941: Finance Commission is appointed after every:
(a) 2 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 7 years
(d) 10 years
942: Which of the following events is not correctly matched?
(a) Liberation of Goa : 1961
(b) Death of Jawaharlal Nehru : 1966
(c) Indo-China War : 1962
(d) First General Elections : 1950
943: Most of the explosions in mines occur due to the mixing of
(a) hydrogen with oxygen
(b) oxygen with acetylene
(c) methane with air
(d) carbon dioxide with ethane
944: Which one of the following duties is NOT performed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ?
(a) To audit and report on all expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India
(b) To audit and report on all expenditure from the Contingency Funds and Public Accounts
(c) To audit and report on all trading, manufacturing, profit and loss accounts
(d) To control the receipt and issue of public money, and to ensure that the public revenue is lodged in the exchequer
945: Consider the following statements about the Charter Act of 1813:
1. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India except for trade in tea and trade with China.
2. It asserted the sovereignty of the British Crown over the Indian territories held by the Company.
3. The revenues of India were now controlled by the British Parliament.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3