1576: Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
(a) Nagarjunasagar : Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tungabhadra : Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
(c) Farakka : West Bengal
(d) Kosi : Gujarat
1577: How does National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) help in protecting the Indian agriculture?
1. NBA checks the biopiracy and protects the indigenous and traditional genetic resources.
2. NBA directly monitors and supervises the scientific research on genetic modification of crop plants.
3. Application for Intellectual Property Rights related to genetic/biological resources cannot be made without the approval of NBA.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 only
1578: A complete cycle of a traffic light takes 60 seconds. During each cycle the light is green for 25 second, yellow for 5 second and red for 30 second. At a randomly chosen time, the probability that the light will not be green is
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 5/12
(d) 7/12
1579: Consider the following statements
1. The quantity of imported edible oils is more than the domestic production of
edible oils in the last five years.
2. The Government does not impose any customs duty on all the imported edible
oils a special case.
Which of two statements given above is/are correct
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1580: Who had founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Warren Hastings
(c) Queen Victoria
(d) William Jones