2431: Consider the following statements regarding asteroids :

I. Asteroids are rocky debris of varying sizes orbiting the Sun.

II. Most of the asteroids are small but some have diameter as large as 1000 km.

III. The orbit of asteroids lies between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.

Of these statements :

(a) I, II and III are correct
(b) II and III are correct
(c) I and II are correct
(d) I and III are correct
2432: The wrongly matched pair among the following is:

(a) Gandhiji --- Dandi March

(b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah --- Khilafat movement

(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan --- Aligarh Muslim University

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose --- Forward Bloc
2433: In the year 2001, the Prime Minister announced a five-year excise duty holiday for industries in

(a) cyclone prone coastal Andhra Pradesh
(b) border states of North-East
(c) earthquake ravaged Kutch district
(d) recently formed states of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
2434: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I
A. Harold Pinter
B. Jacques Diouf
C. Jose Manuel Barroso
D. Raymond Lafitte

List-II
1. Director-General, Fao
2. President, European Commission
3. World Bank appointed expert for Adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project
4. Literature


2435: With reference to the use of nano-technology in health sector, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Targeted drug delivery is made possible by nanotechnology.
2. Nanotechnology can largely contribute to gene therapy.

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