3996: The term apabhramsa was used in medieval Sanskrit texts to denote

(a) outcastes among the Rajputs

(b) deviations from Vedic rituals

(c) early forms of some of the modern Indian languages

(d) non-Sanskrit verse metres
3997: Assertion (A):

Unlike temperate forests, the tropical rain forests, if cleared, can yield productive farm-land that can support intensive agriculture for several years even without chemical fertilizers.

Reason (R):

The primary productivity of the tropical rain forest is very high when compared to that of the temperate forests.

(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
3998: Who of the following founded a new city on the south bank of a tributary to river Krishna and undertook to rule his new kingdom as the agent of a deity to whom all the land south of the river Krishna was supposed to belong?

(a) Amoghavarsha I
(b) Ballala II
(c) Harihara I
(d) Prataparudra II
3999: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

British Prime Minister : Political Party
(A) Harold Wilson : Conservative Party
(B) Marget Thatcher : Conservative Party
(C) John Major : Conservative Party
(D) James Callaghan : Labour Party
4000: Which one of the following is the correct statement on the basis of Census 2001?

(a) Bihar has the highest percentage of the Scheduled Caste of its population

(b) The decadal growth of population of India (1991-2001) has been below 20%

(c) Mizoram is the Indian State with the least population

(d) Pondicherry has the highest sex ration among the Union Territories