421: In the Presidential election in India, every elected member of the Legislative Assembly of a State shall have as many votes as there are multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of the elected members of the Assembly. As at present (1997) the expression population here means the population as ascertained by the
(a) 1991 Census
(b) 1981 Census
(c) 1971 Census
(d) 1961 Census
Explanation:
The expression Population means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published. Here it can be construed as a reference to the 1971 Census, until 2026.
422: In which Olympics games did India last win a Gold Medal?
(a) Montreal (1976)
(b) Moscow (1980)
(c) Los Angeles (1984)
(d) Atalanta (1996)
423: In which one of the following States has India's largest private sector sea port been commissioned recently?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Explanation:
On July 2008, Navayuga Group one of India's leading infrastructure developers,has unveiled the counrty's largest private sector port in Krishnapatnam in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, some 180, km from Chennal. UPA chairperson andCongress President Ms Sonia Gandhi Dedicated the port to the nation.
424: In which country is the committee which selects winners for Nobel peace prize located?
(a) Norway
(b) Sweden
(c) Finland
(d) Denmark
425: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Japan : Nikkei
(b) UK : FTSE
(c) USA : Nasdaq
(d) Singapore : Shcomp
Explanation:
Nikkei 225 is a stack market index far the Tokyo Stack Exchange (TSE). Another major index far the Tokyo Stack Exchange is the Topix.
Shcomp : A price index of Shanghai Composite Index Market.
The Straits Times Index (STI) is a market value-weighted stack market index based an the stacks af 30 representative companies listed an the Singapore Exchange..
The FTSE 100 Index - also.called FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "footsie" is a share index of the 100 maot highly capitalised UK companies listed an the London Stack Exchange.
The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations known as NASDAQ, is an American stack exchange. It is the largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the United States. With approximately 3,800 companies and corporations, it has mare trading volume per hour than any of her stack exchange in the world.