2401: Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?
I. Increase in foreign exchange reserves : Monetary expansion
II. Low import growth rate in India : Recession in Indian Industry
III. Euro-issues : Shares held by Indian companies in European countries
IV. Portfolio investment : Foreign institutional investors
Select the correct answer by using the following codes :
Codes :
(a) I, II and IV
(b) III and IV
(c) I, II and III
(d) I, II, III and IV
2402: The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow it through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a "U" turn in its course to flow into India. This "U" turn is due to
(a) Uplift of folded Himalayan series
(b) Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas
(c) Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
(d) Both (a) and (b) above
2403: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
Recent Scientific Achievement : Country
(a) Creating the worlds first human chromosome : United Kingdom
(b) Cloning a human embryo for the first time : Germany
(c) Guiding a spacecraft for collision with a comet : USA
(d) Landing a spacecraft on an asteroid : Japan
2404: Consider the following statements :
Glass can be etched or scratched by
I. diamond.
II. hydrofluoric acid.
III. aquaregia.
IV. cone, sulphuric acid.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) I and IV
(b) II and III
(c) I and II
(d) II and IV
2405: Consider the following provinces of former Yugoslavia :
I. Bosnia
II. Croatia
III. Slovenia
IV. Yugoslavia.
The correct sequence of these provinces from the east to the west is
(a) IV, I, III, II
(b) IV, I, II, III
(c) I, IV, III, II
(d) I, IV, II, III