1571: Parliament or a State Legislature can declare a seat vacant if a member abstains himself without permission from the sessions for atleast

(a) 30 days

(b) 60 days

(c) 90 days

(d) 120 days
1572: Consider the following pairs:

Terms sometimes seen in the news : Their origin

1. Annex Countries : Cartagena Protocol
2. Certified Emissions Reductions : Nagoya Protocol
3. Clean Development Mechanism : Kyoto Protocol

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1573: Which one among the following South Asian countries has the highest population density?

(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Nepal
(d) Sri Lanka
1574: Persons below the poverty line in India are classified as such based on whether

(a) they are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket
(b) they get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year
(c) they belong to agricultural labourer household and the scheduled caste/tribe social group
(d) their daily wages fall below the prescribed minimum wages
1575: Which is the odd man out?

(a) POKI

(b) MIEA

(c) SOKG

(d) YUQM