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

Question : 1

Consider the following statements:

1. BRICS countries has signed an agreement with China to place the Headquarters of New Development Bank in Shanghai.
2. The agreement was signed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and K V Kamath.
3. The bank also signed a separate Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the local Municipal government headed by Mayor Yang Xiong.
4. The new bank will start issuing loans to green energy ventures and infrastructure projects from April 2016.

a) 1, 3 & 4

b) 1, 2 & 3

c) 2, 3 & 4

d) All are correct

Question : 2

Consider the Statements:

1. Bangladesh’s oil spill disaster is considered as ecological catastrophe which may threaten rare dolphins, other wildlife species and world’s largest mangrove forests in the Sundrban’s.
2. The tanker carrying an estimated 350,000 litres of furnace oil partly sank in the Sundarban’s Shela River after it collided with another vessel.
3. This disaster may be considered as an ecological catastrophe and can destroy the delicate ecology of the Sundarbans – a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 3

The “One Belt, One Road initiative” has been proposed by China for __?

a) International Travel & Tourism

b) None of them

c) Investment and Trade Promotion

d) Defence Cooperation

Question : 4

The first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of so called three-parent babies is___

a) Georgia

b) South Africa

c) Britain

d) USA

Question : 5

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 : 6

Who is Faud Masum?

a) President of Iraq

b) Prime Minister of Egypt

c) President of Egypt

d) Prime Minister of Iraq