2636: Match List I (Distinguished Person) with List II (Area of Work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I List II

(Distinguished Person) (Area of Work)


A. B. V. Rao 1. Automobiles Manufacture

B. C. K. Prahalad 2. Fisheries Economy

C. John Kurien 3. Information Technology and Software

D. Kiran Karnik 4. Poultry Farming

5. Management Science


(A) 2---------3---------1---------5
(B) 4---------3---------2---------5
(C) 4--------5---------2---------3
(D) 2---------5---------1---------3
2637: The surface of the water in a lake is frozen and its temperature is -15°C. The maximum possible temperature of the water inside the lake in contact with the ice layer will be:

(a) 0°C

(b) 4°C

(c) 15°C

(d) Insufficient data to predict
2638: The Chishti saint, in whose honour "Urs" is held in Ajmer every year, was

(a) Nizamuddin Auliya

(b) Moin-ud-din

(c) Nasiruddin Chiragh-i-Delhi

(d) Hamidud-Din Nagori
2639: Among other things, which one of the following was the purpose for which the Deepak Parekh Committee was constituted?

(a) To study the current socio-economic conditions of certain minority communities

(b) To suggest measures for financing the development of infrastructure

(c) To frame a policy on the production of genetically modified organisms

(d) To suggest measures to reduce the fiscal deficit in the Union Budget
2640: Three flags, each of different colour, are available for a military exercise. Using these flags, different codes can be generated by waving

(i) Single flag of different colours, or
(ii) Any two flags in a different sequence of colours, or
(iii) Three flags in a different sequence of colour

The maximum number of codes that can be generated is
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 15
(d) 18