3286: 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
3287: Most of the explosions in mines occur due to the mixing of

(a) hydrogen with oxygen

(b) oxygen with acetylene

(c) methane with air

(d) carbon dioxide with ethane
3288: Arrange the following fertilisers according to the decreasing order of their nitrogen content:

I. Ammonium sulphate

II. Ammonium nitrate

III. Potassium nitrate

IV. Urea

(a) IV, II, III, I

(b) IV, II, I, III

(c) IV, III, II, I

(d) II, IV, III, I
3289: Which one of the following is the largest Committee of the Parliament?

(a) The Committee on Public Accounts
(b) The Committee on Estimates
(c) The Committee on Public Undertakings
(d) The Committee on Petitions
3290: Which one of the following statements regarding the levying, collecting and distribution of Income Tax is correct ?

(a) The Union levies, collects and distributes the proceeds of income tax between itself and the States

(b) The Union levies, collects and keeps all the proceeds of income tax to itself

(c) The Union levies and collects the tax but all the proceeds are distributed among the States

(d) Only the surcharge levied on income tax is shared between the Union and the States