1271: 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
1272: The Mansabdari System introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in

(a) Afghanistan

(b) Turkey

(c) Mongolia

(d) Persia
1273: Regional Rural Banks are designed to work in which one of the following ideals?

(a) Work on basics of Commercial Banks

(b) Help the targeted groups

(c) Keep lending rates lower than cooperative institutions

(d) Work on innovative and adaptive ideals
1274: What is the maximum period during which Parliament may not meet ?

(a) Six months

(b) One year

(c) Two years

(d) Three years
1275: Which one of the following was the venue for the preliminary talks between the Sri Lankan Government and representatives of Tamil United Liberation Front and other militant groups ?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Colombo
(c) Zirconiun
(d) Chennai