166: With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) The ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.

(b) The major aim of land reforms was providing agricultural land to all the landless.

(c) It resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.

(d) Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.
167: Assertion (A): Wind patterns are clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Reason (R):The direction of wind patterns in the northern and the southern hemisphere are governed by Coriolis effect.


(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
168: LMNOP, is a semi-circle with centre at R and diameter LP, LSR and RQP are also semi-circles with centres at T and U and diameters LR = RP = 1/2 LP. The ratio of perimeters of LMNOP and LSRQP is


(a) 0.75 : 1
(b) 1 : 1
(c) 1 : 0.75
(d) 1.25 : 1
169: According to the Census 2001, which one of the following Indian States has the maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh?

(a) West Bengal
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Bihar
170: which of the following pairs in respect of correct Power generation in India is/are correctly matched ?

(Rounded Figure)

1. Installed electricity generation capacity : 100000 MW

2. Electricity generation : 660 billion kWh

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2