International Current Affairs (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. The recent Land Mines Conference to sign the historic treaty was held in the Capital city of: [1998]

a. Canada

b. Japan

c. Sweden

d. Zimbabwe

2. The film 'The Making of the Mahatama'has been directed by: [1997]

a. Peter Ustinov

b. Richard Attenborough

c. Shyam Benegal

d. MiraNair

3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2001]
List-I (Country) - List-II (President)
A. Columbia - 1. Vicente Fox
B. Philippines - 2. Hugo Chavez
C. Mexico - 3. Gloria Macapagal Arroya
D. Venezuela - 4. Andres Pastrana
Codes:

a. A-4; B-3;C-2; D-1

b. A-3; B-4;C-2; D-1

c. A-4; B-3;C-1; D-2

d. A-3; B-4;C-1; D-2

4. Consider the following names: [2002]
1. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
2. Leach Walesa
3. Shimon Peres
4. Yasser Arafat
Who among these won the Nobel Peace Prize?

a. 1 and 2

b. 1,3and4

c. 2, 3 and 4

d. 1,2,3 and 4

5. The meeting of G-15 countries held in Malaysia in 1997 was attended by: [1998]

a. 14 member countries

b. 15 members countries

c. 16 member countries

d. 17 member countries

6. The signatories to the treaty banning chemical weapons include: [1995]

a. U.S.A Russia, India, Iran and Israel

b. Iraq, Libya, India, Russia and China

c. Brazil, Angola, North Korea, Pakistan and U.S.A

d. Syria, Sri Lanka, Japan, Singapore and France

7. The currency of the proposed European Monetary Union will be: [1998]

a. Dollar

b. Euro

c. Guilder

d. Mark c

8. Recently, several hundred South African soldiers were sent to Burundi: [2002]

a. to side with the Tutsi tribe in the country's civil war

b. to side with the Hutu tribe in the on going ethnic conflict

c. as a part of United Nations special force to keep control on the ethnic groups revolting against the government

d. as South Africa's protection force to help mediate an agreement between warring groups of civil war

9. Comet shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet: [1995]

a. Pluto

b. Mars

c. Jupiter

d. Saturn

10. The number of economically active women (excluding students and those doing domestic duties in their there homes) as a percentage of all women of working age (generally those aged 15-64 years) was the highest in 1996 in [1998]

a. USA

b. China

c. Russia

d. S. Korea

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