1446: Maximum production of paddy per unit water consumption can be best achieved in a:
(a) Non-porous soil
(b) Porous soil
(c) Impervious soil
(d) Soil that allows slow percolation
1447: Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) The village was the basic unit of Chola administration.
(b) The Chola kingdom was on the decline in the 9th century.
(c) Amoghavarsha is the best remembered of the Chola kings.
(d) None of the above
1448: Consider a specific point on the surface of the earth (say, the city of Delhi). The temperature at a given time of day (say, 12.00 noon) will in general be higher in summer than in winter. This is because
(a) the earth is closer to the sun in summer than in winter.
(b) sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the surface of the earth in winter.
(c) evaporation of water from atmospheric precipitation occurring in winter alone.
(d) the axis of the earth is inclined more towards the sun in summer.
1449: Assertion (A):
The Battle of Khanua was certainly more decisive and significant than the First Battle of Panipat.
Reason (R):
Rana Sanga, the Rajput hero, was certainly a more formidable adversary than Ibrahim Lodi.
(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 a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is fasle, but R is true
1450: Consider the following statements regarding Kautilya's Arthshastra
1. It places morality higher than political expediency
2. It argues the case for a fully-centralised government for the empire
3. It deals with problems of administration as well as laws of property and crime
4. It includes section on government of the State and diplomatic relations with other States
Of these statements
(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(b) 2 and 3 are correct
(c) 3 and 4 are correct
(d) 1, 2 and 4 are correct