3481: Water hyacinth is related to:

(a) Lemna

(b) Pistia

(c) Eichhornia

(d) None of these
3482: Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund ?

(a) Saumitra Chaudhuri
(b) Ashok Lahiri
(c) Raghuram Rajan
(d) Sumantra Ghoshal
3483: In the context of the organic evolution, the loss of limbs of snakes is explained by the phenomenon of

(a) use and disuse of organs
(b) adaptation to living in burrows
(c) natural selection
(d) inheritance of acquired characters
3484: Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) The first meeting of the Parties (MOP 1) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafely was held in Philippines in the year 2004.

(b) India is not a signatory to the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity.

(c) The Biosafety Protocol deals with genetically modified organisms.

(d) The United States of America is member of the Biosafety Protocol/ Convention on Biological Diversity.
3485: Which of the following were the causes for the rapid dissolution of the Mughal empire?

I. Degeneration of the Mughal nobility

II. The absence of the Law of Succession

III. Foreign invasion

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) II and III only

(b) I and III only

(c) III only

(d) I, II and III