41. The COP 28 UN Climate Change Conference was held in:
(A) Dubai
(B) Chicago
(C) Boston
(D) New York
Answer:
(A) Dubai
Explanation:
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, widely known as COP28, was hosted from November 30 to December 12, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
42. How many permanent members are there in the UN Security Council?
(A) Five
(B) Seven
(C) Ten
(D) Fifteen
Answer:
(A) Five
Explanation:
The UN Security Council is composed of 15 members in total, but only five are permanent members with veto power: China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
43. Who was Sikkim’s last king before India took control of it in April 1973?
(A) Phuntsog Namgyal
(B) Tsugphud Namgyal
(C) Palden Thondup Namgyal
(D) Tashi Namgyal
Answer:
(C) Palden Thondup Namgyal
Explanation:
Palden Thondup Namgyal was the 12th and final Chogyal (monarch) of the Kingdom of Sikkim before the state was fully integrated into the Republic of India.
44. The Constituent Assembly of India, to frame a new constitution, was set up in 1946 under the provisions of:
(A) The Mountbatten Plan
(B) The Cabinet Mission Plan
(C) The Wavell Plan
(D) The Independence of India Act
Answer:
(B) The Cabinet Mission Plan
Explanation:
The Constituent Assembly of India was formed in 1946 specifically to draft a constitution for a free India, acting under the framework and provisions proposed by the British Cabinet Mission Plan.
45. The Indian National Army (INA) was founded by Mohan Singh in:
(A) Singapore
(B) Burma
(C) Japan
(D) Malaya
Answer:
(A) Singapore
Explanation:
The First Indian National Army (INA) was formed by Captain Mohan Singh with the assistance of the Japanese Imperial Army in Singapore in 1942, comprising Indian prisoners of war.
