386: Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched ?
(a) Sarladasa --Bengali
(b) Kasirama -- Oriya
(c) Tikkana -- Marathi
(d) Pampa -- Kannada
Explanation:
Pampa: Father of Kannada poetry wrote Adi purana,and Vikramarjunaya Vijaya.
Telugu: version of Mahabharata in 13th Century along with Nannaya (11th century) and Yerrapragada (14th century).
Sarladasa: Oriya version of Mahabharata in the 14th Century.
Kasirama: Bengali version of Mahabharata.
387: In the year 2007, an earthquake led to massive radioactive water leakage in the largest nuclear plant in the world. In which country did it occur?
(a) Canada
(b) Japan
(c) Germany
(d) USA
Explanation:
A pair of powerful earthquakes shook Japan's northwestern coast about 14 hours apart, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 800 in July 2007.
The second quake, estimated at 6.6 intensity, appeared to be a separate event rather than an aftershock of the first.
The quake caused minor tsunamis and buckled roads and bridges in the region.
Nuclear reactors at power plants in the affected area were shut down automatically, but the quake caused a small fire at an electrical transformer at the nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki, a coastal town close to the quake's epicenter. A small amount of slightly radioactive water leaked from the plant into the sea.
388: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Railway Zone Headquarters
(1) North Eastern Railway : Gorakhpur
(2) South Eastern Railway : Bhubaneshwar
(3) Eastern Railway : Kolkata
(4) South East Central Railway : Bilaspur
(a) North Eastern Railway
(b) South Eastern Railway
(c) South East Central Railway
(d) Eastern Railway
389: Cristina Kirchner succeeded her husband to become President of a South American country. Which is that country ?
(a) Chile
(b) Colombia
(c) Venezuela
(d) Argentina
Explanation:
Cristina Elisabet Fernandez Wilhelm de Kirchner (born February 19, 1953), commonly known as Cristina Fernandez or Cristina Kirchner, is an Argentine lawyer and politician from the Justicialist Party and the current President of Argentina. She is the wife of former President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner. Before assuming the presidency she was a Senator for Buenos Aires Province and acted as First Lady during her husband's term.
In the October 2007 general election, Fernandez ran for the presidency of Argentina, representing the ruling Front for Victory party. She won with 45.29% of the vote, a 22% lead over her nearest rival. This was one of the widest margins obtained by a candidate since democracy returned in 1983, and it avoided the need for a runoff election. She is Argentina's second female president (after Isabel Martinez), but the first to be elected. Sworn in on December 10, 2007, she became the first wife in history to be elected to succeed her husband as a president. Nestor Kirchner has also become the first Gentleman in Argentine history.
390: Which one of the following countries won the Euro Football Tournament, 2004 held in Portugal?
(A) France
(B) Italy
(C) Greece
(D) Portugal