2726: The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was

(a) Hatimtai

(b) Alam Ara

(c) Pundalik

(d) Raja Harishchandra
2727: In the middle of the year 2008 the Parliament of which one of the following countries became the first in the world to enact a Climate Act by passing "The Climate Change Accountability Bill"?

(a) Germany
(b) Canada
(c) Australia
(d) Japan
2728: Consider the following statements:

1. The forest cover in India constitutes around 20% of its geographical area. Out of the total forest cover, dense forest constitutes around 40%.

2. The national Forestry Action Programme aims at bringing one-third of the area of India under tree/forest cover.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2729: Match rivers labelled A, B, C and D on the given map with their names given in the list and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list:

List I
1. St. Lawrence
2. Orinoco
3. Mackenzie
4. Amazon
5. Yukon


Codes:
(a) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(b) A-5, B-3, C-1, D-2
(c) A-5, B-4, C-1, D-3
(d) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
2730: According to the World Development Report, low income economies are those for which the per capita GNP in 1994 was

(a) US $ 925 or less
(b) US $ 825 or less
(c) US $ 725 or less
(d) US $ 525 or less