2496: Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash ?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
2497: Which of the following are the public sector undertakings of the Government of India ?
1. Balmer Lawrie and Company Ltd.
2. Dredging Corporation of India
3. Educational Consultants of India Ltd.
Select the correct answer using the code given, below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2498: Among the following organisms, which one does not belong to the class of other three ?
(a) Crab
(b) Mite
(c) Scorpion
(d) Spider
2499: Which one of the following statements is not true of the Konkan Railway ?
(a) The total length is about 760 km
(b) It runs through the states of Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Kerala
(c) It is the only rail route that cuts across the Western Ghats
(d) The Konkan Railway Construction Company which came into being raised money through Public Issues
2500: 'Gadgil Committee Report' and 'Kasturirangan Committee Report', sometimes seen in the news, are related to
(a) constitutional reforms
(b) Ganga Action Plan
(c) linking of rivers
(d) protection of Western Ghats