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Question 1: Who amongst the following is not associated with Egypt?
a) Mohammed al-Magariaf
b) Adly Mansour
c) Mohammed Morsi
d) Hosni Mubarak
Question 2: In the Tapi gas pipeline, the word “Tapi” refers to which of the following?
a) Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
b) Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Iran
c) Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
d) Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
Question 3: Match the Countries with Trade Agreements/Regional Blocs:
a) i-b; ii-c; iii-a; iv-d
b) i-b; ii-a; iii-c; iv-d
c) i-c; ii-b; iii-a; iv-d
d) i-c; ii-a; iii-b; iv-d
Question 4: According to the Economic Survey for 2013-14, India had the second fastest growing services sector over the 11-year period from 2001 to 2012. Which country had the fastest growing service sector, in the corresponding period?
a) China
b) Russia
c) Thailand
d) Philippines
Question 5: According to the Human Development report published by UNDP in July 2014, which among the following South Asian countries have the highest and the least rank in Human Development Index (2013)? In each option first name is indicated for highest rank and second name for the least rank.
a) India, Afghanistan
b) Maldives, Nepal
c) Srilanka, Afghanistan
d) India, Bangladesh
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Question 6: Which of the following India -origin academician became the Dean of the Harvard College with effect from July 2014?
a) Nitin Nohria
b) Rakesh Khurana
c) G Anandalingam
d) Ajit Rangnekar
Question 7: Match the Country with the Leader:
a) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
b) a-iii, bi-, c-ii, d-iv
c) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
d) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
Question 8: Which of the following is not headquartered in China?
a) Weibo
b) WeChat
c) Alibaba
d) Jabong
Question 9: Which of the following country is not a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group?
a) Belarus
b) Malta
c) Turkey
d) Albania
Question 10: Which of the treaty was signed amongst the European nations for entering into the monetary union?
a) Treaty of Nice
b) Treaty of Versailles
c) Maastricht Treaty
d) Treaty of Paris.
Question 11: Which is the correct Stock Index – Country Match?
a) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
b) a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
c) a-iv, b-i, c-iii, d-ii
d) a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii
Question 12: In the financial year 2008-09, the top three investing countries in terms of FDI inflows were:
a) USA, UK, Mauritius
b) Mauritius, Singapore, USA
c) UK, Japan, Mauritius
d) Mauritius, USA, Japan
Question 13: The co-founders of Google are:
a) Sergey Brin & Eric Schmidt
b) Larry Page & Eric Schmidt
c) Sergey Brin & Larry Page
d) Shirley M tilghman & Eric Schmidt
Question 14: Name the South Korean President who attended the Indian Republic Day Parade in 2010 as the chief guest.
a) Kim Yoon – Ok
b) Ban Ki- Moon
c) Lee Myung – Bak
d) Chung Mong Koo
Question 15: Match the old name to the new name of the countries.
a) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
b) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
c) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
d) a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
Question 16: The Constitution of which country has influenced the inclusion of the “Emergency Provision” in the Indian Constitution.
a) Germany
b) Canada
c) USA
d) Britain
Question 17: Select the country that has maximum share in FDI equity inflow in India as on June 2010.
a) Germany
b) UAE
c) France
d) Netherland
Question 18: Given below are names of select personalities who have been recently rated among the most powerful women of the world by Forbes. Identify the option that ranks them in the right order (from 1 to 4) as they are ranked in the Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women in 2011:
Angela Merkel; Hillary Clinton; Michelle Obama; Oprah Winfrey; Indira Nooyi; Irene Rosenfeld; Dilma Rousseff
a) A: Hillary Clinton
B: Angela Merkel
C: Michelle Obama
D: Oprah Winfrey
b) A: Michelle Obama
B: Irene Rosenfeld
C: Oprah Winfrey
D: Indira Nooyi
c) A: Angela Merkel
B: Hillary Clinton
C: Dilma Rousseff
D: Irene Rosenfeld
d) A: Angela Merkel
B: Hillary Clinton
C: Dilma Rousseff
D: Indira Nooyi
Question 19: Match the Leader’s name in Column 1 to the Party headed by them in Column 2:
a) 1 – iii, 2 – ii, 3 -i
b) 1 – ii, 2 – iii, 3 – i
c) 1 – iii, 2 – i, 3 – ii
d) 1 – ii, 2 – i, 3 – iii
Question 20: From the year 2014 onwards, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will be administered by
a) NYSE Euronext
b) Thomson Reuters
c) British Banker’s Association
d) UK’s Financial Services Authority
Answers & Solutions:
1) Answer (A)
Mohammed el-Magariaf is a Libyan politician who served as the President of the General National Congress from its first meeting in August 2012 until his resignation in May 2013. In this role he was effectively Libya’s de facto head of state, until his resignation in May 2013.
Adly Mansour is an Egyptian judge and politician who served as President (or Chief Justice) of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt. He also served as the acting President of Egypt from 4 July 2013 to 8 June 2014 following the 2013 Egyptian coup d’état by the military which deposed President Mohamed Morsi.
Mohamed Morsi is an Egyptian politician who served as the fifth President of Egypt, from 30 June 2012 to 3 July 2013, when General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi removed Morsi from office in the 2013 Egyptian coup d’état after the June 2013 Egyptian protests.
Muhammad Hosni Mubarak is a former Egyptian military and political leader who served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force.
Therefore, option A is the correct answer.
2) Answer (D)
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline (TAPI), also known as Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India.
3) Answer (D)
APTA – Asia Pacific Trade Agreement. Members – Bangladesh, China, India, Mongolia, South Korea, Laos, Sri Lanka
ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Members – Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar
Mercosur is an economic and political bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
NAFTA – Members: Mexico, Canada, USA
Hence, option D is the correct answer.
4) Answer (A)
India has the second fastest growing services sector with its compound annual growth rate at nine per cent, just below China’s 10.9 per cent, during the last 11-year period from 2001 to 2012, the Economic Survey for 2013-14 said. Russia at 5.4 per cent is a distant third.
5) Answer (C)
Sri Lanka was ranked 77th in Human Development Index (2013).
Maldives was ranked 103rd in Human Development Index (2013).
India was ranked 135th in Human Development Index (2013).
Bangladesh was ranked 142th in Human Development Index (2013).
Nepal was ranked 145th in Human Development Index (2013).
Afghanistan was ranked 169th in Human Development Index (2013).
We can see that option C is the correct answer.
6) Answer (B)
Rakesh Khurana is an American educator. He is Professor of Sociology in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School, co-Faculty Dean of Cabot House and Dean of Harvard College.
7) Answer (D)
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician serving as general secretary of the Communist Party of China, president of the People’s Republic of China, and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Often described as China’s “paramount leader”, in 2016 the CPC officially gave him the title of “core leader”.
Kim Jong-un is a North Korean politician serving as Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and Leader of the Workers’ Party of Korea since 2012. Kim is the second child of Kim Jong-il and Ko Yong-hui.
Benigno Simeon “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was the husband of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino and father of former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III. Aquino, together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition towards then President Ferdinand Marcos.
Shinzō Abe is a Japanese politician serving as the 63rd and current Prime Minister of Japan and Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012, previously being the 57th officeholder from 2006 to 2007. He is the third-longest serving Prime Minister in post-war Japan.
Therefore, option D is the correct answer.
8) Answer (D)
Jabong’s headquarter is in Gurugram, India.
9) Answer (D)
Albania is not a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
10) Answer (C)
The Maastricht Treaty was approved by heads of government of the states making up the European Community (EC) in December 1991. The treaty required voters in each country to approve the European Union, which proved to be a hotly debated topic in many areas. The agreement took ended with the creation of the European Union and has since been amended by other treaties. The Maastricht Treaty was signed on February 7, 1992, by the leaders of 12 member nations (Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, West Germany, Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal and Spain). The treaty entered into force November 1, 1993.
11) Answer (B)
HANG SENG is the Stock Index of Hong Kong.
NASDAQ is the Stock index of USA.
FTSE is the Stock index of United Kingdom.
KOSPI is the Stock index of South Korea.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.
12) Answer (B)
In the financial year 2008-09, the top three investing countries in terms of FDI inflows were Mauritius, Singapore, USA.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.
13) Answer (C)
The co-founders of Google are Sergey Brin & Larry Page.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.
14) Answer (C)
The president of South Korea Lee Myung – Bak attended the Indian Republic Day Parade in 2010 as the chief guest.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.
15) Answer (B)
Ethiopia was known as Abyssinia.
Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia.
Namibia was known as South West Africa.
Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.
16) Answer (A)
India has borrowed the concept of ‘Emergency Provision’ from Germany.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.
17) Answer (D)
The Netherlands has the maximum share in FDI equity inflow as in June 2010.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.
18) Answer (D)
Option D correctly depicts the top four rankers in that order.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.
19) Answer (C)
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak is a former Egyptian military and political leader who served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force.The National Democratic Party of Egypt continued to state that Hosni Mubarak was to be the party’s only candidate in the 2011 Presidential Election. Mubarak said on 1 February 2011 that he had no intention of standing in the 2011 presidential election.
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She is the leader of the National League for Democracy and the first and incumbent State Counsellor, a position akin to a prime minister.
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra from 2012 to 2017. He was previously the First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1997 to 2008.
Therefore, option C is the correct answer.
20) Answer (A)
From the year 2014 onwards, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is being administered by NYSE Euronext.
