2741: Consider the following statements :

1. The Commonwealth has no charter, treaty or constitution.

2. All the territories/countries once under the British empire (jurisdiction/rule/mandate) automatically joined the Commonwealth as its members.

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
2742: Match List I and (High Officials) with List II (Organisation) select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I List II

(High officials) (Organisation)

A. C P Jain 1. Indian Airlines
B. S Ramadorai 2. NTPC
C. Sunil Arora 3. TCS
D. Vivek Paul 4. Wipro Technologies

Codes:

A B C D

(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 2 1 3 4
2743: Assertion (A) :

Large cold storage plants use ammonia as refrigerant while domestic refrigerators use chlorofluorocarbons.

Reason (R) :

Ammonia can be liquefied at ambient temperatures at low pressures.

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

(b) Both A and R are 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
2744: A merchant wants a gross profit of 25 per cent on the sales. Thus the percentage he should add to the cost price will be:

(a) 25 per cent

(b) 33 per cent

(c) 66 per cent

(d) 75 per cent
2745: English men are more efficient partly by upbringing, partly by race and partly by education. Who said this?

(a) Rippon

(b) Lord Curzon

(c) Minto

(d) Dufferin