2581: High temperature and low pressure over the Indian Sub-Continent during the summer season, draws air from the Indian Ocean leading to the in-blowing of the
(a) Southeast monsoon
(b) Southwest monsoon
(c) Trade winds
(d) Westerlies
2582: The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was

(a) Amritsar

(b) Patiala

(c) Lahore

(d) Kapurthala
2583: Aspirin is a:

(a) Pain reliever

(b) Sedative

(c) Cortisone

(d) Soporific
2584: With reference to Lok Adalats, which of the following statements is correct ?

(a) Lok Adalats have the jurisdiction to settle the matters at pre-litigative stage and not those matters pending before any court

(b) Lok Adalats can deal with matters which are civil and not criminal in nature

(c) Every Lok Adalat consists of either serving or retired judicial officers only and not any other person

(d) None of the statements given above is correct
2585: The physical regions marked as 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the given map are respectively


(a) Andes, Brazilian Shield, Guyana Highlands and Amazon Basin
(b) Andes, Guyana Highlands, Brazilian Shield and Amazon Basin
(c) Amazon Basin, Guyana Highlands, Brazilian Shield and Andes
(d) Guyana Highlands, Brazilian Shield, Andes and Amazon Basin