NEIGHBOURS OF INDIA - 4

Q1. The permanent Secretariat of SAARC is located in ________.

A. Dhaka

B. Kathmandu

C. Islamabad

Q2. The Summer Palace, a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, got its present shape during the reign of which great Chinese Dynasty?

A. Ming Dynasty

B. Yuan Dynasty

C. Qing Dynasty

Q3. What was the pseudonym used by Malala Yousafzai when she started writing her blog in BBC Urdu against the Taliban oppression in the Swat Valley at the age of 12?

A. Gul Makai

B. Badrai

C. Nargis

Q4. "Sri Lankabhimanya" (The Pride of Sri Lanka) is the highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the President of Sri Lanka on behalf of the Government to the citizens of Sri Lanka and till date it has been conferred upon 8 individuals after it was introduced in 1981. Who was the first recipient of the Award in 1986?

A. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

B. Arthur C. Clarke

C. Ranasinghe Premadasa

Q5. In 1999, which day was declared as "International Mother Language Day" by UNESCO to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity as a tribute to the sacrifice of activists of "Bengali Language Movement" in 1952 in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan)?

A. February 21

B. January 27

C. April 20