2641: Under which one of the Ministries of the Government of India does the Food and Nutrition Board work?

(a) Ministry of Agriculture

(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(c) Ministry of Human Resource Development

(d) Ministry of Rural Development
2642: What is the importance of developing Chabahar Port by India?

(a) Indias trade with African countries will enormously increase.

(b) Indias relations with oil-producing Arab countries will be strengthened.

(c) India will not depend on Pakistan for access to Afghanistan and Central Asia.

(d) Pakistan will facilitate and protect the installation of a gas pipeline between Iraq and India.
2643: The term 'M-STRIPES' is sometimes seen in the news in the context of

(a) Captive breeding of Wild Fauna
(b) Maintenance of Tiger Reserves
(c) Indigenous Satellite Navigation System
(d) Security of National Highways
2644: Gypsum is added to the soil?

(a) To increase the alkalinity

(b) To decrease the acidity

(c) To decrease the alkalinity

(d) As an insecticide
2645: The term apabhramsa was used in medieval Sanskrit texts to denote

(a) outcastes among the Rajputs

(b) deviations from Vedic rituals

(c) early forms of some of the modern Indian languages

(d) non-Sanskrit verse metres