1636: Which Article of the Constitution of India says, "No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment"?
(a) Article 24
(b) Article 45
(c) Article 330
(d) Article 368
1637: "Sufi Sect" originated and developed in:
(a) Christianity
(b) Islam
(c) Hinduism
(d) Zoroastrianism
1638: Consider the following statements :
1. In November, 2006, DRDO successfully conducted the interception test using Prithvi-II missile.
2. Prithvi-II is a surface to surface missile and can be deployed to guard the metros against air attacks.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1639: Consider the following statements regarding blood pressure :
1. It is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of any vessel
2. It decreases in the arteries as the distance from the heart increases
3. It is lower in the capillaries than in the arteries
4. It is usually lower in women than in men.
Of these statements
(a) 1 and 4 are correct
(b) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(c) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
1640: Assertion (A): Wind patterns are clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Reason (R):The direction of wind patterns in the northern and the southern hemisphere are governed by Coriolis effect.
(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.