1511: Who among the following, was the President of the All-India States Peoples Conference in 1939 ?
(a) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sheikh Abdullah
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1512: If the capital stock was everlasting, then the rate of depreciation would be
(a) High
(b) Low
(c) Infinite
(d) Zero
1513: Which one of the following was NOT proposed by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment in the area of Panchayati Raj?
(a) Thirty percent seats in all elected rural local bodies will be reserved for women candidates at all levels
(b) The States will constitute their Finance Commissions to allocate resources to Panchayati Raj Institutions
(c) The Panchayati Raj elected functionaries will be disqualified to hold their offices if they have more than two children
(d) The elections will be held in six months time if Panchayati Raj bodies are superceded or dissolved by the State government
1514: In which one of the following countries did an ethnic violence between the communities of Hema and Lendu result in the death of hundreds of people?
(a) Democratic Republic of Congo
(b) Indonesia
(c) Nigeria
(d) Zambia
1515: Consider the following statements:
The objectives of the National Renewal Funds set up in February 1992 were
1. to give training and counselling for workers affected by retrenchment or VRS.
2. redeployment of workers
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only