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Exam Year: 2017

  • ,

    What is the aim of the programme ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ ?

    (a)

    Achieving 100% literacy by promoting collaboration between voluntary organizations and government’s education system and local communities.

    (b)

    Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate techhologies.

    (c)

    Strengthening India’s scientific research institutions in order to make India a scientific and technological Power.

    (d)

    Developing human capital by allocating special funds for health- care and education of rural and urban poor, and organizing skill development programmes and vocational training for them.

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the sea water recedes from the shore line a few kilometers and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at

    (a)

    Bhavnagar

    (b)

    Bheemunipatnam

    (c)

    Chandipur

    (d)

    Nagapattinam

    Correct Answer:

    (c)