151: Assertion (A):
Ceiling on foreign exchange for a host of current account transaction heads was lowered in the year 2000.

Reason (R):
There was a fall in foreign currency assets also.

(a) Both A and R are individually true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is fasle, but R is true
152: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :

List I List II

(Oceanic Trench) ----------- (Location)

I. Aleutian ---------------- (A) Indian Ocean

II. Kermadec --------------- (B) North Pacific Ocean

III. Sunda ------------------ (C) South Pacific Ocean

IV. S. Sandwich ------------ (D) South Atlantic Ocean


(a) I-B, II-D, III-A, IV-C
(b) I-B, II-C, III-A, IV-D
(c) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
(d) I-A, II-D, III-B, IV-C
153: The planet Mercury is revolving in an elliptical orbit around the sun as shown in the given figure. The kinetic energy of mercury is greatest at the point labelled

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
154: A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km eastwards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the distance he covered between A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance between the starting point and destination is

(a) 18 km
(b) 16 km
(c) 15 km
(d) 12 km
155: The following were famous scholars in ancient India:

I. Ashvaghosh

II. Nagarjuna

III. Vasumitra

IV. Buddhaghosa

Which of them was/were contemporary of Kanishka?

(a) I, II, III, IV

(b) I, III, IV

(c) I, II

(d) I, II, III