. ‘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
The density of water is maximum at: (A) 1000C (B) 40C (C) 00C (D) ?40C
The book ?Living with Honour? is written by 1 Arundhati Roy 2 Shiv Khera 3 Pramod Batra 4 Vikram Seth
Who is called the ?Father of Geometry?? (a) Bertrand Russel (b) Aristotle (c) Euclid (d) Archimedes
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Which one of the following chemicals used in a refrigerator is harmful to the ozone layer in the atmosphere? (1) Ammonia (2) Freon gas (3) Carbon dioxide (4) Nitrogen
Sarnath is well known because : (a) it has a big oil refinery (b) it is a holy place for Buddhists (c) it is an ancient capital (d) it has a big steel plant
Which one of the following is the ore of Lead? 1 Corundum 2 Cinnabar 3 Cerrusite 4 Calamine
The U.S.A. Government suspended the sales of fire arms and ammunition to the dealers of which of the following countries, as most of the supply is reaching in the hands of guerrillas and drug traffickers? 1 Venezuela 2 Colombia 3 Pakistan 4 None of these
Sodium metal is kept under 1 Water 2 Alcohol 3 Petrol 4 Kerosene
Which is the crop of the longest duration? (a) Gram (b) Millet (c) Barley (d) Sugarcane
Sri Bimal Jalan was holding which of the following posts immediately prior to his appointment as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India 1 India?s representative at World bank 2 Member Secretary, Planning Commission 3 Deputy Governor, RBI 4 None of these
Who is the present chairman of SEBI? 1 Jairam Prakash 2 Jana Krishnamurthy 3 G.N.Bajpai 4 None of the above
The term ?Punter? is associated with the game of: (a) Golf (b) Polo (c) Bridge (d) Horse Racing