1806: The Russian traveller who visited the Deccan during the medieval period of Indian history was

(a) Rastyannikov

(b) Shirokov

(c) Pavlov

(d) Nikitin
1807: Consider the following statements:

1. The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959 exempts several posts from disqualification on the grounds of Office of Profit.
2. The above-mentioned Act was amended five times.
3. The term Office of Profit is well-defined in the Constitution of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3
1808: Poliomyelitis is an epidemic virus infection. Which of the following is responsible for it?

(a) Rhabdo virus

(b) Entero virus

(c) Dengue virus

(d) Mumps virus
1809: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Monastery : State

(a) Dhankar Monastery : Himachal Pradesh

(b) Rumtek Monastery : Sikkim

(c) Tabo Monastery : Himachal Pradesh

(d) Kye Monastery : Arunachal Pradesh
1810: Assertion (A) :
Synthetic detergents can lather well in hard water.

Reason (R) :
Synthetic detergents form soluble calcium and magnesium salts with hard water.

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

(b) Both A and R are individually 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