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1. Consider the following statements 5. “Bru refugees” recently seen in news regarding Group of Twenty or G-20: are related to which state of India? 1. The fi rst G-20 Leaders’ Summit was held in (a) Mizoram wake of Global fi nancial Crisis. (b) Nagaland 2. The 2019 summit was hosted by Japan for the fi rst time. (c) Sikkim Which of the above statements is/are correct? (d) Arunachal Pradesh (a) 1 only (b) 2 only 6. Which of the following statements is/ (c) Both 1 and 2 are correct regarding Accelerator Lab in India? (d) Neither 1 nor 2 1. It has been launched by UNESCO in 2. “Rome Statute” sometimes seen in collaboration of Atal Innovation Mission news is related to what? 2. It is an initiative to fi nd modern solutions to today’s complex new challenges. (a) International Criminal Court (ICC) Select the correct answer using the code given (b) International Court of Justice (ICJ) below: (c) World Trade Organization (a) 1 only (d) World Bank (b) 2 only 3. September 21 revolution is related to (c) Both 1 and 2 which of the following countries? (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) Yemen (b) Oman 7. With reference to the electoral bonds (c) Saudi Arabia in India, consider the following (d) Iran statements: 1. These are interest-bearing promissory 4. Consider the following statements notes bought by a citizen or corporate for regarding Caribbean Community and donation to political parties. Common Market (CARICOM): 2. Any party registered under the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951 is 1. It was establishedGS to replace the Caribbean SCORE eligible to receive electoral bonds. Free Trade Area. 2. Its Seat of Secretariat is in Georgetown, 3. Any fi rm can donate a maximum of 7.5 per Guyana. cent of its average three-year net profi t as political donations through these bonds. 3. It ensures of standards of living and work. Which of the above statements is/are correct? Which of the above statements are correct? (a) 1 and 3 only (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) None of the above
3 P2020_CRCA_500/D6 8. With reference to the Global Gender (b) International Institute for Counter- Gap Index, consider the following Terrorism (ICT) statements: (c) Institute for Economics & Peace 1. South Asia has made the fastest progress (d) Global Peace Foundation on closing its gender gap of any world region over past decade. 10. Match the following proxy groups 2. The index is released by World Bank. with their country of operation: 3. India is ranked 4th in the number of years a Proxy Group Country female or a male ruled a state. A. Hezbollah 1. Yemen Which of the above statements are correct? B. Al-Shahbaab 2. Lebanon (a) 1 and 3 only C. Houthis 3. Somalia (b) 1 and 2 only Select the correct answer using the code given below: (c) 2 and 3 only A B C (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) 3 1 2 9. Global Terrorism Index is released by: (b) 2 3 1 (c) 3 2 1 (a) United Nations Offi ce on Counter- Terrorism (d) 1 3 2
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1. Correct Option: (c) On the sidelines of the summit, India and Japan exchanged Letter of Intent for Explanation: Ahmedabad-Kobe sister city partnership which will pave way for an enhanced economic Both statements are correct relationship between the two vibrant cities as Supplementary notes: well as the two countries. G-20 2. Correct Option: (a) The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for its members’ international Explanation: economic cooperation and decision-making. Option (a) is correct Its membership comprises 19 countries plus the European Union. Supplementary notes: The G20 started in 1999 as a meeting Rome Statute of Finance Ministers and Central Bank The Rome Statute, a multilateral treaty, is the Governors in the aftermath of the Asian foundation and governing document of the fi nancial crisis. In 2008, the fi rst G20 International Criminal Court (ICC). Leaders’ Summit was held, and the group The Rome Statute of the International Criminal played a key role in responding to the Court is an agreement that led to the formation global fi nancial crisis. of the International Criminal Court (ICC). G20 leaders meet annually. In addition, International Criminal Court Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meet regularly during the year to discuss ways The International Criminal Court is an intergovernmental organization and international to strengthen the global economy, reform tribunal that sits in The Hague, Netherlands. international fi nancial institutions improve fi nancial regulation and implement the key The ICC has jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes economic reforms that are needed in each against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of member economy.GS SCORE aggression. As the “premier forum for international It is intended to complement existing national economic cooperation” representing more judicial systems and it may therefore exercise its than 80% of the global GDP, the G20 has made jurisdiction only when certain conditions are met, continuous efforts toward achieving robust such as when national courts are unwilling or unable to prosecute criminals or when the United global economic growth. Nations Security Council or individual states refer The G20 Summit is formally known as situations to the Court. the “Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy”. The 2019 G-20 3. Correct Option: (a) summit was held in Osaka, Japan. It was the fi rst time that Japan took on the G-20 Explanation: presidency. Option (a) is correct: The Houthi takeover
P2020_CRCA_500/D6 6 in Yemen, is known as the September 21 Full employment of labor and other factors of Revolution. production Supplementary notes: Accelerated, coordinated and sustained economic development and convergence September 21 Revolution Expansion of trade and economic relations The Houthi takeover in Yemen, is known as with Third States the September 21 Revolution Enhanced levels of international It was a gradual armed takeover by the Houthis competitiveness and supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh that pushed the Yemeni Organization for increased production and government from power. productivity Achievement of a greater measure of economic 4. Correct Option: (d) leverage Effectiveness of Member States in dealing with Explanation: Third States, groups of States and entities of All statements are correct any description Supplementary notes: The enhanced coordination of Member States’ foreign and foreign economic policies and Caribbean Community and Common Market enhanced functional cooperation. (CARICOM) The Caribbean Community and Common 5. Correct Option: (a) Market (CARICOM) is a group of twenty developing countries in the Caribbean that Explanation: have come together to form an economic and Option (a) is correct: Bru refugees belong political community that works together to to Mizoram shape policies for the region and encourages economic growth and trade. Supplementary notes: Seat of Secretariat: Georgetown, Guyana Bru refugees Fifteen of these countries are full-fl edged Mizoram offi cials have re-identifi ed 26,128 Bru members of the community while fi ve of them refugees belonging to 4,278 families lodged only retain associate member status. in six relief camps in North Tripura district The fi fteen full-time countries are Antigua The Brus are in Tripura since late 1997 in the and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, wake of a communal tension triggered by the Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, murder of a forest guard inside the Dampa Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Kits and Nevis, Tiger Reserve on October 21, 1997 by Bru Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname National Liberation Front militants. and Trinidad and Tobago. The associate The Brus, also referred to as the Reangs, are members are Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin spread across the northeastern states of Islands, Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos. Tripura, Assam, Manipur, and Mizoram. These nations have collectively joined together to expand their trade and economic relations 6. Correct Option: (b) internationally, includingGS further development SCORE of activity in international markets. Explanation: CARICOM was formed in 1973 after Statement 1 is incorrect: The United Nations the founders had enacted the Treaty of Development Programme (UNDP) has Chaguaramas. launched its Accelerator Lab in India. The Caribbean Community and Common Supplementary notes: Market was established to replace the Caribbean Free Trade Area which had failed UNDP’s Accelerator Lab in its mission to develop policies in the The United Nations Development region pertaining to labor and capital. Programme (UNDP) has launched its Accelerator Lab in India. The project Pillars of Integration has been launched in collaboration with the To improve standards of living and work government’s Atal Innovation Mission and
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9 P2020_CRCA_500/D6 9. Correct Option: (c) 10. Correct Option: (b) Explanation: Explanation: Option (c) is correct: Global Terrorism Index Option (b) is correct: is an yearly index developed by the Institute Proxy Group Country for Economics & Peace that provides the most comprehensive resource on global terrorism A. Hezbollah 2. Lebanon trends. B. Al-Shahbaab 3. Somalia Supplementary notes: C. Houthis 1. Yemen Global Terrorism Index Supplementary notes: The yearly Global Terrorism Index, developed by the Institute for Economics Houthis & Peace, is based on the Global Terrorism The Houthis, who are part of the Zaydi sect Database by the National Consortium for the of Shiite Islam, have been fi ghting a Saudi- Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism led coalition in Yemen since 2015. The group (START) as well as other sources, and provides had long been an opposition force in Yemen, the most comprehensive resource on global but it drew Iranian support after Saudi Arabia terrorism trends. got involved in that nation’s confl ict. The report provides a comprehensive What began as a civil war during the Arab summary of the key global trends and patterns Spring has morphed into a proxy war between in terrorism over the last 50 years, covering Iran and Saudi Arabia, with Iran supplying the period from the beginning of 1970 to the fi nancial and military support to the Houthis end of 2018, and placing a special emphasis on trends since 2014, which corresponds with and the United States providing extensive the start of the fall of Islamic State of Iraq and military support to Saudi Arabia. the Levant (ISIL). Hezbollah Institute for Economics & Peace Hezbollah, a Shiite paramilitary group The Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) is an and political party in Lebanon, is Iran’s independent, non-partisan, non-profi t think earliest and most successful proxy project. tank dedicated to shifting the world’s focus to It remains the most powerful of Iran’s non- peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible state allies in the Middle East. Formed during measure of human wellbeing and progress. the Lebanese civil war in 1982, Hezbollah IEP achieves its goals by developing new has since transformed from a small group of conceptual frameworks to defi ne peacefulness, clerics and fi ghters into a major political force providing metrics for measuring peace and in Lebanon — with critical assistance from the uncovering the relationships between business, Revolutionary Guard. peace and prosperity, as well as promoting a better understanding of the cultural, economic Al-Shahbaab and political factors that create peace. Jihadists from Somalia’s Al-Shabaab group IEP is headquartered in Sydney, with offi ces in recently attacked a military base used by U.S. New York, The Hague, Mexico City, Brussels and Kenyan forces in Kenya’s coastal Lamu and Harare. It works with a wide range of region. partners internationally and collaborates with intergovernmentalGS organizations SCORE on Al-Shabaab said the attack was part of its “Al- measuring and communicating the economic Quds (Jerusalem) shall never be Judaized” value of peace. campaign **********
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