General Knowledge

The Munich Security Conference is an annual conference on international security policy that has been held in Munich, Bavaria, Germany since 1963. It was founded by Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin and has become the most important independent forum for international security policy discussions. Therefore, the correct answer is 1963, which corresponds to option B.

Japan was the first country to receive a loan from the World Bank in 1947 to help rebuild after World War II. The other countries listed received loans later or were not the first recipients.

According to the official FIBA rules, which govern the Olympics and World Tournaments, the official basketball court dimensions are 28 meters in length and 15 meters in width. This is confirmed by multiple authoritative sources including the FIBA official rules and the Olympics website. The option D (28 m x 16 m) is incorrect as the width is 15 meters, not 16 meters. Therefore, option B (28 m x 15 m) is the correct answer.

General K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, appointed in 1949. The other options are incorrect as Maharaja Rajendra Singhji was not an army chief, and Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari was the first Indian Chief of Naval Staff.

Linus Pauling won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his activism against nuclear weapons testing, making him the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.

The Konkan coast is a rugged section of the western coastline of India, stretching from Maharashtra to Goa and Karnataka. It is well-known as part of India's western coastal region.

The border between Pakistan and China is located to the north of Pakistan, primarily in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, and is approximately 523 kilometers long.

The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947, making it the official border between these two countries.

Madrid is the capital city of Spain, making option C the correct answer. The other options are capitals of different countries or incorrect.

UNICEF was established in 1946 as a temporary agency but was declared a permanent part of the United Nations system in 1951. Therefore, 1951 is the correct year when UNICEF became a permanent UN agency.