816: At which one of the following Place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Bardoli
(c) kheda
(d) Champaran
817: Assertion (A):
Bangalore receives much higher average annual rainfall than that of Mangalore.
Reason (R):
Bangalore has the benefit of receiving rainfall both from south-west and north-east monsoons.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
818: Some species of plants are insectivorous. Why?
(a) Their growth in shady and dark places does not allow them to undertake sufficient photosynthesis and thus they depend on insects for nutrition
(b) They are adapted to growing nitrogen deficient soils and thus depend on insects for sufficient nitrogenous nutrition
(c) They cannot synthesize certain vitamins themselves and depend on the insects digested by them
(d) They have remained in that particular stage of evolution as living fossils, a link between autotrophs and heterotrophs
819: Consider the following European missions during the Mughal period :
1. Thomas Roe
2. Tavernier
3. Rudolf Acquaviva
The correct chronological order of their visits is
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 2, 3, 1
(c) 2, 1, 3
(d) 3, 1, 2
820: Which of the following was not the outcome of Jallianwalah Bagh massacre?
(a) Suspension of Gen. Dyer
(b) Change in Gandhiji's outlook towards Britishers
(c) Temporary peace in Punjab
(d) Renunciation of British titles and positions by many Indians