221: A class of animals known as Marsupials is a characteristic feature of
(a) Africa
(b) Australia
(c) South America
(d) South-East Asia
222: Of the following, with which does Article 78 of the Constitution deal with ?
(1) Emergency powers of the President
(2) The Prime Minister's duty regarding keeping the President informed about the government's decisions, policies and actions
(3) The President's power to send advisory messages to the Parliament
(4) The President's power to get information from the Council of Ministers
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 2 only
223: In the context of Indian economy, 'Open Market Operations' refers to
(a) borrowing by scheduled banks from the RBI
(b) lending by commercial banks to industry and trade
(c) purchase and sale of government securities by the RBI
(d) None of the above
224: Octopus is
(a) an arthropod
(b) an echinoderm
(c) a heimchordate
(d) a mollusc
225: In the context of the developments in Bioinformatics, the term 'transcriptome', sometimes seen in the news, refers to
(a) a range of enzymes used in genome editing
(b) the full range of mRNA molecules expressed by an organism
(c) the description of the mechanism of gene expression
(d) a mechanism of genetic mutations taking place in cells