536: What is the aim of the programme 'Unnat Bharat Abhiyan'?
(a) Achieving 100% literacy by promoting collaboration between voluntary organizations and governments education system and local communities.
(b) Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.
(c) Strengthening Indias scientific research institutions in order to make India a scientific and technological power.
(d) Developing human capital by allocating special funds for health care and education of rural and urban poor, and organizing skill development programmes and vocational training for them.
537: Increase in absolute and per capita real GNP do not connote a higher level of economic development, if
(a) industrial output fails to keep pace with agricultural output.
(b) agricultural output fails to keep pace with industrial output.
(c) poverty and unemployment increase.
(d) imports grow faster than exports.
538: The new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) series released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) in February 1999 is with reference to base price of
(a) 1991-92
(b) 1992-93
(c) 1993-94
(d) 1994-95
539: Who of the following scientists proved that the stars with mass less than 1.44 times the mass of the Sun end up as White Dwarfs when they die?
(a) Edwin Hubble
(b) S. Chandrashekhar
(c) Steven Weinberg
(d) Stephen Hawking
540: Consider the following statements regarding bones in the human body :
1. They consist of 80% solid matter and 20% water.
2. Solid matter in the bones is made mainly of cartilage.
3. Impregnation of salts including carbonates and phosphates of lime imparts hardness to the bones.
4. In old age, the proportion of lime decreases and bones become brittle and break easily.
Of these statements :
(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(b) 2 and 4 are correct
(c) 2 and 3 are correct
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct