641: Saka era commenced from:
(a) 78 AD
(b) 120 AD
(c) 1000 AD
(d) 1953 AD
642: Which of the following are the circumstances under which an elected member of Parliament may be disqualified on the ground of defection?
1. If he voluntarily gives up his membership of a political party
2. If he votes or abstains from voting contrary to any direction issued by his political party without prior permission of the political party
3. If he speaks against the political party
4. If he joins a political party other than the party on whose ticket he contested and got elected
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
643: Which of the following authors won the Booker Prize twice?
(a) Margaret Atwood
(b) J. M. Coetzee
(c) Graham Swift
(d) Ian McEwan
644: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) William Dickson : Motion Picture film
(b) Charles Babbage : Programmable computer
(c) Nicholas Stern : Construction technology
(d) Brian Greene : String theory
645: What is the number of terms in the series 117, 120, 123, 126,......, 333 ?
(a) 73
(b) 72
(c) 76
(d) 79