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What was the reason for 5 lakh people of Hong Kong to make a demonstration around the middle of 2003?

The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Shanta Sinha is known as

Match List I (Persons) with List II (Positions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Executive Director, IMF
2. Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd
3. President, Indian Olympic Association
4. Vice-President, South Asian Region, World Bank

List I (A) B. P. Mishra (B) Suresh Kalmadi (C) Praful Patel (D) V. S. Jain

List II

Famous golf player Vijay Singh is

from which one of the following countries?

World's longest-ruling head of Government is from

Liberia was in the international news in the recent times for

Consider the following statements:

1. P. V. Narasimha Rao's Government established diplomatic relations between India and Israel.
2. Ariel Sharon is the second Prime Minister of Israel to have visited India.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

The reason for Chechnya to be in the news recently is

The Prime Minister

of which one of the following countries was assassinated in the year 2003?

Consider the following statements:

1. Voltas
2. Titan Industries
3. Rallis India
4. Indian Hotels

Which of the above companies are in the Tata Group of Industries?

In which one of the following countries, did an ethnic violence between the communities of Hema and Lendu result in the death of hundreds of people?

More than 40 Heads of States/Government were invited by Vladimir Putin in May 2003 to

Match List I (Distinguished Ladies) with List II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Science and environment
2. Novel-writing
3. Film industry
4. Banking
5. Television media

List I (A) Jhumpa Lahiri (B) Sunita Narain (C) Naina Lal Kidwai (D) Ravina Raj Kohli

List II

Codes:

In 2003, Alison Richard took over as the first ever woman Vice-Chancellor of

George W. Bush, the President of America, comes from which of the following American States?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Nairobi
2. Vienna
3. Berne
4. New York

List I (Agency) (A) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (B) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (C) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (D) Universal Postal Union (UPU)

List II (Headquarters)

Codes:

In the well-known Tennis doubles team, Max Mirnyi — the partner of Mahesh Bhupathi, comes from which of the following countries?

Which of the following cricketers holds the record for the highest score in a Cricket Test Match innings by an Indian?

INS Trishul acquired by the Indian Navy in 2003 has been built by

INSAT-3E, India’s communication satellite, was launched in 2003 from

Match List I (Person) with List II (Position) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff
2. Chairman, 17th Law Commission
3. Chairman, ISRO
4. Chairman Atomic Energy Commission

List I (A) Anil Kakodkar (B) Raman Puri (C) M. Jagannatha Rao (D) G. Madhavan Nair

List II

Codes:

Which one of the following statements is correct? ‘Deccan Odyssey’ is

Match List I (Sports-person) with List II (Sport/Game) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Badminton
2. Swimming
3. Lawn Tennis
4. Snooker
5. Hockey

List I (A) Shikha Tandon (B) Ignace Tirkey (C) Pankaj Advani (D) Rohan Bopanna

List II

Codes:

The record for the highest score in an innings in Test Cricket is now being held by M. Hayden. Immediately prior to him, the three record holders were

Consider the following statements:

1. Montenegro and Serbia agreed to a new structure for the Yugoslav Federation.
2. Croatia remained under the Hungarian Administration until the end of First World War.
3. Claims to Macedonian Territory have long been a source of contention between Belgium and Greece.
4. In 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Czechoslovakia.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, is from