International Events Quick Study Episode- 14

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1. Which among the following is the least corrupt country according to Transparency International ?

a. Switzerland

b. Singapore

c. Sweden

d. New Zealand

1. Which among the following is the least corrupt country according to Transparency International ?

2. The first country to legalize medically assisted suicide is :

3. The Landmines Treaty became a global law in September 1998 with the approval of :

4. In which year Colombia hosted the NAM summit ?

5. The country that has come forward to mediate in Sri Lanka is

6. When did the last SAARC summit take place ?

7. Which country successfully launched a satellite first ?

8. Which company manufactures the A-380 aircraft ?

9. Which country has added key anti-Pakistani militant group and its al-Qaida branch to its list of ‘global terrorists’?

10. What does Abu Ghraib remind you ?

11. Which amidst the following is not there in Kofi Annan’s proposals, of March, 2005, to overhaul the UN ?

12. Pope Benedict XVI who has been elected recently is the :

13. Pope John Paul II who died recently belonged from–

14. Who was appointed new United State Defence Secretary in January 2013 ?

15. Which of the following was organised in Moscow in July 2012 ?

16. Vasundhara Summit was held in

17. Who is the present President of Pakistan ?

18. The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan’s main island by a few feet and has caused the Earth’s axis to wobble is expected to lead to the shortening of the day by :

19. Which four countries are called the Asian Tigers ?

20. The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan’s main island Honshu by a few feet has also caused Earth’s axis to wobble by about

21. The secret operation carried out successfully by the US Navy Seals, in which Osama Bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terrorist was ki lled, was codenamed as –

22. Environment related important International Agreement/Conference- Convention on Biological Diversity took place in 2012 at

23. Which of the following countries recently conferred its Highest State Honour on Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi for her contribution in its ‘Liberation War’ ?

24. Barack Hussain Obama belongs to which of the following political parties ?

25. Which of the following storms struck Bangladesh in November 2007 ?

26. Well talked website during the months of February-March 2011 was

27. ‘BRICS’, the recently formed international organisation of five developing countries, consists of

28. The 16th Summit Meeting of NAM countries was recently held at

29. In which year did terrorists crash two planes into New York’s World Trade Centre on September 11 in a sequence of destruction?

30. ‘Rainbow Coalition” is a term derived from the politics and policies of ;

31. The Tongario volcano erupted on November 21, 2012 is in

32. Aung San Sun Kyi is a native to:

33. “Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, have learned from you. You have made me a better President”, as said by:

34. Genomic (DNA) studies in camel have been completed recently by the scientists of

35. Julia Gillard is the Prime Minister of

36. Where was the Fifth BRICS Summit hosted by South Africa in March 2013?

37. Where is Taksim Square, which witnessed in 2013 prolonged massive protests against the redevelopment of Gezi Park?

38. The Queen of Netherlands who has relinquished the crown after 33 years on April 30, 2013 is

39. Which of the following scams rocked the European Union in February 2013 ?

40. When and where did the concept of Earth hour began?

41. In 2010 a newspaper published its 70,000th issue. Which was the newspaper ?

42. Which one of the following counties is not a member of the “BRICS” group ?

43. The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has been set up for

44. Which of the following countries is the highest per capita emitter of carbon dioxide in the world?

45. Which of the following countries have formed an association (BRICS) of five major emerging national economies?

46. India was placed at the 105th position in the Human Capital Index of 130 countries released by World Economic Forum on June 28, 2016. Which country is on the top ?

47. What is the ranking of India in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated as per purchasing power parity based upon the 2015 data of International Monetary Fund (IMF) ?

48. Who is the runners–up in the recently held UEFA Euro–16?

49. What was the rank of India in Human Development Index according to the Human Development Report released by UNDP in July 2014, which covered 187 countries?

50. Which of the following countries has recently superseded Thailand as the world’s largest rice exporter in 2015?

51. Who was recently appointed as the first woman President of Nepal ?

52. Who was elected the Prime Minister of Nepal recently ?

53. Which of the following became the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia?

54. Which country is in the process of building the largest single Aperture Radio Telescope – FAST

55. Which of the following country has recently declared 3 month emergency following a failed military coup?

56. Which country announces the imposition of a three-month state emergency after failed coup?

57. Which country recently detonated its first hydrogen bomb?

58. Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte emerged winner in 2016 presidential elections of which country ?

59. Which leader of British Labour Party was recently elected the first Muslim Mayor of London?

60. Which country recently voted to leave the European Union (EU)?

61. Aung San Suu Kyi is the

62. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-8?

63. The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is headquartered at

64. G–20 is the Group of Twenty largest economies represented by their

65. Which among the following countries is facing debt crisis?

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