596: The term "Prisoner's Dilemma" is associated with which one of the following?

(a) A technique in glass manufacture

(b) A term used in shipping industry

(c) A situation under the Game Theory

(d) Name of a supercomputer
597: Consider the following techniques/phenomena:

1. Budding and grafting in fruit plants
2. Cytoplasmic male sterility
3. Gene silencing

Which of the above is/are used to create transgenic crops?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) None
598: A particular State in India has the following characteristics :

1. It is located on the same latitude which passes through northern Rajasthan.

2. It has over 80% of its area under forest cover.

3. Over 12% of forest cover constitutes Protected Area Network in this State.

Which one among the following States has all the above characteristics?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
599: Upanishads are:

(a) Religious books of Hindus

(b) Books dealing with ancient Hindu laws

(c) Books on social behaviour of man

(d) Prayers to God
600: Himalayan rivers are perennial because:

(a) They flow from inexhaustible springs in the Himalayas

(b) They are fed in summer by melting snow of Himalayas

(c) There is continuous rain throughout the year in the catchment areas

(d) None of the above