1511: Consider the following items:
1. Cereal grains hulled
2. Chicken eggs cooked
3. Fish processed and canned
4. Newspapers containing advertising material
Which of the above items is/are exempted under GST (Goods and Services Tax)?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1512: Which one among the following was the first to legalize euthanasia?
(a) Austria
(b) Canada
(c) Switzerland
(d) Netherlands
1513: 1. There are 5 bus stops A, B, C, D and E at equal intervals,
2. C is not the middle stop,
3. A and E are not terminal stops,
4. C comes twice as many stops before D in upward journey as B comes after A,
5. D is the first stop in downward journey,
Give the correct sequence of the stops in downward journey.
(a) DEACB
(b) DAECB
(c) DACEB
(d) DCBAE
1514: The hallmark of watershed development in the semi-arid regions of India is the
(a) establishment of sheds on large scale, so that the rain water does not evaporate
(b) undertaking of earthworks, soil conservation measures and tree plantation, so as to conserve soil moisture and recharge underground water
(c) drilling deep tubewells so as to tap water at the rock-strata level
(d) setting up a system of tanks by banking water from seasonal rivers
1515: Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) East Timor was a British colony for four centuries
(b) The European colonial rulers handed over East Timor to Indonesia in 1975
(c) The United Nations took over East Timor in 1999 to prepare it for independence
(d) East Timor finally declared its independence in December 2001