2056: Pumice is derived from:
(a) Volcanic rock
(b) Sedimentary rock
(c) Igneous rock
(d) Acid lava
2057: The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms was to
(a) Establish dyarchy in Provinces
(b) Abolish the post of Secretary of State for India
(c) Extension of Provincial Assemblies
(d) Give more powers to local government
2058: To know whether the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer, it is necessary to compare
(a) the wholesale price index over different periods of time for different regions
(b) the distribution of income of an identical set of income recipients in different periods of time
(c) the distribution of income of different sets of income recipients at a point of time
(d) the availability of foodgrains among two sets of people, one rich and the other poor, over different periods of time
2059: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List-I(Person) List-II(Area)
A. Sabyasachi Mukherjee 1. Microfinance loans
B. Aniruddha Bahal 2. Pharmaceuticals
C. Vikram Akula 3. Fashion designing
D. Yusuf Hamied 4. Investigative journalism
(a) 3 2 1 4
(b) 1 4 3 2
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 1 2 3 4
2060: Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
1. Francis Collins : Mapping human genome
2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine
3. Jimmy Wales : Wikipedia
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3