1781: In a question of a test paper, there are five items each under List-A and List-B. The examinees are required to match each item under List-A with its corresponding correct item under List-B. Further, it is given that:

(i) no examinee has given the correct answer

(ii) answers of no two examinees are identical

What is the maximum number of examinees who took this test?
(a) 24
(b) 26
(c) 119
(d) 129
1782: Consider the following statements :

1. The President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of India, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business.

2. All executive actions of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Prime Minister.

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
1783: Assertion (A) :

The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930's was weak.

Reason (R) :

The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.

(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 a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
1784: Which of the following statements is true about Annie Besant?

(i) She was the President of Indian National Congress

(ii) She was the founder of the Asiatic Society

(iii) She was the founder of the Theosophical Society

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (i) and (iii)

(c) (i) only

(d) (i), (ii) and (iii)
1785: Assertion (A):

An important policy instrument of economic liberalization is reduction in import duties on capital goods.

Reason (R):

Reduction in import duties would help the local entrepreneurs to improve technology to face the global markets.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true