4176: Assertion (A)

Red phosphorous is preferred to white phosphorous in the manufacture of matches.

Reason (R)

Red phosphorous is non-poisonous in nature.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A is false but R is true
4177: The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was

(a) Amir Khusru

(b) Mirza Ghalib

(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar

(d) Faiz
4178: For pasteurization by the Flash Method, milk is heated to a temperature of:

(a) 0°C

(b) 100°C

(c) - 4°C

(d) 72°C
4179: Heavy rainfall affects soil by:

(a) Increasing its acidity

(b) Increasing its alkalinity

(c) Reducing its fertility

(d) None of these
4180: A deflator is a technique of

(a) Adjusting for changes in price level

(b) Adjusting for change in commodity

(c) Accounting for decline of-GNP

(d) Accounting for higher increase of GNP