1666: Consider the following statements:
1. The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme was launched during 1996-97 to provide loan assistance to poor farmers.
2. The Command Area Development Programme was launched in 1974-75 for the development of water-use efficiency.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1667: Stiglitz Commission established by the President of the United Nations General Assembly was in the international news. The commission was supposed to deal with
(A) Expansion of the United Nations Security Council in the present global scenario
(B) Global terrorism and prepare a global action plan for the mitigation of terrorism
(C) The challenges posed by the impending global climate change and prepare a road map
(D) The workings of the global financial systems and to explore ways and means to secure a more sustainable global order
1668: Who established four Maths in four corners of India?
(a) Shankaracharya
(b) Bhaskara
(c) Ramanujacharya
(d) None of these
1669: Recently, several hundred South Africa soldiers were sent to Burundi
(a) to side with the Tutsi tribe in the country's civil war
(b) to side with the Hutu tribe in the ongoing ethnic conflict
(c) as a part of United Nations special force to keep control on the ethnic groups revolting against the government
(d) as South Africa's protection force to help mediate and agreement between warring groups of civil war
1670: In India, extend producer responsibility was introduced as an important feature in which of the following?
(a) The Bio-medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998
(b) The Recycled Plastic (Manufacturing and Usage) Rules, 1999
(c) The e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011
(d) The Food Safety and Standard Regulations, 2011