586: Many transplanted seedlings do not grow because
(a) the new soil does not contain favourable minerals
(b) most of the root hairs grip the new soil too hard
(c) most of the root hairs are lost during transplantation
(d) leaves get damaged during transplantation
587: Consider the following rivers:
1. Barak
2. Lohit
3. Subansiri
Which of the above flows / flow through Arunachal Pradesh?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
588: The first geostationary satellite launched by India is:
(a) Aryabhata
(b) Bhaskara
(c) APPLE
(d) INSAT 1B
589: There are mice in the field which act as prey to snakes. Hawks eat the snakes. Some dogs are brought into the field ? What will be its effect?
(a) Mice will decrease
(b) Hawks will decrease
(c) Snakes will increase
(d) Mice and snakes will decrease
590: During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts, called for
(a) the Union of Pashtun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan
(b) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers
(c) the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social reform
(d) the Pathan regional nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism