1741: Amoebiasis, malaria and typhoid are diseases due to amoeba, malarial parasites and typhoid bacillus which are collectively called:
(a) Anthropods
(b) Protozoa
(c) Mollusca
(d) Pisces
1742: Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India ?
1. V. P. Singh
2. R. Venkattaraman
3. Y. B. Chavan
4. Pranab Mukherjee
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1743: Assertion (A) :
Panchayati Raj institutions were set up to decentralise planning to village level.
Reason (R) :
Village panchayats are in a better position to have a proper appreciation of their developmental needs.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
1744: Consider the following international languages :
1. Arabic
2. French
3. Spanish
The correct sequence of the languages given above in the decreasing order of the number of their speakers is :
(a) 3-1-2
(b) 1-3-2
(c) 3-2-1
(d) 1-2-3
1745: At a given time, two players are standing on a play-field. The cartesian coordinates of their locations are (20, 60) and (-40, -20) units. What is the distance between the players ?
(a) 60 units
(b) 80 units
(c) 100 units
(d) 140 units