3121: Assertion (A):
Coal-based thermal power stations contribute to acid-rain.

Reason (R):
Oxides of carbon are emitted when the coal burns.

(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
3122: Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama :

1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the international Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907.

2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.

3. Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2, only
(b) 2 and 3, only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3123: Consider the volumes of the following:

1. A parallelepiped of length 5 cm, breadth 3 cm and height 4 cm
2. A cube of each side 4 cm
3. A cylinder of radius 3 cm and length 3 cm
4. A sphere of radius 3 cm

The volumes of these in the decreasing order is

(a) I, III, II, IV
(b) IV, II, III, I
(c) I, II, III, IV
(d) IV, III, II, I
3124: The word "Denisovan" is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to

(a) fossils of a kind of dinosaurs

(b) an early human species

(c) a cave system found in North-East India

(d) a geological period in the history of the Indian subcontinent
3125: The working principle of a washing machine is

(a) centrifugation

(b) dialysis

(c) reverse osmosis

(d) diffusion