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UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Each day, we cover one new subject. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to check your progress. Come back tomorrow to solve the MCQs on Weekly Current Affairs. Don’t miss checking the answers and explanations at the end of the quiz.

Consider the following statements:

1. The port is situated at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman.

2. The port is of strategic importance to India.

3. The port is also part of the proposed International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).

4. Shahid Beheshti Port is a distinct port in this port project.

The above-mentioned statements refer to which port?

(a) Gwadar port

(b) Port of Mogadishu

(d) Duqm port

Consider the following countries:

1. Germany

2. Spain

3. United States

4. India

China has signed an agreement with how many of the above countries on panda conservation?

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(d) All four

Consider the following pairs:

(Place) (Location)

1. Ishikawa Prefecture South Korea

2. Stinnett U.S.A

3. Zahedan Afghanistan

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(d) None

Which of the following countries signed a nuclear security pact with the United States to detect and interdict illicit trafficking in special nuclear material and other radioactive material?

(a) India

(b) Sri Lanka

(d) Maldives

Which of the following countries has inaugurated Africa’s biggest and world’s third largest mosque?

(a) South Africa

(b) Sudan

(d) Algeria

FYI:

— Chabahar port is situated at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman, it is Iran’s first deepwater port that puts the country on the global oceanic trade route map.

— The port lies to the west of Iran’s border with Pakistan, about as far as Gwadar, a competing port developed by China in Pakistan, lies to the east of the border.

— Chabahar is strategically important for both Iran and India. It has the potential to assist Tehran avoid the effects of Western sanctions while also providing New Delhi with an alternative route that avoids Pakistan, which does not allow India land access for trade with Afghanistan and Central Asia.

— The port is also part of the proposed International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a multi-modal transportation project linking the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea via Iran, and onward to northern Europe via St Petersburg in Russia.

— There are two distinct ports in the Chabahar project, Shahid Beheshti and Shahid Kalantari. India’s investment is restricted to the Shahid Beheshti port.

Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.

FYI:

— China has signed agreements with two zoos in the United States and Spain on panda conservation.

— The development was also seen as a return to so-called ‘Panda diplomacy’ — China leveraging the fluffy creatures, unique to its geography, to build ties with nations.

— Pandas are native to China and are only found there in the wild at present. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the animal was once “widespread throughout southern and eastern China, as well as neighbouring Myanmar and northern Vietnam.”

Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

FYI:

Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.

FYI:

— Sri Lanka has signed a nuclear security pact with the United States to detect and interdict illicit trafficking in special nuclear material and other radioactive material, as part of the efforts to address the growing global security threats.

— The Sri Lankan Navy signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the US National Nuclear Security Administration at the Navy headquarters in Colombo.

— The new MOU between the Sri Lanka Navy and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration will bolster our joint efforts to prevent illicit maritime trafficking in nuclear and radioactive material.

— The MoU addresses bilateral cooperation to detect and interdict illicit trafficking in special nuclear material and other radioactive material through technical and methodological cooperation, including the installation and improvement of technical systems for the detection and identification of such material at Sri Lanka’s border crossing control points.

Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

FYI:

— Algeria inaugurated “Africa’s biggest mosque” and the third-biggest mosque in the world, following over a decade of construction and preparation marred by controversy.

— The Great Mosque of Algiers is situated in the capital, with a minaret towering 265 meters (869 feet) high and a large prayer room.

— The mosque was the brainchild of the late, ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was removed following protests in 2019. Bouteflika wanted the mosque to be his legacy, similar to Mosque Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco, Algeria’s neighbor and regional rival.

Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.

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