2111: Which of the following features are associated with the architecture of Tughlaq period? Select the correct answer using the codes
given below the features.
1. Sloping walls.
2. Deliberate attempt to combine the principles of the arch, the lintel and the beam in the buildings.
3. Placing the buildings especially the tombs on a high platform.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 2
2112: Assertion (A) :
Mangroves are very specialised forest ecosystems of tropical and subtropical regions bordering certain sea coasts.
Reason (R) :
They stabilise the shoreline and act as bulwark against encroachments by sea.
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 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
2113: Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5 percent can play all the three instruments-guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone ?
(a) 45
(b) 44
(c) 38
(d) 30
2114: Some people in Manipur live in houses built on floating islands of weeds and decaying vegetation held together by suspended silt. These islands are called
(a) Tipis
(b) Barkhans
(c) Phoomdis
(d) Izba
2115: The India-Pakistan boundary line has reference to:
(a) McMohan Line
(b) Radcliffe Line
(c) Durand Line
(d) Maginot Line