156: The member of Shivaji's Astha Pradhana who looked after foreign affairs was

(a) Peshwa

(b) Sachiv

(c) Pandit Rao

(d) Sumant
157: Which one of the following countries is the first country in the world to propose a carbon tax for its people to the address global warming ?

(a) New Zealand
(b) Germany
(c) Japan
(d) Australia
158: The Congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939, because

(a) the Congress could not form ministries in the other four provinces

(b) emergence of a left wing in the Congress made the working of the ministries impossible

(c) there were widespread communal disturbances in their provinces

(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct
159: The growth rate of per capita income at current prices is higher than that of per capita income at constant prices, because the latter takes into account the rate of

(a) growth of population
(b) increase in price level
(c) growth of money supply
(d) increase in the wage rate
160: What does S & P 500 relate to ?

(a) A new technique in e-business

(b) Supercomputer

(c) An index of stocks of large companies

(d) A new technique in bridge building