International Current Affairs 3 International Current Affairs (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams Please enter your email: 1. Comet shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet: [1995] Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto 2. The world’s fastest computer has been able to perform (as of Dec. 1996): [1997] 109 operations per second 1015 operations per second 106 operations per second 1012 operations per second 3. Which one of the following countries had in 1994 voted against joining the European Union? [1995] Austria Finland Norway Sweden 4. Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and Jos Remos Horta who shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize are known for their work for the cause of: [1997] Gautemala East Timor Barunda Bosnia 5. A major health mission carried out in 1996 was: [1997] popularisation of oral rehydration theraphy pulse polio immunization war against leprosy small-pox eradication 6. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: [1995]List-I : List-IIA. Ernesto Zedillo : 1.UruguayB. Alberto Fujimori : 2. BrazilC. Julio Maria Sanguinetti : 3.MexicoD. Fermando : 4.BoliviaH. Cardoso : 5. PeruCodes: A-3; B-4;C-4; D-2 A-4; B-5;C-3; D-1 A-3; B-5;C-1; D-2 A-5; B-3;C-1; D-4 7. The film ‘The Making of the Mahatama’has been directed by: [1997] Peter Ustinov MiraNair Richard Attenborough Shyam Benegal 8. The Prime Minister of which one of the following countries is chosen by tbe ruling prince from a state of three candidates put up to him by the President of France? [1997] San Marius Manaco Liechtenstein Malta 9. The signatories to the treaty banning chemical weapons include: [1995] U.S.A Russia, India, Iran and Israel Iraq, Libya, India, Russia and China Syria, Sri Lanka, Japan, Singapore and France Brazil, Angola, North Korea, Pakistan and U.S.A 10. The Basque separatist organization is active in: [1997] Portugal Cyprus Spain Russia Loading … Question 1 of 10 Previous PostVocabulary Sentence Completion 27 Next PostWord Analogy Completing Pair 26