466: 'Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres)', often in the news, is
(a) a division of World Health Organization
(b) a non-governmental international organization
(c) an inter-governmental agency sponsored by European Union
(d) a specialized agency of the United Nations
467: Diego Garcia is:
(a) An American military air base in the Indian Ocean
(b) U.K. Navy base in the Pacific Ocean
(c) An island in Antarctica
(d) None of the above
468: 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?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 & 2
(c) 2 only
(d) 2 & 3
Explanation:
ABN AMRO is a Dutch bank, currently owned by RFS Holdings B.V., a consortium of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the Government of the Netherlands, and Banco Santander. The bank was created as the result of the 1990-91 merger between Amsterdam-Rotterdam (AMRO) Bank and ABN.
Barclays bank was founded in 1690, John Freame and Thomas Gould started trading as Goldsmith bankers in Lombard Street London. It is the second largest bank in UK.
Kookmin Bank is the largest bank by both asset value and market capitalization in South Korea. It was founded in
1963 and have headquarters at Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
469: Which of the following is not a member of `Gulf Cooperation Council?
(a) Iran
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Oman
(d) Kuwait
470: Consider the following statements :
1. The series of the International Paper Sizes is based on A0 size Whose area is 0.5 cm2 (approximately).
2. The area of A4 size paper is 1/8th of that of the A0 size paper.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:
The international paper size standard, ISO-216, is based on the German DIN 476 standard for paper sizes. Using the metric system, the base format is a sheet of paper measuring 1m'2 in area (A0 paper size). A4 is 1/16th size of A0.