891: In 2003, Alison Richard took over as the first-ever woman Vice-Chancellor of:
(a) Oxford University
(b) Cambridge University
(c) Harvard University
(d) Purdue University
892: Consider the following pairs:
Famous place : Region
1. Bodhgaya : Baghelkhand
2. Khajuraho : Bundelkhand
3. Shirdi : Vidarbha
4. Nasik (Nashik) : Malwa
5. Tirupati : Rayalaseema
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(c) 2 and 5 only
(d) 1, 3, 4 and 5
893: The first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Feroz Tughlak
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
894: A box contains 5 sets of balls while there are 3 bails in each set. Each set of balls has one colour which is different from every other set. What is the least number of balls that must be removed from the box in order to claim with certainty that a pair of bails of the same colour has been removed?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
895: The increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the air is slowly raising the temperature of the atmosphere, because it absorbs
(a) the water vapour of the air and retains its heat
(b) the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation
(c) all the solar radiations
(d) the infrared part of the solar radiation