. Which one of the following types of erosion is responsible for the formation of Chambal Ravines? (a) Splash (b) Sheet (c) Rill (d) Gully

. Nirmal Hriday, Sanjivini and Saheli are (a) Organizations engaged in social work (b) Herbal medicines produced in India for hypertension, heart disturbances and neurological problems (c) Names of some savings schemes mooted by nationalized banks (d) Institutions set up by Jayaprakash Narayan for rehabilitation of erstwhile dacoits

. ‘Self-sufficiency’ in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India in spite of a more than three-fold rise in food grains production over 1950-1990. Which of the following are the reasons for it? 1. The green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country. 2. The cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor. 3. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains. 4. The gains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4

. When it is noon along 820 30’ E Longitude along what degree of longitude it will be 6.30 a.m? (a) Along 1650 E (b) Along 670 30’W (c) 00 E or W (d) Along 820 30’ W

. Who among the following became the Prime Minister of India without being earlier the Chief Minister of a State? 1. Morarji Desai 2. Charan Singh 3. V.P. Singh 4. Chandra Sekhar 5. P.V. Narasimha Rao Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 5 (c) 2 only (d) 4 only

. The latest regional economic block to be formed (a) ASEAN (b) COMECON (c) APEC (d) NAFTA

. The first Indian rules to organize Haj pilgrimage the expense of the state was (a) Alauddin Khilji (b) Feroz tughlakh (c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb

. The density of cattle population per 100 hectares of gross cropped area is the highest in (a) Bihar (b) Haryana (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh

. Hemoglobin is dissolved in the plasma of (a) Frog (b) Fish (c) Man (d) Earthworm

. A major shift in the 8th Five Year Plan from its preceding ones is (a) The significant reduction in public sector outlays (b) The concentration of public investment in infrastructural sectors (c) Major investment in agriculture with a view of promote exports (d) Major investment in sectors in which industrial sickness has been a chronic problem

. In recent years there has been some concern over the threat posed by the Mathura Oil Refinery and the thermal power plants to the Taj Mahal in Agra. The Scientific basis of any possible damage to the Taj is mainly (a) Stratospheric ozone and the chlorofluorocarbons which destroy it (b) Acid precipitation and tropospheric ozone (c) Increasing levels of atomospheric CO2 which produce the greenhouse effect (d) Ultraviolet radiation (240-260 nanometers wavelength) and the fumes from the heavily polluted Yamuna river

. The average elevation of Tibetan Plateau above sea level is (a) 2 km (b) 3 km (c) 4 km (d) 5 km

. Which one of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess iron? (a) Desert sand (b) Alluvial (c) Podzolic (d) Lateritic

. Which of the following fish are bred exclusively in the cold regions in India? 1. Catla 2. Tinca 3. Bheku 4. Trout Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 4 (c) 2 and 4 (d) 3 and 4

. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R) Assertion (A): In India, the political parties which formed the governments represented the majority of seats secured in the elections to the House of the People at the Centre and the Legislative Assemblies in the States but not the majority of votes. Reason (R): The elections based on the majority-vote-system decide the result on the basis of relative majority of votes secured 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