4471: The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, whose permission is required for cultivation of any genetically modified crop such as Bt-Cotton in India, is under the Union Minister of

(a) Agriculture

(b) Environment and Forests

(c) Commerce and Industry

(d) Rural Development
4472: A survey was conducted on a sample of 1000 persons with reference to their knowledge of English, French and German. The results of the survey are presented in the given Venn diagram. The ratio of the number of persons who do not know any of the three languages to those who know all the three languages is


(a) 1/27
(b) 1/25
(c) 7/550
(d) 175/1000
4473: Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?

List-I----------List-II

(Period)----------(Wars)

1. AD 1767-69----First Anglo Maratha War
2. AD 1790-92----Third Mysore War
3. AD 1824-26----First Anglo-Burmese War
4. AD 1845-46----Second Sikh War


(a) 2 and 4
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
4474: Panchayati Raj is mainly aimed at:

(a) Rural employment

(b) Agricultural and rural industries development

(c) Political awareness among village people

(d) Giving training to villagers for fighting elections
4475: If there is any disagreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives in USA, it is resolved by

(a) The President

(b) The Vice-President

(c) The Speaker

(d) Conference committee consisting of 3 to 9 members from each House