2416: "The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise." This statement is attributed to
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) None of the above
2417: Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high content of
(a) Aluminium
(b) Calcium
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Phosphorus
2418: Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash ?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
2419: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List I (Person)
A. Ela Bhatt
B. Mahashweta Devi
C. Ebrahim Alkazi
D. Vijay Govindarajan
List-II (Area of work)
1. Theatre training
2. Womens labour sector
3. Management teaching
4. Literrateur and Social Worker for the country's tribal communities
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 2 1 4 3
2420: One of the important goals of the economic liberalisation policy is to achieve full convertibility of the Indian rupee. This is being advocated because.
(a) convertibility of the rupee will stabilize its exchange value against major currencies of the world
(b) it will attract more foreign capital inflow in India
(c) it will help promote exports
(d) it will help India secure loans from the world financial markets at attractive terms