With general elections announced to the 18th Lok Sabha, here’s a quiz on Parliamentary elections in India
What was special about P.L. Handoo (of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference)’s victory in the 1989 general elections in Anantnag constituency?
Conversely, what was special about the Congress’ K. Ramakrishna’s victory in the 1989 elections from Anakapalle constituency in undivided Andhra Pradesh?
As of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, which was the constituency which had the highest number of electors? And this belonged to which State?
QUESTION 4
Which was the constituency with the lowest number of electors?
QUESTION 5
Who holds the record for the highest victory margin in absolute number terms — 6,96,321 votes — in Indian elections? Name the record holder’s party as well.
Questions and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz:
1. The year in which the title of Sangita Kalanidhi was established. Ans: 1943. The award was the brainchild of the then Music Academy president K.V. Krishnaswamy Aiyer
2. The youngest female awardee to get the Sangita Kalanidhi. Ans: M.L. Vasanta Kumari
3. The reason why the award was not bestowed in 1975. Ans: To mark the bicentenary of Muttuswami Dikshitar's birth
4. Name the ‘Bombay Sisters’. Ans: C. Saroja and C. Lalitha
5. The first dance artiste to be honoured with the Sangita Kalanidhi. Ans: Balasaraswathi
6. Musicologist Ananthakrishna Sarma was honoured primarily for this work. Ans: Deciphering Annamacharya sahityas from copper plates in Tirumala
7. Name the Carnatic legend who refused to accept the honour when he was first approached by the Academy. Ans: G.N. Balasubramaniam
Visual: Name the two Sangita Kalanidhi awardees. Ans: Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam and Lalgudi Jayaraman Early Birds: Nobody got all the correct answers