2886: Magasthenes visited the court of:
(a) Ashoka
(b) Harsha
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Vikramaditya
2887: The primitive tribes of Andaman are descendants of:
(a) Negroids
(b) Australoids
(c) Mongoloids
(d) Caucasoids
2888: Consider the following statements regarding biomedication. It involves the use of bacteria and fungi to:
1. Clean up aquifers
2. Clean up toxic dumps
3. Clean up oil spills
4. Cure bacterial and fungal disease
(a) 1 and 2 are correct
(b) 1 and 3 are correct
(c) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
2889: Match the cities labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the given map with the names of the institutes located in these cities and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the institutes.
Names of Institutes
(A) Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
(B) Central Sheep Breeding Farm
(C) National Dairy Research Institute
(D) National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management
Codes:
(a) A-5, B-1, C-3, D-2
(b) A-5, B-2, C-1, D-4
(c) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
(d) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
2890: In a group of six women there are four table tennis players, four post-graduates in Economics, one post-graduate in Commerce and three bank employees. Vimala and Kamala are among the bank employees while Amala and Komala are unemployed. Komala and Nirmala are among the table tennis players. Amala, Kamala, Komala and Nirmala are postgraduates in Economics of whom two are bank employees. If Shyamala is a postgraduate in Commerce who among the following is both a table tennis player and a bank employee?
(a) Nirmala
(b) Shyamala
(c) Amala
(d) Komala