2931: Maximum production of paddy per unit water consumption can be best achieved in a:
(a) Non-porous soil
(b) Porous soil
(c) Impervious soil
(d) Soil that allows slow percolation
2932: Match List I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) with List II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I (Acts of colonial government of India)
A. Charter Act, 1813
B. Regulating Act
C. Act of 1858
D. Pitt's India Act
List II (Provisions)
1. Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the east India Company's affairs in India
2. Company's trade monopoly in India was ended
3. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown
4. The Company's directors were asked to present to the British government all correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration of the company
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 3 1
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 1 4 3 2
2933: The Basque separatist organisation is active in
(a) Russia
(b) Cyprus
(c) Portugal
(d) Spain
2934: Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy's Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leaders?
(a) Cripps Proposal
(b) Simon Commission
(c) Shimla Conference
(d) Cabinet Mission
2935: In which one of the following areas did the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research make significant progress in the year 2005?
(A) A new technology for high level nuclear waste management.
(B) Reprocessing the uranium-plutonium mixed carbide fuel of the Fast Breeder test Reactor.
(C) New applications of radioisotopes in metallurgy
(D) A new technology for production of heavy water