1536: Which reference to the government's welfare schemes, consider the following statements :
1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs. 3 per kg for rice
2. Under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the old and destitute are provided Rs 75 per month as Central pension, in addition to the amount provided by most State Governments.
3. Government of India has allocated 25 kg food grains per Below Poverty Line family per month, at less than half the economic cost.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1537: The purpose of Cripps Mission was:
(a) To give India dominion status.
(b) To introduce provincial autonomy in India.
(c) To discuss future setup for India on the basis of the Simon Commission report.
(d) To suppress Quit India Movement.
1538: Which one of the following countries recently upgraded its defence agency to a full defence ministry?
(a) Switzerland
(b) Japan
(c) Italy
(d) Thierry Henry
1539: Which of the following was the first to escape out of solar system?
(a) Pioneer 10
(b) Voyager I
(c) Voyager II
(d) Soyuz
1540: Who among the following wrote the book Ayodhya : 6 December 1992 ?
(a) Arun Shourie
(b) Jaswant Singh
(c) Chandra Shekhar
(d) P. V. Narasimha Rao