2111: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I-------------------List II
(Agricultural products)--(Foremost producer)
I. Cotton---------------(A) Madhya Pradesh
II. Gram-----------------(B) Gujarat
III. Black pepper---------(C) West Bengal
IV. Pineapple-------------(D) Kerala
Codes:
(a) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C
(b) I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D
(c) I-A, II-B, III-D, IV-C
(d) I-A, II-B, III-C, IV-D
2112: How do District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs) help in the reduction of rural poverty in India?
1. DRDAs act as Panchayati Raj Institutions in certain specified backward regions of the country.
2. DRDAs undertake area-specific scientific study of the causes of poverty and malnutrition and prepare detailed remedial measures.
3. DRDAs secure inter-sectoral and inter-departmental coordination and cooperation for effective implementation of anti-poverty programmes.
4. DRDAs watch over and ensure effective utilization of the funds intended for anti-poverty programmes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2113: If there were no organic life on the Earth, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere will:
(a) Remain unchanged.
(b) Be approximately hundred per cent.
(c) Be almost nil.
(d) Be approximately fifty per cent.
2114: Which one of the following five year plans recognised human development as the core of all developmental efforts ?
(a) The eighth five year Plan
(b) The fifth five year plan
(c) The Sixth five year plan
(d) The third five year plan
2115: Why are dewdrops not formed on a cloudy night?
(a) Clouds absorb the radiation released from the Earths surface.
(b) Clouds reflect back the Earths radiation.
(c) The Earths surface would have low temperature on cloudy nights.
(d) Clouds deflect the blowing wind to ground level.