(Papers) : IIT Madras HSEE Papers-2021

(General Studies–World Affairs)

109. The year 2021 is a historic year for China as it celebrates
1. Centenary of the founding of the PRC
2. Centenary of the Great Leap Forward
3. Centenary of the Communist Party of China
4. Centenary of the Cultural Revolution
110. The ASEAN was established in 1967 by the following five original members:
1. Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia
2. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
3. Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines and Singapore
4. Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam
111. The agreement signed in 2004 January that promised the formation of a free trade zone for the whole of South Asia was called:
1. BIMSTEC
2. SAARC
3. SAFTA
4. BCIM
112. The landmark approach to environment accepted at the Earth Summit in the 1992 Rio Declaration is called:
1. Antarctic Treaty
2. The principle of ‘common property resources’
3. The principle of ‘common but differentiated responsibilities’
4. ‘Polluter repays’ principle
113. The acronym UNFCCC stands for
1. United Nations Fund for Critical Conflict Centers
2. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
3. United Nations Funding for Critical Climate Change
4. United Nations for Financing Climate Change Concerns
114. The BRICS ‘bank’ is formally known as
1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
2. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
3. The New Development Bank (NDB)
4. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
115. The Treaty of Westphalia, which marks the beginning of the state system in its modern form, is dated to:
1. 1468
2. 1648
3. 1548
4. 1790
116. ‘Nationalism is a great menace because it called for a “strenuous effort after strength and efficiency”and thereby “drains man’s energy from his higher nature where he is self-sacrificing and creative”’.Whom are these words attributed to?
1. Arnold Toynbee
2. Karl W Deutsch
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Carlton JH Hayes
117. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund were established as a result of
1. The Bretton Woods Conference (1944)
2. The Yalta Conference (1945)
3. The Moscow Conference (1943)
4. The Casablanca Conference (1943)
118. The autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, is associated with the life of
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. WinstonChurchill
3. Nelson Mandela
4. B. R. Ambedkar
119. Who articulated the following view on Peace: “I object to violence because when it appears to do good,the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent”
1. Nelson Mandela
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Martin Luther King
4. Kwame Nkrumah
120. India’s full diplomatic ties with China after the 1962 war, were only restored in
1. 1976
2. 1969
3. 1979
4. 1991
121. The official motto ‘United in Diversity’ is associated with which international organization
1. ASEAN
2. BRICS
3. The European Union
4. GCC
122. The 2020 ‘Goodwill Ambassador to Poor’ for UN Association for Development and Peace (UNADAP) is
1. Greta Thunberg (Sweden)
2. M Nethra (India)
3. Samaira Mehta (USA)
4. Jakomba Jabbie (The Gambia)
123. The 2020 killing of 46-year old George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a series of popular protests in the United States under the banner of
1. ‘Humanity above race’ movement
2. ‘Black lives matter’ movement
3. ‘End violent policing’ movement
4. ‘End police brutality’ movement
124. The suite of agreements to normalize diplomatic relations between the UAE and Israel, and the Kingdom of Bahrain and Israel, including the United States, signed on 15 September 2020 in Washington are known as
1. The Abraham Accords
2. The Washington Consensus
3. The Gulf Accords
4. The Trump Accords
125. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that intensified in September 2020 is related to cease-fire violations between
1. India and China
2. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
3. Armenia and Azerbaijan
4. Syria and Lebanon
126. China’s major political and economic outreach to the world under current President Xi Jinping is called
1. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
2. Silk Road dream
3. Great Wall initiative
4. Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

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