4416: Which one of the following statements regarding the election of the President of India is correct?
(a) A candidate securing the majority of votes is not automatically elected.
(b) The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction in any doubt or dispute arising in connection with the election of the President.
(c) The Presidential election cannot take place when one or more State Assemblies stand dissolved because all the State Assemblies form part of the electoral college.
(d) The total value of the votes allotted to both Houses of Parliament is much more than the total value of the votes of all the States taken together.
4417: Assertion (A) :
When a ship moves from the sea water into fresh water of a river, the ship will relatively sink.
Reason (R) :
The density of sea water is higher than that of the fresh water.
(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
4418: Match List-I (Institute) with List-II (Located At) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List-I List-II
(Institute) (Located At)
A. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism 1. Coimbatore Institute
B. International Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials 2. Mumbai Advanced
C. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History 3. Jabalpur
D. Tropical Forestry Research Institute 4. Hyderabad
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 3 1 4
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 1 3 2 4
4419: Consider the following agricultural practices :
1. Contour bunding
2. Relay cropping
3. Zero tillage
In the context of global climate change, which of the above helps/help in carbon sequestration / storage in the soil?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None of them
4420: Saka era commenced from:
(a) 78 AD
(b) 120 AD
(c) 1000 AD
(d) 1953 AD