1481: Which among the following events happened earliest ?
(a) Swami Dayanand established AryaSamaj.
(b) Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath.
(d) Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination.
1482: Which one of the following statements is correct ?
(a) All the members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by State Legislative Assemblies
(b) As the Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, only a member of the Rajya Sabha can contest for the office of the Vice-President
(c) A point of difference between the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is that while a candidate to the Lok Sabha can contest from any State in India, a candidate to the Rajya Sabha should ordinarily be are resident of the State from where he is contesting
(d) The Constitution of India explicitly prohibits the appointment of a nominated member of Rajya Sabha to the post of a minister
1483: The only land-locked country in South-east Asia is
(a) Laos
(b) Thailand
(c) Malaysia
(d) Kampuchea
1484: Which one of the following types of glass can cut off ultraviolet rays ?
(a) pyrex glass
(b) Soda glass
(c) Crookes glass
(d) Jena glass
1485: One of your friends is in hospital and you want to see him. You are safest if he is suffering from:
(a) Mumps
(b) TB
(c) Small pox
(d) Typhoid