2586: A tree species in Mauritius failed to reproduce because of the extinction of a fruit-eating bird. Which one of the following was that bird ?
(a) Dove
(b) Dodo
(c) Condor
(d) Skua
2587: A city has a population of 3,00,000 out of which 1,80,000 are males. 50% of the population is literate. If 70% of the males are literate, the number of literate females is
(a) 24,000
(b) 30,000
(c) 54,000
(d) 60,000
2588: A stone is tied to a rope and attached to a wooden bar which rotates at constant angular velocity. Suddenly the bar is stopped. The stone gets encircled around the bar. What happens to the angular velocity of the stone.
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Remains the same
(d) First increases and then decreases
2589: The Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, 2002 was awarded to
(a) John Hume
(b) Nelson Mandela
(c) Norodom Sihanouk
(d) Sadako Ogata
2590: Recently, India signed a deal known as Action Plan for Prioritization and Implementation of Cooperation Areas in the Nuclear Field with which of the following countries?
(a) Japan
(b) Russia
(c) The United Kingdom
(d) The United States of America