1446: Identify the correct order of the processes of soil-erosion from the following:

(a) Splash erosion, Sheet erosion, Rill erosion, Gully erosion
(b) Sheet erosion, Splash erosion, Gully erosion, Rill erosion
(c) Rill erosion, Gully erosion, Sheet erosion, Splash erosion
(d) Gully erosion, Rill erosion, Sheet erosion, Splash erosion
1447: With reference to power sector in India consider the following statements:

1. Rural electrification has been treated as a Basic Minimum Service under the Prime Minister's Gramodaya Yojana.

2. 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment in power is allowed without upper limit

3. The Union Ministry of Power has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with 14 states.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
1448: Agricultural income tax is assigned to the State Governments by

(a) the Finance Commission
(b) the National Development Council
(c) the Inter-State Council
(d) the Constitution of India
1449: The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the prime ministership of

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(c) Indira Gandhi

(d) Morarji Desai
1450: Who of the following shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission to be laid before each House of Parliament?

(a) The president of India

(b) The speaker of Lok Sabha

(c) The prime minister of India

(d) The Union Finance Minister