456: With reference to the international meeting held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched ?
1. NAM Summit : Havana
2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok
3. EU-India Summit : Helsinki
4. Un Climate Change Conference : Geneva
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(A) 1 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3 only
(D) 2,3 and 4
457: Who among the following became the Prime Minister of India without being earlier the Chief Minister of a State ?
I. Morarji Desai
II. Charan Singh
III. V. P. Singh
IV. Chandrashekhar
V. P.V. Narasimha Rao.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes :
(a) I, II and IV
(b) II, III and V
(c) II only
(d) IV only
458: With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, "Home Charges" formed an important part of drain of wealth from India. Which of the following funds constituted "Home Charges" ?
1.Funds used to support the India Office in London.
2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
459: Consider the following statements regarding the earthquakes :
I. The intensity of earthquake is measured on Mercalli scale.
II. The magnitude of an earthquake is a measure of energy released.
III. Earthquake magnitudes are based on direct measurements of the amplitude of seismic waves.
IV. In the Richter scale, each whole number demonstrates a hundredfold increase in the amount of energy released.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) I, II and III
(b) II, III and IV
(c) I and IV
(d) I and III
460: The following advertisement
appeared in the Times of India dated 7th August,
(a) 1931
(b) 1929
(c) 1921
(d) 1896