321: Regarding the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker, consider the following statements:
1. He/She holds the office during the pleasure of the President.
2. He/She need not be a member of the House at the time of his/her election but has to become a member of the House within six months from the date of his/her election.
3. If he/she intends to resign, the letter of his/her resignation has to be addressed to the Deputy Speaker.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None
322: What is/are the purpose/purposes of the 'Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)' announced by RBI?
1. These guidelines help improve the transparency in the methodology followed by banks for determining the interest rates on advances.
2. These guidelines help ensure availability of bank credit at interest rates which are fair to the borrowers as well as the banks.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
323: Assertion(A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal.
Reason(R) : Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition 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
324: Consider the following statements:
1. The Chief Secretary in a State is appointed by the Governor of that State.
2. The Chief Secretary in a State has a fixed tenure.
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
325: Assume that
Numeral 0 :
Represents a tautological statement - which is repetition of a statement in different words.
Numeral 1 :
Represents a statement which is not tautological but the cause-effect relationship between the variables is not exhibited.
Numeral 2 :
Represents a statement in which the cause-effect relationship between variables is exhibited.
In the above context, contemplate the following statements :
(i) Germany has adopted a diversified and vocational oriented education policy for its progress.
(ii) Intelligent people are intelligent because they possess a high I.Q. (Intelligent Quotient).
(iii) Generally it is found that, the more less developed a society is, the more numerous and dogmatic are the religious beliefs of the members
of that society.
(iv) The poor remain poor because their income is less.
The correct sequence of describing the above statements is
(a) 2010
(b) 2210
(c) 1212
(d) 1020