1811: The court language of Mughals was:
(a) Urdu
(b) Arabic
(c) Persian
(d) Turkish
1812: The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byte is made up of
(a) eight binary digits
(b) eight decimal digits
(c) two binary digits
(d) two decimal digits
1813: Who were Jagirdars during the reign of Akbar?
(a) Large estate owners
(b) Officials of state who were given "jagir" in place of cash pay
(c) Revenue collectors
(d) Autonomous rulers under Akbar
1814: The basic difference between imperative and indicative planning is that
(a) in the case of the imperative planning the market mechanism is entirely replaced by a command hierarchy, while in the case of indicative planning, it is looked upon as a way to improve the functioning of the market system
(b) In the case of indicative planning there is no need to nationalise any industry
(c) in the case of imperative planning all economic activities belong to public sector, while in the other type they belong to the private sector
(d) It is easier to achieve targets in imperative type of planning
1815: Widespread resistance of malarial parasite to drugs like chloroquine has prompted attempts to develop a malarial vaccine to combat malaria. Why is it difficult to develop an effective malaria vaccine ?
(a) Malaria is caused by several species of Plasmodium
(b) Man does not develop, immunity to malaria during natural infection
(c) Vaccines can be developed only against bacteria
(d) Man is only an intermediate host and not the definitive host