2226: M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the
(a) Swaraj Party
(b) All-India National Liberal Federation
(c) Madras Labour Union
(d) Servants of India Society
2227: Which of the following can be said as the 'Theory of Darwin'
(a) Survival of the fittest and struggle for existence
(b) Weak and strong always maintain a fixed proportion
(c) Different species do not arise by genetic mutation
(d) None of these
2228: Consider the following statements:
1. During the year 2004, India's foreign exchange reserves did not exceed the 125 billion U. S. Dollars mark.
2. The series of index numbers of wholesale prices introduced from April 2000 has the year 1993-94 as base year.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 or 2
2229: One local and another express train were proceeding in the same direction on parallel tracks at 29 km/hour and 65 km/hour respectively. The driver of the former noticed that it took exactly 16 seconds for the faster train to pass by him. What is the length of the faster train?
(a) 60 m
(b) 120 m
(c) 160 m
(d) 240 m
2230: Assertion (A):
A diamond sparkles more than a glass imitation cut to the same shape.
Reason (R):
The refractive index of diamond is less than that of glass.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true