426: Consider the following statements:
1. Vigyan Rail is a Science Exhibition on wheels organized by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
2. Vigyan Prasar is a autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
3. EDUSAT, the ISRO's educational satellite was launched from French Guyana in 2004.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None
427: Match List-I (Indian Scientist/Scholar) with List-II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List I
A. C.N.R. Rao
B. Jagdish Bhagwati
C. G.N. Ramchandran
D. Ashok
List II
1. Telecommunication
2. Physics
3. Economics
4. Solid State Chemistry and Material Science
Codes :
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 2 3 4 1
428: Consider the following statements:
1. INS Sindhughosh is an aircraft carrier.
2. INS Viraat is a submarine.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:
INS Sindhughosh (555) is the lead ship of Sindhughosh class (Kilo)submarines of the Indian Navy.The submarine
was commissioned in April 1986 in Riga, Russia. This submarine is diesel-powered and have totally six motors. INS Sindhughosh was the first submarine in Indian Navy to be equipped with the Klub ZM-54E SS-N-27 antiship cruise missiles with a range of 220 km. INS Sindhughosh collided with a foreign merchant vessel - MV Leeds Castle - while trying to surface in the seas north of Mumbai on 7 January 2008.
INS Viraat (R 22) is a Centaur-class aircraft carrier currently in service with the Indian Navy. INS Viraat is the flagship
of the Indian Navy, the oldest carrier afloat, and also the only aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean Region.
429: Consider the following statements:
1. The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices recommends the Minimum support Prices for 32 crops.
2. The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has launched the national Food Security Mission.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:
. The minimum support prices are announced by the Govt. of India with a view to ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers their produce on the basis of the commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) recommendations. The Commended the Minimum Support prices for 24 Crops.
The national Development Council (NDC) in its 53rd meeting held on 29th May, 2007 adopted a resolution to launch a food Security mission Comprising rice, wheat and pulses to increase the production of rice by 10 million tons, wheat by 8 million tones and pulses by 2 million tons by the end of the Eleventh plan (2011-12).Accordingly, A Centrally Sponsored Scheme, National Food Security Mission' has been launched from 2007-08 to operationalize the above mentioned resolution.
430: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List I (Person)
A. Ela Bhatt
B. Mahashweta Devi
C. Ebrahim Alkazi
D. Vijay Govindarajan
List-II (Area of work)
1. Theatre training
2. Womens labour sector
3. Management teaching
4. Literrateur and Social Worker for the country's tribal communities
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 2 1 4 3