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GP and Current Affairs Quiz 2021
GP and Current Affairs Quiz 2021
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1
A key focus of the 2030 Singapore Green Plan is reducing carbon emissions by increasing the carbon tax rate.
True
False
2
Singapore’s Parliament began _____ for the first time on 4 January 2021.
live-streaming
serving snacks
adopting uniforms
mini sessions
3
Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant is Singapore’s first large-scale desalination plant. It __.
Can treat seawater
Can treat waste water
Can treat freshwater
Can treat seawater as well as freshwater
4
Which climate pact will the United States rejoin in late February 2021?
European Climate Pact
The Paris Agreement
Montreal Protoco
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
5
This political leader from _________ was ousted in a military coup in February 2021.
Aung San Suu Kyi; Myanmar
Indira Gandhi, India
Ai Wei Wei, China
Alexei Navalny, Russia
6
On March 15, 2019, fifty people were killed in mosques in ____, in the country's worst-ever mass shooting.
Arlington, America
Berlin, Germany
Christchurch, New Zealand
Canberra, Australia
7
In April 2019, the world watched in horror as the iconic spire of the 850-year-old ______ burned down.
Tower of London in the UK
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Santa Maria Cathedral in Florence
Hagia Sofia in Istanbul
8
This US Supreme Court Justice and unrelenting trailblazer for gender equality died on September 18, 2020.
Nancy Pelosi
Kamala Harris
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
9
In 2020, the massive explosion at a Beirut port which killed at least 190 people was caused by …
Unsafe storage of ammonium nitrate
Covid-19
Fireworks
A terrorist attack
10
In GP paper 2 (comprehension), it is acceptable to lift phrases and sentences from the passage(s).
False
True
11
2020 was a record-setting year of wildfires in _____, where more than 4% of the land was burned.
Wellington, New Zealand
California, USA
Sabah, Malaysia
Nairobi, Kenya
12
Who is Singapore’s current Education Minister?
Empty choice
Empty choice
Empty choice
Empty choice
13
The GP exam consists of 2 papers. The papers test comprehension and oral communication skills.
True
False
14
Which of the following is not an aim of the GP syllabus?
To appreciate the interrelationships of ideas across disciplines
To write long essays that describe the world around us
To develop the skills of evaluation of arguments and opinions
To develop the skills of clear and effective communication
15
In the 2000 Singapore General Elections, the PAP garnered 61.24 percent of the votes, an
increase
from 2015.
True
False
16
The Abraham Accords were signed by UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco recognising ____ in return for ___.
Jared Kushner; his sense of personal style
Australia; its pledge to breed more marsupials
Singapore; its tutelage on world-class cuisine
Israel; its pledge to forgo annexing territory in the West Bank
17
The ideal GP student has a critical awareness of __________ in the human experience.
continuity and change
ebb and flow
cooperation and conflict
peaks and troughs