256: With reference to the Constitution of India, consider the following statements:
1. No High Court shall have the jurisdiction to declare any central law to be constitutionally invalid.
2. An amendment to the Constitution of India cannot be called into question by the Supreme Court of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
257: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List-I(Person) List-II(known as)
A. Bhajan Sopori 1. Bharatnatyam dancer
B. Birju Maharaj 2. Exponent of Santoor
C. Priyadarsini Govind 3. Mridangam maestro
D. T.V.Gopalakrishnan 4. Kathak dancer
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 3 1 4 2
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 2 1 4 3
258: A lot of details, regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the Inscriptions at
(a) Thanjavur
(b) Uraiyur
(c) Kanchipuram
(d) Uttaramerur
259: A group of workers promise to complete a piece of work in 10 days, but five of them do not report for work. If it took the remaining workers 12 days to complete the work, then the number of workers originally hired was
(a) 15
(b) 25
(c) 30
(d) 45
260: Albuquerque captured Goa from the ruler of:
(a) Bijapur
(b) Golkonda
(c) Ahmadnagar
(d) Vijayanagar