Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2011 GS-1 World Geography
Question

The headquarters of World Trade Organization are at-

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Geneva

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Geneva”.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland.

Similar Questions:

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Vegetation Type) List-II (Region)

A. Maquis - 1. California
B. Fynbos - 2. Mediterranean Sea Coastal Region
C. Chaparral - 3. South Africa
D. Matorral - 4. Chile

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 2 3 1 4
  2. B) 4 3 2 1
  3. C) 3 4 1 2
  4. D) 4 2 3 1
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Country - Capital

(a) Guinea Bissau - Bissau
(b) Taiwan - Taipei
(c) Nicaragua - Managua
(d) Maldives - Malabo
  1. A) Guinea Bissau - Bissau
  2. B) Taiwan - Taipei
  3. C) Nicaragua - Managua
  4. D) Maldives - Malabo
The upper limit of available water in soil is determined at-
  1. A) 1/3 bar
  2. B) 1/2 bar
  3. C) 2/3 bar
  4. D) 1 bar
Mixed Economy means-
  1. A) Co-existence of small and large industries
  2. B) Co-existence of public and private sectors
  3. C) Co-existence of rich and poor
  4. D) Promoting both agriculture and industry in the economy
Suez Canal joins which of the two rivers?
  1. A) Arabian sea - Black sea
  2. B) Mediterranean Sea - Red Sea
  3. C) Black sea - Red Sea
  4. D) Indian ocean- Red Sea
Sankosh river forms boundary between-
  1. A) Bihar and West Bengal
  2. B) Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
  3. C) Assam and West Bengal
  4. D) Bihar and Jharkhand
Ruins of which of the following represent the old capital of Vijayanagar ?
  1. A) Ahmadnagar
  2. B) Bijapur
  3. C) Golconda
  4. D) Hampi
Which one of the following races is correctly matched?
  1. A) Hemites-Uganda
  2. B) Semites-Malaysia
  3. C) Sakai-Sudan
  4. D) Bushman-Botswana
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I (Voyagers) List-II (Countries)

1. Spain - A. Vasco-de-Gama
2. Portugal - B. Christopher Columbus
3. Holland - C. Captain Cook
4. Great Britain - D. Tasman

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 3 2 1 4
  2. B) 2 1 4 3
  3. C) 1 4 3 2
  4. D) 4 3 2 1
The largest proven oil reserve of the world lies in
  1. A) Venezuela
  2. B) Saudi Arabia
  3. C) Iran
  4. D) Iraq
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (River) - List-II (Dam)

A) Colorado - 1) Aswan
B) Damodar - 2) Cariba
C) Nile - 3) Panchet Hill
D) Zambezi - 4) Hoover
  1. A) A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4
  2. B) A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
  3. C) A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
  4. D) A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
Obra Thermal Power Plant was established with the help of-
  1. A) Soviet Russia
  2. B) Japan
  3. C) Germany
  4. D) America