1541: With reference to the Fourteenth Finance Commission, which of the following statements is/ are correct?
1. It has increased the share of States in the central divisible pool from 32 percent to 42 percent.
2. It has made recommendations concerning sector-specific grants.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1542: A merchant wants a gross profit of 25 per cent on the sales. Thus the percentage he should add to the cost price will be:
(a) 25 per cent
(b) 33 per cent
(c) 66 per cent
(d) 75 per cent
1543: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List-I(City) : List-II(River)
A. Bangkok : 1. Irrawaddy
B. Phnom-penh : 2. Mekong
C. Hanoi : 3. Menam (chao Phraya)
D. Yangon : 4. Red River
(A) 3 2 4 1
(B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 4 2 3 1
1544: Which one of the following countries has tricameral legislature with one House for ethnic group?
(a) South Africa
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Fiji
(d) Malaysia
1545: The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was:
(a) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(b) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Syed Ahmad Khan