31: Which one of the following is NOT an astronomical object?
(a) Pulsar
(b) Brittle Star
(c) Black hole
(d) Quasar
32: India is a party to the Ramsar Convention and has declared many areas as Ramsar Sites. Which of the following statements best describes as to how we should maintain these sites in the context of this Convention ?
(a) Keep all the sites completely inaccessible to man so that they will not be exploited
(b) Conserve all the sites through ecosystem approach and permit tourism and recreation only
(c) Conserve all the sites through ecosystem approach for a period without any exploitation, with specific criteria and specific period for each site, and then allow sustainable use of them by future generations.
(d) Conserve all the sites through ecosystem approach and allow their simultaneous sustainable use
33: Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
(a) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) B. R. Ambedkar
34: Match List I (Ancient site) with List II (Archaeological finding) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I-------------------List II
(Ancient site)----------(Archaeological finding)
A. Lothal--------------1. Ploughed field
B. Kalibangan----------2. Dockyard
C. Dholavira-----------3. Terracotta replica of a plough
D. Banawali------------4. An inscription comprising ten large sized signs of the Harappan script
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 2 1 3 4
35: Absolute majority means ____ per cent of votes
(a) 50
(b) 66
(c) 75
(d) 80