16: Which of the following is/are extra-constitutional and extra-legal device(s) for securing cooperation and coordination between the States in India ?
I. The National Development Council
II. The Governors Conference
III. Zonal Councils
IV. The Inter-State Council.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes:
(a) I, II and III
(b) I, III and IV
(c) III and IV
(d) IV only
17: La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino?
1. La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
2. El Nino has adverse effect on south-west monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on monsoon climate.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
18: Which one of the following is an important crop of the Barak valley ?
(a) Jute
(b) Tea
(c) Sugarcane
(d) Cotton
19: In the following quotation,
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all;
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
In our Constituent Assembly this "X" .......... do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution." "X" stands for
(a) twenty-sixth day of January, 1950
(b) twenty-sixth day of November, 1949
(c) twenty-sixth day of January, 1949
(d) None of the above
20: The first venture of Gandhi in all India politics was the
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(c) Champaran Movement
(d) Dandi March