3611: What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine, worked to get the Prize?

(A) Adult stem cell research
(B) Immunology and disease resistance
(C) Flow of genetic information
(D) Prevention of weakening due to ageing

3612: The Prime Minister of Interim Government of India after Independence was:

(a) Gandhi

(b) Nehru

(c) Jinnah

(d) Rajgopalachari
3613: Consider the following statements:

1. The last Mauryan ruler, Brihadratha was assassinated by his commander-in-chief, Pushyamitra Sunga.

2. The last Sunga king, Devabhuti was assassinated by his Brahmana minister Vasudeva Kanva who usurped the throne

3. The last ruler of the Kanva dynasty was deposed by the Andhras.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) Only 2
(c) Only 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3614: Identical twins are born when:

(a) Two sperms fertilise one ovum

(b) Two sperms fertilise two ovums simultaneously

(c) One sperm fertilises the ovum and zygote divides into two separate cells developing independently

(d) One sperm fertilises two ovums
3615: In terms of value, which one of the following commodities accounted for the largest agricultural exports by India during the three year period from 1997- 1998 to 1999-2000?

(a) Cereals
(b) Marine products
(c) Spices
(d) Tea