2396: Nobel Prize in Economics for the year 1997 was awarded for contribution in the area of
(a) International Economics
(b) Financial Economics
(c) Public Economics
(d) Development Economics
2397: The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byte is made up of
(a) eight binary digits
(b) eight decimal digits
(c) two binary digits
(d) two decimal digits
2398: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I---------------------List II
I. Deccan Traps-------(A) Late Cenozoic
II. Western Ghats----(B) Pre-Cambrian
III. Aravalli-------------(C) Cretaceous-Eocene
IV. Narmada-Tapi-----(D) Cambrian Alluvial deposits
-------(E) Pleistocene
Codes:
(a) I-C, II-E, III-A, IV-D
(b) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-E
(c) I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D
(d) I-A, II-D, III-B, IV-E
2399: In a department of a university 100 students were admitted. Of the admitted students 90 per cent students appeared and passed in the final examination held two years later. Out of the passing students 1/ 5 passed in first division and 1/5 of the students who passed obtained a second division. In the final exam how many students passed in third division ?
(a) 18
(b) 36
(c) 64
(d) 54
2400: Which one of the following is the correct sequence in increasing order of molecular weights of the hydrocarbons ?
(a) Methane, ethane, propane and butane
(b) Propane, butane, ethane and methane
(c) Butane, ethane, propane and methane
(d) Butane, propane, ethane and methane