1331: Bank Rate implies the rate of interest

(a) paid by the Reserve Bank of India on the Deposits of Commercial Banks

(b) charged by Banks on loans and advances

(c) payable on Bonds

(d) at which the Reserve Bank of India discounts the Bills of Exchange
1332: Match the areas shown as A, B, C and D on the given map showing with the largest religious minorities. Select the correct answer using the codes given below the list of minorities.


Largest Religious Minorities

1. Buddhists
2. Christians
3. Jains
4. Muslims
5. Sikhs

Codes:
(a) A-5, B-1, C-3, D-2
(b) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(c) A-5, B-3, C-1, D-2
(d) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
1333: North India gets rainfall due to:

(a) Northern cold winds

(b) South-West monsoons

(c) North-East monsoons

(d) Western disturbances
1334: Main preachings of Buddha were in regard to:

(a) Right faith and conduct

(b) Love of God

(c) Practice of rituals

(d) Idol worship
1335: Read the following passage and answer the question that follow passage. Your answers to the question should be based on the passage only.

Passage:

The poor especially in market economies, need the strength that collectivities offer for creating more economic, social and political space for themselves, for enhancing their socio-economic well-being and voice, and as a protection against free market individualism. It has been argued that a group approach to farming, especially in the form of bottom up agricultural production collectivities, offers substantial scope for poverty alleviation and empowering the poor as well as enhancing agricultural productivity. To realise this potential, however, the groups would need to be voluntary in nature, small in size, participative in decision making and equitable in work sharing and benefit distribution. There are many notable examples of such collectivities to be found in varied contexts, such as in the transition economies. All of them bear witness to the possibility of successful cooperation under given conditions. And although the gender impact of the family cooperatives in the transition economies are uncertain, the Indian examples of women-only groups farming offer considerable potential for benefiting women.


Q. Agricultural collectivities such as group based farming can provide the rural poor

1. Empowerment.
2. Increased agricultural productivity.
3. Safeguard against exploitative markets.
4. Surplus production of agricultural commodities.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 3 and 4 only