176: What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following cities in South-East Asia as one proceeds from south to north?
1. Bangkok
2. Hanoi
3. Jakarta
4. Singapore
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 4 - 2 - 1 - 3
(b) 3 - 2 - 4 - 1
(c) 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
(d) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
177: Three communicable diseases prevalent in developing countries caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation are
(a) acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout
(b) malaria, acute diarrhoea and schistosomiasis
(c) onchocerciasis, leukaemia and arthritis
(d) rheumatism, malaria and AIDS
178: The scientific view is that the increase in global temperature should not exceed 2°C above pre-industrial level. If the global temperature increases beyond 3°C above the pre-industrial level, what can be its possible impact/impacts on the world?
1. Terrestrial biosphere tends toward a net carbon source
2. Widespread coral mortality will occur
3. All the global wetlands will permanently disappear.
4. Cultivation of cereals will not be possible anywhere in the world
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
179: Who is the President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Reseach?
(a) President of India
(b) Vice-President of India
(c) Prime Minister of India
(d) Union Minister of Science and Technology
180: With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is not correct ?
(a) Laikat Hossain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations
(b) In 1989, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(c) The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the Principal
(d) Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank of which was social and economic regeneration of the villages