2596: Which one of the following statements is false ?
(a) All countries other than India have over 80% literacy
(b) Malaysia and Korea have life expectancy higher than all other countries
(c) Higher the adult literacy lower is the infant mortality
(d) The life expectancy at birth in India is almost the same as that of Indonesia
2597: Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the north and going towards the south?
(a) Nallamalai Hills-Nilgiri Hills-Javadi Hills-Anaimalai Hills
(b) Anaimalai Hills-Javadi Hills-Nilgiri Hills-Nallamalai Hills
(c) Nallamalai Hills-Javadi Hills-Nilgiri Hills-Anaimalai Hills
(d) Anaimalai Hills-Nilgiri Hills-Javadi Hills-Nallamalai Hills
2598: Assertion (A):
Willful disobedience or non-compliance of Court Orders and use of derogatory language about judicial behavior amounts o Contempt of Court.
Reason (R):
Judicial activism cannot be practised without arming the judiciary with punitive powers to punish contemptuous behaviour.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and Rare true, but Ris not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
2599: A great deal of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to India comes from Mauritius than from many major and mature economies like UK and France. Why?
(a) India has preference, for certain countries as regards receiving FDI
(b) India has double taxation avoidance agreement with Mauritius
(c) Most citizens of Mauritius have ethnic identity with India and so they feel secure to invest in India
(d) Impending dangers of global climatic change prompt Mauritius to make huge investments in India
2600: 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