Current Affairs › Disasters & Humanitarian Issues – UPSC Prelims PYQs
11 questions · 2001–2023 · answers as per the UPSC key
Which one of the following countries has been suffering from decades of civil strife and food shortages and was in news in the recent past for its very severe famine?
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Consider the following statements :
- Bidibidi is a large refugee settlement in north-western Kenya.
- Some people who fled from South Sudan civil war live in Bidibidi.
- Some people who fled from civil war in Somalia live in Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts ?
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Among the following, which were frequently mentioned in the news for the outbreak of Ebola virus recently?
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A very big refugee camp called Dadaab, recently in the news, is located in
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C. Rangarajan has been actively involved in the Pan-Asian Commission addressing to which one of the following issues?
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What was the main reason for which Niger was in the news in recent times?
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What is Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)?
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In which one of the following countries did hundreds of people die in the year 2004 as a result of flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne?
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Where was the world’s largest ever meet on HIV/AIDS held in July, 2004?
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A great landslide caused by an earthquake killed hundreds of people in January 2001 near