1461: In a political party of 36 members, the minimum number of members needed to split for disqualifying the original political party as per Anti-Defection Law should be:

(a) 9

(b) 12

(c) 18

(d) 24
1462: Match the drainage basins labelled as A, B, C and D with the names listed below and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the drainage basins.

Names of drainage basins :

1. Ganga-Brahmaputra

2. Indus

3. Parana

4. Zambezi

Code
(a) 3 1 2 4
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 3 1 4 2
1463: The greatest diversity of animal and plant species occurs in

(a) temperate deciduous forests

(b) tropical moist forests

(c) heavily polluted rivers

(d) deserts and savannas
1464: Which Article of the Constitution provides that it shall be the endeavour of every State to provide adequate facility for instruction in the mother tongue at the primary stage of eduction ?

(a) Article 349
(b) Article 350
(c) Article 350-A
(d) Article 351
1465: The damage to the Spektr Module of the Russian Space Station Mir was due to

(a) collision with a Soyuz cargo ship
(b) faulty material design of the Spektr Module
(c) explosion inside the space station
(d) collision with an asteroid