671: What are the primary colours?
(a) Blue, green, yellow
(b) Yellow, red, blue
(c) Red, blue, green
(d) Green, white, black
672: India is home to lakhs of persons with disabilities. What are the benefits available to them under the law?
1. Free schooling till the age of 18 years in government-run schools.
2. Preferential allotment of land for setting up business.
3. Ramps in public buildings.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation:
The National Policy Statement for Persons with Disabilities recognizes that Persons with Disabilities are valuable human resource for the country and seeks to create an environment that provides them equal opportunities, protection of their rights and full participation in society.
In keeping with the spirit of the Article 21A of the Constitution guaranteeing education as a fundamental right and Section 26 of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, free and compulsory education has to be provided to all children with disabilities up to the minimum age of 18 years.
The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and full Participation) Act, 1995, rolls out a charter of rights to empower and mainstream disabled persons.
The Act provides for preferential allotment of land to disabled persons by government at concessional rates for building their own houses, setting up business or factories and establishing special schools, research or recreational centres.
According to the act, the government must provide the following in public buildings:
= Ramps in all public buildings, especiallly in hospitals, primary health centres and other medical care and rehabilitation centres
- Adapted toilets for whell-chair users
- Brailee symbols and auditory signals in lifts
673: If water contracts on freezing, which of the following would happen?
(a) Icebergs will completely float on the surface of water
(b) Ice would become more dense
(c) Lakes would freeze from top to bottom
(d) Rocks will crack due to freezing or internal water
674: Consider the following items imported by India:
1. Capital goods
2. Petroleum
3. Pearls and precious stones
4. Chemical
5. Iron and steel
The correct sequence of the decreasing order of these items (as per 94-95 figures), in terms of value is
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(b) 1, 2, 4, 3, 5
(c) 2, 1, 3, 4, 5
(d) 2, 1, 4, 5, 3
Explanation:
The decreasing order of the imported items in terms of value (as per 94-95) are : 1. Capital goods, 2. Petroleum, 3. Pearls and precious stones, 4. Chemicals and 5. Iron and Steel.
675: Iron ore mines are located in which of the following group of places?
(a) Bokaro, Balaghat, Hazaribagh
(b) Singhbhum, Monghyr, Singareni
(c) Jharia, Raniganj, Wardha
(d) Singhbhum, Mayurbhani, Keonihar