411: Who among the following directed the film chosen as India's offical entry for the year 2006 Academy Awards?
(a) Adodor Gopalakrishnan
(b) Amol Palekar
(c) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
(d) Kunal Kohli
412: In August 2006, the Government of India notified the Rural Electrification Policy. This policy aims at provision of access to all households by which year?
(A) 2009
(B) 2012
(C) 2008
(D) 2010
Explanation:
The policy aims at :
Provision of access to electricity to all households by year 2009.
Quality and reliable power supply at reasonable rates.
Minimum lifeline consumption of 1 unit per household per day as a merit good by year 2012.
Source : Gazette of India, Ministry of Power, 23 Aug. 2006
413: In which one of the following countries did hundreds of people die in year 2004 as a result of flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne?
(A) Ghana
(B) Haiti
(C) Colombia
(D) Sudan
414: Match: List I (Person)
A. Anil Agarwal
B. Gautam H Singhania
C. Sanjay Dalmia
D. Venugopal Dhoot
List II (Organization)
1. Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.
2. Raymond Ltd.
3. Vedanta Resources
4. Videocon Group
(a) 3 1 2 4
(b) 3 2 1 4
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 4 2 1 3
Explanation:
Vedanta Resources pic is a global diversified and integrated metals and mining group headquartered in London, England. Headed by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, most of Vedanta's operations are located in India:
Gautam H. Singhania is the current Chairman of the Raymand Group, who. took aver this past 'an September 2000, from his father Vijayapat Singhania.
Current Chairman of GHCL,Mr Dalmia has also.served an the Board of Directors of Union Bank of India, a Member of the Northern Committee of Industrial Development Bank of India. He was a member aof the Rajya Sabha, (Upper House of the Indian Parliament) where he worked as a 'constructive-link' between the Government and the Industry to improve the aver all economic development of the country.
Venugapal Dhaat is an Indian business tycoon, who. is currently the chairman of Videocon group, founded by his father Nandlal Madhavlal Dhoot. According to. Forbes,Venugopal is the eighteenth richest man in India.
415: Consider the following statements :
1. The Commonwealth has no charter, treaty or constitution.
2. All the territories/countries once under the British empire (jurisdiction/rule/mandate) automatically joined the Commonwealth as its members.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:
The Commonwealth of Notions, normally referred to as to Commonwealth and previously known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifth-four independent member states.
Commonwealth is free association of sovereign independent states that has no charter, treaty or constitution. The association promotes cooperation, consultation and mutual assistance among members.
The Commonwealth is the successor of the British Empire and has its origins in the Imperial Conference of the late 1920s (conferences of British and colonial prime ministers had occured periodically since 1887), where the independence of the self-governing colonies or dominions was recognised, and eventually formalised by the 1931 Statute of Westminster. The Commonwealth was established as an association of free and equal states, and membership was based on common allegiance to the British Crown.
Among the former British protectorates and mandates, those that never became members of the Commonealth are Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Transjordan, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the UAE. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.