511: Which of the following are associated with Lord Lytton?
1. Rowlatt Act
2. The Arms Act
3. The Vernacular Press Act
4. Abolition of duties on the import of coarse cotton goods
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
512: Which one of the following is not related to United Nations ?
(a) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(b) International Finance Corporation
(c) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
(d) Bank for International Settlements
513: Seismic waves that vibrate perpendicular to the direction of their path:
(a) Travel through the solid parts of the earth only
(b) Travel through the solid as well as other parts of the earth
(c) Spread on the surface of the earth
(d) None of the above
514: Ice skating can be used to demonstrate that when ice is under pressure, its:
(a) Melting point is lowered
(b) Melting point is raised
(c) Melting point remains unchanged
(d) Coefficient of friction with metal is reduced
515: Which of the following features of DNA makes in uniquely suited to store and transmit genetic information from generation to generation ?
(a) Complementarity of the two stands
(b) Double helix
(c) Number of base-pairs per turn
(d) Sugar-phosphate backbone