416: The script of Indus Valley civilisation was:
(a) Persian
(b) Dravidian
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Undeciphered
417: The average annual temperature of a meteorological station is 26 degree Celcius, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range of temperature is 9 degree Celcius. The station in question is
(a) Allahabad
(b) Chennai
(c) Cherrapunji
(d) Kolkata
418: Mycorrhizal biotechnology has been used in rehabilitating degraded sites because mycorrhiza enables the plants to
1. resist drought and increase absorptive area
2. tolerate extremes of pH
3. resist disease infestation
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
419: The distribution of 1,00,000 tourists who visited India during a particular year is shown in the given charts. Based on this, the number of Japanese tourists below the age of 39 who visited India in the year concerned is
(a) 10,000
(b) 8,000
(c) 6,000
(d) 4,000
420: Who evolved the national consciousness as a formal concept?
(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Surendranath Bannerjee