71: One of the reasons for India's occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that
(a) Investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
(b) Productivity in agriculture has been high enough to induce people to stay with agriculture
(c) Ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay with agriculture
(d) People are largely unaware of the significance of transition from agriculture to industry for economic development
72: A rough outline map of northern Sri Lanka is shown in the figure. Jaffna is located at the point marked
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
73: Assertion (A):
At first the Turkish administration in India was essentially military.
Reason (R):
The country was parcelled out as Iqtas among leading military leaders.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
74: "A graduate at 18, professor and associated editor of the Sudharak at 20, Secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha and of the Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary of the National Congress at 29, leading witness before an important Royal Commission at 31, Provincial legislator at 34, Imperial legislator at 36, President of the Indian National Congress at 39......... a patriot whom Mahatma Gandhi himself regarded as his master." This is how a biographer describes
(a) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
(b) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
75: The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow it through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a "U" turn in its course to flow into India. This "U" turn is due to
(a) Uplift of folded Himalayan series
(b) Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas
(c) Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
(d) Both (a) and (b) above