UPSC IAS Prelims Base – World Panorama

Which of the following are correctly matched?

1. Hamas : Palestinian extremist group
2. Sinn Fein : I.R. A’s political wing
3. True Path Party: A major constituent of the ruling coalition in Turkey

Which one of the following had legalised Euthanasia?

What are the official languages of the U.N.O.?

World Environment Conference to discuss global warming was held in 1997 in :

World Environment Conference to discuss global warming was held in 1997 in :

According to Meadows (1972), if the present trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the “Limits to Growth” on our planet will be reached in the next

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Dow Jones : New York
2. HangSeng :Seoul
3. FTSE-100 : London

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

‘MERCOSUR’ consists of group of countries of:

The economist who was associated with the WTO draft document is :

The economist who was associated with the WTO draft document is :

Consider the following statements about the European Union:

1. The European Union was known earlier as the European Community
2. TheSingle European Act (1986) and the Maastricht Treaty were milestones in its formation
3. Citizens of European Union countries enjoy dual citizenship
4. Switzerland is a member of the European Union

Which of the above statements are correct ?

Dinar/New Dinar is the currency of :

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Which one of the following is known as the “Coffee port” of the world?

Which one of the following is known as the “Coffee port” of the world?

Gilt -edged:

Consider the following organisations:

1. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2. International Finance Corporation
3. International Fund for Agricultural Development
4. International Monetary Fund

Which of these are agencies of the United Nations?

Falun Gong is :

Falun Gong is :

Who is the scientist in whose honour the “Chandra” X-ray telescope has been named?

“World Development Report” is an annual publication of :

Berber speaking community, frequently in the news, lives in:

Berber speaking community, frequently in the news, lives in:

Consider the following countries  

1. Angola
2. Colombia 
3. Congo
4. Sudan

Which of these countries has/have been suffering from civil war?

Consider the following countries  

1. Angola
2. Colombia 
3. Congo
4. Sudan

Which of these countries has/have been suffering from civil war?

“World Development Report” is an annual publication of :

Consider the following statements

1. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is a specialized agency of United Nations System of Organisations
2. WIPO has its headquarters at Rome
3. The Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement is binding on all WTO  members
4. Least developed country members of WTO are not required to apply the provisions of TRIPS Agreement for a period of 20 years from the general date of application of the Agreement

Which of these statements are correct?

Which among the following countries has the largest population?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

As per the Human Development Index given by UNDP, which one of the following sequences of South Asian countries is correct, in the order of higher to lower development

In which one of the following countries is rupee its  currency?

Which one of the following countries is land locked?

Which one among the following languages has largest number of speakers in the world?

Which among the following countries was the earliest  to give women the right to vote?

Consider the following international language:

1. Arabic
2. French
3. Spanish

The correct sequence of the language given above in the decreasing order of the number of their speakers is :

World’s longest ruling of government is from:

World’s longest ruling of government is from:

Which one of the following cities (they were in the news in recent times) is not correctly matched with its country?

Which one of the following cities (they were in the news in recent times) is not correctly matched with its country?

Consider the following statements:

1. Montenegro and Serbia agreed to a new structure for the Yugoslav Federation
2. Croatin remained under the Hungarian Administration until the end of First World War
3. Claims to Macedonia Territory have long been a source of contention between Belgium and Greece
4. In 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Czechoslovakia

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Montenegro and Serbia agreed to a new structure for the Yugoslav Federation
2. Croatin remained under the Hungarian Administration until the end of First World War
3. Claims to Macedonia Territory have long been a source of contention between Belgium and Greece
4. In 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Czechoslovakia

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements 

1. The Headquarters of the International Organisation for standardization are located in
2. ISO 9000 relates to the quality management system and standards.
3. ISO 14000 relates to environmental management system standards.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is not an ASEAN member?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Constitution of the United States of America came into force in year 1810.
2. All revenue bills must originate in the House of Representative of the US Congress.
3. George W. Bush is the only President in the history of the United States of America.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Parliament of Russia is called Federal
2. The Council of the Federation in the Russian Parliament is the lower house.
3. The name of the upper house in the Russian Parliament is state Duma.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The man Booker prize is awarded to citizen of any of the countries of the British common wealth or the Republic of Ireland.
2. A leading London based software company underwrites the man Booker Prize presently.
3. The winner of the man Booker Prize in year 2004 is a South Asian.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The man Booker prize is awarded to citizen of any of the countries of the British common wealth or the Republic of Ireland.
2. A leading London based software company underwrites the man Booker Prize presently.
3. The winner of the man Booker Prize in year 2004 is a South Asian.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Charter of the United Nations Organization was adopted at Geneva,Switzerland in June, 1945.
2. India was admitted to the United Nations Organization in the year 1945.
3. The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations Organization was established to manage the affairs of territories detached from Japan Italy after the second World War or such territories not under the control of a country at that time.

Which of the statements given above is are correct?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Current Name : Old Name

In which country US Bandung, when the conference of African and Asian nations was held which led to establishing Non-Aligned Movement (NAM); situated

In which one of the following countries, is Tamil a major language?

Which one of the following cities is not a former capital of the given country (Country given in the brackets)?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

For which one of the following countries is Spanish not an official language?

What was Komagata Maru ?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

British Prime : Political Party

Which one of the following cities is the seat of Parliament of South Africa ?

Where is Bundala Biosphere Reserve which has been  recently added to the UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) network located?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

What is the Universal Product Code (UPC) adopted  for?

What is the new administrative capital proposed for  Myanmar?

Consider the following statements: 

1. Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General is from
2. Kofi Annan is the First UN Secretary General to be appointed from the ranks of the United Nations
3. Kofi Annan was appointed for a second term to the office of the UN Secretary General.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Noble Prize A warding Ceremony takes place on December 10, of every year.
2. The Nobel Prize for Literature was added lateron to the other five areas: Physics, Chemistry, Physiobey or Medicine, Peace and Economics.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

In which one of the following films did the Noble Laureate Pearl S. Buck collaborate?

‘Lectures from Colombo to Almora’ is based on the  experiences of which one of the following?

Who among the following wrote ‘The Communist Manifesto’ along with Karl Marx?

Who is Wole Soyinka?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Well know company : Major area of Work

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Well know company : Major area of Work

Which one of the following pairs is not matched?

Which one among the following was the first to legalize Euthanasia?

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Christopher  : Hovercraft Cockerel!
2. David Bushnell :  Submarine
3. J. C. Perrier :  Steamship

Select the correct answer by using the codes given below:

Where is DAVOs, the venue of the annual meeting of World Economic Forum; located?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 times in amplitude.
2. Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times that the previous integer reading.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following countries is not a member of the Nordic Council?

Which one of the following countries is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?

Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?

Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?

Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India?

1. V P Singh
2. R Venkataraman
3. Y B Chavan
4. Pranab Mukherjee

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

With reference to the international meetings held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. NAM Summit : Havana
2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok
3. EU – India Summit :  Helsinki
4. UN Climate Change : Geneva Conference

With reference to the international meetings held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. NAM Summit : Havana
2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok
3. EU – India Summit :        Helsinki
4. UN Climate Change : Geneva Conference

Who among the following is Chile’s first woman President?

Who among the following is Chile’s first woman President?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Yom Kippur War was fought between which sides countries?

Who among the following is considered as the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)?

Where are the headquarters of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) located?

How is Gabriel Garcia Marquez well-known as

Where was the first conference of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs held in the year 1957?

Consider the following statements:  

1. The series of the International Paper Sizes is based on A0 size whose area is 0.5 m²(approximately).
2. The area of A4 size paper is 1/8’h of that of the A0 size paper.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs in respect of current power generation in India is/are correctly match (Rounded Figure)

1. Installed electricity : 100000 MW
2. Electricity generation : 660 billion kWh

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Ogaden region has been a source of conflict between which countries?

Ogaden region has been a source of conflict between which countries?

Cristina Kirchner succeeded her husband to become President of a South American country. Which is that country?

Cristina Kirchner succeeded her husband to become President of a South American country. Which is that country?

Norman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India is from which country?

Norman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India is from which country?

How much is one barrel of oil approximately equal to

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. Francis Collins : Mapping human genome
2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine
3. Jimmy Wales : Wikipedia

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following pairs:

Famous place :  Country

1. Cannes :  France
2. Davos :  Denmark
3. Roland Gams :   The Netherlands

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Who of the following is the author of the book “The Audacity of Hope”?

A present group of nations known as G-8 started first as G-7. Which one among the following was not one of them?

Consider the following countries: 

1. Switzerland
2. Malta
3. Bulgaria

Which of the above are members of European Union?

Consider the following pairs:

Organization :  Location of Headquarters

1. Asian Development  : Tokyo Bank
2. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation : Singapore
3. Association of South East Asian Nations  : Bangkok

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

With reference to the United Nations, consider the following statements:

1. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of UN consists of 24 member States.
2. It is elected by a 2/3rd majority of the General Assembly for a 3-year term.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs of countries fought wars over a region called Ogaden?

Consider the following countries:

1. Brunei Darussalam
2. East Timor
3. Laos

Which of the above is/are member/members of ASEAN?

Other than Venezuela, which one among the following from South America is a member of OPEC?

Consider the following pairs: 

Large Bank :  Country of Origin

1. ABN Amro Bank : USA
2. Barclays Bank : UK
3. Kookmin Bank : Japan

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:  

Automobile Manufacturer  :  Headquarters

1. BMW AG : USA
2. Daimler AG : Sweden
3. Renault S.A. :     France
4. Volkswagen AG : Germany

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

The Security Council of UN consists of 5 permanent members, and the remaining 10 members are elected by the General Assembly for a term of

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty drawn at

Consider the following countries

1. Brazil
2. Mexico
3. South Africa

According to UNCTAD, which of the above is/are categorized as “Emerging Economies”?

Which one of the following is not related to United Nations?

With reference to BRIC countries, consider the following statements:

1. At present, China’s GDP is more than the combined GDP of all the three other countries.
2. China’s population is more than the combined population of any two other countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

As regards the use of international food safety standards as reference point for the dispute settlements, which one of the following does WTO collaborate with ?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Commonwealth has no charter, treaty or
2. AU the territories/countries once under the British empire (jurisdiction/ rule/mandate) automatically joined the Commonwealth as its

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In the context of bilateral trade negotiations between India and European Union, what is the difference between European Commission’ and European Council?

1. European Commission represents the EU in trade negotiations whereas European Council participates in the legislation of matters pertaining to economic policies of the European
2. European Commission comprises the Heads of State or government of member countries whereas the European Council comprises of the persons nominated by European Parliament. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In the context of global oil prices, “Brent crude oil” is frequently referred to in the news. What does this term imply?

1. It is a major classification of crude oil.
2. It is sourced from North sea.
3. It does not contain sulphur 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Regarding the International Monetary Fund, which one of the following statements is correct ?

Consider the following statements

The price of any currency in international market is decided by the

1. World Bank
2. demand for goods/services provided by the country concerned
3. stability of the government of the concerned country
4. economic potential of the country in question

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following countries :

1. Denmark
2. Japan
3. Russian Federation
4. United Kingdom
5. United States of America

Which of the above are the members of the ‘Arctic Council’?

Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Sales Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar in a normal year of 365 days?

Amnesty International is