Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Geographical Region Feature

With reference to the history of Indian rock-cut architecture, consider the following statements:

1. The canves at Badami are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India.

2. The Barabar rock-cut caves wre originally made for Ajivikas by Emperor Chandragupta Maurya

3. At Ellora, caves were made for different faiths.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Chinese traveler Yuan Chwang (Hiuen Tsang) who visited India recorded the general conditions and culture of India at that time. In this context, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The roads and river-routes were completely immune from robbery.

2. As regards punishment for offences, ordeals by fire, water and poison were the instruments for determining the innocence or guilt of a person.

3. The tradesmen had to pay duties at ferries and barrier stations. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following:

1. Star tortoise

2. Monitor lizard

3. Pygmy hog

4. Spider monkey

Which of the above are naturally found in India?

Which of the following can be found as pollutants in the drinking water in some

parts of India?

1. Arsenic

2. Sorbitol

3. Formaldehyde

4. Uranium

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements:

1. An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by an introduction of a bill in the Lok Sabha only.

2. If such an amendment seeks to make changes in the federal character of the Constitution, the amendment also requires to be ratified by the Legislature of all the States of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Government enacted the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas(PESA) Act in 1996. Which one of the following is not identified as its objective?

Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers [Recognition of Forest Rights] Act,

2006, who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or

community forest rights or both?

With reference to food chains. In ecosystems, consider the following statements:

1. A food chain illustrates the order in which a chain of organisms feed upon each other.

2. Food chains are found within the populations of a species.

3. A food chain illustrates the numbers of each organism which are eaten by others.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The balance of payments of a country is a systematic record of

The most important fishing grounds of the world are found in the regions where

Which of the following is / are the characteristic / characteristics of Indian coal?

1. High ash content

2. Low sulphur content

3. Low ash fusion temperature

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements :

1. Natural gas occurs in the Gondwana beds.

2. Mica occurs in abundance in Kodarma.

3. Dharwars are famous for petroleum.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

Consider the following crops :

 1. Cotton

2. Groundnut

3. Rice

4. Wheat

Which of these are Kharif crops?

Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders. The above statement best

describes which of the following regions?