3546: Which of the following industries was affected most due to partition?
(a) Cotton and jute
(b) Small scale industries
(c) Steel industries
(d) Tea and cotton
3547: The crop which grows in alluvial soil and needs 150 cm rainfall is:
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Groundnut
(d) Sugarcane
3548: Recently, Scientists observed the merger of giant blackholes billions of light-years away from the Earth. What is the significance of this observation?
(a) 'Higgs boson particles' were detected.
(b) 'Gravitational waves' were detected.
(c) Possibility of inter-galactic space travel through 'wormhole' was confirmed.
(d) It enabled the scientists to understand 'singularity'.
3549: If the number of seats allocated to a state in the Lok Sabha is 42, then the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes in that state will be
(a) Data insufficient
(b) 14
(c) 7
(d) 6
3550: One of the reasons for India's occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that
(a) Investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
(b) Productivity in agriculture has been high enough to induce people to stay with agriculture
(c) Ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay with agriculture
(d) People are largely unaware of the significance of transition from agriculture to industry for economic development