611: "Go back to the Vedas" was the motto of:

(a) Swami Vivekananda

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

(d) M. G. Ranade
612: Stiglitz Commission established by the President of the United Nations General Assembly was in the international news. The commission was supposed to deal with

(A) Expansion of the United Nations Security Council in the present global scenario
(B) Global terrorism and prepare a global action plan for the mitigation of terrorism
(C) The challenges posed by the impending global climate change and prepare a road map
(D) The workings of the global financial systems and to explore ways and means to secure a more sustainable global order


613: Which one of the following was used as a chemical weapon in the First World War?

(a) Carbon monoxide
(b) Hydrogen cyanide
(c) Mustard gas
(d) Water gas
614: Contour bunding is a method of conservation used in

(a) desert margins, liable to strong wind action

(b) low flat plains, close to stream courses, liable to flooding

(c) scrublands, liable to spread of weed growth

(d) None of the above
615: Consider the following Bhakti Saints :

1. Dadu Dayal

2. Guru Nanak

3. Tyagaraja

Who among the above was/were preaching when the Lodi dynasty fell and Babur took over?

(a) 2 only
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 2