966: Operation Flood refers to:
(a) Use of preventive measures for flood devastation
(b) A study about floods
(c) Dairy development for increased milk production
(d) None of these
967: What is the purpose of the US Space Agency's Themis Mission, which was recently in the news?
(a) To study the possibility of life on Mars
(b) To study the satellites of Saturn
(c) To study the colourful display of high latitude skies
(d) To build a space laboratory to study the stellar explosions
968: A survey was conducted on a sample of 1000 persons with reference to their knowledge of English, French and German. The results of the survey are presented in the given Venn diagram. The ratio of the number of persons who do not know any of the three languages to those who know all the three languages is
(a) 1/27
(b) 1/25
(c) 7/550
(d) 175/1000
969: Which one of the following is cultivated by transplanting seedlings ?
(a) Maize
(b) Sorghum
(c) Onion
(d) Soyabean
970: Where was the selection of suitable candidates for a particular job first started through competitive examinations?
(a) China
(b) Great Britain
(c) U.S.A.
(d) Germany