16: Under which Article of the Indian Constitution did the President give his assent to the ordinance on electoral reforms when it was sent back to him by the Union Cabinet without making any changes (in the year 2002) ?
(a) Article 121
(b) Article 122
(c) Article 123
(d) Article 124
17: The Employment Assurance Scheme envisages financial assistance to rural areas for guaranteeing employment to at least
(a) 50 per cent of the men and women seeking jobs in rural areas
(b) 50 per cent of the men seeking jobs in rural areas
(c) one man and one woman in a rural family living below the poverty line
(d) None of the above
18: Consider the following statements:
1. Jawaharla Nehru was in his fourth term as the Prime Minister of India at the time of his death.
2. Jawaharlal Nheru represented Rae Bareilly constituency as a Member of Parliament.
3. The first non-Congress Prime Minister of India assumed the Office in the year 1977.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 only
(d) 1 and 3
19: The light from the Sun reaches the Earth in about
(a) 2 min
(b) 4 min
(c) 6 min
(d) 8 min
20: Which one of the the following usages was a post-Vedic development ?
(a) Dharma -- Artha -- Kama -- Moksha
(b) Brahmana -- Kshatriya -- Vaishya -- Shudra
(c) Brahmacharya -- Grihastashrama -- Vanaprastha -- Sanyasa
(d) Indra -- Surya -- Rudra -- Marut