3221: The most important strategy for the conservation of biodiversity together with traditional human life is the establishment of
(a) biosphere reserves
(b) botanical gardens
(c) national parks
(d) wildlife sanctuaries
3222: "Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze; as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then rain comes with thunder and lightning. But rain is soon over." Which of the following regions is described in the above passage?
(a) Savannah
(b) Equatorial
(c) Monsoon
(d) Mediterranean
3223: Which one of the following pairs of countries joined the European Union in January, 2007 ?
(a) Hungary and Croatia
(b) Bulgaria and Romania
(c) Romania and Slovenia
(d) Bulgaria and Belgium
3224: Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) The National Song Vande Mataram was composed by Bankimchandra Chatterji originally in Bengali.
(b) The National Calendar of India based on Saka era has its 1st Chaitra on 22nd March normally and 21st March in a leap year.
(c) The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22nd July 1947.
(d) The song "Jana-gana-mana", composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly on 24th January 1950 as the National Anthem of India.
3225: With reference to India, which one the following statements is not correct?
(a) About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimeters of annual rainfall
(b) The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells
(c) Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plans of the country
(d) The mountain areas accounts for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country