1716: Department of Border Management is a Department of which one of the following Union Ministries?

(a) Ministry of Home Affairs

(b) Ministry of Defence

(c) Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways

(d) Ministry of Environment and Forests
1717: Ancient Indian art and architecture reached its zenith during the period of:

(a) Rajputs

(b) Mauryas

(c) Guptas

(d) None of these
1718: Who was the first Indian actress to receive the Padma Shri Award ?

(a) Samita Patil
(b) Nargis Dutt
(c) Meena Kumari
(d) Madhubala
1719: Assertion (A):
The United States of America has threatened to ask the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to apply sanctions against the developing countries for the non-observance of I.L.O conventions.

Reason (R):
The United States of America itself has adopted and implemented those I.L.O conventions.

(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
1720: Charakasamhita is a work on:

(a) Polity

(b) Medicine

(c) Architecture

(d) Mathematics