1071: India has the largest population of the Asian X. Today, there are just about 20,000 to 25,000 X in their natural habitat spreading across the evergreen forests, dry thorn forests, swamps and grasslands. Their prime habitats are, however, the moist deciduous forests. The X population in India ranges from North-West India where they are found in the forest divisions of Dehradun, Bijnor and Nainital districts of UP to the Western Ghats in the states of Karnataka and Kerala and in Tamil Nadu.
In Central India, their population is distributed in southern Bihar and Orissa. In the East, they are seen in North-Bengal, Assam and a few other states.
The animal X referred to in this quotation is
(a) Lion
(b) Elephant
(c) Tiger
(d) One-horned rhinoceros
1072: Assertion (A):
Willful disobedience or non-compliance of Court Orders and use of derogatory language about judicial behavior amounts o Contempt of Court.
Reason (R):
Judicial activism cannot be practised without arming the judiciary with punitive powers to punish contemptuous behaviour.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and Rare true, but Ris not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
1073: Norman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India is from which country?
(a) Mexico
(b) USA
(c) New Zealand
(d) Australia
1074: In the latter half of the year 2008, which one of the following countries pulled out of commonwealth of Independent States?
(A) Georgia
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Belarus
(D) Azerbaijan
1075: Half of the villagers of a certain village have their own houses. One-fifth of the villagers cultivate paddy. One-third of the villagers are literate. Four-fifth of the villagers are below twenty five. Then, which one of the following is certainly true?
(a) All the villagers who have their own houses are literate
(b) Some villagers under twenty five are literate
(c) A quarter of the villagers who have their own houses cultivate paddy
(d) Half of the villagers who cultivate paddy are literate