1121: The aim of education as stated by the Wood's dispatch of 1854 was
(a) The creation of employment opportunities for native Indians
(b) The spread of western culture in India
(c) The promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language
(d) The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education
1122: AIDS is:
(1) Caused by virus
(2) Carried by body fluid, blood and serum
(3) Found mostly in males
(4) Found mostly in homosexuals
(a) 1 and 4 are correct
(b) 1,2 and 4 are correct
(c) 2 and 3 are correct
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
1123: A person walking barefooted in a field feels a sharp sting and on examination two puncture marks are found on his leg. He is most probably bitten by:
(a) Poisonous snake
(b) Non-poisonous snake
(c) Scorpion
(d) Rat
1124: Consider the following statements in respect of financial emergency under Article 360 of the Constitution of India:
1. A Proclamation of financial emergency issued shall cease to operate at the expiration of two months, unless before the expiration of that period it has been approved by the resolution of both houses of Parliament.
2. If any proclamation of financial emergency is in operation, it is competent for the president of India to issue directions for the reduction of salaries and allowances of all or any class of persons serving in connection with the affairs of the Union but excluding the Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1125: Assertion (A) :
A tennis ball will bounce higher in Calcutta than it would in Shimla.
Reason (R) :
The downward pull due to gravity is less and air is more rarefied in Shimla than in Calcutta.
(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