636: Consider the following statements:
The nation-wide 'Soil Health Card Scheme' aims at
1. expanding the cultivable area under irrigation.
2. enabling the banks to assess the quantum of loans to be granted to farmers on the basis of soil quality.
3. checking the overuse of fertilizers in farmlands.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
637: Consider the following regions:
1. Eastern Himalayas
2. Eastern Mediterranean region
3. North-western Australia
Which of the above is/are Biodiversity Hotspot(s)?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 & 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3
638: The first among the following to establish trade links with India were:
(a) Dutch
(b) French
(c) Portuguese
(d) English
639: 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' was written by:
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
640: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List-I (Town) : List-II( River Nearer to it)
A. Betul : 1. Indravati
B. Jagdalpur : 2. Narmada
C. Jabalpur : 3. Shipra
D. Ujjain : 4.Tapti
(A) 4 1 3 2
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 1 4 3 2
(D) 4 1 2 3