At present, there are about 130 million hectares of degraded land in India. In this 56 per cent is

(a) Forest degraded area
(b) Water eroded area
(c) Both A & B
(d) Affected by saline and alkaline deposits

 Minerals may occur in the cracks, crevices, faults or joints of (i.e. in veins and lodes)

(a) Igneous rocks
(b) Metamorphic rocks

(c) Igneous and metamorphic rocks
(d) Igneous, metamorphic & sedimentary rocks

Which National Highway covers most of Rajasthan?

(a) National Highway 8
(b) National Highway 15
(c) National Highway 23
(d) National Highway 38

From Salaya to Jalandhar there is an oil pipeline. These places are in the states of

(a) Maharastra & Punjab
(b) Gujarat & Punjab
(c) Maharastra & Haryana
(d) Gujarat & Haryana

Silicon is an example of

(a) Metals
(b) Metalloids
(c) Non-metals
(d) None

Which is INCORRECT?

(a) Anticline – A fold in sedimentary strata that resembles an arch
(b) Igneous Rocks – beds and layers
(c) Manganese Nodules – usually containing small amounts of copper, nickel and cobalt
(d) Geothermal Gradient – 30°C per kilometer in the upper crust

Conservatism – A political philosophy that stressed the importance of

(a) Tradition & Established Customs
(b) Modern institutions
(c) Quick change & Modern institutions
(d) Never Change

The French army was defeated at battle of Dien Bien Phu by which Country?

(a) China
(b) Vietnam
(c) Myanmar
(d) Cambodia

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about ‘Silk Routes’?

(a) It points to the importance of West-bound Chinese silk cargoes along this route
(b) Historians have identified several silk routes, over land only
(c) Knitting together vast regions of Asia, and linking Asia with Europe and Northern Africa
(d) Chinese pottery, textiles and spices from India and Southeast Asia also travelled the same route

The Compulsory Elementary Education Act of UK passed in the year

(a) 1850
(b) 1870
(c) 1890
(d) 1900

 Newspaper/s which had opposed Rammohun Roy’s opinions

(a) Samachar Chandrika
(b) Sambad Kaumudi
(c) Both
(d) None