1896: A goat is tied to two poles P and Q with ropes that are 15-metre long. P and Q are 20-metre apart as shown in the given diagram:


1897: The correct sequence of the eastward flowing rivers of the peninsular India from north to south is
(a) Subranarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishana, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai
(b) Subranarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai Pennar
(c) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Pennar and vagai
(d) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
1898: With reference to soil conservation, consider the following practices :

1. Crop rotation

2. Sand fences

3. Terracing

4. Wind breaks

Which of the above are considered appropriate methods for soil conservation in India ?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1899: When one gene controls two or more different characters simultaneously, the phenomenon is called

(a) Apomixis
(b) Pleiotropy
(c) Polyploidy
(d) Polyteny
1900: In a group of six women there are four table tennis players, four post-graduates in Economics, one post-graduate in Commerce and three bank employees. Vimala and Kamala are among the bank employees while Amala and Komala are unemployed. Komala and Nirmala are among the table tennis players. Amala, Kamala, Komala and Nirmala are postgraduates in Economics of whom two are bank employees. If Shyamala is a postgraduate in Commerce who among the following is both a table tennis player and a bank employee?

(a) Nirmala

(b) Shyamala

(c) Amala

(d) Komala