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The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Shanta Sinha is known as

(a) A campaigner for urban sanitation
(b) An anti-child labour activist
(c) An organizer of rain-water harvesting schemes
(d) An activist for the welfare of poor rural women
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Answer: (b) An anti-child labour activist

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?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (a) 1 only

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

(a) Discuss the issues related to the rehabilitation of Iraq
(b) Celebrate the tricentenary of the city of St Petersburg
(c) Convene a meeting of European and CIS countries to discuss the issue of missile shield for European and CIS countries
(d) Develop the strategies for containing global terrorism
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Answer: (b) Celebrate the tricentenary of the city of St Petersburg