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Day 1
1. Agalega island recently seen in news, is located in

A. Paci c ocean

B. Indian ocean

C. Arctic ocean

D. Atlantic Ocean

Answer: B

Explanation

2. Bangladesh shares its land border with which of the following Indian states?

1. Sikkim

2. Mizoram

3. Assam

4. Meghalaya

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 , 3 and 4 only

B. 2, 3 and 4 only

C. 3 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: B

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3. Which among the following is the nearest place to visit from Rakhine state ?

A. Chittagong

B. Bhasan char

C. Cox’s Bazar

D. Dhaka

Answer: C

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4. Arunachal Pradesh shares its land border with :

1. Bhutan

2. China

3. Manipur

4. Assam

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 , 3 and 4 only

B. 1, 2, and 4 only

C. 2 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: B

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5. Arrange the following from south to north:

1. Chagos

2. Comoros

3. Maldives

4. Reunion

Select the correct answer code:

A. 2, 4, 1, 3

B. 4 , 2, 1, 3

C. 2, 1, 4 , 3

D. 4, 1, 2, 3

Answer: B

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Day 2
1. Recently Asaf, arak, fordo seen in news are:

A. Oil re neries in Saudi Arabia

B. Places attacked by Hamas

C. Nuclear sites in Iran

D. Sites captured by Taliban

Answer: C

Explanation

2. Recently Quds, grad, fajr seen in news are:

A. Oil re neries

B. Missile system

C. Uranium sites

D. Greenland glaciers

Answer: B

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3. Consider the following matches:

1. Demchok Himachal Pradesh

2. Kauri Ladakh

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3. Barahoti Uttarakhand

4. Asaphila Arunachal Pradesh

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1, 2 and 3 only

B. 1, 3 and 4 only

C. 3 and 4 only

D. 2, 3 and 4 only

Answer: C

4. Arrange the following from north to south:

1. Galwan valley

2. Shaksgam valley

3. Chushul

4. Hot springs

Select the correct answer code:

A. 2, 4, 1, 3

B. 4 , 2, 1, 3

C. 2, 1, 4 , 3

D. 4, 1, 2, 3

Answer: C

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5. Recently Dagu, jiexu, Zangmu seen in news are:

A. Dams on Indus river

B. Dams on Brahmaputra

C. Indo-Bhutan Hydro project

D. None of the above

Answer: B

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Day 3
1. Arrange the following from West to East:

1. Barents sea

2. North sea

3. Laptev sea

4. Kara sea

Select the correct answer code:

A. 2, 1, 4, 3

B. 4 , 2, 1, 3

C. 2, 4, 1 , 3

D. 4, 1, 2, 3

Answer: A

Explanation

2. Which of the following countries are bordering the Black Sea

1. Turkey

2. Romania

3. Syria

4. Ukraine

Select the correct answer code:

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A. 1 ,2 and 4 only

B. 2 and 4 only

C. 2, 3 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: A

Explanation

3. Aral sea is located between:

A. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

B. Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

C. Kazakhstan and Russia

D. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Answer: D

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4. Which of the following countries are bordering the Caspian Sea

1. Turkey

2. Romania

3. Syria

4. Ukraine

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 ,2 and 4 only

B. 2 and 4 only

C. 2, 3 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: A

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5. Arrange the following geographical locations from west to east

1. Andaman sea

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2. Celebes sea

3. Arafura sea

4. Java sea

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1,4,2,3

B. 1,4,3,2

C. 1,3,4,2

D. 1,4,3,2

Answer: A

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Day - 4
1. Arrange the following geographical locations from west to east

1. Bandar e jask

2. Bandar Abbas

3. Karachi

4. Gwadar

5. Kandla

6. Chabahar

Select the correct answer code:

A. 6, 2, 1, 3, 4,5

B. 2, 6, 1, 4, 3, 5

C. 1, 2, 6, 4, 3, 5

D. 2, 1, 6, 4, 3, 5

Answer: D

Explanation

• Bandder Abbas
• Bandar jask
• Chabahar
• Gwadar
• Karachi
• candle

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2. Which of the following countries are bordering the Persian gulf

1. Saudi Arabia

2. Yemen

3. Iran

4. Djibouti

Select the correct answer code:

A. 2 and 3 only

B. 1 and 3 only

C. 1, 3 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: B

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3. Doumeira island, recently seen in news is located in:

A. Persian gulf

B. Red sea

C. Caspian sea

D. Mediterranean sea

Answer: B

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4. Which of the following countries are part of lithium triangle

1. Bolivia

2. Peru

3. Argentina

4. Chile

Select the correct answer code:

A. 2 , 3 and 4 only

B. 1, 2 and 3 only

C. 1, 3 and 4 only

D. 1,2 and 4 only

Answer: C

Explanation

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5. Consider the following matches

1. Ethiopia Tigrayans

2. China Uighur

3. Pakistan Hazara

4. Myanmar Rohingya

Select the correct answer code:

A. 2 , 3 and 4 only

B. 1, 2 and 3 only

C. 1, 2 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: D

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Day 5
1. Recently ‘Air bubble agreement ‘ seen in news, is more appropriately related to

A. Aerosol containment zone

B. COVID related restrictions by states

C. Passenger travel among countries

D. Sanitization facilities in government buildings

Answer: C

2. Recently ‘Nagorno Karabakh ‘ seen in news, is a con ict between

A. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

B. Turkmenistan and Iran

C. Azerbaijan and Iran

D. Armenia and Azerbaijan

Answer: D

Explanation

3. Recently Shahid kalantari and Shahid Beheshti seen in news, are:

A. Chabahar terminals

B. Most persecuted minority in Turkey

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C. Hamas location in Gaza strip

D. New Lithium sites in Bolivia

Answer: A

Explanation

4. Arrange the following in North to south order

1. Yellow sea

2. Sea of Okhotsk

3. Sea of Japan

4. East china sea

Select the correct answer code:

A. 2 , 3, 4, 1

B. 2, 3, 1, 4

C. 1, 2, 3, 4

D. 3, 2, 1, 4

Answer: B

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5. Arrange the following in North to south order

1. Ramallah

2. Haifa

3. Jerusalem

4. Tel aviv

Select the correct answer code:

A. 2 , 3, 4,1

B. 2, 3, 1, 4

C. 1, 3, 2, 4

D. 2, 4, 1, 3

Answer: D

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Day 6
1. Consider the following statements in context to New development bank

1. Each of the ve NDB members has equal voting right

2. China retain veto power for rst 10 years.

3. All members of the United Nations could be members of the bank

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 and 3 only

B. 2 and 3 only

C. 1 only

D. All of the above

Answer: A

Explanation

• Bank’s Articles of Agreement specify that all members of the United Nations could be members of
the bank, however the share of the BRICS nations can never be less than 55% of voting power.

• Voting method:.
✓each of the ve NDB members has equal voting rights of 20%.

✓None of the countries has the veto power.

✓In 2018, the NDB received observer status in the United Nations General Assembly, establishing a
rm basis for active and fruitful cooperation with the UN.

2. Consider the following statements in context to Open Skies Treaty

1. Under this member state can spy on any part of the host nation without any consent.

2. India is a member to the treaty

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. None of the above

Answer: D

Explanation

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What is the Open Skies Treaty?

• First proposed in 1955 by former US President Dwight Eisenhower as a means to deescalate


tensions during the Cold War, the landmark treaty was eventually signed in 1992 between NATO
members and former Warsaw Pact countries following the demise of the Soviet Union.

✓It went into effect in 2002 and had 35 signatories, including key players US and Russia, along with
one non-ratifying member (Kyrgyzstan).

✓The OST aims at building con dence among members through mutual openness, thus reducing the
chances of accidental war.

✓Under the treaty, a member state can “spy” on any part of the host nation, with the latter’s
consent.

✓A country can undertake aerial imaging over the host state after giving notice 72 hours before,
and sharing its exact ight path 24 hours before.

✓The information gathered, such as on troop movements, military exercises and missile
deployments, has to be shared with all member states.

✓Only approved imaging equipment is permitted on the surveillance ights, and of cials from the
host state can also stay on board throughout the planned journey.

3. Which among the following is/are SAARC member countries

1. Afghanistan

2. Pakistan

3. Myanmar

4. Maldive

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1, 2 and 3 only

B. 2, 3 and 4 only

C. 1, 2 and 4 only

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D. All of the above

Answer: C

Explanation

• Established with the signing of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka on 8 December 1985. •Seven founding
countries—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—met for the rst time
in Colombo in April 1981.

• Afghanistan became the newest member of SAARC at the 13th annual summit in 2005.
Headquarters and Secretariat - Kathmandu, Nepal.

4. Which among the following is/are BIMSTEC member countries

1. Nepal

2. Pakistan

3. Myanmar

4. Maldive

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Select the correct answer code:

A. 1, 2 and 3 only

B. 2, 3 and 4 only

C. 1, 2 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: A

Explanation

• Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral


Technical and Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC)
1997 through the Bangkok Declaration
Headquartered in Dhaka

• 7 members,
✓South Asia (5)

✓Bangladesh

✓Bhutan

✓India

✓Nepal

✓Sri Lanka Southeast Asia (2)

✓Myanmar

✓Thailand

5. Which among the following is/are SASEC member countries

1. Nepal

2. Bhutan

3. Myanmar

4. Maldive

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1, 2 and 3 only

B. 2, 3 and 4 only

C. 1, 2 and 4 only

D. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation

• The South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC-2011 program brings together
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in a project-based partnership
that aims to promote regional prosperity, improve economic opportunities, and build a better
quality of life for the people of the subregion.

• SASEC countries share a common vision of boosting intraregional trade and cooperation in South
Asia, while also developing connectivity and trade with Southeast Asia through Myanmar, to the
People’s Republic of China, and the global market.

• The Manila, Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) serves as the Secretariat for the
SASEC member countries

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Day 7
1. Consider the following statements

1. India’s is neither a signatory to the Nuclear Non- proliferation Treaty (NPT) nor to the CTBT

2. Both NPT and CTBT came into force before India’s 1st nuclear test

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. None of the above

Answer: A

2. Consider the following statements

1. CTBT intends to ban all nuclear explosions - everywhere, by everyone

2. NPT is the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by
the nuclear- weapon States.

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. None of the above

Answer: C

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3. Which among the following India is a member country:

1. Missile Technology Control Regime

2. Wassenaar Arrangement

3. Nuclear Suppliers Group

4. Australia Group

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1,2 and 3 only

B. 2, 3 and 4 only

C. 1,2 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: C

4. Consider the following matches :

1. Africa Treaty of Rarotonga

2. Latin America Treaty of Tlatelolco

3. South east Asia Treaty of Bangkok

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 and 3 only

B. 1 and 2 only

C. 3 only

D. All of the above

Answer: C

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5. Pelindaba Treaty often seen in news, is related to:

A. Climate change

B. Vaccination

C. Deep ocean project

D. Nuclear weapon

Answer: D

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Day 8 & 9
1. Kafala system often seen in news, is more appropriately related to:

A. Refugee

B. Migrant workers

C. Child labour

D. Drug trade

Answer: B

Explanation

Kafala system

• Under the Kafala system a migrant worker’s immigration status is legally bound to an individual
employer or sponsor (kafeel) for their contract period.

• The migrant worker cannot enter the country, transfer employment nor leave the country for any
reason without rst obtaining explicit written permission from the kafeel.

Concern

• Often the kafeel exerts further control over the migrant worker by con scating their passport and
travel documents, despite legislation in some destination countries that declares this practice illegal.

• The power that the Kafala system delegates to the sponsor over the migrant worker, has been likened
to a contemporary form of slavery.

2. Which among the following is/are a member country of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) :

1. Saudi Arabia

2. UAE

3. Iraq

4. Bahrain

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1, 2 and 3 only

B. 2, 3 and 4 only

C. 1, 2 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: C

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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

• 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was held recently, in January 2021,
• The GCC was formed in 1981 by an agreement among Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar
and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), that was concluded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Objective

• integration, coordination and interconnection between the member countries like people-to-people
ties, similar regulations in nance, economy, customs, trade etc, uni ed military. Economic and
political union comprising of all the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf except Iraq.

✓absolute monarchies (Saudi Arabia, Oman)

✓constitutional monarchies (Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait)

✓Federal Monarchy (UAE)

• Main headquarter is in the city of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia

3. Consider the following statements in context to Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

1. It is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations

2. Its Headquarter is located at Riyadh in Saudi Arabia

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. None of the above

Answer: A

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Explanation

• 2019- The Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has criticised Government of India over the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and the Babri Masjid verdict of the Supreme Court.

• 2020- India has lashed out at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) (formerly Organization of
the Islamic Conference) and rejected unwarranted references about Jammu & Kashmir made in
resolutions adopted at the 47th Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) session

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

• The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest intergovernmental organization
after the United Nations with a membership of 57 states.

• It is the collective voice of the Muslim world.


• It endeavors to safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world.
• It was established upon a decision of the historical summit which took place in Rabat, Kingdom of
Morocco on the 25th of September 1969.

• Headquarters: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.


• India is not a member of the OIC.
• However, India was invited as a guest of honour at 46th Session of the Council of Foreign Minister in
2019. 2019 is the 50th anniversary of OIC

4. Consider the following statements in context to OPEC

1. It aims to manage the supply of oil and Natural gas in world market.

2. Saudi Arabia is the largest producer of Oil among OPEC countries.

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. None of the above

Answer: B

Explanation

OPEC

• The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent, intergovernmental


organization, created at the Baghdad Conference in 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and
Venezuela.

Objective

• To manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price of oil in the world market
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• It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.


• OPEC membership is open to any country that is a substantial exporter of oil and which shares the
ideals of the organization.

OPEC Plus

• The non-OPEC countries which export crude oil are termed as OPEC plus countries.
• OPEC plus countries include Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman,
Russia, South Sudan and Sudan.

• Founder-Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. They were to become the Founder
Members of the Organization.

✓These countries were later joined by Qatar (1961), Indonesia (1962), Libya (1962), the United Arab
Emirates (1967), Algeria (1969), Nigeria (1971), Ecuador (1973), Gabon (1975), Angola (2007),
Equatorial Guinea (2017) and Congo (2018).

• Ecuador
✓suspended its membership in December 1992, rejoined OPEC in October 2007, but decided to
withdraw its membership of OPEC effective 1 January 2020.

• Indonesia
✓suspended its membership in January 2009, reactivated it again in January 2016, but decided to
suspend its membership once more at the 171st Meeting of the OPEC Conference on 30
November 2016.

• Gabon
✓terminated its membership in January 1995. However, it rejoined the Organization in July 2016.

• Qatar
✓terminated its membership on 1 January 2019.

✓This means that, currently, the Organization has a total of 13 Member Countries.

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5. Which among the following is correct in context to Asian Premium :

A. Subsidy provided by OPEC to Asian countries on oil import

B. Extra charge being collected by OPEC countries from Asian countries

C. Premium quality of oil exported by OPEC to Asian countries

D. Oil exploration in Asian countries to decrease dependence on OPEC

Answer: B

Explanation

• Asian Premium
✓is extra charge being collected by OPEC countries from Asian countries when selling oil in
comparison to western countries.

6. Consider the following matches :

1. Novichok Nerve agent

2. Chlorine Blood agent

3. Sulphur Mustard Blister agent

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 and 3 only

B. 1 and 2 only

C. 1 only

D. All of the above

Answer: A

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7. ADMM-Plus often seen in news, Which among the following is/are referred as Plus countries :

1. China

2. India

3. USA

4. Australia

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1, 2 and 3 only

B. 2, 3 and 4 only

C. 1, 2 and 4 only

D. All of the above

Answer: D

Explanation

ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus)

• The ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN and its eight Dialogue Partners Australia, China, India,
Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States (collectively referred to as the
“Plus Countries”), to strengthen security and defence cooperation for peace, stability, and
development in the region

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8. Which among the following is correct in context to Five eyes alliance :

A. Darknet alliance among Non state actors

B. Asian alliance against terrorism

C. Intelligence alliance among countries

D. Alliance among ve continents

Answer: C

Explanation

Five Eyes Alliance

• In May 1943, the US and the UK formed a secret treaty known as 'BRUSA Agreement' for
cooperation in intelligence sharing. This agreement was later formalized as 'UKUSA Agreement' in
1946.

• The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an outcome of the UKUSA Agreement. The Five Eyes (FVEY) is the biggest
intelligence alliance of the world, comprising ve Anglophone countries the United States, the United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

• These countries are signatories to the UKUSA Agreement for their cooperation in signal intelligence.
• The alliance or network monitors the electronic communications of citizens and foreign
governments.

• The Alliance became a subject of controversy in 2013 when Edward Snowden, an employee of the
National Security Agency (NSA), released some of its classi ed documents and revealed that the Five
Eyes is a 'supra-national intelligence organization' that is not accountable to the laws of member
countries.

9. Riot Control Agent often seen in news, is

A. Nonlethal temporarily disabling chemicals

B. Highly toxic lethal agents

C. Nuclear enrichment protocol

D. None of the above

Answer: A

Explanation

Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

• Multilateral treaty that bans chemical weapons and requires their destruction within a speci ed
period of time

• implemented by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)


• Headquartered in The Hague.
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• OPCW won the 2013 Nobel peace prize.


• The CWC is open to all nations and currently has 193 states- parties.
• Israel has signed but has yet to ratify the convention.
• Three states have neither signed nor rati ed the convention are Egypt, North Korea and South
Sudan.

• OPCW inspects and monitors states-parties’ facilities and activities that are relevant to the
convention, to ensure compliance.

• A world free of chemical weapons means two things:


✓That the existing stockpile of chemical weapons is irreversibly destroyed and Re-emergence of
chemical weapons is scrupulously prevented.

• Riot Control Agent” means:


✓Any chemical not listed in a Schedule, which can produce rapidly in humans sensory irritation or
disabling physical effects which disappear within a short time following termination of exposure.

India

• India’s Chemical Weapons Act (2000) provides:


✓No person shall

✤ use riot control agents as a method of warfare;

✤ assist, encourage or induce, in any manner, any person to engage in

• the use of any riot control agent as a method of warfare


• any other activity prohibited to a State Party under the Convention.
• Riot control agents, including tear gas and other gases which have debilitating but non- permanent
effects as a means of warfare, is prohibited in armed con ict under the 1993 Chemical Weapons
Convention.

• This does not mean riot control agents cannot be used in times of con ict (e.g. against rioting
prisoners of war)

10.RATS, recently seen in news, is related to

A. OPEC countries

B. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

C. World Health organization

D. G-20 countries

Answer: B

Explanation

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• The Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is the permanent body of the SCO RATS based in Tashkent, the
capital of Uzbekistan.

• The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure operates in accordance with the SCO Charter, the Shanghai
Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism, the Agreement among the SCO
member states on the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, as well as documents and decisions adopted
in the SCO framework.

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Day - 10
1. A-WEB, recently seen in news, is related to

A. Darknet activities

B. Electronics product

C. Election management

D. Education facilities

Answer: C

Explanation

Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB)

• India recently take over as A-WEB’s Chair for the 2019-21 term. A-WEB
• Established in 2013 (South Korea)
• Largest association of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) worldwide
• Permanent secretariat -Seoul, South Korea.
Objective

• Shared vision among its members of achieving sustainable democracy around the world
• Undertakes Election Visitor and Observation Programmes in various countries to study various
election management practices and share knowledge with other Member of EMBs.

2. Consider the following statements in context to Indian ocean commission

1. It is an intergovernmental body

2. India is not a member country of IOC.

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. None of the above

Answer: C

Explanation

Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)

• India has been accepted as an observer of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC).
• intergovernmental body
• It is an important regional institution in the Western/ African Indian Ocean.
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• created in 1984 to protect the interests of the Western Indian Ocean islands.
Observers

• China, the European Union, the Organisation international de la Francophonie, the Sovereign Order
of Malta, India, Japan and the United Nations.

3. Culture of Peace session, often in news, was organised by

A. United Nation

B. Society for American archeology

C. Archeological survey of India

D. Saving antiquities for everyone (SAFE)

Answer: A

Explanation

• At a UNGA session on ‘Culture of Peace’, India’s call to expand its criticism of violence against
religions beyond Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

• India criticised UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) for being biased towards protecting Abrahamic
religions – Islam, Christianity and Judaism – over others.

Culture of Peace

• is a “set of values, attitudes, modes of behavior and ways of life that reject violence and prevent
con icts by tackling their root causes to solve problems through dialogue and negotiation among
individuals groups and nations.

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4. Consider the following matches :

1. Kurd Iran

2. Houthi Yemen

3. Boko Haram Indonesia

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 and 3 only

B. 1 and 2 only

C. 1 only

D. All of the above

Answer: B

Explanation

• Boko Haram
✓is a jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger
and northern Cameroon.

• Kurdish people
✓are an Iranian ethnic group native to a mountainous region of Western Asia known as Kurdistan,
which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.

5. Consider the following matches :

1. Vienna convention Ozone protection

2. Geneva Convention Diplomatic relation

3. Singapore Convention Dispute settlement

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 and 3 only

B. 2 and 3 only

C. 3 only

D. All of the above

Answer: A

Explanation

• The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)


• is a treaty that de nes the framework for the conduct of diplomatic relations between countries.
• The Vienna Convention on ozone protection
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✓came into force in 1988 and was universally rati ed by 2009. It is called the Convention for the
protection of the Ozone layer

• Geneva Conventions (1949)


✓prisoners of war POW

• Singapore Convention
✓It is aimed to provide a more effective way of enforcing mediated settlements of corporate disputes
involving businesses in India and other countries that are signatories to the Convention.

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