971: Which one of the following pairs of countries joined the European Union in January, 2007 ?
(a) Hungary and Croatia
(b) Bulgaria and Romania
(c) Romania and Slovenia
(d) Bulgaria and Belgium
972: Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the New World and introduced into the 'Old World'?
(a) Tobacco, cocoa and rubber
(b) Tobacco, cotton and rubber
(c) Cotton, coffee and sugarcane
(d) Rubber, coffee and wheat
973: Mitakshara is
(a) A work on astronomy
(b) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of inheritance
(c) An Agamic text
(d) A compendium on medicine
974: Which one of the following port cities in Venezuela has been developed as an oil port?
(a) Caracas
(b) Maracaibo
(c) Maracay
(d) Carupano
975: "Ghuzak" is the name of a place where:
(a) Jayapala met his enemy Sabuktigin
(b) Mahmud crushed defeat on Jayapala
(c) Jayapala burnt himself on a funeral pyre since he was unable to survive the disgrace caused by his defeat at the hands of Mahmud
(d) None of the above