236: Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash ?

(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
237: Where is the famous Vijaya Vittala temple having its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes located?

(a) Srirangam
(b) Hampi
(c) Bhadrachalam
(d) Belur
238: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the members of SAARC. The other members of SAARC are:

(a) Burma, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives

(b) Sri Lanka, Bhutan, China, Afghanistan

(c) Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives

(d) Mauritius, Afghanistan, Burma, China
239: Consider the following animals of India:

1. Crocodile
2. Elephant

Which of these is/are endangered species?

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
240: Consider the following statements:

1. Between Census 1951 and Census 2001, the density of the population of India has increased more than three times.

2. Between Census 1951 and Census 2001, the annual growth rate (exponential) of the population of India has doubled.

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