Current Affairs UPSC PYQ 2000

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I (Institute) I. Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies II. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research III. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences IV. Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages List II (Location) A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai C) Bangalore D) Dharamshala E) Varanasi Codes:

Match the international events listed below with their respective places labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the given map and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list: International Events: A. Venue of Commonwealth Conference held in 1999. B. Venue of World Trade Organisation meeting held in 1999. C. Place of Israel–Syria Peace talks held in January 2000. D. Place of military action by Russian troops in January 2000. Codes:

The following news item appeared in a National daily dated 1-12-1999: “...Parliament today rejected a Bill to grant women the right to vote and stand for office in parliamentary elections, by a margin of 32 to 30. The National Assembly was split between liberal, pro-government and Shiite Muslim deputies who were in favour of women’s rights, while the opposition camp grouped Sunni Muslim fundamentalists and tribal MPs. A total of 64 MPs and Ministers were present, of whom two abstained.” The Parliament referred to in this quotation is that of

The given map shows locations of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take-off from Kathmandu in December 1999?

At which one of the cities labelled as A, B, C and D on the given map of Europe was the historic treaty between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries signed in 1998?

To reach the final of first Grand Slam of the year 2000, Martina Hingis defeated