1501: Atmospheric temperature increases at the higher altitudes due to:
(a) Convection
(b) Radiation
(c) Conduction
(d) Inversion
1502: One day before her death, Mrs. Indira Gandhi:
(a) Inaugurated india's first air defence-guided missile school in Berhampur (Orissa).
(b) Laid the foundation stone of an ordnance factory in Bolangir (Orissa).
(c) Addressed a public meeting in Patna.
(d) None of the above.
1503: Read the following passage and answer the question that follow passage. Your answers to the question should be based on the passage only.
Passage:
The poor especially in market economies, need the strength that collectivities offer for creating more economic, social and political space for themselves, for enhancing their socio-economic well-being and voice, and as a protection against free market individualism. It has been argued that a group approach to farming, especially in the form of bottom up agricultural production collectivities, offers substantial scope for poverty alleviation and empowering the poor as well as enhancing agricultural productivity. To realise this potential, however, the groups would need to be voluntary in nature, small in size, participative in decision making and equitable in work sharing and benefit distribution. There are many notable examples of such collectivities to be found in varied contexts, such as in the transition economies. All of them bear witness to the possibility of successful cooperation under given conditions. And although the gender impact of the family cooperatives in the transition economies are uncertain, the Indian examples of women-only groups farming offer considerable potential for benefiting women.
Q. Consider the following assumptions:
1. It is imperative for transition economies to have agricultural collectivities.
2. Agricultural productivity can be increased by group approach to farming.
With reference to the above passage, which of these assumptions is/are valid?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1504: With reference to the mineral resources of India, consider the following pairs:
Mineral : 90% Natural sources in
1. Copper : Jharkhand
2. Nickel : Orissa
3. Tungsten : Kerala
Which of the pairs give above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1505: Consider the following :
I. Saxena, David. Jain and Kumar were District Collectors at places P, Q, R and S respectively in 1970.
II. In 1972 they were transferred. Saxena and Jain interchanged places. Kumar and David also interchanged places.
III. One year later in 1973 they were again transferred such that David and Jain interchanged places and Saxena and Kumar were also interchanged.
What should be the next round of transfers so that all the four persons could have been posted at all the four places ?
(a) Interchange Saxena and David as well as Jain and Kumar
(b) Interchange Saxena and Kumar as well as David and Jain
(c) Interchange David and Kumar as well as Saxena and Jain
(d) It is not possible for all the four persons to have been posted at all the four places