496: The following are the rulers of the slave dynasty:

I. Ghiyas-ud-din Balban

II. Iltutmish

III. Qutb-ud-din Aibak

IV. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud

The correct order in which these sultans ruled over India is

(a) II, III, I, IV

(b) I, IV, II, III

(c) IV, I, II, III

(d) III, II, IV, I
497: The Government of India has established NITI Aayog to replace the

(a) Human Rights Commission
(b) Finance Commission
(c) Law Commission
(d) Planning Commission
498: Which bacterial strain, developed from natural isolates by genetic manipulations, can be used for treating oil spills ?

(a) Agrobacterium
(b) Pseudomonas
(c) Nitrosomonas
(d) Clostridium
499: Antyodaya scheme aims at:

(a) To uplift the poorest sections of the society

(b) To provide drinking water to Harijans

(c) To implement reservation policy for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

(d) To allot land to marginal farmers
500: Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts ?


(a) Angola and Zambia
(b) Morocco and Tunisia
(c) Venezuela and Colombia
(d) Yemen and South Sudan