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Pascal Lamy served as Director-General of the WTO from 2005 to 2013, which includes 2011. Supachai Panitchpakdi was his predecessor (1999-2005), while Mike Moore served before him.

Warren Buffett is the CEO and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate holding company. Option C has a typo but is clearly the intended answer.

Barack Obama carried a small figurine of Lord Hanuman as a lucky charm during his 2008 election campaign. This was widely reported in the media.

India's first commercial heliport was built in New Delhi at Rohini. It was inaugurated in 2017 and serves as a dedicated facility for helicopter operations.

Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This was a historic achievement for Indian sports.

The United Nations declared 1994 as both the International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal, and the International Year of the Family.

B.C. Khanduri (Bhagat Singh Koshiyari) was the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand during a period of political instability in 2009-2011 when rebel factions caused upheaval within the state political landscape.

C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his discovery of the Raman Effect. This was a groundbreaking achievement in the field of light scattering.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had 17 MPs in the Lok Sabha during the 2009-2014 period following the 2009 general election. This was their representation before the 2014 election.

The Free Press of India, established in 1927 by S. Sadanand, was India's first national news agency. It played a pioneering role in gathering and distributing news across the country during the colonial period and was an important voice in the nationalist movement.

The Caspian Sea, covering about 371,000 square kilometers, is the world's largest lake by surface area. Despite its name, it's an enclosed body of water without an outlet to the ocean, making it geographically a lake. It's bordered by five countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan.

Shri Krishna Sinha, popularly known as 'Bihar Kesari' (Lion of Bihar), was the first Chief Minister of Bihar serving from 1946 to 1961. He played a crucial role in Bihar's development immediately after independence and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi during the freedom movement.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, is located at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It has been adjudicating international disputes since 1946. The Hague is also home to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other international legal institutions.

Razia Sultan (1236-1240) was the first and only woman to rule the Delhi Sultanate. Daughter of Iltutmish, she defied gender norms of her time and ruled in her own right, adopting the title 'Sultan.' She was known for her administrative reforms and military campaigns, and was a capable ruler despite opposition from nobles.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known as 'Frontier Gandhi,' was the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna in 1987. A prominent freedom fighter from the Northwest Frontier Province (now in Pakistan), he followed Gandhian principles of non-violence and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. After partition, he remained a Pakistani citizen but maintained strong ties to India.

In 2011, the United Nations had 192 member states for most of the year (before South Sudan joined in July 2011, bringing it to 193). The UN membership has grown gradually from the original 51 founding members. As of 2024, there are 193 member states, with South Sudan being the most recent addition.

SAARC was established on December 8, 1985, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to promote economic and regional cooperation among South Asian nations. The founding members included India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Maldives. Afghanistan joined later in 2007. SAARC aims to promote welfare, economic growth, and cultural development in the region.