1476: Consider the following statements:
India continues to be dependent on imports to meet the requirement of oilseeds in the country because:
1. Farmers prefer to grow food grains with highly remunerative support prices.
2. Most of the cultivation of oilseed crops continues to be dependent on rainfall.
3. Oils from the seeds of tree origin and rice bran have remained unexploited.
4. It is far cheaper to import oilseeds than to cultivate the oilseed crops.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1477: Consider the following countries:
1. Australia
2. Namibia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
Through which of the above does the Tropic of Capricorn pass?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1, 2, 3
(c) 2, 3, 4
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4
1478: Match List I (Distinguished Person) with List II (Area of Work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I List II
(Distinguished Person) (Area of Work)
A. B. V. Rao 1. Automobiles Manufacture
B. C. K. Prahalad 2. Fisheries Economy
C. John Kurien 3. Information Technology and Software
D. Kiran Karnik 4. Poultry Farming
5. Management Science
(A) 2---------3---------1---------5
(B) 4---------3---------2---------5
(C) 4--------5---------2---------3
(D) 2---------5---------1---------3
1479: Which of the following diseases of milching animals are infectious?
1. Foot and Moth disease
2. Anthrax
3. Black Quarter
4. Cowpox
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1480: In a tournament 14 teams play league matches. If each team plays against every other team once only then how many matches are played ?
(A) 105
(B) 78
(C) 85
(D) 91