3216: The Union Budget, 2000 awarded a Tax Holiday for the North-Eastern Region to promote industrialisation for

(a) 5 years

(b) 7 years

(c) 9 years

(d) 10 years
3217: In the context of India, which of the following factors is/are contributor/contributors to reducing the risk of a currency crisis?

1. The foreign currency earnings of Indias IT sector
2. Increasing the government expenditure
3. Remittances from Indians abroad

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 3 only

(c) 2 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3
3218: With reference to the international meeting held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched ?

1. NAM Summit : Havana

2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok

3. EU-India Summit : Helsinki

4. Un Climate Change Conference : Geneva

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3 only
(D) 2,3 and 4
3219: A person sitting in a bus experiences a jerk, when the bus stops all of a sudden. This is due to:

(a) Law of inertia

(b) Newton's third law of motion

(c) Einstein's law of relativity

(d) None of these
3220: In India, if a religious sect/community is given the status of a national minority, what special advantages it is entitled to ?

1. It can establish and administer exclusive educational institutions.

2. The President of India automatically nominates a representative of the community to Lok Sabha.

3. It can derive benefits from the Prime Minister's 15-Point Programme.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3