world political, socio economic panorama & issues (international) MCQ section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Identify the name Indian American who invented E-mail 32 years back?

a) V.V. Annadurai

b) R.V. Ramalingam

c) V.A.Shiva Ayyadurai

d) A.V. Ramaswami

Question : 2

Who is Faud Masum?

a) President of Iraq

b) Prime Minister of Egypt

c) President of Egypt

d) Prime Minister of Iraq

Question : 3

Hifikepunye Pohamba, who won the prestigious Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership-2014, is the president of which country?

a) Botswana

b) Namibia

c) Cabo Verde

d) Mozambique

Question : 4

Who among the following have been chosen to assist UN rights probe in Sri Lanka?

1. Martti Ahtisaari
2. Silvia Cartwright
3. Asma Jehangir

a) 2 and 3 Only

b) 1 and 3 Only

c) 1 and 2 Only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 5

Consider the following statements.

1. China announced the end of its hugely controversial one-child policy on 30th October, 2015.
2. An announcement issued by the ruling Communist Party after a four-day meeting in Shanghai on 30th October mentioned that one-child policy will be ended and the couples will be allowed to have two children.
3. The controversial one-child policy was introduced in 1978 and was officially enacted on 18th September 1980.

a) 3 only

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) All of these

Question : 6

Consider the following statements:

1. Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has been appointed as Chairman of African Union (AU).
2. Its headquarters are located at Nairobi (Kenya).

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 2 only

c) 1 only

d) None of the above