576: Who commented "the Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank"?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Sardar Patel
577: The above map is the Union Territory of
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Daman and Diu
(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) Pondicherry
578: Assertion (A):
Shah Alam II spent the initial years as an Emperor far away from his capital.
Reason (R):
There was always a lurking danger of foreign invasion from the north-west frontier.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
579: Consider the following statements:
Most international agencies which fund development programmes in India on intergovernmental bilateral agreements, mainly provide
I. Technical assistance.
II. Soft loans which are required to be paid back with interest.
III. Grants, not required to be paid back.
IV. Food assistance to alleviate poverty.
Of these statements
(a) II and IV and correct
(b) I, II and III are correct
(c) I, II and IV are correct
(d) III and IV are correct
580: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I-------------List II
(Rivers)----------(Dams)
I. Cauvery--------(A) Alamatti
II. Krishna--------(B) Mettur
III. Narmada------(C) Gandhi Sagar
IV. Chambal-------(D) Sardar Sarovar
Codes:
(a) I-A, II-D, III-B, IV-C
(b) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C
(c) I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D
(d) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B