2941: The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to

(a) exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the princely states

(b) involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony

(c) finally effect the complete political and administrative take-over of all the princely states by the British

(d) use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders
2942: In an office, the distribution of work hours is as shown in the following table:

No. of Staff Members------No. of hours worked

5------------------------ 0 - 19
12------------------------ 20 - 24
25------------------------ 25 - 29
40------------------------ 30 - 34
15------------------------ 35 - 39
8------------------------ 40 - 45

Consider the following inferences drawn from the table :

I. The average number of hours worked by a staff member is about 30.
II. The percentage of those who worked 35 or more hours is less than 25.
III. At least 5 staff members worked more than 44 hours.

Which of these inferences is/are valid ?

(a) I alone
(b) II alone
(c) I and II
(d) I, II and III
2943: Which amongst the following States has the highest population density as per Census 2001?

(a) Kerala
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
2944: Where was the first desalination plant in India to produce one lakh litres freshwater per day based on low temperature thermal desalination principle commissioned ?

(a) Valsad
(b) Port Blair
(c) Mangalore
(d) Kavaratti
2945: Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857 belong to?

(a) Uttar Pardesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Madhya Pardesh