3896: Who is the first Indian to win the grand-master's title ?
(a) D. V. Prasad
(b) S. V. Natarajan
(c) Vishwanathan Anand
(d) Ravi Kumar
3897: Which one of the following cities does not have the same clock time as that of the other three cities at any given instant ?
(a) Lisbon (Portugal)
(b) London (U.K)
(c) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
(d) Accra (Ghana)
3898: The Ryotwari Settlement was introduced by the British in the
(a) Bengal Presidency
(b) Madras Presidency
(c) Bombay Presidency
(d) Madras and Bombay Presidencies
3899: To visit Tuticorin, Mangalore and Paradip, one does not require to go to:
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Orissa
3900: When the bark of a tree is removed in a circular fashion all around near its base, it gradually dries up and dies because
(a) Water from soil cannot rise to aerial parts
(b) Roots are starved of energy
(c) Tree is infected by soil microbes
(d) Roots do not receive oxygen for respiration