2886: All India Services can be created by the:
(a) President
(b) U.P.S.C.
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Parliament
2887: Which one of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as a convention ?
(a) The Finance Minister is to be a Member of the Lower House
(b) The Prime Minister has to resign if he loses majority in the Lower House
(c) All the parts of India are to be represented in the Council of Ministers
(d) In the event of both the President and the Vice-President demitting office simultaneously before the end of their tenure the Speaker of the Lower House of the Parliament will officiate as the President
2888: Consider the following statements regarding Earth Hour :
1. It is an initiative of UNEP and UNESCO.
2. It is a movement in which the participants switch off the lights for one hour on a certain day every year.
3. It is a movement to raise the awareness about the climate change and the need to save the planet.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2889: Assertion (A) :
Muhammad bin Tughlaq left Delhi, and, for two years lived in a camp called Swarga-dwari.
Reason (R) :
At that time, Delhi was ravaged by a form of plague and many people died.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually 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
2890: Consider the following statements
1. The quantity of imported edible oils is more than the domestic production of
edible oils in the last five years.
2. The Government does not impose any customs duty on all the imported edible
oils a special case.
Which of two statements given above is/are correct
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2