2756: Which one among the following States is smallest in area?

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
2757: A watch showed a time of fourteen minutes past nine (9 hrs and 14 minutes). The positions of the hour-hand and the minutehand of the watch are exactly interchanged. The new time shown by the watch is closes to which one of the following ?

(A) Fourteen minutes to three
(B) Twelve minutes to three
(C) Thirteen minutes to three
(D) Fifteen minutes to three
2758: According to Meadows (1972), if the present trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the Limits to Growth on our planet will be reached in the next

(a) 50 years

(b) 100 years

(c) 150 years

(d) 200 years
2759: They are fantastically diverse. They speak hundreds of languages and dialects. They comprise scores of ethnic groups. They include highly industrialised economies and up-and-coming economies. They span half the surface of the earth and are home to two-fifths of the world's population. The group of countries referred to here belongs to

(a) SAPTA
(b) APEC
(c) EC
(d) CIS
2760: Virtual water trade is being looked at by experts as a solution the world's water crisis. What does virtual water (VW) imply?

(a) Volume of heavy water required to replace ordinary water.

(b) Volume of water required to produce a commodity or service.

(c) Volume of water saved by using rainwater harvesting

(d) Volume of water utilized by an effective flood control.