / Chemicals) with List II (Their uses) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I---------------List II
I. Atropine---------(A) Local anaesthesia
II. Ether------------(B) Heart trouble
III. Nitroglycerine---(C) Dilation of pupil
IV. Pyrethrin--------(D) Mosquito control
Codes:
(a) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
(b) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
(c) I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B
(d) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D
2598: The economic crisis in the latter half of 1990's most seriously affected Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea. The cause of the crisis was
(a) mismanagement of the financial resources and financial sector, in general
(b) the prolonged over-valuation of local currencies vis-a-vis the western currencies
(c) the downswing and recession in the western economies which earlier provided export market to these export- oriented countries
(d) None of the above
2599: Which Article of the Constitution of India says, "No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment"?
(a) Article 24
(b) Article 45
(c) Article 330
(d) Article 368
2600: Which of the following is /are among the noticeable features of the recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission?
1. A design for the Goods and Services Tax, and a compensation package linked to adherence to the proposed design
2. A design for the creation of lakhs of jobs in the next ten years in consonance with India's demographic dividend
3. Devolution of a specified share of central taxes to local bodies as grants
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3