I.Agreement on India-Bangladesh Agartala-Akahura Railway Project
II. India-Sri Lanka Agreement to Develop Civilian Nuclear Infrastructure
III. Operation RAHAT
IV. Indo-US South Strategic Vision For Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region
Codes :Answer: I, IV, II, III
Answer: Barack Obama
(i) Lyndon B. Johnson
(ii) Rajiv Gandhi
(iii) J.L. Nehru
(iv) Richard Nixon
Codes :Answer: (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
Answer: India and Pakistan
Answer: Taziks
Answer: Radar system
Answer: Anthrax
Answer: 10 December, 1983
Answer: Climate conditions
Answer: Kamov Ka-226 T Light Helicopter
Answer: Israel
(i) Latin American Free Trade Association
(ii) Kyoto Protocol
(iii) South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation
(iv) Biological Weapon’s Convention
Codes :Answer: (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
Assertion (A) : Viewed in retrospect, the Battle of Plassey and the subsequent plunder of Bengal pushed the vast natural and other resources at the disposal of England.
Reason (R) : Bengal at the time of the Battle of Plassey was the most prosperous province, industrially advanced and commercially great.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Assertion (A) : India is evidently more powerful than it was a few decades ago. It is not only a major player in WTO negotiations, but also prominent in G-20, World Bank and other international fora.
Reason (R) : “Make in India” is clarion call for Industrial Co-operation, which would benefit all partners and turn India from a big importer to a net exporter of industrial goods, including military hardware.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) & (R) are correct
(i) It functions as the ships underwater eyes and ears.
(ii) The SONAR dome is a structure fitted over the SONAR array to make it transparent.
(iii) Through a SONAR dome an enemy ship can be identified five kms away.
(iv) Promotes inter-operability against the enemy ships.
Codes :Answer: (i) and (ii)