1776: Consider the following statements:
1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas.
2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce.
3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1777: Consider the map given below : The division along India's coastal region indicate
(a) coastal pollution zones
(b) salinity density isopleths
(c) the areas upto which soverignty extends
(d) under water relief contours
1778: Which one of the following Indian banks is not a nationalized bank ?
(a) Dena Bank
(b) Federal bank
(c) Vijaya Bank
(d) Corporation Bank
1779: Tourism industry in India is quite small compared to many other countries in terms of India's potential and size. Which one of the following statements is correct in this regard ?
(a) Distances in India are too far apart and its luxury hotels are too expensive for western tourists
(b) For most of the months India is too hot for western tourists to feel comfortable
(c) Most of the picturesque resorts in India such as in the North-East and Kashmir are, for all practical purposes, out of bounds
(d) In India, the infrastructure required for attracting tourists is inadequate
1780: Assertion (A)
Most of the hot deserts are present on the western margin of the continents close to the zones of trade winds.
Reason (R)
Zones of trade winds are characterised by seas having reversal of planetary wind direction.
(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 the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true