Who was the first Indian to be President of UN General Assembly?

A. Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
B. Ramesh Bhandari
C. Natwar Singh
D. Krishna Menon
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician who was the first female elected to 6th Governor of Maharashtra and 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly.

United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2013 as –

A. International Year of Water Cooperation
B. International Year of Space Cooperation
C. International Year of Air Cooperation
D. International Year of Science and Technology Cooperation
✅ The correct answer is option A.
On 11 February 2011, the UN General Assembly, decided to proclaim 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation.

Which of the following event is not correctly matched with the year in which it happened?

A. Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic interbank fund transfers worldwide – 1985
B. Conclusion of the Uruguay Round of GATT – 1994
C. Inauguration of the World Trade Organization – 1995
D. Establishment of the first wholly electronic stock exchange (Nasdaq) – 1971
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic interbank fund transfers worldwide was done in 1973 and not in 1985.

Which of the following is not true for SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Area)?

A. It is a step towards a South Asian customs union and common market.
B. The agreement came into effect in 2006.
C. The SAFTA is a trade liberalisation regime.
D. The SAFTA agreement takes precedence over any other agreement a member country may have with states outside SAFTA.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
“The SAFTA agreement takes precedence over any other agreement a member country may have with states outside SAFTA” is an incorrect statement.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) came into effect in –

A. 1990
B. 1993
C. 1995
D. 1997
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The World Trade Organization came into being in 1995. One of the youngest of the international organizations, the WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the wake of the Second World War.