2011: The crop which is sown with the commencement of Monsoon is:
(a) Rabi Crop
(b) Kharif Crop
(c) Cash Crop
(d) None of these
2012: Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic oceans ?
(a) Colombia
(b) Costa Rica
(c) Nicaragua
(d) Guatemala
2013: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I
A. Harold Pinter
B. Jacques Diouf
C. Jose Manuel Barroso
D. Raymond Lafitte
List-II
1. Director-General, Fao
2. President, European Commission
3. World Bank appointed expert for Adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project
4. Literature
2014: Assertion (A):
An important policy instrument of economic liberalization is reduction in import duties on capital goods.
Reason (R):
Reduction in import duties would help the local entrepreneurs to improve technology to face the global markets.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
2015: Some people in Manipur live in houses built on floating islands of weeds and decaying vegetation held together by suspended silt. These islands are called
(a) Tipis
(b) Barkhans
(c) Phoomdis
(d) Izba