.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (20)

(i) Sarah Palin is the governor of:

(a) New York
(b) Alaska( correct)
(c) Illinois
(d) None of these

(ii) President De Gaulle withdrew France from NATO in:

(a) 1966(correct)
(b) 1950
(c) 1962
(d) None of these

(iii) Pearl Harbor, USA, naval base in Hawain Islands, during WWII was attacked by:

(a) Germany
(b) Japan( correct)
(c) Cuba
(d) None of these

(iv) According to Brandt Report, 'The South consists of:

(a) Third world countries (correct)
(b) Australia
(c) China
(d) None of these

(v) In 1933 Hitler signed an agreement with pope known as:

(a) Brandeus
(b) Concordat(correct)
(c) Peace Pact
(d) None of these

(vi) The current president of Russia is:

(a) Vladimir Putin
(b) Nicolas Sarkozy
(c) Dmitry Medvedev ( correct)
(d) None of these

(vii) North Korea invaded South Korea in:

(a) 1948
(b) 1950 (correct)
(c) 1959
(d) None of these

(viii) Indian Congress came into power under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi in:

(a) 2000
(b) 2004 ( correct)
(c) 2006
(d) None of these

(ix) The UN charter in 1945 was drawn up in:

(a) New York
(b) San Francisco ( correct)
(c) Washington
(d) None of these

(x) Owen Young, who gave the young plan was:

(a) an American banker ( correct)
(b) German President
(c) British Ambassador
(d) None of these

(xi) Windock is the capital of:

(a) Ziganda
(b) Namibia ( correct)
(c) Luxembourg
(d) None of these


(xii) CENTO was dissolved in:

(a) 1979 ( correct)
(b) 1981
(c) 1998
(d) None of these

(xiii) The first Hague Conference was held in:

(a) 1890
(b) 1907
(c) 1914
(d) None of these (1899)

(xiv) NPT is not signed by:

(a) China
(b) Israel ( correct)
(c) Russia
(d) None of these

(xv) Afghanistan has vice-presidents:

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) None ( correct)
(d) None of these

(xvi) Current Foreign Secretary of Pakistan is:

(a) Shah Mehmood Qureshi
(b) Salman Bashir ( correct)
(c) Sherry Rehman
(d) None of these

(xvii) ASEAN summit 2008 took place in:

(a) Bangkok ( correct)
(b) Malaysia
(c) Philippines
(d) None of these

(xviii) Faroe island is:

(a) a scandinavian state ( correct)
(b) Darwin's birth place
(c) an American prison
(d) None of these

(xix) Ronald Reagan was a presidential candidate of:

(a) Republican ( correct)
(b) Democrat
(c) Both
(d) None of these

(xx) " politics among nations" was written by:

(a) K.J. Holsti
(b) Gavin Boyd
(c) Hans.J.Margenthau ( correct)
(d) None of these