1701: Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus forming the islands of Srirangappattanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam ?
(a) Cauvery
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Krishna
(d) Godavari
1702: Despite having large reserves of coal, why does India import millions of tonnes of coal?
1. It is the policy of India to save its own coal reserves for future, and import it from other countries for the present use.
2. Most of the power plants in India are coal-based and they are not able to get sufficient supplies of coal from within the country.
3. Steel companies need large quantity of coking coal which has to be imported.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1703: Which of the following, grants direct credit assistance to the households?
1. Regional Rural Banks
2. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
3. Land Development Banks
Select the correct answer using codes given below.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1704: Who among the following was not sent to Lanka for the propagation of Buddhism?
(a) Rashtriya
(b) Bhadrasaro
(c) Uttriya
(d) Sona
1705: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :
List I
I. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
II. Mahila Samriddhi Yojana
III. Indira Mahila Yojana
IV. Mahila Samakhya Programme
List II
(A) Empowerment of women
(B) Education for Women's Equality
(C) Promotion of savings among rural women
(D) Meeting credit needs of the poor women
Codes:
(a) I-C, II-B, III-A, IV-D
(b) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
(c) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
(d) I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C