4571: Assertion (A):
The reservation of thirty-three per cent of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislatures does not require Constitutional amendment.
Reason (R):
Political parties contesting elections can allocate thirty-three per cent of seats they contest to women candidates without any Constitutional amendment.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and Rare true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
4572: Consider the following countries of South Asia
(a) Bangladesh
(b) India
(c) Pakistan
(d) Sri Lanka
The descending order of literacy status of these countries is
(a) 4, 2, 1, 3
(b) 2, 4, 3, 1
(c) 4, 2, 3, 1
(d) 2, 4, 1, 3
4573: Mixed cropping is useful when:
(a) Crops with varying maturity periods are sown together
(b) Crops with same maturity period are sown together
(c) Different soils are used for the same crops
(d) Crops with different nutritional requirements are grown
4574: The average salary of 100 employees in an office is Rs. 16,000 per month. The management decided to raise salary of every employee by 5% but stopped a transport allowance of Rs. 800 per month which was paid earlier to every employee. What will be the new average monthly salary ?
(A) Rs. 16,500
(B) Rs.16,000
(C) Rs. 16,800
(D) Cannot be known since data are insufficient
4575: C. Rangarajan has been actively involved in the Pan-Asian Commission addressing to which one of the following issues?
(a) Impact of HIV / AIDS in the Asian region
(b) Promotion of tourism in the Asian region
(c) Promotion of free trade in the Asian region
(d) Higher technical education in the universities in the Asian region