461: Consider the following statements:
1. Either of the two belts over the oceans at about 30 degree to 35 degree N and S Latitudes is known as Horse Latitude.
2. Horse latitudes are low pressure belts.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Both 1 and 2
462: The increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the air is slowly raising the temperature of the atmosphere, because it absorbs
(a) the water vapour of the air and retains its heat
(b) the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation
(c) all the solar radiations
(d) the infrared part of the solar radiation
463: Consider the following pairs: Vitamin Deficiency disease
1. Vitamin C : Scurvy
2. Vitamin D : Rickets
3. Vitamin E : Night blindness
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None
464: What is land ceiling?
(a) To fix a land area for irrigation purposes
(b) To fix rural land holdings at the existing level
(c) To fix urban land holdings at the existing level
(d) To fix the quantum of land held by a family
465: Tim Montgomery set a new world record at the IAAF Grand Prix final in the year 2002 in
(a) Long Jump
(b) 110 m Hurdle Race
(c) 100 m Dash
(d) High Jump