4146: Tarun Bharat Sangh, an organization based in a village near Alwar (Rajasthan), has become famous because of:

(a) Cultivation of genetically modified cotton

(b) Rehabilitation of women victims of AIDS

(c) Livelihood projects for destitute rural women

(d) Rain-water harvesting
4147: A genetically engineered form of brinjal Known as the Bt-brinjal has been developed. The objective of this is

(a) To make it drought-resistant

(b) To make its shelf-life longer

(c) To improve its taste and nutritive qualities

(d) To make it pest-resistant
4148: Indianisation of the Civil Services was done by:

(a) Lord Ripon

(b) Lord Mayo

(c) Lord Lytton

(d) Lord Reading
4149: Consider the series given below :

4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96,...

The next term of the series is

(a) 24/3/96

(b) 25/3/96

(c) 26/3/96

(d) 27/3/96
4150: It has been found recently that the acidity of the soil increases because of:

(a) Leaching away of bases

(b) Increased use of ammonia

(c) Increased use of urea

(d) Increased use of rock phosphate