1546: At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the sea water recedes from the shore line a few kilometres and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at
(a) Bhavnagar
(b) Bheemunipatnam
(c) Chandipur
(d) Nagapattinam
1547: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List I--------------------------------------------------List II
I. Development Programme-----------------------------(A) UN India Human Development Report
II. National Council of Applied Economic Research--------(B) India Development Report
III. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-----(C) World Development Report
IV. World Bank-----------------------------------------(D) Human Development Report
Codes:
(a) I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C
(b) I-D, II-B, III-A, IV-C
(c) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A
(d) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C
1548: Assertion
Comets have gaseous tails
Reason
They are very hot bodies
(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) if A and R both are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) if A is correct and R is incorrect
(d) if A is incorrect and R is correct
1549: Consider the following liquid assets :
1. Demand deposits with the banks
2. Time deposits with the banks
3. Savings deposits with the banks
4. Currency
The correct sequence of these assets in the decreasing order of liquidity is
(a) 1 - 4 - 3 - 2
(b) 2 - 3 - 1 - 4
(c) 4 - 1 - 3 - 2
(d) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
1550: Consider the following statements:
1. In the world, the tropical deserts occur along the western margins of continents within the trade wind belt.
2. In India, the East Himalayan region gets high rainfall from north-east winds.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2