International (Current Affairs – UPSC) (Part-II)

Total Questions: 50

41. 'Hand-in-Hand 2007', a joint anti terrorism military training was held by the officers of the Indian Army and officers of Army of which one of the following countries? [2008]

(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Russia
(d) USA

Correct Answer: (a) China

Solution:'Hand-in-Hand-2007' is a joint anti-terrorism military exercise conducted at Kunming Military Academy, Yunnan, China. It is first of the bilateral military exercises between the neighbouring countries.

42. Kim Dae-jung won the Nobel for Peace. He is from which one of the following countries? [2008]

(a) Vietnam
(b) Cambodia
(c) South Korea
(d) Japan

Correct Answer: (c) South Korea

Solution:Kim Dae-jung is former President of South Korea. He won the Nobel Peace Prize-2000 for his work on democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular.

43. How is the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference where in the agreements were signed to set up IBRD, GATT and IMF, commonly known? [2008]

(a) Bandung Conference
(b) Bretton Woods Conference
(c) Versailles Conference
(d) Yalta Conference

Correct Answer: (b) Bretton Woods Conference

Solution:The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference also known as the Bretton Woods Conference. It was named after Bretton Woods, the place in New Hampshire where a gathering of delegates from 44 nations met in 1944 to agree upon a series of new rules for the post-World War -II International Monetary system.

The agreement created the IBRD, International Monetary Fund and paved the way for other organizations.

44. A very big refugee camp called Dadaab, recently in the news, is located in : [2009]

(a) Ethiopia
(b) Kenya
(c) Somalia
(d) Sudan

Correct Answer: (b) Kenya

Solution:Dadaab camp is in eastern Kenya. It is Kenya one among the world's largest refugee camp, home to nearly a quarter of a million people.

45. Consider the following names: [2009]

1. Ike

2. Kate

3. Gustav

Which of the above are the names of hurricanes that had occurred very recently?

(a) 1 & 2 only
(b) 2 & 3 only
(c) 1 & 3 only
(d) 1, 2 & 3

Correct Answer: (c) 1 & 3 only

Solution:Ike killed more than 80 people across the Caribbean and Bahamas and caused some $19.3 billion in U.S. property damage, while Gustav killed 112 people in 2008, including 77 in Haiti.

46. In the latter half of the year 2008, which one of the following countries pulled out of Commonwealth of Independent States? [2009]

(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Belarus
(c) Georgia
(d) Kazakhstan

Correct Answer: (c) Georgia

Solution:Georgia one of the members of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) pulled out of CIS following military aggression carried out by another CIS member, the Russian Federation in August 2008.

47. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [2009]

List-I (Persons in news)	List-II (Countries they belong to)
A. Luisa Dias Diogo	1. Kenya
B. Mwai Kibaki	2. Mozambique
C. Rupiah Banda	3. Zambia
	4. Zimbabwe

Codes:

	A	B	C
(a)	1	2	3
(b)	2	1	3
(c)	2	1	4
(d)	1	2	4

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:Luísa Dias Diogo was Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. Mwai Kibaki, was the third President of Kenya, serving from December 2002 to April 2013. Rupiah Bwezani Banda is a Zambian politician who was President of Zambia from 2008 to 2011.

48. To integrate cultural leaders into its meetings, which one of the following gives "Crystal Award"? [2009]

(a) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(b) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(c) World Health Organization
(d) World Economic Forum

Correct Answer: (d) World Economic Forum

Solution:The World Economic Forum's Crystal Award honours artists who have used their art to improve the state of the world.

49. In the context of Indian news in recent times, what is MCX-SX? [2009]

(a) A kind of supercomputer
(b) Title of Moon Impact Probe
(c) Stock exchange
(d) Nuclear-powered submarine

Correct Answer: (c) Stock exchange

Solution:Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited (MSEI), formerly known as MCX Stock Exchange Limited (MCX-SX), is India's youngest and one of the three stock exchanges recognized by country's securities market regulator - Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). It offers an electronic, transparent and hi-tech platform for trading in Capital Market, Futures & Options, Currency Derivatives, Interest Rate Futures (IRF) and Debt Market segments.

50. From which one of the following did Kosovo declare its independence? [2009]

(a) Bulgaria
(b) Croatia
(c) Macedonia
(d) Serbia

Correct Answer: (d) Serbia

Solution:In February 2008, Kosovo's parliament declared Kosovo's independence from Serbia. U.S. and several European states officially recognized the independence of Kosovo following the independence declaration.

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