How many of the following UN organisations/agencies have been awarded the Nobel Prize twice?
1. World Food Programme
2. United Nations Children’s Fund
3. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
4. International Labour Organisation
Prelims
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International Relations › United Nations,Agencies,Adjacent Bodies
International Relations › United Nations,Agencies,Adjacent Bodies
Options
Answer
(a) 1
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International Relations › United Nations,Agencies,Adjacent Bodies
Consider the following statements about platforms for multilateral co-operation:
1. The ‘Colombo Process’ is a regional consultative process in which member states take binding decisions by consensus.
2. The ‘Abu Dhabi Dialogue’ is a voluntary non-binding consultative process among Asian countries of labour origin and destination to facilitate regional cooperation on contractual labour mobility.
3. The ‘Global Forum for Migration and Development’, created upon the proposal of a former UN Secretary General, is a voluntary forum whose decisions are non-binding.Options
Answer
(c) 2 and 3 only
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International Relations › United Nations,Agencies,Adjacent Bodies
Which of the following international conventions have NOT been ratified by India?
1. Employment Policy Convention
2. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
3. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
4. Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
5. Convention on Reduction of StatelessnessOptions
Answer
Answer not available
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Modern History › British Policies
Modern History › British Policies
Consider the following statements regarding the British policy in Awadh immediately after its annexation in 1856:
1. The taluqdars were dispossessed of their estates but allowed to retain their arms and forts.
2. A Summary Revenue Settlement was made in 1856 assuming that the taluqdars were outsiders.
3. The British believed in taking revenue directly from the peasants by removing the taluqdars.Options
Answer
(a) 2 and 3 only
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Modern History › British PoliciesXEconomic
Modern History › British PoliciesXEconomic
The artificially fixed rupee-sterling exchange rate prescribed by the Hilton-Young Commission (1926) was adopted by the British Government for which one of the following reasons?
Options
Answer
(a) Aiding the flow of remittances from India and maintaining India's creditworthiness
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Modern History › Council Acts, Commissions
Modern History › Council Acts, Commissions
Consider the following assertion: ‘The genesis of political alliances based on community lay in the very nature of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919.’
Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?
1. Reforms retained and extended the principle of separate electorates.
2. Separate electorates were supposed to counter Indian nationalism, which was growing stronger.
3. Deprived classes rallied around the favours inherent in separate electorates.Options
Answer
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Modern History › Non-Congress Parties/Organizations
Modern History › Non-Congress Parties/Organizations
Which of the following factors contributed to the formation of the Forward Bloc by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939?
1. Bose failed to win the confidence of Mahatma Gandhi.
2. The Congress Left was disunited and failed to support Bose.
3. The Communists did not support Bose in his endeavours.
4. The supporters of M.N. Roy and socialist leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan preferred Congress unity to supporting Bose.Options
Answer
(b) 1, 2 and 4
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Modern History › Satyagrah
Which one of the following statements about the Eka Movement and Bardoli Satyagraha is correct?
Options
Answer
(c) The Bardoli Satyagraha was a campaign against the enhancement of land revenue, while the Eka Movement was a protest against excessive extraction of rents.
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Off Topics › National,International Prize(Not Nobel)
Off Topics › National,International Prize(Not Nobel)
Consider the following statements with regard to the film ‘Boong’:
1. The film has recently won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award in the Children’s and Family Film category.
2. The film is directed by Lakshmipriya Devi.
3. This is the first Indian film to win a BAFTA award in the Children’s and Family Film category.Options
Answer
(a) 1, 2 and 3
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Off Topics › Sports