1556: Plankton refers to:

(a) A kind of fish

(b) A submerged platform in waters

(c) Drifting of organisms in a body of water

(d) A kind of animal living under water
1557: Consider the following statements:

1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years.
2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1558: What is the correct sequence of the following Indian states in descending order of their length of surface roads per 100 km. sq. of their area ?

I. Haryana
II. Maharashtra
III. Punjab
IV. Tamil Nadu

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

Codes :

(a) IV, II, III, I
(b) IV, III, I, II
(c) III, IV, I, II
(d) III, IV, II, I
1559: Nobel Prize in Economics for the year 1997 was awarded for contribution in the area of

(a) International Economics
(b) Financial Economics
(c) Public Economics
(d) Development Economics
1560: Who among the following led the Sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 uprising ?

(a) Tantia Tope

(b) Laxmibai

(c) Nana Sahib

(d) Kunwar Singh