2906: What are the benefits of implementing the Integrated Watershed Development Programme?

1. Prevention of soil runoff
2. Linking the countrys perennial rivers with seasonal rivers
3. Rainwater harvesting and recharge of groundwater table.
4. Regeneration of natural vegetation.

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2907: The famous agricultural scientist who was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace:

(a) Norman E. Borlaug

(b) M. S. Swaminathan

(c) N. S. Subba Rao

(d) None of these
2908: Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(a) There is no definition of the Scheduled Tribe in the Constitution of India.

(b) North-East India accounts for a little over half of the countrys tribal population.

(c) The people known as Todas live in the Nilgiri area.

(d) Lotha is a language spoken in Nagaland.
2909: The Vitamin containing cobalt is

(a) B1

(b) B2

(c) B6

(d) B12
2910: The purest form of water is obtained from:

(a) A deep tube well

(b) A running stream

(c) Hot water spring

(d) Heavy rains