📚 World Panorama - PYQ

Q1. Aleppo: Syria 2. The UNCAC is the ever-first legally binding global 2. Kirkuk: Yemen anti-corruption instrument. 3. Mosul: Palestine 3. A highlight of the United Nations Convention against 4. Mazar -i- Sharif: Afghanistan Transnational organized Crime (UNTOC) is the Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? inclusion of a specific chapter aimed at returning assets (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and

Q2. “Gold Tranche” (Reserve Tranche) refers to

Q3. Membership of GACSA does not create any binding (a) Maintenance of law and order obligations. (b) Paying taxes 3. India was instrumental in the creation of GACS(A) (c) Registering property Select the correct answer using the code given (d) Dealing with construction permits (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only 155. Consider the following statements:

Q4. Inaugural IONS was held in India in 2015 under the (a) An Israeli radar system chairmanship of the Indian Navy. (b) India's indigenous anti-missile Programme 2. IONS is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase (c) An American anti missile system maritime co-operation among navies of the littoral states (d) A defence collaboration between Japan and South of the Indian Ocean Region. Korea Which

Q5. Most of the world's coral reefs are in tropical waters. (d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. More than one-third of the world's coral reefs are 144. Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs located in the territories of Australia, Indonesia and of people either suffered from severe famine/acute Philippines. malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic 3. Coral reefs host far

Q6. The term 'two-state solution' is sometimes mentioned in 152. 'Momentum for Change : Climate Neutral Now' is an the news in the context of the affairs of

Q7. International Labour Organization's Conventions 138 and (c) The UNFCCC Secretariat 182 are related to

Q8. AIIB has more than 80 member nations. (c) Regulation of food prices and food security 2. India is the largest shareholder in AIIB. (d) Gender parity at the workplace 3. AIIB does not have any members from outside Asia. 147. With reference to the 'Global Alliance for Climate Smart Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Agriculture (GACSA)', which of the following statements (a) 1 only

Q9. Under nourishment 2. Child stunting Select the correct answer using the code given below: 3. Child mortality (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 3 only Select the correct answer using the code given below. (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1 only (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only 140. The Global Infrastructure Facility is a/an

Q10. A “closed economy’’ is an economy in which ? [2011 - I] (a) agency created by EU to deal with the impact of (a) The money supply is fully controlled. millions of refugees arriving from Middle East (b) Deficit financing takes place. (b) agency of EU that provides financial assistance to (c) Only exports take place. eurozone countries (d) Neither exports nor imports take place. (c) agency of EU to d

Q11. Regarding the International Monetary Fund, which one of 126. In the context of which of the following do you sometimes the following statements is correct ? [2011 - I] find the terms ‘amber box, blue box and green box’ in the (a) It can grant loans to any country news?

Q12. Russian Federation (a) Ruble (b) Rand 4. United Kingdom (c) Indian Rupee (d) Renminbi 5337_DBE World Panorama G 9 128. With reference to ‘IFC Masala Bonds’, sometimes seen in 136. ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ is sometimes mentioned in the the news, which of the statements given below is/are news in the context of the affairs of

Q13. New Development Bank has been set up by APEC. (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only 2. The headquarters of New Development Bank is in (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only Shanghai. 138. With reference to ‘Organization for the Prohibition of Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Chemical Weapons (OPCW)’, consider the following (a) 1 only (b) 2 only statements :

Q14. held in 2015 was the third such Summit preparation and structuring of complex infrastructure 2. was actually initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951 Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to enable Which of the statements given above is/are correct? mobilization of private sector and institutional investor (a) 1 only (b) 2 only capital. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Collaboration among the ma

Q15. Which of the following is not a member of ‘Gulf (a) World Economic Forum Cooperation Council’?

Q16. The Commonwealth has no charter, treaty or constitution. Weapons, commonly known as Nuclear Non-Proliferation 2. AU the territories/countries once under the British Treaty (NPT)? empire (jurisdiction/ rule/mandate) automatically joined (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only the Commonwealth as its members. (c) 2, 4 and 5 only (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Which of the statements given above is/are correct

Q17. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of UN A. Amnesty International 1. Viskuli consists of 24 member States. B. Commonwealth of 2. Paris 2. It is elected by a 2/3rd majority of the General Assembly Independent States for a 3-year term. (CIS) Which of the statements given above is/are correct? C. Danube Commission 3. Peter Benenson (a) 1 only (b) 2 only D. Europe Space Agency 4. Belgrade Conven

Q18. Consider the following countries:

Q19. Brunei Darussalam 2. East Timor (c) 257 litres (d) 321 litres 3. Laos 96. Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? Which of the above is/are member/members of ASEAN? 1. Francis Collins : Mapping human genome (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only 2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 3. Jimmy Wales : Wikipedia 106. Other than Venezuela, which one among the follow

Q20. Consider the following pairs:

Q21. Barclays Bank : UK (a) Klaus Schwab (b) John Kenneth Galbraith 3. Kookmin Bank : Japan (c) Robert Zoellick (d) Paul Krugman Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? 98. Consider the following pairs:

Q22. Davos : Denmark Automobile Headquarters 3. Roland Garros : The Netherlands Manufacturer Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? 1. BMW AG : USA (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only 2. Daimler AG : Sweden (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 3. Renault S.A. : France 99. Who of the following is the author of the book “The 4. Volkswagen AG : Germany Audacity of Hope”?

Q23. A present group of nations known as G-8 started first as 109. The Security Council of UN consists of 5 permanent G-7. Which one among the following was not one of them? members, and the remaining 10 members are elected by the

Q24. Switzerland 2. Malta 1. Brazil 2. Mexico 3. Bulgaria 3. South Africa Which of the above are members of European Union? According to UNCTAD, which of the above is/are (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only categorized as “Emerging Economies”? (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3 only 102. Consider the following pairs:

Q25. NAM Summit : Havana (a) Max Planck (b) Albert Einstein 2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok (c) William Henry Bragg (d) Enrico Fermi 3. EU - India Summit : Helsinki 89. Which of the following pairs in respect of current power 4. UN Climate Change : Geneva generation in India is/are correctly matched?

Q26. Ogaden region has been a source of conflict between which (b)Charles Babbage : Programmable Computer countries?

Q27. Yom Kippur War was fought between which sides countries? (c) Angola and Zambia

Q28. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? the code given below the Lists:

Q29. How much is one barrel of oil approximately equal to

Q30. Consider the following statements:

Q31. Installed electricity : 100000 MW (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2, 3 and 4 Generation capacity 79. Who among the following is Chile’s first woman President? 2. Electricity generation: 660 billion kWh

Q32. Wind energy List-I (Person) List-II (Area) B. AT & T 2. Oil A. Sabyasachi 1. Microfinance loans C. AMD 3. Telephone, internet Mukherjee D. Enercon GmbH 4. Microprocessor B. Aniruddha Bahal 2. Pharmaceuticals Codes: C. Vikram Akula 3. Fashion designing (a) A-2; B-1; C-4; D-3 (b) A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1 D. Yusuf Hamied 4. Investigative journalism (c) A-2; B-3; C-4; D-1 (d) A-4; B-1; C-2; D-3 Codes: 81. W

Q33. China (a) Edward Kasner (b) Bill Gates D. The Mossad 4. Russia (c) Tim Berners-Lee (d) Vinod Dham Codes: 84. Where are the headquarters of the Organization of the (a) A-4; B-1; C-2; D-3 (b) A-2; B-3; C-4; D-1 Islamic Conference (OIC) located?

Q34. How is Gabriel Garcia Marquez well-known as (a) United States of America (a) Known for research in agriculture

Q35. The winner of the man Booker Prize in year 2004 is a (a) Pretoria (b) Dutban South Asian. (c) Johannesburg (d) Cape Town Which of the statement given above is/are correct? 55. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3

Q36. The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations (a) Fire safety code in buildings Organization was established to manage the affairs of (b) Earthquake-resistant building code territories detached from Japan Italy after the second (c) Bar code World War or such territories not under the control of (d) Against adulteration in eatables a country at that time. 57. What is the new administrative capital

Q37. Consider the following statements:

Q38. In which one of the following films did the Nobel Laureate 69. Where is Davos, the venue of the annual meeting of World Pearl S. Buck collaborate?

Q39. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and so an (a) Veer Savarkar increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 (b) Annie Besant times in amplitude. (c) Ramkrishan Paramhansa 2. Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy (d) Swami Vivekanand 100 times that the previous integer reading. 62. Who among the following wrote ‘The Communist Which of the statement(s) given above i

Q40. Which one of the following countries is not a member of the 63. Who is Wole Soyinka?

Q41. Which one of the following countries is not a member of the 64. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?

Q42. Which one of the following countries is not a member of (b) Sasken Communication ASEAN?

Q43. V P Singh 2. R Venkataraman (c) Milton Friedman Economics 3. Y B Chavan 4. Pranab Mukherjee (d) Eric R. Kandel Literature Select the correct answer using the code given below: 67. Which one among the following was the first to legalize (a) 1, 2 and 3 only (b) 1, 3 and 4 only Euthanasia?

Q44. The name of the upper house in the Russian Parliament (a) Seikan Rail Tunnel : China is state Duma. (b) Petronas Towers : Malaysia Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (c) Appalachian Trai : USA (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (d) Rogum Dam : Tajikistan (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 only 51. For which one of the following countries is Spanish not an 43. Match items in the List-I (country) with those

Q45. Diet (b) Peasant communist leader of China. B. Ukraine 2. States General (c) A naval ship on yoyage to Canada. C. Poland 3. Supreme Council (d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse lung began his long D. Japan 4. Sejm march. Codes: 53. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? (a) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3 (b) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

Q46. The Nobel Prize Awarding Ceremony takes place on (c) Indonesia (d) Philippines December 10, of every year. 48. In which one of the following countries, is Tamil a major 2. The Nobel Prize for Literature was added later on to language?

Q47. Which one of the following cities is not a former capital of (a) 1 only (b) 2 only the given country (Country given in the brackets)?

Q48. Consider the following statements:

Q49. In 1991, Slovenia declared independence from (a) Iceland (b) India Czechoslovakia (c) New Zealand (d) U.S.A Which of the statements given above are correct? 33. Consider the following international language:

Q50. Berne 1. The Constitution of the United States of America came Industrial Development into force in year 1810. Organization (UNIDO) 2. All revenue bills must originate in the House of D. Universal Postal 4. New York Representative of the US Congress. Union (UPU) 3. George W. Bush is the only President in the history of Codes: the United States of America. Whose father was also (a) A-2; B-3; C-4; D

Q51. Falun Gong is :

Q52. China transferred to India by less arrangements with Sri Lanka B. Dyak 2. India and Pakistan respectively C. Dinka 3. Indonesia 18. Which one of the following is known as the 'Coffee port' D. Uighur 4. Sudan of the world?

Q53. October 3 (a) Sudan (b) Yugoslavia 5. December 10 (c) U.A.E (d) Tunisia Codes: 17. Which one of the following statements is correct?

Q54. Education for (a) Jim Lake : Highest number of wickets in a Cricket Test Yojana women's equality Match C. Indira Mahila 3. Promotion of savings (b) Brian Lara : Highest score in an inning in Test Cricket Yojana among rural women (c) Sanath Jayasurya and Roshan Mahanama : Highest D. Mahila Samakhya 4. Meeting credit needs partnership in an innings in Test Cricket Programme of the poor women (d) Sun

Q55. According to Meadows (1972), if the present trends in world (c) Quebec in Canada population, industrialisation, pollution, food production and (d) Maharashtra in India resource depletion continue unchanged, the “Limits to 4. Which of the following were the aims behind the setting up Growth” on our planet will be reached in the next:

Q56. Promotion of free trade and resource flows across (c) 150 years (d) 200 years countries 11. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 2. Protection of intellectual property rights 1. Dow Jones : New York 3. Managing balanced trade between different countries 2. Hang Seng : Seoul 4. Promotion of trade between the former East Bloc 3. FTSE-100 : London

Q57. The economist who was associated with the WTO draft (b) promote free trade on the lines laid down by the WTO document is:

Q58. Proponent of Carnatic (b) list system of election to the Lok Sabha music (c) Governmental funding of parliament elections C. Shyama Shastri 3. Proponent of the (d) a ban on the candidature of independent candidates Khayal form of of the parliamentary elections Hindustani music 8. Which one of the following languages belongs to the D. Amir Khusrau 4. Wrote the music for Austric group?

Q59. Which one of the following dances involves solo Select the correct answer using the codes given below performance?

Q60. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using (a) rich in proteins (b) pure and unadulterated the codes given below the lists:

Q61. Hamas : Palestinian extremist group A. Ringgit 1. Indonesia 2. Sinn Fein : I.R. A's political wing B. Baht 2. South Korea C. Rupiah 3. Thailand 3. True Path Party : A major constituent of the ruling D. Won 4. Malayasia coalition in Turkey Codes : Codes : (a) A-1; B-3; C-4; D-2 (b) A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2 (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) A-1; B-2; C-4; D-3 (d) A-4; B-2; C-1; D-3 (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2 and 3 9.

Q62. The emerging trading blocs in the world, such as NAFTA, (a) Africa (b) Asia ASEAN and the like, are expected to :

Q63. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? A. Central Drug Research Institute

Q64. Which of the following constitute the World Bank?

Q65. Thames — Irish Sea 1. Alma-Ata Declaration : Healthcare of the people 3. Volga — Caspian Sea 2. Hague Convention : Biological and chemical 4. Zambezi — Indian Ocean weapons Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? 3. Talanoa Dialogue : Global climate change (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only 4. Under2 Coalition : Child rights (c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2 and 4 only HINTS & SOLUTIONS 1. (a) T

Q66. The Nobel Prize for deciphering the language of bee was awarded to:

Q67. In which one of the following States of India it is legal for a Hindu male and illegal for a Muslims male to have more than one living wife?