1206: Consider the following statements
1. Most of the world's coral reefs are in tropical waters.
2. More than one-third of the world's coral reefs are located in the territories of
Australia, Indonesia and Philippines.
3. Coral reefs host far more number of animal phyla than those hosted by tropical rainforests.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1207: In a class there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute three- fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class?
(a) 24
(b) 6
(c) 12
(d) 18
1208: A present group of nations known as G-8 started first as G-7. Which one among the following was not one of them?
(A) Canada
(B) Russia
(C) Italy
(D) Japan
1209: The average salary of skilled employees in a firm is Rs. 520 and that of the unskilled employees is Rs. 420. If the average salary of both the groups of employees is Rs. 500, then the percentage of skilled employees in the firm is
(a) 50
(b) 20
(c) 80
(d) 70
1210: Which one of the following Union Ministries implements the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety?
(a) Ministries of Health and Family Welfare
(b) Ministries of science and technology
(c) Ministry of Environment and Forests
(d) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers