2611: With reference to India, which one the following statements is not correct?
(a) About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimeters of annual rainfall
(b) The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells
(c) Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plans of the country
(d) The mountain areas accounts for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country
2612: Consider the following statements :
1. The Oil Pool Account of Government of India was dismantled with effect from 1.4.2002.
2. Subsidies on PDS kerosene and domestic LPG are borne by Consolidated Fund of India.
3. An expert committee headed by Dr R. A. Mashelkar to formulate a national auto fuel policy recommended that Bharat State-II Emission Norms should be applied throughout the country by April 1, 2004.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2613: The characteristic odour of garlic is due to
(a) a chloro compound
(b) a sulphur compound
(c) a fluorine compound
(d) acetic acid
2614: Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) India is the second largest producer of nitrogenous fertilisers in the world
(b) India is the ninth largest steel producing county in the world
(c) India is the second largest producer of silk in the world
(d) India ranks third in the world in coal production
2615: The difference between a nuclear reactor and an atomic bomb is that
(a) no chain reaction takes place in nuclear reactor while in the atomic bomb there is a chain reaction
(b) the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is controlled
(c) the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is not controlled
(d) no chain reaction takes place in atomic bomb while it takes place in nuclear reactor