UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) was adopted during the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro (1992). When did it come into force?
- (A) March 1994
- (B) August 1995
- (C) October 1996
- (D) January 1994
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De Beers is one of the biggest names in diamond mining. Who was the founder of De Beers Consolidated Mines Company?
- (A) John Cecil Rhodes
- (B) Joseph B. Rockefeller
- (C) John Kruger
- (D) Rupert Murdoch
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Who was the first UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?
- (A) Mary Robinson
- (B) Jose Ayala Lasso
- (C) Navin Pillay
- (D) Saududdin Agha Khan
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The Treaty of European Union (1992) is also known as:
- (A) Treaty of The Hague
- (B) Treaty of Brussels
- (C) Maastricht Treaty
- (D) Paris Accord (Treaty)
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King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud named the kingdom of Hejaz and Najd as Saudi Arabia in:
- (A) 1932
- (B) 1934
- (C) 1924
- (D) 1936
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Headquarters of African Union (AU) is located at:
- (A) Johannesburg
- (B) Cairo
- (C) Dakar
- (D) Addis Ababa
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Which of the following Indian Nobel Prize winners is associated with economics?
- (A) V.S. Naipaul
- (B) Amartya Sen
- (C) C.V. Raman
- (D) Hargobind Khorana
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The Earth takes about ________ to complete one rotation around its axis.
- (A) 48 hours
- (B) 30 days
- (C) 24 hours
- (D) 365 days
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When a gas turns into a liquid the process is called:
- (A) Condensation
- (B) Evaporation
- (C) Deposition
- (D) Transient
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Yeast used in making of bread is a:
- (A) Virus
- (B) Fungus
- (C) Bacteria
- (D) Algae
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