1. Which of the following sites is/are among the seven world heritage sites located in Ukraine?
- Saint Sophia Cathedral
- Pechersk Lavra
- Lviv’s Old Town
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
Notes:
- The country has seven world heritage sites.
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kyivan Rus. The former cathedral is one of the city’s best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex.
- Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, or Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, an Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery that was founded in 1051. It has been a preeminent center of Eastern Orthodox Christanity in Eastern Europe.
- Lviv’s Old Town is the historic centre of the city of Lviv. Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed Lviv’s historic center as part of “World Heritage”.
- The massive Russian attack on Ukraine puts at risk not just human lives and physical infrastructure, but also priceless works of art, cultural artefacts, and monuments. The 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two (1954 and 1999) Protocols, ensures the prevention of damage to cultural heritage in all its forms.
2. Which of the following countries is/are nuclear countries?
- Israel
- South Africa
- India
- USA
- Russia
- Ukraine
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Correct Answer: B [Only 3, 4 & 5]
Notes:
- Eight sovereign states have publicly announced successful detonation of nuclear weapons. Five are considered to be nuclear-weapon states (NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT). In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons these are the United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France and China.
- Since the NPT entered into force in 1970, three states that were not parties to the Treaty have conducted overt nuclear tests, namely India, Pakistan and North Korea, and. North Korea had been a party to the NPT but withdrew in 2003.
- Israel is also generally understood to have nuclear weapons, but does not acknowledge it.
- States that formerly possessed nuclear weapons are South Africa (developed nuclear weapons but then disassembled its arsenal before joining the NPT) and the former Soviet republics of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, whose weapons were repatriated to Russia.
3. Which of the following pairs of personalities and associated fields is/are matched correctly?
- Sonny Ramadhin – Cricketer
- Richard Howard – Scientist
- Bhim Bahadur Gurung – Politician
- Stephen Wilhite – Poet
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1 & 3]
Notes:
- Sonny Ramadhin was the first West Indian Test cricketer of Indian origin.
- Richard Howard, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, died at 92.
- Bhim Bahadur Gurung was the 3rd Chief Minister of Sikkim. He worked as a teacher and a staff reporter for the Amrita Bazar Patrika, a Calcutta (Kolkata) daily.
- Stephen Wilhite, the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) format died at the age of 74 years because of Covid-19 related issues. He was an American computer scientist.