2906: How does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor?

1. By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas

2. By strengthening 'self-help groups' and providing skill development

3. By supplying seeds, fertilizers, diesel pump-sets and micro-irrigation equipment free of cost to farmers

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2907: The given figure shows a portion of Southern India. The proposed site (Koodankulam) for the construction of two 1000 MW nuclear power plants has been labelled in the map as


(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
2908: Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

Prominent Indian Writer : Language

(a) Raja Rao : Telugu

(b) Gobind Trimbuk Deshpande : Marathi

(c) Subramaniyam : Tamil

(d) Tara Shankar Joshi : Gujarati

2909: The Chishti saint, in whose honour "Urs" is held in Ajmer every year, was

(a) Nizamuddin Auliya

(b) Moin-ud-din

(c) Nasiruddin Chiragh-i-Delhi

(d) Hamidud-Din Nagori
2910: Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola period invariably show the deity with

(a) eight hands

(b) six hands

(c) four hands

(d) two hands