1136: Fertility of soil can be improved by:
(a) Removing dead earthworms
(b) Adding dead earthworms
(c) Adding living earthworms
(d) Removing living earthworms and adding dead earthworms
1137: What does S & P 500 relate to ?
(a) A new technique in e-business
(b) Supercomputer
(c) An index of stocks of large companies
(d) A new technique in bridge building
1138: Sugarcane crop matures in about:
(a) 2 months
(b) 4 months
(c) 8 months
(d) 12 months
1139: Which one of the following Organisations won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology (S&T) Innovations for Rural Development, 2006 ?
(A) NDRI
(B) IARI
(C) NDDB
(D) CLRI
1140: Consider the following statements regarding asteroids :
I. Asteroids are rocky debris of varying sizes orbiting the Sun.
II. Most of the asteroids are small but some have diameter as large as 1000 km.
III. The orbit of asteroids lies between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.
Of these statements :
(a) I, II and III are correct
(b) II and III are correct
(c) I and II are correct
(d) I and III are correct