1486: Which of the following Constitutional Amendments are related to raising the number of Members of Lok Sabha to be elected from the States?

(a) 6th and 22nd
(b) 13th and 38th
(c) 7th and 31st
(d) 11th and 42nd
1487: Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?

List-I----------List-II

(Period)----------(Wars)

1. AD 1767-69----First Anglo Maratha War
2. AD 1790-92----Third Mysore War
3. AD 1824-26----First Anglo-Burmese War
4. AD 1845-46----Second Sikh War


(a) 2 and 4
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
1488: Variations in the length of daytime and night time from season to season are due to

(a) the earth's rotation on its axis

(b) the earth's revolution round the sun in an elliptical manner

(c) latitudinal position of the place

(d) revolution of the earth on a tilted axis
1489: In a political party of 36 members, the minimum number of members needed to split for disqualifying the original political party as per Anti-Defection Law should be:

(a) 9

(b) 12

(c) 18

(d) 24
1490: Which one of the following is used as an explosive?

(a) Nitroglycerine
(b) Phosphorus trichloride
(c) Mercuric oxide
(d) Graphite