366: With which one of the following is BRIT (Government of India) engaged?
(a) Information Technology
(b) Isotope Technology
(c) Railway Wagons
(d) Road Transport
Explanation:
BRIT (Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology) was constituted in 1989. Its headquarter is at Navi Mumbai. BRIT offers following services to its customers Project Consultancy in setting up of Radiation Processing Plant Radiation Processing Services Gamma Scanning of Industrial Process Columns Blockage and Leak Detection in Buried Cross Country Pipelines Radiometry of Shielded Containers Residence Time Distribution Studies for the Reaction Vessels .
Sediment Transport Studies for the Ports Hydrology and Tracer Studies Irradiation Services in Research Reactors for Neutron Activation Analysis and Radiation Damage Studies
367: A man fills a basket with eggs in such a way that the number of eggs added on each successive day is the same as the number already present in the basket. This way the basket gets completely filled in 24 days. After how many days the basket was 1/4th full ?
(A) 22
(B) 6
(C) 17
(D) 12
368: More than 40 Heads of States/Governments were invited by Vladimir Putin in May 2003 to:
(a) Discuss the issues related to the rehabilitation of Iraq
(b) Celebrate the tricentenary of the city of St Petersburg
(c) Convene a meeting of European and CIS countries to discuss the issue of missile shield for European and CIS countries
(d) Develop the strategies for containing global terrorism
369: A major health mission carried in 1996 was
(a) war against leprosy
(b) small-pox eradication
(c) pulse polio immunization
(d) popularisation of oral rehydration therapy
370: C. Rangarajan has been actively involved in the Pan-Asian Commission addressing to which one of the following issues?
(a) Impact of HIV / AIDS in the Asian region
(b) Promotion of tourism in the Asian region
(c) Promotion of free trade in the Asian region
(d) Higher technical education in the universities in the Asian region
Explanation:
The former RBI Governor and Chairman of the PM's Economic Advisory Council, C. Rangarajan has been actively involved in the Pan-Asian Commission studying the impact of HIV/AIDS in Asian region. He met sex workers in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangladesh, Thailand and Phillipines. He visited the Sonagachi Sex workers' Pro'ect in Kolkata which has been hailed as a mo e project for bringing down tne ra e 0 fion 'and stoppin chllO-traffiLkin becauseof the active participation of the sex workers.