UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations (Week 30)

(a) Brazil

(b) Argentina

(c) United States of America

(d) Australia

QUESTION 2

Consider the following pairs:

  (Place)                           (Location)

1. Kherson                      Sudan

2. Rmeish                       Lebanon

3. Nubariya                    Egypt

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(c) All three

(d) None

QUESTION 3

“Klyuchevskaya Sopka Volcano” was in the news due to eruptions. It is located in

(a) Mongolia

(b) China

(c) Russia

(d) Japan

QUESTION 4

“Jabalia refugee camp” was in the news due to an air strike. It is located in

(a) Jordan

(b) Afghanistan

(c) Egypt

(d) Gaza Strip

QUESTION 5

Consider the following organisations:

1. International Labour Organisation

2. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

3. World Trade Organisation

4. World Bank

How many of the above organisations are involved in releasing “Global skills gaps measurement and monitoring: Towards a collaborative framework”?

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(c) All three

(d) None

ANSWERS TO THE MCQs

1. (a)

FYI:

— Brazil has offered to share its ethanol production technology with India as part of efforts to resolve a sugar related dispute between the two countries at WTO (World Trade Organisation).

— According to the South American country’s proposal, India would be able to use its surplus sugar supply to produce ethanol with the aid of ethanol production technology.

— With this offer, India can make better use of its surplus sugar production and lessen Brazil’s competition in the global sugar market.

— Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane and ethanol in the world. It is a leader in the technology used for ethanol production. It is also the largest exporter of sugar in the world. India is the world’s second-largest producer.

— The proposal could benefit India as it aims to gradually increase the percentage of blending of ethanol in petroleum auto fuels and reduce dependence on imported crude oil.

Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.

2. (b)

FYI:

Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

3. (c)

FYI:

— The eruptions from the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano sent ash as high as 13 kilometers (8 miles) above sea level.

— The sparsely populated Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia, authorities were forced to close schools in two towns due to massive ash columns that erupted from the tallest active volcano in Eurasia.

— The Kamchatka Peninsula, which extends into the Pacific Ocean about 6,700 kilometers (4,100 miles) east of Moscow, is noted for its array of active and dormant volcanoes, geysers and geothermal springs.

Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.

4. (d)

FYI:

— As Palestinians in the heavily populated Gaza Strip faced a communication blackout, the Rafah crossing was reopened today to permit limited evacuations, three weeks after Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel and the ensuing siege of Gaza.

— The move comes hours after an Israeli air raid on Gaza’s largest refugee camp Jabalia killed at least 50 people and injured scores of others, prompting international outrage.

— Israel said that the strike was targeted at a senior Hamas leader and a command centre set up in civilian houses and an underground tunnel network in the area.

Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.

5. (b)

FYI:

— Twelve fundamental and fourteen expanded indicators were put forth by the OECD and ILO to track and measure skill gaps worldwide.

— In order to help these efforts, they prioritised policies targeted at closing global skill gaps and strengthened national statistical data, as well as expanded the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and OECD Skills for Jobs Databases to include G20 countries.

— The G20 nations have agreed upon these metrics. ILO and OECD will now be in charge of carrying out the intervention to track and evaluate global skill gaps in G20 nations using the predetermined metrics.

Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

(Source: http://www.ilo.org, labour.gov.in)

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