1396: A small weight put on the pressure cooker increases the pressure of steam because:

(a) It is air tight

(b) Area of contact is very small

(c) Density of metal is very high

(d) Pressure builds up irrespective of the weight placed
1397: Farm land tends to erode most rapidly when planted with

(a) sorghum

(b) potato

(c) wheat

(d) clover
1398: Olympics 2000 is to be held in

(a) Johannesberg
(b) Capetown
(c) Rome
(d) Sydney
1399: The average age of a cricket team reduces by 2 when two senior players aged 32 and 30 are replaced by 2 youngsters of equal age. What is the age of these new players?

(a) 20

(b) 22

(c) 24

(d) 26
1400: Who among the following led the Sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 uprising ?

(a) Tantia Tope

(b) Laxmibai

(c) Nana Sahib

(d) Kunwar Singh