1836: How does National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) help in protecting the Indian agriculture?
1. NBA checks the biopiracy and protects the indigenous and traditional genetic resources.
2. NBA directly monitors and supervises the scientific research on genetic modification of crop plants.
3. Application for Intellectual Property Rights related to genetic/biological resources cannot be made without the approval of NBA.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 only
1837: Consider the following statements:
1. In the world, the tropical deserts occur along the western margins of continents within the trade wind belt.
2. In India, the East Himalayan region gets high rainfall from north-east winds.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1838: On a railway route between two places A and B, there are 10 stations on the way. If 4 new stations are to be added, how many types of new tickets will be required if each ticket is issued for a one way journey?
(A) 108
(B) 14
(C) 96
(D) 48
1839: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Eminent Person) List-II(Known as)
A. Bhanu Bharti 1. Music composer
B. Mike Pandey 2. Poet and Literateur
C. Mohd. Zahur Khayyam 3. Theatre director
D. Vinda Karandikar 4. Wildlife film maker
(A) 1 4 3 2
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 3 4 1 2
1840: A man coming down on a lift leaves a ball from his hand. The ball will:
(a) Go up
(b) Fall down
(c) Remain stationary with respect to man
(d) Oscillate up and down