256: With reference to the Finance Commission of India, which of the following statements is correct?
(a) It encourages the inflow of foreign capital for infrastructure development
(b) It facilitates the proper distribution of finances among the Public Sector Undertakings
(c) It ensures transparency in financial administration
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context.
257: "In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus". To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate ?
(a) Revolt of 1857
(b) Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
(c) Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement (1919-22)
(d) August Movement of 1942
258: Who out of the following was not a moderate?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Ferozshah Mehta
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
259: 1. There are 5 bus stops A, B, C, D and E at equal intervals,
2. C is not the middle stop,
3. A and E are not terminal stops,
4. C comes twice as many stops before D in upward journey as B comes after A,
5. D is the first stop in downward journey,
Give the correct sequence of the stops in downward journey.
(a) DEACB
(b) DAECB
(c) DACEB
(d) DCBAE
260: With reference to Indian agriculture, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) About 90 per cent of the area under pulses in India is rainfed.
(b) The share of pulses in the gross cropped area at the national level has double in the last two decades
(c) India accounts for about 15 per cent of the total area under rice in the world
(d) Rice occupies about 34 per cent of the gross cropped area of India