General Awareness: World: UPSC Previous Year Questions (General Knowledge)
110 previous year UPSC Prelims questions on world general awareness are listed here, from 1996 to 2010. UPSC asked about international organisations and their headquarters, country groupings such as BRIC, books and authors, Nobel laureates and capitals. The explanations give the fact as it stood in the year the question was set.
Explanations state facts as of the year each question was asked; words like “recently” refer to that year.
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UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q61. Consider the following statements: 1. The Headquarters of the International Organisation for standardization are located in Rome. 2. ISO 9000 relates to the quality management system and standards. 3. ISO 14000 relates to environmental management system standards. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect: The Headquarters of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is located in Geneva, Switzerland. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is a non governmental global body that develops standards to ensure quality, safety, and efficiency in products, services, and systems. Established in 1946, it facilitates international trade and cooperation by harmonizing practices worldwide, making lives easier, safer, and better.
Statement 2 is correct: ISO 9000 is a series of standards related to quality management systems, ensuring organizations meet customer and regulatory requirements.
Statement 3 is correct: ISO 14000 is a series of standards related to environmental management systems, helping organizations minimize environmental impact.
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q62. Consider the following statements: 1. The Constitution of the United States of America came into force in year 1810. 2. All revenue bills must originate in the House of Representative of the US Congress. 3. George W. Bush is the only President in the history of the United States of America. Whose father was also the President of the United States of America. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect: The Constitution of the United States came into force on March 4, 1789.
Statement 2 is correct: All revenue bills must originate in the House of Representatives of the US Congress. This is stated in Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the Constitution, also known as the Origination Clause or Revenue Clause.
Statement 3 is incorrect: George W. Bush is not the only President in the history of the United States whose father was also President. His father, George H. W. Bush was the 41st President. John Adams, the second President of the United States, and his son John Quincy Adams, the sixth President, both held the post of the president of the USA.
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q63. Consider the following statements: 1.‘The Parliament of Russia is called the Federal Assembly. 2. The Council of the Federation in the Russian Parliament is the lower house. 3. The name of the upper house in the Russian Parliament is state Duma. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: The Parliament of Russia is called the Federal Assembly.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The Council of the Federation is the upper house of the Russian Parliament, not the lower house.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The State Duma is the lower house of the Russian Parliament. The upper house is the Council of the Federation.
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q64. Match items in the List-I (country) with those in the List-II (Name of Parliament) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Country)
List-II (Name of Parliament)
A. Netherlands
1. Diet
B. Ukraine
2. States General
C. Poland
3. Supreme Council
D. Japan
4. Sejm
Explanation
List-I (Country) List-II (Name of Parliament) Netherlands States General Ukraine Supreme Council Poland Sejm Japan Diet
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q65. Consider the following statements: 1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to citizens of any of the countries of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. 2. A leading London-based software company underwrites the Man Booker Prize presently. 3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in the year 2004 is a South Asian. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: The Man Booker Prize (now called the Booker Prize) is awarded to authors who are citizens of the Commonwealth nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The Man Booker Prize was originally sponsored by Booker McConnell Ltd, a food wholesaler, and later by the Man Group, an investment management firm. It is not sponsored by a software company.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize was Alan Hollinghurst, a British author, for his novel The Line of Beauty. However, in 2006, Kiran Desai, a South Asian author (Indian), won the prize for The Inheritance of Loss.
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q66. Consider the following statements: 1. The Charter of the United Nations Organization was adopted at Geneva, Switzerland in June, 1945. 2. India was admitted to the United Nations Organization in the year 1945. 3. The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations Organization was established to manage the affairs of territories detached from Japan Italy after the second World War or such territories not under the control of a country at that time. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?.
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect: Charter of the United Nations was adopted in San Francisco, California, USA, on June 26, 1945.
Statement 2 is correct: India was admitted to the United Nations Organization in 1945, becoming one of the original member states.
Statement 3 is correct: The Trusteeship Council was established to oversee the administration of trust territories, which were former colonies or territories detached from nations like Japan and Italy after World War II. The Trusteeship Council is made up of the five permanent members of the Security Council China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States.
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q67. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Current Name Old Name
Explanation
Pair (c) is incorrectly matched: Ghana, an African country, was formerly known as the Gold Coast. Dutch Guiana is the old name for Suriname, a country in South America. Pairs (a), (b) and (d) are correctly matched:
Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, was formerly known as Salisbury during the colonial era. Ethiopia was historically known as Abyssinia. Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was formerly known as Leopoldville during the colonial period.
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q68. In which country is Bandung, where the conference of African and Asian nations was held which led to establishing Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) situated?
Explanation
Bandung is a city in Indonesia, where the historic Bandung Conference was held in 1955. This conference brought together leaders from African and Asian nations to promote economic and cultural cooperation and oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by any nation. It laid the foundation for the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1961. Sukarno (Indonesia), Jawaharlal Nehru (India), Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt), Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana) and Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) aware its main leaders along with few others.The XIX Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement was held on January 15-20, 2024 in Kampala.
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q69. In which one of the following countries, is Tamil a major language?
Explanation
Tamil is a major language in Singapore. It is one of the four official languages of Singapore, alongside English, Malay, and Mandarin. The Tamil-speaking community in Singapore is significant, and Tamil is used in education, media, and government. Malaya in roman script is Singapore’s National Language.
UPSC 2005General Knowledge · General Awareness: World
Q70. Which one of the following cities is not a former capital of the given country (Country given in the brackets)?
Explanation
Brisbane has never been the capital of Australia.
Melbourne was the capital of Australia from 1901 until 1927, when Canberra became the capital.
Answer key for these questions
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UPSC year
Correct answer
61
2005
(c) 2 and 3
62
2005
(b) 2 only
63
2005
(d) 1 only
64
2005
(b) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
65
2005
(a) 1 only
66
2005
(c) 2 and 3
67
2005
(c) Ghana: Dutch Guiana
68
2005
(c) Indonesia
69
2005
(d) Singapore
70
2005
(d) Brisbane (Australia)
What UPSC has tested in General Awareness: World
Klaus Schwab is the founder of the World Economic Forum.
The headquarters of the Organization of the Islamic Conference are at Jeddah.
The first Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs was held at Nova Scotia, Canada.
William Henry Bragg shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son.
Barack Obama is the author of The Audacity of Hope.
BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China.
Frequently asked questions
How many previous year UPSC questions are there on General Awareness: World?
This page covers 110 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on General Awareness: World (General Knowledge), asked from 1996 to 2010. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
Who founded the World Economic Forum?
Klaus Schwab, a German economist, founded it in 1971 as the European Management Forum. It is best known for its annual meeting at Davos, Switzerland, and for reports such as the Global Competitiveness Report.
Where was the first Pugwash Conference held?
In Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1957. It brought together scientists to discuss the dangers of nuclear weapons, and the movement later shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.
Which scientist shared a Nobel Prize in Physics with his son?
William Henry Bragg, who shared the 1915 prize with his son William Lawrence Bragg for their work on analysing crystal structure using X-rays. William Lawrence Bragg remains the youngest Nobel laureate in physics, at 25 years of age.
