8554.Lateritic soils are formed under conditions of
high temperature and rainfall
low temperature and low rainfall
medium temperature and low rainfall
low rainfall and high temperature
8556.Who among the following scientists got the Nobel Prize for discovering the concept of jumping genes ( or ) transposons?
Jacob and Monad
Beadle and Tatum
Hargobind Khorana
Barbara Mc Clintock
8558.To which neighbouring country does India share the longest land border ?
Pakistan
Nepali
China
Bangladesh
8562.Recently Bicentenary birth anniversary was carried out for
Gregor Johann Mendel
Charles Darwin
LouiS Pasteur
Alexander Flemming
8566.Consider the following statements;
Assertion (A): The floods can be reduced by construction of dams and reservoirs:
Reason (R) : Dams have the capacity of holding huge quantity of water during flood period.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
Assertion (A): The floods can be reduced by construction of dams and reservoirs:
Reason (R) : Dams have the capacity of holding huge quantity of water during flood period.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
8568.Venturineter is used to measure -
fluid velocity
fluid surface tension
fluid temperature
fluid density
8570.Poondi Reservoir was planned to provide water to Madras by
Sathiyamurthy lyer
Nadesa Mudaliar
Ramasamy Reddiar
P. S. Kumarasany
8572.In India, life expectancy was considerably improved during the year 1981 to 2001 as
54 years to 653 years
50 years to 60 years
512 years to 613 years
56 years to 66 years
8578.__________gave the title "Mahatma to Gandhiji.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Motilal Nehru
Rabindranath Tagore
Subhash Chandra Bose
8580.Who among the following recommended the establishment of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER )?
Prof. Yash Pal
Minister Kapil Sibal
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Minister Pranab Mukherjee
8584.Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A) : Classification is the basis for tabulation.
Reason (R) : First the data are classified and then tabulated.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :
Assertion (A) : Classification is the basis for tabulation.
Reason (R) : First the data are classified and then tabulated.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
8586.Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
Troposphere - lowest layer of the atmosphere
Stratosphere - third layer of the atmosphere
Mesosphere - 30 km above the earth surface
Thermosphere - 50 km above the earth surface.