4041: Hawala transactions relate to payments

(a) received in rupees against overseas currencies and vice versa without going through the official channels

(b) received for sale/transfer of shares without going through the established stock exchanges

(c) received as commission for services rendered to overseas investors/buyers/ sellers in assisting them to get over the red tape
and/or in getting preferential treatment

(d) made to political parties or to individuals for meeting election expenses
4042: To a person on the moon, the sky appears:

(a) White

(b) Black

(c) Blue

(d) Orange
4043: Who among the following ladies wrote a historical account during the Mughal period ?

(a) Gulbadan Begum

(b) Nurjahan Begum

(c) Jahanara Begum

(d) Zebunnissa Begum
4044: What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine, worked to get the Prize?

(A) Adult stem cell research
(B) Immunology and disease resistance
(C) Flow of genetic information
(D) Prevention of weakening due to ageing

4045: A survey was conducted on a sample of 1000 persons with reference to their knowledge of English, French and German. The results of the survey are presented in the given Venn diagram. The ratio of the number of persons who do not know any of the three languages to those who know all the three languages is


(a) 1/27
(b) 1/25
(c) 7/550
(d) 175/1000