46: Which of the following is a weedkiller?

(a) Insecticide

(b) Methyl salicylate

(c) Heribicide

(d) None of these
47: Consider the following statements:

1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas.
2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce.
3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3
48: Consider the following statements regarding the Chakiarkoothu form of dance:

I. It is performed by Chakiar caste.

II. It cannot be traditionally witnessed by the higher caste Hindus.

III. Mizhavu is the accompanying instrument.

IV. Its theatre form is called koothambalam.

Which of these statements are correct ?

(a) I, III and IV
(b) I, II and III
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II and IV
49: Which one of the following is the appropriate reason for considering the Gondwana rocks as most important of rock systems of India?

(a) More than 90% of limestone reserves of India are found in them

(b) More than 90% of India's coal reserves are found in them

(c) More than 90% of fertile black cotton soils are spread over them

(d) None of the reasons given above is appropriate in this context
50: Among other things, which one of the following was the purpose for which the Deepak Parekh Committee was constituted?

(a) To study the current socio-economic conditions of certain minority communities

(b) To suggest measures for financing the development of infrastructure

(c) To frame a policy on the production of genetically modified organisms

(d) To suggest measures to reduce the fiscal deficit in the Union Budget