591: Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India ?
(a) G. K. Gokhale
(b) B. G. Tilak
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) M. G. Ranade
592: In India, how many States share the coastline?
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 7
(d) 8
593: Consider the following statements:
1. The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien attended the fourth Great Buddhist Council held by Kanishka.
2. The Chinese pilgrim Huen-Tsangmet Harsha and found him to be antagonistic to Buddhism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
594: An objective of the National Food Security Mission is to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. What are those crops ?
(a) Rice and Wheat only
(b) Rice, Wheat and pulses only
(c) Rice, wheat, pulses and oil seeds
(d) Rice, Wheat, pulses, oil seeds and vegetables
595: For India, China, the UK and the USA, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the median age of their populations?
(a) India < China < USA < UK
(b) China < India < UK < USA
(c) China < India < USA < UK
(d) India < China < UK < USA