3146: Which of the following crops has the highest photosynthetic activity?

(a) Cotton

(b) Sugarcane

(c) Rice

(d) Wheat
3147: When the Reserve Bank of India reduces the Statutory Liquidity Ratio by 50 basis points, which of the following is likely to happen?

(a) India's GDP growth rate increases drastically
(b) Foreign Institutional Investors may bring more capital into our country
(c) Scheduled Commercial Banks may cut their lending rates
(d) It may drastically reduce the liquidity to the banking system
3148: Colour blindness is:

(a) More common among women

(b) Very rare in women

(c) Very rare in men

(d) Found to the same extent in both the sexes
3149: Consider the following statements : Small scale industries are, in most cases, not as efficient and competitive as the large scale ones. Yet the Government provides preferential treatment and reservations in a range of products to the small firms because small scale industries

I. provide higher employment on a per unit capital deployment basis.
II. promote a regional dispersion of industries and economic activities.
III. have performed better in export of manufactured products than the large scale ones.
IV. provide jobs to low skill workers, who otherwise may not find employment avenues elsewhere.

Which of the above statements are correct ?

(a) I and IV
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) III and IV
3150: More than 40 Heads of States/Governments were invited by Vladimir Putin in May 2003 to:

(a) Discuss the issues related to the rehabilitation of Iraq
(b) Celebrate the tricentenary of the city of St Petersburg
(c) Convene a meeting of European and CIS countries to discuss the issue of missile shield for European and CIS countries
(d) Develop the strategies for containing global terrorism