1471: Two persons A and B get the same salary. Their basic pays are different. Their allowances are 65% and 80% of their basic pays respectively. What is the ratio of their basic pays?
(a) 7 : 5
(b) 17 : 15
(c) 11 : 10
(d) 12 : 11
1472: Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953 ?
(a) Guntur
(b) Kurnool
(c) Nellore
(d) Warangal
1473: Match the drainage basins labelled as A, B, C and D with the names listed below and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the drainage basins.
Names of drainage basins :
1. Ganga-Brahmaputra
2. Indus
3. Parana
4. Zambezi
Code
(a) 3 1 2 4
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 3 1 4 2
1474: Consider the following statements:
The nation-wide 'Soil Health Card Scheme' aims at
1. expanding the cultivable area under irrigation.
2. enabling the banks to assess the quantum of loans to be granted to farmers on the basis of soil quality.
3. checking the overuse of fertilizers in farmlands.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1475: Black hole is:
(a) A magnetic dark cavity
(b) Name of a star
(c) A hole in the moon
(d) A dying star