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811
Which player has won the FIH Player of the Year award 5 times?
A. Jamie Dwyer
B. Teun de Nooijer
C. Moritz Fürste
D. Manpreet Singh
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Jamie Dwyer, the Australian legend, has won the FIH Player of the Year award five times (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011).
812
What year did the Space Shuttle program officially end?
A. 2005
B. 2011
C. 2015
D. 2001
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The Space Shuttle program concluded with the landing of Atlantis (STS-135) on July 21, 2011.
813
The 'Curiosity' rover was designed to explore which celestial body?
A. The Moon
B. Mars
C. Titan
D. Europa
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NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars in 2012 to investigate the planet's climate and geology.
814
Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 for the discovery of quasicrystals?
A. Dan Shechtman
B. Richard Smalley
C. Gerhard Ertl
D. Yves Chauvin
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Shechtman discovered patterns in atoms that were ordered but not repeating, which was previously thought impossible.
815
Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for the discovery of:
A. Dark matter
B. The accelerating expansion of the Universe
C. Gravitational waves
D. Exoplanets
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By observing distant supernovae, they discovered that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, implying the existence of dark energy.
816
Occupy Wall Street was a protest movement that began in 2011 against:
A. War in Iraq
B. Economic inequality and corporate greed
C. Climate change
D. Gun control
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Occupy Wall Street was a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district, against economic inequality.
817
Which SAARC summit was held in Male, Maldives?
A. 15th Summit
B. 16th Summit
C. 17th Summit
D. 18th Summit
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The 17th SAARC Summit was held in Male, Maldives, in November 2011.
818
Which SAARC agreement aims to reduce disaster losses?
A. SAFTA
B. SAARC Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters
C. SAPTA
D. SDF
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Signed in 2011, this agreement facilitates coordinated humanitarian assistance during disasters.
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Which country's OIC membership was suspended in 2011 due to its civil war?
A. Libya
B. Syria
C. Yemen
D. Iraq
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Syria's membership was suspended in August 2012 due to the Assad regime's violence, with reinstatement discussions ongoing in 2023.
820
Which NATO mission enforced a no-fly zone over Libya in 2011?
A. Operation Allied Force
B. Operation Unified Protector
C. Operation Ocean Shield
D. Resolute Support
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Operation Unified Protector enforced UN Resolution 1973 to protect civilians during Libya’s civil war.
