1566: A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting to larger bodies of land is called:

(a) Dune

(b) Equinox

(c) Isthmus

(d) Strait
1567: The chess player Alexi Shirov represents

(a) Albania
(b) Kazhakstan
(c) Russia
(d) Spain
1568: Different seasons are formed because:

(a) Sun is moving around the earth

(b) Of revolution of the earth around the sun on its orbit

(c) Of rotation of the earth around its axis

(d) All of the above
1569: The given map shows locations of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take off from Kathmandu in December 1999 ?

(a) 3, 1, 2, 4
(b) 2, 4, 1, 3
(c) 5, 4, 2, 3
(d) 5, 1, 3, 2
1570: Panchayati Raj administration is primarily aimed:

(a) To increase agricultural production

(b) To ensure rural development

(c) To work for the upliftment of Harijans

(d) To arouse in the people of each area intensive and continuous interest in the community development programme