1486: What is Agent Orange?
(a) An ace spying group trained by the Police in London
(b) A weed-killing chemical used by the US Military in the Vietnam War
(c) A technique used in the advanced railway safety procedure
(d) A special chemical used in making alloy steel
1487: The Dinesh Goswami Committee was concerned with
(a) de-nationalisation of banks
(b) electoral reforms
(c) steps to put down insurgency in the North-East
(d) the problem of the Chakmas
1488: The chess player Alexi Shirov represents
(a) Albania
(b) Kazhakstan
(c) Russia
(d) Spain
1489: Assertion (A):
Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the Moderates role in the Indian freedom movement.
Reason (R):
The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from the Moderates.
(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 a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
1490: Consider the following pairs:
Tributary River : Main River
1. Chambal : Narmada
2. Sone : Yamuna
3. Manas : Brahmaputra
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3