2271: Assertion (A):
Information technology is fast becoming a very important field of activity in India.
Reason (R):
Software is one of the major exports of the country and India has a very strong base in hardware.
(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
2272: In the parlance of financial investments, the term 'bear' denotes
(a) An investor who feels that the price of a particular security is going to fall
(b) An investor who expects the price of particular shares to rise
(c) A shareholder or a bondholder who has' an interest in a company, financial or otherwise
(d) Any lender, whether by making a loan or buying a bond
2273: Health hazard floods are responsible for the spread of:
(a) Cholera
(b) Malaria
(c) Influenza
(d) Diarrhoea
2274: Which of the following terms is used to denote the heavy rocks of the lithosphere ?
(a) Substratum
(b) SIAL
(c) SIMA
(d) None of the above
2275: Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru :
I. He was the President of the Congress Party in 1947.
II. He presided over the Constituent Assembly.
III. He formed the first Congress Ministry in United Province before India's independence.
Of these statements
(a) I, II and III are correct
(b) I and III are correct
(c) I and II are correct
(d) None is correct