Current GK January 2012 for All Exams

 

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Current GK January 2012

1- Kiro Gligorov, the former president of Macedonia died in Skopje on 1 January 2012. Which facts about Gligorov given below are not true?

1-. Gligorov was the first democratically elected president of Macedonia.

2-. He joined the partisan movement fighting against the Nazi occupation and was one of the organizers of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People’s Liberation of Macedonia, or ASNOM in 1945

3-. Gligorov served four consecutive presidential terms, leading the nation from January 1991 to November 2009

4-. The early days his presidency were overshadowed by a bitter dispute with Greece over the newly independent nation’s name , the dispute that continues till date

(A). Only 1

(B). 1 & 2

(C). Only 3 

(D). 2 & 4

2- Who was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation on 4 January 2011, the fourth day of the ten-day Kalachakra initiations?

(A). Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama

(B). South African leader Nelson Mandela

(C). Tanzania's Julius Nyerere 

(D). Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi

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