Contemporary Issues in International Politics | Set 1
1. The countries who engaged in cold war were-----
Correct : B. USA-USSR
2. The cold war ended with the dissolution of -----
Correct : D. USSR
3. The period of cold war was in between-----
Correct : B. 1945 - 1991
4. The year of Cuban missile crisis was-----
Correct : C. 1962
5. Who used the term ‘cold war’ for the first time?
Correct : A. Bernard Baruch
6. Cold war was-----
Correct : B. an ideological war
7. Which nation supplied the ‘Mujahadeens’ of Afghanistan with weapons?
Correct : B. USA
8. The word’ Detente’ means-----
Correct : C. relaxation of tension
9. Manhattan project is related with-----
Correct : B. Atom-bombs
10. Arms race is a feature of ------
Correct : C. cold war
11. ICBM stands for-----
Correct : D. Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
12. The bombard in Nagasaki took place on-----
Correct : B. 9th August 1945
13. Militarisation of space is otherwise known as-----
Correct : B. Star wars programme
14. The term Non-alignment itself was coined by-----
Correct : A. Nehru
15. Perestroika and Glasnost was the reforms put forward by------
Correct : A. Gorbachev
16. The star wars programme was the idea of -----
Correct : A. Reagan
17. Glasnost means-------
Correct : C. Openness
18. In which conference NAM took its birth?
Correct : C. Bandung
19. ‘To keep away from the power blocks’ are the idea of ------
Correct : A. NAM
20. 16th NAM summit took place in-------
Correct : C. Tehran
21. Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in the year?
Correct : B. 1948
22. The world Human Rights day is-----
Correct : A. December 10
23. The country which hosted the CHOGUM summit 2011 is-----
Correct : D. Perth
24. Who got the Nobel Prize for peace in 2012?
Correct : B. EU
25. Which international organization formed with Maastricht Treaty?
Correct : A. EU
26. The Head Quarters of EU at----
Correct : B. Belgium
27. The idea of SAARC was put forward by ------
Correct : B. Zia-Ur-Rahman
28. GATT was signed in Geneva in the year of-----
Correct : A. 1947
29. Name of the conference in which it is decided to transform GATT itself into a new world trade body called WTO is ---------
Correct : A. Uruguay Round
30. IMF was established in the year of------
Correct : B. 1944
31. Which was the last of 8 members to the SAARC?
Correct : C. Afghanistan
32. Which treaty allows only underground test of nuclear weapons?
Correct : B. LTBT
33. Which of the following countries are the signatories of Simla agreement in
1972?
Correct : B. India-Pakistan
34. UNEP stands for-----
Correct : C. United Nation’s Environment Program
35. Among the following which was aimed to prevention of further depletion of
ozone layer----
Correct : B. Montréal protocol
36. The name of US president who has signed SALT 1 is ---------
Correct : A. Nixon
37. Among the following which is not a part of World Bank System?
Correct : C. IMF
38. Which of the following is known as Britton wood twins?
Correct : A. WB&IMF
39. The number of permanent members to UN Security Council is -----
Correct : A. 5
40. The UN was came into existence on -----------
Correct : C. 24th October 1945
41. Which American president introduced the Guam Doctrine?
Correct : A. Richard Nixon
42. The purpose of Guam doctrine was to------
Correct : A. resolve Vietnam issue
43. The boundary line between north and South Korea is ------
Correct : C. 38th parallel line
44. The boundary line between India &china is ---------
Correct : C. Mc Mahon
45. America’s foreign policy of providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey who were threatened by communism is known as ---
Correct : B. Truman doctrine
46. The American program to aid Europe where the US gave monitory support
to help and rebuild European economies after the end of world war 2nd in order to prevent the spread of soviet communism is -------
Correct : A. Marshall plan
47. The period of Korean War was in between_______
Correct : A. 1950-53
48. The nationalization of Suez Canal was in the year of _____
Correct : C. 1956
49. The Egyptian ruler who nationalized Suez Canal is _____
Correct : A. Gamal Abdul Nasser
50. What is the short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development?
Correct : A. Rio+20
51. The recent Rio+20 summit was held in _______
Correct : A. Brazil
52. ______ aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Correct : C. Sustainable development
53. Agenda 21 is a non-binding voluntarily implemented action plan of the UN
with regards to _________
Correct : C. Sustainable Development
54. Rio+20 is also known as _____
Correct : D. Earth summit
55. The first Earth summit was held in the year ____
Correct : C. 1992
56. The international institution which co-ordinates United Nations
environment activities is ________
Correct : A. UNEP
57. Stockholm Convention is an environment treaty on _________
Correct : C. Persistent organic pollutants
58. In 2011 Endosulfan was added to the persistent chemicals list which was
prepared at ______
Correct : B. Stockholm convention
59. A global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama Bin Laden is ____
Correct : B. Al Qaeda
60. The code name for the United States CIA program to arm and finance
Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan is ______
Correct : C. Operation Cyclone
61. The mutual defense treaty between 8 communist states of eastern Europe
in existence during cold war was _____
Correct : B. WARSAW PACT
62. The Warsaw Pact which established in the year of 1955 was disestablished
in the year of _______
Correct : C. 1991
63. The headquarters of NATO is at ______
Correct : A. Brussels
64. NATO was established in the year of ________
Correct : A. 1949
65. Which was the convention on the control of transboundary movements of
hazardous wastes and their disposal?
Correct : C. Basel
66. “One for all and all for one” is the watch word of ______
Correct : A. Collective security
67. Among the following which nation has ratified NPT which opened in the
year of 1968?
Correct : B. China
68. Which country ratified NPT and later withdrew from it in the year of 2003
following US allegations?
Correct : A. North Korea
69. The US counterpart to Man Mohan Singh at the time of signing 123
Agreement was ________
Correct : B. George Bush
70. In BRICS C stands for ____
Correct : B. China
71. The fourth BRICS summit venue was_____
Correct : C. New-Delhi
72. The non member state in IBSA is which among the following
Correct : A. Australia
73. The new capital of Sri Lanka is ____
Correct : B. Sri Jayavardenapura Kotte
74. The present president of World Bank is ____
Correct : D. Jim Yong Kim
75. El Nino is a term related with _____
Correct : B. Climate pattern
76. The legislature of China is known as ______
Correct : B. National Peoples Congress
77. Mossad is the secret agency of _______
Correct : B. Israel
78. Which among the following factors contribute to global warming?
Correct : D. All of the above
79. Which is a green house gas among the following?
Correct : D. All of the above
80. The Iraqi leader who was captured and killed by US in 2006?
Correct : B. Saddam Hussein
81. The present president of Afghanistan is ____
Correct : A. Hamid Karzai
82. Which organ of UN known as world parliament?
Correct : C. General assembly
83. The International Court of Justice is located in ____
Correct : D. Hague
84. The number of official languages in UN is ____
Correct : C. 6
85. The first Asian secretary general of UN was _____
Correct : C. U Thant
86. The state that attained “non- member observer state” position in UN is ____
Correct : C. Palestine
87. The first secretary general of UN was _______
Correct : B. Trigve Lie
88. The head quarters of UN is situated at _______
Correct : A. New York
89. The head quarters of UNESCO is situated at _____
Correct : B. Paris
90. Global warming could affect ______
Correct : D. all of the above
91. The primary cause of acid rain around the world is _______
Correct : B. sulfur dioxide
92. Ozone layer is present in ______
Correct : B. stratosphere
93. HIV is not likely to be transmitted by which of the following?
Correct : D. Mosquito bites
94. Cartagena Protocol which was adopted in the year of 2000 is on____
Correct : B. Biological diversity
95. In which war Agent Orange was used as a herbicide by USA?
Correct : A. Vietnam war
96. Identify the nonrenewable source of energy from the following.
Correct : A. Coal
97. The dodo was extinct due to _______
Correct : B. invasion of non-native species
98. Among the following which convention is related to wetlands?
Correct : C. Ramsar convention
99. Which institution deals with day to day operations of UN?
Correct : C. secretariat
100. Which organ consists of all the member states of UN?