Q.13249·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyOn which one among the following islands does the Negrito tribe called 'the Onge' live?View question
Q.13250·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyConsider the following statements 1.In any nation, human development outcomes are a function of economic growth, social policy and poverty reduction measures at the macro-level. 2.The expansion of human development in terms of health and education attainment, reduction of income poverty and economic growth is linked in a synergistic manner. 3.Investment in health and education can enhance human functioning which can eventually alleviate income poverty by improving employability. 4.Resources generated through income poverty reduction and economic growth can be used to enhance human development. Which of the statements given above are logical and correct?View question
Q.13251·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyWhether India is experiencing inclusive growth in the true sense can be assessed by looking at: 1.the economic growth indicators of the different States of India 2.whether different social groups like the SCs, STs and Minorities are getting excluded from the development process 3.whether the government's various flagship programmes are reaching the socially excluded 4.State-by-State human development profile Select the correct answer using the code given below:View question
Q.13252·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyBesides representation, the Parliament of India is also a deliberative body with diverse functions. Which one among the following is not a function of the Parliament of India?View question
Q.13253·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyMatch List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: List-I (Cement Production Centre) List-II (State) A. Sikka 1.Karnataka B. Bhadrawati 2.Jharkhand C. Ranchi 3.Gujarat D. Kurnool 4.Andhra PradeshView question
Q.13254·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyVeliconda Hills, which is a part of Eastern Ghats, is situated inView question
Q.13255·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyIn this question consist of two statements, statement I and statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below : Statement I : Typical laterite soils in India are generally fertile. Statement II : Laterite soils generally experience leaching.View question
Q.13256·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyIn his lectures on nationalism, Rabindranath Tagore argued that 1.nationalism frees men and women from narrow loyalties and bonds, and connects them to wider and better community of fellowship 2.nationalism will foster a feeling of rootedness and cultural belonging, and put an end to warmongering Select the correct answer using the code given belowView question
Q.13259·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyIf the time of a place located on 165° E meridian is 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, what would be the time on the place located on 165° W meridian?View question
Q.13260·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyThe first day out we met our first rhino, two of them, and I had the fright of my life. The pair had got our scent before we spotted them, and being bad tempered beasts, they rushed towards where they thought we were. Now it just happened that we were about fifty yards to one side of where they expected to find us — which was just as well, for I must say I did not like their look. As they thundered past, we crouched low and let them go. It did not strike me as a good opportunity for rhino photography. Anyhow I was much too frightened to have been able to hold the camera steady. The author could not take the photographs of the rhinos becauseView question
Q.13261·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyThe first day out we met our first rhino, two of them, and I had the fright of my life. The pair had got our scent before we spotted them, and being bad tempered beasts, they rushed towards where they thought we were. Now it just happened that we were about fifty yards to one side of where they expected to find us — which was just as well, for I must say I did not like their look. As they thundered past, we crouched low and let them go. It did not strike me as a good opportunity for rhino photography. Anyhow I was much too frightened to have been able to hold the camera steady. When the author saw a rhino for the first time, he wasView question
Q.13262·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyThe first day out we met our first rhino, two of them, and I had the fright of my life. The pair had got our scent before we spotted them, and being bad tempered beasts, they rushed towards where they thought we were. Now it just happened that we were about fifty yards to one side of where they expected to find us — which was just as well, for I must say I did not like their look. As they thundered past, we crouched low and let them go. It did not strike me as a good opportunity for rhino photography. Anyhow I was much too frightened to have been able to hold the camera steady. From the above passage it appears that rhinosView question
Q.13263·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyMany poor farmers had been compelled to take up indigo cultivation when the British settlers were given the right to purchase and cultivate land in India. Many whites, therefore, either acquired land or advanced loans to poor farmers and pressurised them to forsake the farming of food-grains and other cash crops for indigo cultivation. Indigo export to Europe was lucrative for the British settlers who held a monopoly of this business. Within a few years, most of the fertile lands had come under forced indigo cultivation, resulting in a famine situation in Bengal. When the farmers declined to cultivate indigo, they were tortured, jailed and even killed. Indigo export was profitable for the British settlers becauseView question
Q.13264·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyMany poor farmers had been compelled to take up indigo cultivation when the British settlers were given the right to purchase and cultivate land in India. Many whites, therefore, either acquired land or advanced loans to poor farmers and pressurised them to forsake the farming of food-grains and other cash crops for indigo cultivation. Indigo export to Europe was lucrative for the British settlers who held a monopoly of this business. Within a few years, most of the fertile lands had come under forced indigo cultivation, resulting in a famine situation in Bengal. When the farmers declined to cultivate indigo, they were tortured, jailed and even killed. British settlers bought land in Bengal in order toView question
Q.13265·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyMany poor farmers had been compelled to take up indigo cultivation when the British settlers were given the right to purchase and cultivate land in India. Many whites, therefore, either acquired land or advanced loans to poor farmers and pressurised them to forsake the farming of food-grains and other cash crops for indigo cultivation. Indigo export to Europe was lucrative for the British settlers who held a monopoly of this business. Within a few years, most of the fertile lands had come under forced indigo cultivation, resulting in a famine situation in Bengal. When the farmers declined to cultivate indigo, they were tortured, jailed and even killed. The poor farmers in Bengal took up indigo cultivation becauseView question
Q.13266·Miscellaneous·2013·EasyWhen Ibbotson returned from Pauri, I told him of the leopard’s habit of going down the road between Rudraprayag and Golabrai on an average once in every five days. I convinced him that the only hope I now had of shooting the man-eater was by sitting over the road ten nights; for, the leopard would be almost certain to use the road at least once during the period. Ibbotson agreed to my plan reluctantly, for I had already sat up many nights, and he was afraid that another ten nights on end would be too much for me. The narrator wanted toView question