3711: Consider the following statements:
The nation-wide 'Soil Health Card Scheme' aims at
1. expanding the cultivable area under irrigation.
2. enabling the banks to assess the quantum of loans to be granted to farmers on the basis of soil quality.
3. checking the overuse of fertilizers in farmlands.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3712: The minimum possible temperature beyond which matter cannot be cooled is
(a) -98.10° C
(b) -100.00° C
(c) -273.15° C
(d) -459.40° C
3713: If 15 pumps of equal capacity can fill a tank in 7 days, then how many extra pumps will be required to fill the tank in 5 days?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 14
(d) 21
3714: Lichens is an association of two types of organisms. They are:
(a) Algae and fungi
(b) Algae and virus
(c) Fungi and virus
(d) Virus and bacteria
3715: The foundation of modern educational system in India was laid by
(a) The Charter Act of 1813
(b) Macaulay's Minutes of 1835
(c) The Hunter Commission of 1882
(d) Wood's Despatch of 1854