The three major factors for the formation of the NAM were:
1. Cooperation among the founding member countries
2. Growing Cold War tensions
3. Entry of many decolonized African countries into the international arena
4. The need to establish a third super power
A. 1, 2, 4
B. 1, 3, 4
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 2, 3, 4
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. . . . . . . . initiated the reforms in the USSR in 1985.
A. Mikhail Gorbachev
B. John. f. Kennedy
C. Nikita Khrushchev
D. None
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The demand for democracy that started in . . . . . . . . soon spread to other countries in the Arab World.
A. Yemen
B. Libya
C. Bahrain
D. Tunisia
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What was 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'?
A. A Military operation
B. An Economic operation
C. A Military Pact
D. An Economic Pact
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After the Second World War, the world was divided into the blocks of
A. U. S. A. and U. K.
B. U. S. S. R. and China
C. Japan and Korea
D. U. S. A. and U. S. S. R.
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. . . . . . . . led the struggle against the dominance of West Pakistan.
A. Sheikh Mujib-ur Rahman
B. Khaleda Zia
C. Sajeeb Wazed
D. Sheikh Kamal
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Apartheid' is an Afrikaans word for
A. Togetherness
B. Pulling away
C. Separateness
D. Living apart
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Which Soviet Union leader brought about the reforms of glasnost and perestroika?
A. Mikhail Gorbachev
B. Leonid Brezhnev
C. Nikita Khrushchev
D. Joseph Stalin
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Which of the following is not concerned with cooperation over the global commons agreements?
A. 1959, Antarctic Treaty
B. 1987, Montreal Protocol
C. 1991, Antarctic Environmental Protocol
D. 1992, Rio de Janeiro Summit
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Which among the following country's renewable energy programme is the largest in the world?
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. UK
D. India
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Arrange the following in chronological order.
1. Collapse of Berlin Wall
2. Shock Therapy
3. Yeltsin becomes the President of Russia
4. Birth of CIS
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 1, 3, 2, 4
C. 2, 1, 3, 4
D. 1, 3, 4, 2
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Natural Forests:
A. Help stabilize the climate
B. Moderate water supplies
C. Harbour a majority of the planet's bio diversity on the Land
D. All of the above
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At Which among the following meetings did India point out that the per capita emission rates of the developing countries are a tiny fraction of those in the developed world?
A. G-8 meeting in June 2005
B. G-8 meeting in June 2006
C. G-8 meeting in June 2007
D. G-8 meeting in June 2008
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Truman doctrine was a policy to provide military and economic aid to
A. Italy and Greece
B. West Germany and France
C. Greece and Turkey
D. Turkey and Germany
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The two key post-war powers which played significant role during the Cold War were
A. USA and Soviet Union
B. USSR and China
C. USA and England
D. USA and China
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Japan became a member of the OECD in . . . . . . . .
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The African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was released from jail after being jailed for
A. 20 years
B. 23 years
C. 25 years
D. 27 years
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India and Pakistan are trying to increase cooperation and build peace in the following ways:
1. Collaboration among social activists and known personalities of the two countries
2. Leaders of both countries meet regularly in summits to understand issues and find solutions
3. Bus routes have started between the two countries
4. Trade has increased
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. China's accession to WTO
2. Establishment of the EEC
3. Establishment of the EU
4. Birth of ARF
A. 2, 3, 4, 1
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
C. 3, 2, 4, 1
D. 4, 3, 2, 1
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Yom-Kippur War (also known as October War) was fought in
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