2776: The International Development Association, a lending agency, is administered by the

(a) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

(b) International Fund for Agricultural Development

(c) United Nations Development Programme

(d) United Nations Industrial Development Organization
2777: Who among the following led the Sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 uprising ?

(a) Tantia Tope

(b) Laxmibai

(c) Nana Sahib

(d) Kunwar Singh
2778: The earliest rock-cut caves in western India are those at

(a) Nasik, Ellora and Ajanta

(b) Junnar, Kalyan and Pitalkhora

(c) Ajanta, Bhaja and Kondane

(d) Bhala, Pitalkhora and Kondane
2779: What is the importance of developing Chabahar Port by India?

(a) Indias trade with African countries will enormously increase.

(b) Indias relations with oil-producing Arab countries will be strengthened.

(c) India will not depend on Pakistan for access to Afghanistan and Central Asia.

(d) Pakistan will facilitate and protect the installation of a gas pipeline between Iraq and India.
2780: Consider the following statements :

1. Biodiversity hotspots are located only in tropical regions.

2. India has four biodiversity hotspots i.e., Eastern Himalayas, Western Himalayas, Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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