2966: A person stood alone in a desert on a dark night and wanted to reach his village which was situated 5 km east of the point where he was standing. He had no instruments to find the direction but he located the polestar. The most convenient way now to reach his village is to walk

(a) In the direction facing the polestar

(b) In the direction opposite to the polestar

(c) In the direction keeping the polestar to his left

(d) In the direction keeping the polestar to his right
2967: We can know about early Vedic period from:

(a) Archaeological excavations

(b) Contemporary cultures

(c) Rigveda

(d) Jatak Katha
2968: 6 equiddistant vertical lines are drawn on a board. 6 equidistant horizontal line are also drawn on the board cutting the 6 vertical lines, and the distance between any two consecutive horizontal lines is equal to that between any two consecutive vertical lines. What is maximum number of squares thus formed ?

(A) 56
(B) 44
(C) 37
(D) 55
2969: The Supersonic jets tend to cause:

(a) Destruction of ozone layer

(b) Sound pollution

(c) Nervous system breakdown

(d) All of the above
2970: The tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in summer:

(a) Leaves get dried up due to the excessive heat

(b) To prevent excessive loss of water through transpiration

(c) Because rainfall is inadequate

(d) Days are longer