2816: What is the Galileo Project which has been in news recently?

(a) An intercountry programme of missile shield developed by the United States of America

(b) A project developed by India with assistance from Canada

(c) An environmental protection project being developed by Japan

(d) A multi-satellite navigation project being developed by the European Union

2817: Consider the following agricultural practices :

1. Contour bunding

2. Relay cropping

3. Zero tillage

In the context of global climate change, which of the above helps/help in carbon sequestration / storage in the soil?

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) None of them
2818: The variations in temperatures from 0 degree C to 100 degree C with respect to time of two liquids P, Q are shown in the graph given below :

Which one of the following statement is correct ?

(a) During heating, liquid P remained hotter than liquid Q throughout
(b) At no point of time during heating did the two liquids have the same temperature
(c) P attained the temperature of 100 degree C faster than Q
(d) Q attained the temperature of 100 degree C faster than P
2819: Albuquerque captured Goa from the ruler of:

(a) Bijapur

(b) Golkonda

(c) Ahmadnagar

(d) Vijayanagar
2820: At which one of the following positions shown in the diagram will the height of the ocean tide be maximum ?


(a) M,1
(b) M,2
(c) M,3
(d) M,4