1421: Match List I (Distinguished Person) with List II (Area of Work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I List II
(Distinguished Person) (Area of Work)
A. B. V. Rao 1. Automobiles Manufacture
B. C. K. Prahalad 2. Fisheries Economy
C. John Kurien 3. Information Technology and Software
D. Kiran Karnik 4. Poultry Farming
5. Management Science
(A) 2---------3---------1---------5
(B) 4---------3---------2---------5
(C) 4--------5---------2---------3
(D) 2---------5---------1---------3
1422: Which of the following can be regarded as the chief contribution of Buddhism to India?
(a) Art and literature
(b) Architecture
(c) Ahimsa and self-purification
(d) Rituals
1423: With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) The ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.
(b) The major aim of land reforms was providing agricultural land to all the landless.
(c) It resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.
(d) Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.
1424: When a person moves from poles to the equator, the population of plants and animals will:
(a) Increase
(b) Decrease
(c) Remain unchanged
(d) Not show any consistent behaviour
1425: Which one of the following is the correct statement?
(a) The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India's independence.
(b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi.
(c) The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over from them.
(d) The modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony.