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9 questions · 1998 · answers as per the UPSC key

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Topics: International Organisations & Groupings (4)Awards & Honours (2)International Conflicts & Security (1)International Relations & Treaties (1)Other Sports & Personalities (1)

The meeting of G-15 countries held in Malaysia in 1997 was attended by

(a) 14 member countries
(b) 15 member countries
(c) 16 member countries
(d) 17 member countries
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Answer: (c) 16 member countries

Olympics 2000 is to be held in

(a) Johannesburg
(b) Cape Town
(c) Rome
(d) Sydney
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Answer: (d) Sydney

The currency of the proposed European Monetary Union will be

(a) Dollar
(b) Euro
(c) Guilder
(d) Mark
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Answer: (b) Euro

Which one of the following was the venue for the preliminary talks between the Sri Lankan Government and representatives of Tamil United Liberation Front and other militant groups?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Colombo
(c) Zurich
(d) Chennai
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Answer: (c) Zurich

Bharat Ratna was awarded in 1997 to

(a) Dr. Homi Bhabha (posthumous)
(b) Former President R. Venkataraman
(c) Satyajit Ray (posthumous)
(d) Dr. Abdul Kalam
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Answer: (d) Dr. Abdul Kalam

Assertion (A): The United States of America has threatened to ask the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to apply sanctions against the developing countries for the no observance of ILO conventions.

Reason (R): The United States of America itself has adopted and implemented those ILO conventions.

(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
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Answer: (c) A is true, but R is false

The recent Land Mines Conference to sign the historic treaty was held in the Capital city of

(a) Canada
(b) Japan
(c) Sweden
(d) Zimbabwe
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Answer: (a) Canada

Nobel Prize in Economics for the year 1997 was awarded for contribution in the area of

(a) International Economics
(b) Financial Economics
(c) Public Economics
(d) Development Economics
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Answer: (b) Financial Economics

What are the official languages of the U.N.O.?

(a) English, French and Russian
(b) English, French, German and Russian
(c) English, French, Russian, Chinese and Hindi
(d) English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabian and Spanish
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Answer: (d) English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabian and Spanish