1626: How does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor?

1. By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas

2. By strengthening 'self-help groups' and providing skill development

3. By supplying seeds, fertilizers, diesel pump-sets and micro-irrigation equipment free of cost to farmers

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1627: The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in history, because

1. the Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence

2. the rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that Session

3. a resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that Session

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) None of the above
1628: Famous Golf player Vijay Singh is from which one of the following countries?

(a) Fiji

(b) Mauritius

(c) Malaysia

(d) Kenya
1629: The accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India is

(a) April-March
(b) July-June
(c) October-September
(d) January-December
1630: Consider the following statements:

In India, stamp duties on financial transactions are

1. levied and collected by the State Government.

2. appropriated by the Union Government.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2