1481: Consider the following statements:
1. The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959 exempts several posts from disqualification on the grounds of Office of Profit.
2. The above-mentioned Act was amended five times.
3. The term Office of Profit is well-defined in the Constitution of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1482: The tendency of lower caste people to improve their living standard and status by imitating the upper class people is known as:
(a) Assimilation
(b) Sanskritisation
(c) Urbanisation
(d) Acculturisation
1483: Which of the following crops has the highest photosynthetic activity?
(a) Cotton
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Rice
(d) Wheat
1484: Which one of the following areas of India produces largest amount of cotton ?
(a) North-western India and Gangetic West Bengal
(b) North-western and Western India
(c) Western and Southern India
(d) Plains of Northern India
1485: Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus forming the islands of Srirangappattanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam ?
(a) Cauvery
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Krishna
(d) Godavari