556: About 50% of the world population is concentrated between the latitudes of

(a) 5°N and 20°N
(b) 20°N and 40°N
(c) 40°N and 60°N
(d) 20°S and 40°S
557: The given map relates to :

(a) Kanishka at the time of his death
(b) Samudragupta after the close of his South Indian campaign
(c) Ashoka towards close of his reign
(d) Empire of Thaneswar on the eve of Harsh's accession
558: Which party was in power in U.K. when India became independent:

(a) Labour

(b) Conservative

(c) Liberal

(d) None of these
559: A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions, the number of revolutions made by the larger wheel will be:

(a) 12

(b) 49

(c) 9

(d) 4
560: Match the international events listed below with their respective places labelled as 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 in the given map and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list

International Events :

A. Venue of Commonwealth Conference held in 1999.

B. Venue of World Trade Organisation meeting held in 1999.

C. Place of Israel-Syria Peace talks held in January 2000.

D. Place of military action by Russian troops in January 2000.

Codes :

(a) A-2, B-1, C-5, D-3
(b) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
(c) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
(d) A-4, B-3, C-5, D-2