851: Which of the following statements regarding Adi Shankaracharya is/are correct ?
I : He was one of the greatest Hindu scholars
II : He was born in Kerala
III : First ever Indian feature film in Sanskrit was made after his name
IV : The above feature film was adjudged the best film for the year 1983
V : He wrote a commentary on the Upanishads
(a) All are correct
(b) Only I, II and III are correct
(c) Only I, III and V are correct
(d) All except II are correct
852: The research work of Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield, the Nobel Prize winners for Medicine in 2003, relates to:
(a) Control of AIDS
(b) Magnetic resonance imaging
(c) Respiratory diseases
(d) Genetic engineering
853: Consider the following climatic and geographical phenomena:
1. Condensation
2. High temperature and humidity
3. Orography
4. Vertical wind
Thunder Cloud development is due to which of these phenomena?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
854: In an office, the number of persons who take tea is twice the number of persons who take only coffee. The number of persons who take coffee is twice the number of persons who take coffee is twice the number of persons who take only tea.
Consider the following statements :
1. The sum of the number of persons who take either tea or coffee or both is four times the number of persons who take both coffee and tea.
2. The sum of the number of persons who take only coffee and those who take only tea is twice the number of persons who take both and coffee. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
855: Match List I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) with List II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I (Acts of colonial government of India)
A. Charter Act, 1813
B. Regulating Act
C. Act of 1858
D. Pitt's India Act
List II (Provisions)
1. Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the east India Company's affairs in India
2. Company's trade monopoly in India was ended
3. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown
4. The Company's directors were asked to present to the British government all correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration of the company
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 3 1
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 1 4 3 2