1416: The principal cause of soil damage in Punjab and Haryana is:
(a) Salinity and water-logging
(b) Deforestation
(c) Ravine erosion
(d) Overgrazing
1417: The Ministry of Industries takes the administrative advice regarding the improvement of the performance of public enterprises from:
(a) Bureau of Public Enterprises
(b) MRTP Commission
(c) Estimates Committee
(d) Planning Commission
1418: With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is not correct ?
(a) Laikat Hossain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations
(b) In 1989, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(c) The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the Principal
(d) Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank of which was social and economic regeneration of the villages
1419: What was the purpose of the Operation Sukoon launched by the Government of India ?
(A) Providing a relief package to farmers after a spate of suicides by other farmers in Andhra Pradesh
(B) Assisting United Nations in its efforts to help the civil war vitims in the Darfur refion of North Africa
(C) Helping Indonesia in its efforts to rehabilitate the victims of earthquake in that country
(D) Evacuating the Indian Nations from Lebanon during the conflict in the Middle East.
1420: Indias ranking in the Ease of Doing Business Index is sometimes seen in the news. Which of the following has declared that ranking?
(a) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
(b) World Economic Forum
(c) World Bank
(d) World Trade Organization (WTO)