world political, socio economic panorama & issues (international) MCQ section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Who won the world’s first Global Teacher Prize which is widely known as Nobel Prize for teaching?

a) Nancie Atwell

b) Jacque Kahura

c) Guy Etienne

d) Kiran Bir Sethi

Question : 2

Which of the following was the venue of 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction?

a) Shanghai, China

b) Jaffna, Sri Lanka

c) Sendai, Japan

d) New Delhi, India

Question : 3

Thwaites Glacier is located in

a) East Arctic

b) East Antarctic

c) West Antarctic

d) West Arctic

Question : 4

Which of the following is correct according to the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets Bill, 2015?

1. The Bill will apply to Indian residents
2. It seeks to replace the Income Tax (IT) Act, 1961 for the taxation of foreign income.
3. The penalty to NRIs for nondisclosure of foreign income or assets would be equal to four times the amount of tax payable, in addition to tax payable at 30%.

a) 2 and 3

b) 1 and 2

c) 1 and 3

d) All

Question : 5

As per the UN women report which country has the highest percentage of women parliamentarians in the world?

a) Mongolia

b) UK

c) Rwanda

d) Nepal

Question : 6

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the expanded Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument?

1. It is the largest ocean preserve in the world.
2. It is located between Kiribati islands and Hawaii
3. It is under the jurisdiction of the United States.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 1 only