International Events (Part-XI)

Total Questions: 47

11. How many islands in the Maldives country of 1190 islands disappeared due to tsunami waves on 26th December, 2004? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) 42
(b) 32
(c) 22
(d) 12

Correct Answer: (d) 12

Solution:Due to the Tsunami waves on 26th December 2004, 12 islands of Maldives had to be completely emptied due to rising sea water levels.

12. Which developed country has recently been declared outstanding by the International Monetary Fund? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O.(Mains) 2014]

(a) Argentina
(b) Greece
(c) Ukraine
(d) Jamaica

Correct Answer: (b) Greece

Solution:Greece was to pay 1.2 billion SDR (1.5 billion Euros) to the International Monetary Fund by 30th June, 2015. Greece failed to pay this. As a result, it became the first developed country to be declared dues by the IMF.

13. Which of the following countries has recently joined the World Trade Organization as the 147th member? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]

(a) Bhutan
(b) Nepal
(c) Uganda
(d) Belgium

Correct Answer: (b) Nepal

Solution:The establishment of the World Trade Organisation was announced on 1st January, 1995 in Marrakesh (Morocco). Nepal became the 147th member of this organization on 23rd April, 2004. On 30th November 2015, Kazakhastan became its 162nd member. July 2016, Afghanistan (164th) and Liberia (163rd) became its new members. Currently, the number of WTO member countries is 164 since July, 2016. In eddition to this there are 24 observer govenment countries. There are only 16 countries who are neither WTO members nor observers.

14. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below the lists: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]

List-I (Person)	List-II (Post)
A. Ivan Gasparovic	1. Prime Minister of Poland
B. Heinz Fischer	2. President of Macedonia
C. Branko Crvenkovski	3. President of Slovakia
D. Marek Belka	4. President of Austria

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:

List-I (Person)	List-II (Post)
A. Ivan Gasparovic	1. President of Slovakia
B. Heinz Fischer	2. President of Austria
C. Branko Crvenkovski	3. President of Macedonia
D. Marek Belka	4. Prime Minister of Poland

15. Consider the following statements : [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2013]

(i) Julian Assange is the founder of Wikileaks.

(ii) He is a citizen of Australia.

(iii) He has taken political Asylum in Bolivia's Em-bassy at London.

(iv) To do espionage for Wikileaks, Bradley Manning has been convicted for 90 years in prison.

Identify the correct statements using the codes given below.

(a) (i), (iii) and (iv) only
(b) (ii) and (iii) only
(c) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
(d) (i) and (ii) only

Correct Answer: (d) (i) and (ii) only

Solution:Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, activist, publisher and journalist. He is known as the founder of Wikileaks.

He has taken political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, not the Bolivian embassy in London. Bradley Manning has been convicted of 35 years of imprisonment for conducting espionage for Wikileaks.

16. Match List-I (country) with List-II (President) and select the correct answer using codes given below the lists: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]

List-I (Country)	List-II (President)
A. Congo	1. Levy Mwanawasa
B. Nigeria	2. Joseph Kabila
C. Uganda	3. Olusegun Obasanjo
D. Zambia	4. Yoweri Museveni

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:

List-I (Country)	List-II (President)
A. Congo	1. Joseph Kabila
B. Nigeria	2. Olusegun Obasanjo
C. Uganda	3. Yoweri Museveni
D. Zambia	4. Levy Mwanawasa

17. Who has chosen "Businessman of the century" by 'Fortune' magazine? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2004]

(a) Henry Ford
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Dhirubhai Ambani
(d) Rahula Bajaj

Correct Answer: (a) Henry Ford

Solution:In November 1999, 'Fortune' magazine announced the famous American carmaker Henry Ford as 'Businessman of the century'.

18. How many seconds the year 1990 had extra : [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1991]

(a) 1 second
(b) 11 seconds
(c) 5 seconds
(d) 15 seconds

Correct Answer: (a) 1 second

Solution:In the year 1990 there is extra 1 second. Hence, option (a) is correct.

19. In the year 2008, which one of the following conducted a complex scientific experiment in which sub-atomic particles were accelerated to nearly the speed of light? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

(a) European Space Agency
(b) European Organization for Nuclear Research
(c) International Atomic Energy Agency
(d) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Correct Answer: (b) European Organization for Nuclear Research

Solution:The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) conducted a large experiment in September, 2008 called the Large Hadron Collider. The laboratory has been set up on the border of France and Switzerland.

20. Consider the following names: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

1. Ike

2. Kate

3. Gustav

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

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

Correct Answer: (c) 1 and 3 only

Solution:Ike & Gustav are the hurricanes occurred recently. Hence, option (c) is correct.

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