691: Forest areas have been labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the rough outline map given:
Among these, those which were threatened in 1997 by a serious epidemic include
(a) teak forests of 3 and 4
(b) oaks forests of 1 and sal forests of 2
(c) sal forests of 3
(d) sandalwood forests of 4
692: In the last one decade, which one among the following sectors has attracted the highest Foreign Direct Investment inflows into India?
(a) Chemicals other than fertilisers
(b) Services sector
(c) Food processing
(d) Telecommunication
693: Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
(a) Rig-veda
(b) Yajur-veda
(c) Atharva-veda
(d) Sama-veda
694: Which one of the following is not a feature of "Value Added Tax" ?
(a) It is basically a subject of the Central Government and the State Governments are only a facilitator for its successful implementation
(b) It is a multi-point destination-based system of taxation
(c) It is a tax levied on value addition at each stage of transaction in the production-distribution chain
(d) It is a tax on the final consumption of goods or services and must ultimately be borne by the consumer
695: All the six letters of the name SACHIN are arranged to from different words without repeating any letter in any one word.The words so formed are then arranged as in a dictionary. What will be the Position of the world SACHIN in that sequence?
(A) 751
(B) 601
(C) 436
(D) 590