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A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member of either House of the Parliament if the person

1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State other than an office declared by the Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder

2. is an undischarged insolvent

3. is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India

4. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1, 2 and 4 only	B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
C) 3 and 4 only	D) 1, 2 and 3 only

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Explanation:

Disqualification of MP's and MLA's on the ground of holding office of profit is a controversial topic of nation-wide debate. It began with the disqualification of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan from Rajya Sabha on March 17, 2006 with retrospective effect from July 14, 2004.There are separate provisions of disqualification for the Members of Parliament and MLAs. Our constitution clearly mentions that the Parliament has the power to make a law in respect to the issue of qualification and disqualification of the membership in case:

(i) He holds any office of profit under the Government of India or of any state, other than an office declared by a law of Parliament not to disqualify its holder.

(ii) He is of unsound mind and stand so declared by a competent court.

(iii) He is an undischarged insolvent.

(iv) He is not a citizen of India or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign state, or is under any acknowledgement or allegiance or adherence to a foreign state, and

(v) It is he so disqualified by or under any law of Parliament. It applies to the case of 'defection' as prescribed in tenth schedule.

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Which Article specifies the Fundamental Duties of every citizen?

A) Article 80	B) Article 343
C) Article 51A	D) Article 356

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Article 51A

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The Attorney General of India is appointed by whom?

A) Prime Minister of India	B) Law Minister of India
C) Chief Justice of India	D) President of India

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) President of India

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One or two statements are given followed by two or more conclusions/assumptions, I, II, III, IV. You have to consider the statement to be true, even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.

Statement:
1. All goats are tigers.
2. All tigers are lions.

Conclusion:
I. All tigers are goats.
II. All lions are tigers.
III. No goat is a lion.
IV. No lion is a goat.

A) Only Conclusion III & IV follow	B) Only Conclusion I & II follow
C) None of the Conclusions follows	D) All Conclusions follow

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) None of the Conclusions follows

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In the following question, select the odd word pair from the given alternatives.

A) Square – Four	B) Pentagon – Five
C) Rectangle – Three	D) Triangle – Three

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rectangle – Three

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Who is the author of "Everyone Has A Story"?

A) Durjoy Datta	B) Savi Sharma
C) Ajay K Pandey	D) Preeti Shenoy

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Savi Sharma

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

Aristotle's argument support the view that poetry shows

A) men not simply as they are	B) what men ought to be
C) what men are capable of becoming	D) All of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

A person or thing that brings bad luck

A) Felicitous	B) Adventitious
C) Jinx	D) Providential

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