1186: With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?
(a) Garo
(b) Khasis
(c) Kukis
(d) Tipperahs
1187: Both Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) are related to investment in a country. Which one of the following statements best represents an important difference between the two ?
(a) FII helps bring better management skills and technology, while FDI only brings in capital
(b) FDI flows only into the secondary market, while FII targets primary market
(c) FII helps in increasing capital availability in general, while FDI only targets specific sectors.
(d) FII is considered to be more stable than FDI
1188: Stock-farming refers to
(a) Accent on agricultural production to build a buffer stock.
(b) Cooperative farming.
(c) Farming concentrating on the rearing of cattles and sheep.
(d) Large scale capital-intensive commercial farming.
1189: Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party ?
(a) M. N. Roy
(b) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
(c) Pattam Thanu Pillai
(d) Acharya Narendra Dev
1190: Angora wool is obtained from a breed of
(a) Rabbit
(b) Sheep
(c) Goat
(d) Fox