251: Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention OR of rejection of these four resolutions became the cause of a split in Congress at the next Congress session held in Surat in 1907. Which one of the following was not one of those resolutions ?
(a) Annulment of partition of Bengal
(b) Boycott
(c) National education
(d) Swadeshi
252: After hatching by the hen, the young chicks come out of eggs within:
(a) One week
(b) Two weeks
(c) Three weeks
(d) Four weeks
253: With reference to the United Nations, consider the following statements:
1. The Economic and social council (ECOSOC) of UN consists of 24 member States.
2. It is elected by a 2/3rd majority of the General Assembly for a 3-year term.
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
254: Who among the following invented Lasers?
(a) Theodore Maiman
(b) William Morton
(c) Francis Crick
(d) Denis Papin
255: The Constitution (98th Amendment) Act is related to :
(a) Empowering the Centre to levy and appropriate service tax
(b) The constitution of the National Judicial Commission
(c) Readjustment of electoral constituencies on the basis of the Population Census 2001
(d) The demarcation of new boundaries between States