1996: The following figure represents time vs. learning curves of two students, Q and R for learning a Mathematics lesson :


Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the graph ?

(a) R started slowly in the beginning but got ahead of Q to complete learning the lesson
(b) Q started slowly and finished learning the lesson earlier than R
(c) R was always faster than Q in learning Mathematics
(d) Q was always faster than R in learning Mathematics
1997: Consider the following statements:

1. A widely used musical scale called diatonic scale has seven frequencies.

2. The frequency of the note Sa- (lk) is 256 Hz and that of Ni- (uh) is 512 Hz.

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
1998: In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India?

(a) M. C. Chagla
(b) H. K. Sarkar
(c) M. N. Roy
(d) P. C. Joshi
1999: Consider the following pairs: Region often Country in news

1. Chechnya : Russian Federation
2. Darfur : Mali
3. Swat Valley : Iraq

Which of the above pairs is / are correctly matched ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2000: Assertion (A) :
Insect resistant transgenic cotton has been produced by inserting Bt gene.

Reason (R) :
The Bt gene is derived from a bacterium.

(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