World Current Affairs MCQS Set 7

The oil-rich untied arab emirates (UAE) on 17 march 2013 officially opened the worlds largest concentrated solar power plant.what is the name of the plant?

masquite solar project

shams 1

templin solar park

templin solar

Name the Olympic gold medalist who won athlete of the year award at JAAA golden cleats awards ceremony.

chris roy

carl lewis

usain bolt

Michael phelps

Libyas parliament on 5 may 2013 passed a comprehensive law which bans anyone who served as a senior official under muammar gaddafi durning his 42 year-long rule from working in governments related to the political isolation law in the country is true?

the law states that parliamentarians who lose their post will be replaced by eitherthe next name on the party list or by the independent candidate who came in second in a district.this could benefit many islamistswho trailed in the elections and came in second in many districts.

the law was partially driven by the unpopularity of libyas current crop of politicians among many of the still powerful former rebels who toppled gaddafiand others who say little hasinproved since.backers of the law say it is necessary to complete the revolution.

all of these true

the law will not affect a number of ambassadors heads of governmental agenciesprofessors and media professionals on government payrolls.

Turkey treasury Undersecretariat on 26 april 2013 announced that it would close the debt chapter with IMF (international monetary fund) by refunding 422.1 million US dollars of capital as part of its 19th stand-by.this will end turkeys_ year long indebter category from IMF.

52 years

49 years

51 years

45 years

Queen Elizabeth II made address to the nation on Diamond Jubilee celebrations honoring her 60 years of the thorne. She thanked everyone for their support and called the events of Diamonsd Jubliee as

Humbling experience

Novel experience

Interesting experience

None of these

The united nations general assembly passed a resolution condemning the syrian government for human rights violations on

19th may 2013

12th may 2013

15th may 2013

11th may 2013

What was the duration of British mandate?

1922 to 1930

1922 to 1940

1922 to 1948

1922 to 1935

Zahir Shah ruled Afghanistan from 1933 till 1973 when he was over thrown by

Muhammad Daud

Najib Ullah

Babrak Karmal

Noor Muhammad Taragai

Arab Spring was sparked by the first protests that occured in Tunisian city _____on 18 December 2010 in

Hams

Apollo

Tunisia

Sidi Bouzid

Name the country that recently joined the shanghai cooperation organisation (SCO) as its dialogue partner by signing an MoU?

turkey

belarus

sri lanka

mongolia