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976: 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
977: What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following cities in South-East Asia as one proceeds from south to north?

1. Bangkok
2. Hanoi
3. Jakarta
4. Singapore

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 4 - 2 - 1 - 3
(b) 3 - 2 - 4 - 1
(c) 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
(d) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
978: Three Dice (each having six faces with each face having one number from 1 to 6) are rolled. What is the number of possible outcomes such that at least one dice shows the number 2 ?


(A) 36
(B) 81
(C) 91
(D) 116
979: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

List I----------List II

I. Surendranath Bannerjee-------(A) Hind Swaraj
II. M. K. Gandhi-----------------(B) The Indian Struggle
III. Subhash Chandra Bose-------(C) Autobiographical Writings
IV. Lajpat Rai-------------------(D) A Nation in Making

Codes :

(a) I - D, II - A, III - C, IV - B
(b) I - A, II - D, III - C, IV - B
(c) I - A, II - D, III - B, IV - C
(d) I - D, II - A, III - B, IV - C
Explanation:
Surendranath Banerjee wrote "Hind Swaraj". M.K. Gandhi wrote "A nation in Making". Subhash Chandra Bose wrote
"The Indian Struggle". Lajpat Rai wrote Auto Biographical Writings.
980: Indian cotton merchant, banker, Congressman and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi'. This description fits

(a) G.D. Birla

(b) M.R. Jayakar

(c) Jamnalal Bajaj

(d) V.S. Srinivasa Sastri
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