1461: Consider the following statements : Small scale industries are, in most cases, not as efficient and competitive as the large scale ones. Yet the Government provides preferential treatment and reservations in a range of products to the small firms because small scale industries

I. provide higher employment on a per unit capital deployment basis.
II. promote a regional dispersion of industries and economic activities.
III. have performed better in export of manufactured products than the large scale ones.
IV. provide jobs to low skill workers, who otherwise may not find employment avenues elsewhere.

Which of the above statements are correct ?

(a) I and IV
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) III and IV
1462: A lot of details, regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the Inscriptions at

(a) Thanjavur

(b) Uraiyur

(c) Kanchipuram

(d) Uttaramerur
1463: Schemes of (i) Urban Micro Enterprises, (ii) Urban Wage Employment, and (iii) Housing and Shelter Upgradation are parts of

(a) Integrated Rural Development Programme

(b) Nehru Rozgar Yojana

(c) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

(d) Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana
1464: 300 persons are participating in a meeting, out of which 120 are foreigners, and the rest are Indians. Out of the Indians, there are 110 men who are not judges; 160 are men or judges, and 35 are women judges. There are no foreign judges. How many Indian women attended the meeting?

(a) 55
(b) 60
(c) 45
(d) 35
1465: What is "Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)", sometimes seen in the news?

(a) An Israeli radar system
(b) India's indigenous anti-missile programme
(c) An American anti missile system
(d) A defence collaboration between Japan and South Korea