2436: The best conceiving season for cows and buffaloes is:

(a) Summer

(b) Winter

(c) Spring

(d) There is no definite relationship between conceiving and season
2437: For election to the Lok Sabha, a nomination paper can be filed by

(a) anyone residing in India.
(b) a resident of the constituency from which the election is to be contested.
(c) any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency.
(d) any citizen of India.
2438: Consider the following statements about the minorities in India :

I. The Government of India has notified five communities, namely, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians as Minorities.

II. The National Commission for Minorities was given statutory status in 1993.

III. The smallest religious minority in India are the Zoroastrians.

IV. The Constitution of India recognises and protects religious and linguistic minorities.

Which of these statements are correct ?

(a) II and III
(b) I and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II and IV
2439: Lectures from Colombo to Almora is based on the experiences of which one of the following?

(a) Veer Savarkar

(b) Annie Besant

(c) Ramkrishna Paramhansa

(d) Swami Vivekanand
2440: A man jumped at a speed of 5 metres per second from a stationary boat and the boat moved off with the speed of 0.5 metre per second. How many times is the mass of the boat greater than that of the man ?

(a) 5.5 times

(b) 4.5 times

(c) 2.5 times

(d) 10 times