36: Consider the following statements:
1. Second World Buddhist Summit was held in Bangkok in November-December, 2004.
2. World Punjabi Conference was held in Jalandhar in December, 2004.
3. 4th Meeting of the SARRC Trade Ministers was held in Islamabad in November, 2004.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
37: According to the World Development Report, low income economies are those for which the per capita GNP in 1994 was
(a) US $ 925 or less
(b) US $ 825 or less
(c) US $ 725 or less
(d) US $ 525 or less
Explanation:
According to World Development Report, low income economies are those for which the per capita GNP in 1994 was US$725 or less.
38: Stiglitz Commission established by the President of the United Nations General Assembly was in the international news. The commission was supposed to deal with
(A) Expansion of the United Nations Security Council in the present global scenario
(B) Global terrorism and prepare a global action plan for the mitigation of terrorism
(C) The challenges posed by the impending global climate change and prepare a road map
(D) The workings of the global financial systems and to explore ways and means to secure a more sustainable global order
Explanation:
In the wake of the global financial and economic crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, set up a commission of experts chaired by Bobel Prize Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, whose mandate is to relfect on the causes of the crisis, assess its impacts on all countries and suggest adequate responses to avoid its recurrence and restore global economic stability. The "Stiglitz Commission" (formally entitled the "Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System") is composed of leading economic specialists from developed and developing countries.
On 20 March 2009, the Commission released an interim report. It is intended to serve as an input to the United Nations Conference at the highest level on the world financial and economic crisis and its impacts on development, called for in the final document adopted at the 2008 Doha Conference on Financing for Development.
39: The Basque people who are frequently in the news for their separatist activity live in
(a) France
(b) Italy
(c) Portugal
(d) Spain
40: The term 'IndARC', sometimes seen in the news, is the name of
(a) an indigenously developed radar system inducted into Indian Defence
(b) India's satellite to provide services to the countries of Indian Ocean Rim
(c) a scientific establishment set up by India in Antarctic region
(d) Indias underwater observatory to scientifically study the Arctic region
Explanation:
IndARC is Indias first underwater moored observatory which has been deployed in the Kongsfjorden fjord, half way between Norway and the North Pole. It will collect real time data on seawater temperature, salinity, ocean currents and other vital parameters of the fjord.