2571: Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
(Person)
1. Champadevi
2. Dr. P. Sri Vachaspati Ramchanrudu
3. Ela Ramesh
4. Upamanyu
(Award)
a. Goldman Environmental Prize
b. Vachaspati Puraskar
c. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award For Excellence In Public Adminis- tration, Academics and Management
d. Lalit Kala Ratna Chatterjee Award
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2572: Variations in the length of daytime and night time from season to season are due to
(a) the earth's rotation on its axis
(b) the earth's revolution round the sun in an elliptical manner
(c) latitudinal position of the place
(d) revolution of the earth on a tilted axis
2573: In the year 2007, an earthquake led to massive radioactive water leakage in the largest nuclear plant in the world. In which country did it occur?
(a) Canada
(b) Japan
(c) Germany
(d) USA
2574: A man is standing on the 8 m long shadow of a 6 m long pole. If the length of his shadow is 2.4 m, what is the height of the man ?
(a) 1.4m
(b) 1.6m
(c) 1.8m
(d) 2.0m
2575: A man starts walking in the north-easterly direction from a particular point. After walking a distance of 500 metres, he turns southward and walks a distance of 400 metres. At the end of this walk he is situated
(a) 300 metres north of the starting point
(b) 100 metres north-east of the starting point
(c) 300 metres east of the starting point
(d) 100 metres north of the starting point