1396: Which one of the following cities has been the venue of the asian Games for the maximum number of times from the year 1951 to the year 2006?
(a) Beijing
(b) Bangkok
(c) Delhi
(d) Rio de janeiro
1397: Stiglitz Commission established by the President of the United Nations General Assembly was in the international news. The commission was supposed to deal with
(A) Expansion of the United Nations Security Council in the present global scenario
(B) Global terrorism and prepare a global action plan for the mitigation of terrorism
(C) The challenges posed by the impending global climate change and prepare a road map
(D) The workings of the global financial systems and to explore ways and means to secure a more sustainable global order
1398: The given figure shows a portion of Southern India. The proposed site (Koodankulam) for the construction of two 1000 MW nuclear power plants has been labelled in the map as
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
1399: The release of which one of the following into ponds and wells helps in controlling the mosquitoes?
(a) Gambusia fish
(b) Snail
(c) Crab
(d) Dogfish
1400: The economic crisis in the latter half of 1990's most seriously affected Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea. The cause of the crisis was
(a) mismanagement of the financial resources and financial sector, in general
(b) the prolonged over-valuation of local currencies vis-a-vis the western currencies
(c) the downswing and recession in the western economies which earlier provided export market to these export- oriented countries
(d) None of the above