Key to Answers - Set D
Qn
|
Regarding
|
Ans
|
141
|
Mean Velocity
|
b
|
142
|
North-South
River
|
b
|
143
|
Equator
|
b
|
144
|
Place �Country
|
a
|
145
|
Myanmar
border
|
d
|
146.
|
List I � List II
|
c
|
147
|
Statements on LIC
|
a
|
148
|
Railway Zone
|
b
|
149
|
Service Tax
|
b
|
150
|
Not Correctly matched pair
|
d
|
Q.148
The equator passes
through 13 countries:
Ecuador
,
Colombia
,
Brazil
,
Sao Tome
&
Principe
,
Gabon
, Republic of the
Congo
,
Democratic Republic of
the Congo
,
Uganda
,
Kenya
,
Somalia
,
Maldives
,
Indonesia
, and
Kiribati
. (http://www.teachervision.fen.com/geography/educational-research/26388.html)
Q.145.Myanmar
border countries
- Bangladesh (190
km), China (2200 km),
India (1,450 km), Laos
(250 km), Thailand
(1,800 km)
Q.146.
Harold Pinter,
British playwright. was
awarded the Nobel Prize
in Literature in 2005.
AND � On October 2,
2005 Swiss neutral
expert Raymond
Lafitte began
inspecting the dam
design and peripheral
setup of the 450-mw
Baglihar hydel project
in Doda (J&K)
Q.147.
Life Insurance in its
modern form came to
India
from
England
in the year 1818.
Oriental Life Insurance
Company started by
Europeans in
Calcutta
was
the first life insurance
company on Indian
Soil. (Ref. http://www.licindia.com/history.htm) In
1956, 245 Indian and
foreign insurers and
provident societies are
taken over by the
central government and
nationalised. LIC formed
by an Act of Parliament,
viz. LIC Act, 1956, with
a capital contribution
of Rs. 5 crore from the
Government of India.
LIC,
the biggest and oldest
insurance company in
India
, is in the process of getting its IT infrastructure in place (http://www.icicilombard.com/app/ICICI-Lombard-news.asp?rssID=21876)
(NOTE
Qn is about IS)
Q.148
South
Eastern Railway Hqs
Kolkata
Qn
149.Service Tax is a form of
indirect tax imposed on
specified services
called "taxable
services". Service
tax cannot be levied on
any service which is not
included in the list of
taxable services.
You
are welcome to share any
difference of Opinion,
but with due references
We
will add up more
explanatory notes in due
course
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