International Events (Part-X)

Total Questions: 50

21. The bilateral military exercise 'Harimau Shakti 2018' has been conducted between India and which country? [63rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2017]

(a) Indonesia
(b) Malaysia
(c) New Zealand
(d) South Korea
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (b) Malaysia

Solution:A joint military exercise 'Harimau Shakti, 2018' was conducted in the dense forests of Malaysia as part of Indo-Malaysia defence cooperation from 30 April to 13 May 2018. Exercise 'Hariman Shakti 2023' was conducted between Indian and Malaysian Army from October 23 to November 5, 2023 hosted at Umroi Contonment, India.

22. Which Indian Naval Ship participated in Exercise Cutlass Express, 2021? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) INS Vikrant
(b) INS Magar
(c) INS Talwar
(d) INS Vikramaditya

Correct Answer: (c) INS Talwar

Solution:Multinational Maritime Exercise Cutlass Express, 2021 was conducted in Kenya from 26 July to 6 August 2021. INS Talwar participated in this exercise. The 13th edition of Exercise Cutlass Express was conducted in seychells from March 5-9, 2023. INS Trinkand from India participated in the Sea Phase-I of the exercise.

23. Recently in USA, 'Operation MAGA' is related to- [66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2020]

(a) compaign against COVID-19
(b) Donald Trump's re-election compaign
(c) Joseph Biden's election compaign
(d) 'Make army great again' compaign
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (b) Donald Trump's re-election compaign

Solution:'Operation MAGA' was implemented in the United States of America in October, 2020. (MAGA: Make America Great Again) is related to the re-election campaign of the then US President Donald Trump.

24. By the end of which year, America has given a call to withdraw 33,000 soldiers from Afghanistan? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

(a) 2012
(b) 2013
(c) 2014
(d) 2015

Solution:America had announced the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan by 2014. It was announced at the Chicago Summit of NATO in 2012. The intervention of NATO forces, including the U.S., in Afghan war, came after the terrorist incident in September, 2001. The US attacked the Taliban to destroy Al-Qaeda. NATO forces were sent to Afghanistan for this.

25. Which of the following countries is said to have started withdrawing its military force from Syria from March, 2016? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

(a) Iran
(b) Turkey
(c) Russia
(d) Britain

Correct Answer: (c) Russia

Solution:Russia's Military intervention began in September 2015, following an official request for military help against insurgents and Jihadist groups in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the withdrawal of his military force from Syria from March 2016, after the Russia army set its target.

26. In February 2015, for the first time, a trial of a driverless car was conducted simultaneously in four cities of : [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2015]

(a) USA
(b) Japan
(c) Germany
(d) Great Britain

Correct Answer: (d) Great Britain

Solution:In February 2015, the driverless car was officially tested for the first time in four cities of Britain. These cities are Greenwich, Milton Keynes, Coventry and Bristol.

27. On March 29, 2013 a Russian Space Craft established a new record by reaching the International Space Station (ISS) in only 6 hours, while earlier the space crafts used to take to three days to reach the ISS. Which is this spacecraft? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Sputnik-II
(b) Soyuz
(c) Zond
(d) Venera

Correct Answer: (b) Soyuz

Solution:On 29th March 2013, the Russian spacecraft Soyuz successfully reached the International Space Station after travelling for only 6 hours with three astronauts. American Chris Cassady and Russia's Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin were in the Soyuz spacecraft. This was the first time a spacecraft has reached the ISS by the direct route. Before this, the spacecraft reached ISS after several revolutions and it took 45 to 50 hours.

28. Which of the following is reported to have found in March, 2015 biologically useful nitrogen on Mars? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2015]

(a) Mangalyaan
(b) Mars Express
(c) Phoenix Mars Lander
(d) Curiosity Rover

Correct Answer: (d) Curiosity Rover

Solution:NASA's Rover Curiosity received the first signs of nitrogen on the surface of Mars in March 2015. The team, using the 'Sample Analysis at Mars' (SAM) instrument on NASA' Curiosity Rover, detected nitrogen on the planet's surface.

29. The new Director-General of World Health Organization is: [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

(a) Lee Jong Wook
(b) Vaklav Chlora
(c) Haslem Brandled
(d) Vaklav Havel

Correct Answer: (a) Lee Jong Wook

Solution:The World Health Organization was established on 7th April 1948. Its headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland. In July 2003, Dr. Lee Jong Wook became its director-general, who died on 22nd May 2006, during his tenure. At present the Director-General of WHO is Dr. Tredos Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia (July 2017) & his tenure is for 5 years. Later, he was re-appointed on May 24, 2022.

30. The 37th Summit of G-8 was held in France on 26th-27th May, 2011 in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

(a) Bardos
(b) Deauville
(c) Toulouse
(d) Versailles

Correct Answer: (b) Deauville

Solution:The 37th Summit of G-8 took place in Deauville (France) on 26-27 May, 2011.

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