1151: An ad valorem duty is a tax on the basis of:

(a) The price of a commodity

(b) The value added

(c) The advertisement expenditure

(d) The unit of the commodity
1152: The production of cultured pearls is an important cottage industry of

(a) Belgium

(b) West Indies

(c) New Zealand

(d) Japan
1153: Assertion : (A)
Though India's national income has gone up several fold since 1947, there has been no marked improvement in the per capita income level.

Reason : (R)
Sizeable proportion of the population of India is still living below the poverty line.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?

(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
1154: How many 3 digit numbers are completely divisible by 6 ?
1155: If x and y are positive integers such that (3x + 7y) is a multiple of 11, then which of the followings are divisible by 11?