476: Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?

(a) Bharatpur
(b) Jaipur
(c) Jodhpur
(d) Udaipur
477: The tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in summer:

(a) Leaves get dried up due to the excessive heat

(b) To prevent excessive loss of water through transpiration

(c) Because rainfall is inadequate

(d) Days are longer
478: Consider the following statements:

1. The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light.

2. The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) Both 1 and 2

(c) 2 only

(d) 1 only
479: Barkhan is a

(a) Crescent shaped sand-dune

(b) Depositional bar, separated by water from the coast

(c) Dark coloured, fine grained rock

(d) Glacial erosional feature
480: A box contains 5 sets of balls while there are 3 bails in each set. Each set of balls has one colour which is different from every other set. What is the least number of balls that must be removed from the box in order to claim with certainty that a pair of bails of the same colour has been removed?

(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9