Questions

The other answers could be accurate in specific situations, but their role alone does not meet the keyb criterion of being "external" to the project team. Answers A, B, and D are incorrect because these individuals are not external to the project.

Ethiopia is the new name of a country which is historically called as Abyssinia.

New name     -      Old name

Namibia        -      South West Africa

Zimbabwe     -      Southern Rhodesia

Thailand        -      Siam.

Peggy Whitson on 24 April 2017 broke the record for most days spent in space (cumulatively) by a US astronaut. She broke the previous record set by Jeff Williams who had spent a total of 534 days in space.

– Whitson has been currently living and working aboard the International Space Station (ISS), for which she was launched in November 2016 using a Russian Soyuz capsule. At the time of her launch, she had already accumulated 377 total days in space.

– Her mission was recently extended for an additional three months. Now when she will return from ISS in September 2017, she would have accumulated more than 600 days in space.

TRIM "Trade-related Investment Measures", an agreement within the Uruguay round trade negotiations.

TRIPS "TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

IFSC stands for - Indian Financial System Code. This is a code uniquely identifies each bank branch participating in the two main Payment and settlement systems in India :

1. RTGS - The Real Time Gross Settlement  (and)

2. NEFT - The National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) systems.

Allotropes are the different physical forms of an element. Here in the given options, diamond and graphite are the pair of allotropes of carbon.

Some more examples are Molecular oxygen and ozone are pair of allotropes, Black and red phosphorous are also pairs of allotropes.

Surekha Marandi has been appointed as the new Executive Director (ED) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). She succeeded U S Paliwal, who retired on December 31, 2016.

One who sacrifices his life for a cause is called as Martyr.