World Panorama (UPSC) Part-II

📆 March 22, 2025

Total Questions: 50

41. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: [2008]

List-I (Service/Agency)	List-II (Country)
A. Foreign Intelligence Service	1. Israel
B. Ministry of State Security	2. Britain
C. Secret Intelligence Service	3. China
D. The Mossad	4. Russia

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

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:The Foreign Intelligence Service is Russia's external intelligence agency, mainly for civilian affairs. The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the intelligence agency and security agency of the People's Republic of China. The Secret Intelligence Service(commonly known as MI6) is the British intelligence agency which supplies the British Government with foreign intelligence. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel.

42. Norman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India is from which country? [2008]

(a) United States of America
(b) Mexico
(c) Australia
(d) New Zealand

Correct Answer: (a) United States of America

Solution:Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American biologist who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution.

43. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: [2008]

List-I (Organization)	List-II (Associated Convention / Person / Place / Headquarters)
A. Amnesty International	1. Viskuli
B. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	2. Paris
C. Danube Commission	3. Peter Benenson
D. Europe Space Agency	4. Belgrade Convention

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

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:Peter Benenson was a British lawyer and the founder of human rights group Amnesty International. The Commonwealth of Independent States was established in December 1991 to assist in settling down the major issues of the independent states' formation and preserving historically established ties. December 8, 1991 the leaders of the -Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine signed the Commonwealth of Independent States Creation Agreement in Viskuli Belarusian government residence in the Bialowieza Forest. The Danube Commission is an international intergovernmental organization established by the Convention regarding the regime of navigation on the Danube signed in Belgrade on 18 August 1948. ESA's Headquarters are located in Paris.

44. How much is one barrel of oil approximately equal to [2008]

(a) 131 litres
(b) 159 litres
(c) 257 litres
(d) 321 litres

Correct Answer: (b) 159 litres

Solution:The one barrel of crude consist of appx 159 Liters.

45. Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? [2008]

1. Francis Collins : Mapping human genome

2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine

3. Jimmy Wales : Wikipedia

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3

Solution:Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-geneticist noted for his discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project. Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, together with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the world's most profitable Internet companies. Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia

46. Who among the following is the founder of World Economic Forum? [2009]

(a) Klaus Schwab
(b) John Kenneth Galbraith
(c) Robert Zoellick
(d) Paul Krugman

Correct Answer: (a) Klaus Schwab

Solution:The foundation was founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, a German-born business professor at the University of Geneva. Originally named the European Management Forum, it changed its name to the World Economic Forum in 1987.

47. Consider the following pairs: [2009]

Famous Place	Country
1. Cannes	France
2. Davos	Denmark
3. Roland Garros	The Netherlands

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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

Correct Answer: (a) 1 only

Solution:Davos is a town in Switzerland and Roland Garros is in England.

48. Who of the following is the author of the book "The Audacity of Hope"? [2009]

(a) Al Gore
(b) Barack Obama
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) HIllary Clinton

Correct Answer: (b) Barack Obama

Solution:The Audacity of Hope is a 2006 autobiographical work by Barack Obama.

49. A present group of nations known as G-8 started first as G-7. Which one among the following was not one of them? [2009]

(a) Canada
(b) Italy
(c) Japan
(d) Russia

Correct Answer: (d) Russia

Solution:The Group of Seven (G7) is an informal bloc of industrialized democracies-the United States, Canada France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdomthat meets annually to discuss issues such as global economic governance, international security, and energy policy. Russia belonged to the forum from 1998 but was suspended after its annexation of Crimea in March of that year.

50. Consider the following countries: [2009]

1. Switzerland

2. Malta

3. Bulgaria

Which of the above are members of European Union?

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

Correct Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only

Solution:The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland. Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

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