1011: Which one of the following statements regarding the veto power in the Security Council is correct according to the United Nations Charter ?
(a) The decisions of the Security Council on all non-procedural matters must be made by an affirmative vote of nine members, including the concurring, votes of the permanent members of the Council
(b) Every permanent member of the Security Council can prevent any decision from being accepted, by vetoing it
(c) The term veto was used in Article 27 of the United Nations Charter to enable any permanent member of the Security Council to prevent any resolution from being passed by the majority
(d) Any member of the Security Council can prevent any resolution from being passed by voting against it
1012: Which one of the following statements regarding SAARC countries is correct?
(a) No SAARC country other than India has a common border with another member country, Sri Lanka and Maldives being islands
(b) All the countries with which India has border are members of SAARC, Sri Lanka and Maldives being islands
(c) Except Sri Lanka and Maldives, all the SAARC countries have common border with China
(d) Except Sri Lanka and Maldives no other SAARC country has islands as part of its territory
1013: Representation of any State in Rajya Sabha, is according to:
(a) Population of the State
(b) Area of the State
(c) Fixed number of candidates for each State
(d) Number of representation in Lok Sabha from that State
1014: Consider the following countries :
1. Australia
2. Canada
3. China
4. India
5. Japan
6. USA
Which of the above are among the 'free-trade partners' of ASEAN ?
(a) 1, 2, 4 and 5
(b) 3, 4, 5 and 6
(c) 1, 3, 4 and 5
(d) 2, 3, 4 and 6
1015: The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Danish