2556: Assertion (A):
According to statistics, more female children, are born each year than male children in India.
Reason (R):
In India, the death rate of a male child is higher than that of the female child.
(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
2557: Assertion (A):
The Central Rural Sanitation Programme was launched in 1986 to improve the quality of life of rural people in India.
Reason (R) :
Rural sanitation is a subject in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India.
(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 the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
2558: The basic reason for the extraordinary sparkle of a suitably cut diamond is that
(a) it has a very high transparency
(b) it has a very high refractive index
(c) it is very hard
(d) it has well-defined cleavage planes
2559: Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
(a) J. B. Kriplani
(b) A. N. Sinha
(c) Braj Kishore Prasad
(d) Rajendra Prasad
2560: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Unit of Indian Railway :Location
(a) Railway Staff College : Vadodra
(b) Central Organization for Railway Electrification :Varanasi
(c) Wheel and Axle Plant : Bangalore
(d) Rail-coach Factory :Kapurthala