1506: Three identical vessels A, B and C are filled with water, mercury and kerosene respectively up to an equal height. The three vessels are provided with identical taps at the bottom of the vessels. If the three taps are opened simultaneously, then which vessel is emptied first?

(a) Vessel A
(b) vessel B
(c) Vessel C
(d) All the vessel A,B & C will be emptied simultaneously
1507: Capital Account Convertibility of the Indian Rupee implies

(a) that the Indian Rupee can be exchanged by the authorised dealers for travel

(b) that the Indian Rupee can be exchanged for any major currency for the purpose of trade in goods and services

(c) that the Indian Rupee can be exchanged for any major currency for the purpose of trading financial assets

(d) None of the above
1508: As per the Human Development Index given by UNDP, which one of the following sequences of South Asian countries is correct, in the order of higher to lower development?

(a) India--Sri Lanka--Pakistan--Maldives

(b) Maldives--Sri Lanka--India--Pakistan

(c) Sri Lanka--Maldives--India--Pakistan

(d) Maldives--India--Pakistan--Sri Lanka
1509: At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon which one of the following Governors- General kept the British flag flying high in India ?

(a) Warren Hastings

(b) Lord Cornwallis

(c) Lord Wellesley

(d) Lord Hastings
1510: A cube of side 2 units is placed in a rectangular coordinate system with its centre at the origin. The coordinates of a set of 4 non-adjacent corners is

(a) (1, 1, 1); (-1, -1, -1); (1, -1, -1);

(b) (1, 1, 1); (-1, 1, 1); (1, -1, 1); (1, 1, -1)

(c) (1, 1, 1); (-1, -1, -1); (-1, 1, 1); (1, -1,-1)

(d) (-1, -1, -1); (1, 1, -1);. (-1, 1, 1); (-1, 1, -1)