446: Which of the following pairs is correct?
City : River
(a) Baghdad : Tigris
(b) Bonn : Danube
(c) Rome : Seine
(d) Paris : Tiber
447: Consider the following statements:
1. Area wise, Chhattishgarh is larger than West Bengal.
2. According to the Population 2001 Census, Population of West Bengal is larger than that of Chhattisgarh.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
448: Recently Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the linking of two rivers as a link project. Which are these two rivers?
(a) Betwa and Chambal
(b) Betwa and Ken
(c) Chambal and Son
(d) Ken and Narmada
449: Recently, for the first time in our country, which of the following States has declared a particular butterfly as 'State Butterfly'?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Maharashtra
450: If the earth's direction of rotation is reversed, what would be the IST when it is noon at the International Date Line ?
(a) 06.30 hrs
(b) 05.30 hrs
(c) 18.30 hrs
(d) 17.30 hrs
Explanation:
Gererally, IST is 5:30 hrs. ahead of the Greenwich mean time. So if its noon at the International Date line (Greenwhich line)then IST is 12:00 + 5:30 = 17:30 hrs.
It the earth's direction of rotation is reversed, the IST will be behind Greenwich mean time. So if its noon at the International Date line then IST will be 12:00 - 5:30 = 6:30 hrs.