3031: Variable reserve rates and Open Market Operations are instruments of
(a) Fiscal Policy
(b) Monetary Policy
(c) Budgetary Policy
(d) Trade Policy
3032: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :
List I----------List II
(Hazardous industries using child labour leading to the filing of a public interest petition in the Supreme Court)---- (Located at)
I. Glass industry------ (A) Moradabad
II. Brassware industry------ (B) Marakpur
III. Slate industry ------(C) Ferozabad
IV. Hand-made carpet industry------ (D) Mirzapur
Codes:
(a) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D
(b) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
(c) I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B
(d) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
3033: Consider the following statements:
Most international agencies which fund development programmes in India on intergovernmental bilateral agreements, mainly provide
I. Technical assistance.
II. Soft loans which are required to be paid back with interest.
III. Grants, not required to be paid back.
IV. Food assistance to alleviate poverty.
Of these statements
(a) II and IV and correct
(b) I, II and III are correct
(c) I, II and IV are correct
(d) III and IV are correct
3034: A sandy and saline area is the natural habitat of an Indian animal species. The animal has no predators in that area but its existence is threatened due to the destruction of its habitat. Which one of the following could be that animal?
(a) Indian gazelle
(b) Indian wild ass
(c) Indian wild boar
(d) Indian wild buffalo
3035: The American multinational company, Monsanto has produced an insect-resistant cotton variety that is undergoing field- trails in India. A toxin gene from which ONE of the following bacteria has been transferred to this transgenic cotton ?
(a) Bacillus subtilis
(b) Bacillus thurigiensis
(c) Bacillus amyloliquifanciens
(d) Bacillus globlii