World Organizations General
Knowledge Solved MCQs
Current
Affairs
1. Which organ of the United
Nations has ceased to be operational?
·
Economic and Social
Council
·
International Court of Justice
·
Trusteeship
Council ✓
·
Secretariat
2. The United Nations
is considered as a universal organisation. Which organ of rhe united nations
fully represents the fact?
·
The Economic and Social Council
·
The Security
Council
·
The Secretariat
·
The General Assembly
✓
3. The member countries of NAFTA are
·
USA and Canada
·
USA, Canada and Mexico ✓
·
Canada and Mexico
·
USA and Mexico
4. India was elected as a President of General Assembly of the United Nations
in 1953. Who occupied this office on behalf of India?
·
S. Radha Krishnan
·
Gopalswamy
Iyyengar
·
V.K. Krishna Menon
·
Vijayalakshmi Pandit ✓
5. United Nations adapted
a Charter of Economic
Rights in the year
·
1969
·
1974 ✓
·
1956
·
1964
6. The Indian Red Cross Society
was established in the year
·
1932
·
1920 ✓
·
1945
·
1890
7. SAARC was founded
in
·
New Delhi
·
Geneva
·
Dhaka ✓
·
Thimpu
8. Which organ of United
Nations has ceased to be operational?
·
Trusteeship
Council ✓
·
Secretariat
·
International Court of Justice
·
Economic and Social
Council
9. G-15 is a group of
·
developing
countries ✓
·
non-aligned
countries
·
developed countries
·
companies
The G15, a group of 17 developing countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, was set up to foster cooperation and provide input for
other international groups, such as the World Trade Organization and the Group of Seven rich industrialized nations.
The G15 focuses
on cooperation among developing countries in the areas of investment, trade, and
technology. The membership of the G15 has expanded to 18 countries, but the
name has remained unchanged.
10. Which of the following country is not a member of G-7?
·
Japan
·
Russia ✓
·
France
·
Italy
11. Which of the following is not an agency
of U.N.?
·
World Health Organisation
·
Food and
Agricultural Organisation
·
International Committee of the Red Cross ✓
·
International Monetary Fund
12. The NAM summit
which demanded expansion of the United Nations Security
council had met at
·
Tehran
·
Cairo
·
Harare
·
Jakarta ✓
13. Which of the following
countries is not a member of a SAARC
·
Sri Lanka
·
Myanmar ✓
·
Maldives
·
Bhutan
14. Where was the first ever security Council
Summit meeting held in early 1992?
·
New York ✓
·
Paris
·
Geneva
·
London
15. The headquarters of International Labour Organisation
is at
·
Paris
·
New York
·
Hague
·
Geneva ✓
16. The UNO was founded
at
·
Moscow
·
London
·
Paris
·
San Francisco ✓
17. The first General
Secretary of UNO was
·
Dag Hamarskjoeld
·
U Thant
·
Trygve Lie ✓
·
Kurt Waldheim
18.
The SAARC movement was launched for
·
political alliances
·
regional cooperation ✓
·
cultural exchanges
·
military strategy
19. The headquarters of UNHCR is located at
·
New York
·
Rome
·
Geneva ✓
·
London
20. Which of the following
is a military alliance?
·
NATO ✓
·
NAFTA
·
EEC
·
ASEAN
21. G-7 includes
·
South Africa
·
Australia
·
India
·
Italy ✓
22. INTERPOL means
·
International Political Conference
·
International Criminal Police Organisation ✓
·
None of these
·
International Association of Police
Officers
23. The headquarters of U.N.
is located in
·
Rome
·
Geneva
·
New York ✓
·
Washington
D.C.
24. Headquarters of the World Health
Organisation is located
at
·
Geneva ✓
·
Washington
DC
·
New York
·
Rome
25. The working language(s) of the UNESCO is/are
·
French only
·
English only
·
English and French
·
English, French and Russian ✓
26. The number of principal organs
of UNO is
·
3
·
4
·
5 ✓
·
6
27. When was SAARC founded?
·
1982
·
1984
·
1985 ✓
·
1983
28. Which of the following is not a member
of G-15?
·
Pakistan ✓
·
Malaysia
·
Indonesia
·
India
29. Amnesty International has its headquarters at
·
Berlin
·
New York
·
Washington
·
London ✓
30. The head quarters
of the International Red
Cross is situated in
·
Vienna
·
Paris
·
Hague
·
Geneva ✓
31. Which was the first country
to withdraw from CENTO?
·
Iraq ✓
·
Afghanistan
·
Turkey
·
U.K.
32. First Indian to make a speech
in Hindi before the UN General Assembly
is
·
Moraji Desai
·
A.B. Vajpayee ✓
·
Lal Bahadur Shastri
·
Lal Krishna
Advani
33. Which of the following
is Human Rights Organisation?
·
The French community
·
The Organisation of African Unity
·
The Arab League
·
Amnesty International ✓
34. The headquarters of International Atomic
Energy Agency is located in
·
Vienna ✓
·
London
·
Geneva
·
Washington
35. Which of the following
pairs of country and the purpose
for which U.N. Peace
Keeping Force is maintained is correctly is correctly matched?
·
Cyprus - to maintain peace between the two dominant
ethnic groups in the country
✓
·
Mozambique
- To supervise a referendum
·
El Salvador - to deliver
humanitarian aid
·
Lebanon - For supervising
a 1992 accord
36. Vietnam joined the U.N.O
in the year
·
1977 ✓
·
1970
·
1976
·
1974
37. The International Court of
Justice is located
at
·
Geneva
·
Hague ✓
·
Amsterdam
·
Vienna
38. Which of the following international organisations has started
the scheme 'Partnership for Peace' for a group of nations?
·
Organisation
of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
·
Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and Pacific
(ESCAP)
·
North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO) ✓
·
Organisations of African Unity (OAU)
39. Which of the following countries
is not a member of G-15?
·
Jamaica
·
Indonesia
·
Columbia ✓
·
Afghanistan
40. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific
(ESCAP) is located at
·
Manila
·
Singapore
·
Kuala lumpur
·
Bangkok ✓
41. Which of the following is a cultural
organisation?
·
UNESCO ✓
·
ILO
·
WHO
·
FAO
42. The non-permanent
members of the Security Council
of the UN elected by the General
Assembly for two years term at present include (2-year term which begins
on the January 1, 2011)
·
Japan, India, Hungary,
Venezuela
·
Morocco, Cape, Verde,
Belgium, Russia
·
Zimbabwe, Venezuela, India, France
·
Colombia,
Germany, India, Portugal, South Africa ✓
For the 2-year term which begins on the January
1, 2011, the elected non-permanent members
for this 2-year period will be Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal,
and South Africa.
43. When was the South Asian Association for Regional
Co-operation (SAARC) formed?
·
1985 ✓
·
1982
·
1986
·
1987
44. Which of the following
is the headquarters of World Trade Organisation (WTO)?
·
New York
·
Geneva ✓
·
Madrid
·
Paris
45. The international township
built near Pondicherry in India in coloration with UNESCO is called
·
Elbaville
·
Auroville ✓
·
Gayaville
·
Broadway
46. How many former
republics of USSR have become
members of the Commonwealth of Independent States?
·
11 ✓
·
10
·
12
·
9
47. The five permanent members of UN security council
are
·
Japan, West Germany,
USSR, UK and USA
·
Canada, China, France, USSR and USA
·
Germany, China, USSR, UK and USA
·
China, France,
USSR, UK and USA ✓
48. The main aim of SAARC is
·
Regional Cooperation ✓
·
Internal affairs
·
Non-alignity
·
Peaceful Coexistence
49. The International Human Rights Convention
adopted by the United Nations
in 1990 relates to
·
disabled
·
stateless persons
·
migrant workers
·
children ✓
50. Who was the first
Indian to be President of UN General
Assembly?
·
Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi
Pandit ✓
·
Ramesh Bhandari
·
Natwar Singh
·
Krishna Menon
51. Pakistan which rejoined
the Commonwealth, had pulled itself
out of it in the year
·
1978
·
1975
·
1972 ✓
·
1982
52. Which of the following
countries is not a member of SAARC?
·
Nepal
·
Bangladesh
·
Afghanistan
·
Myanmar ✓
53. Which of the following is used as the logo of
the World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF)?
·
Deer
·
Panda ✓
·
Camel
·
Lion
54. Which of the following countries
is not a member of the
G-8 group?
·
Germany
·
France
·
Italy
·
Spain ✓
55. Which of the following countries is not a member of Group
15 developing countries?
·
Mexico
·
Malaysia
·
Brazil
·
Bolivia ✓
56. Which one of the following is not related to disarmament?
·
SALT
·
NPT
·
CTBT
·
NATO ✓
57. Which of the following describe
correctly the Group of Seven Countries (G-7)?
·
They are developing countries
·
They are industrialised countries ✓
·
They are holding
Atomic Bomb technology
·
They are countries
who can launch their own satellites
58. SAARC is observing a decade(1991-2000) of which of the following?
·
Girl child ✓
·
Literacy
·
Health services to rural poor
·
Shelter for all
59. The headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organisation is in
·
Washington
·
Paris
·
Madrid
·
Rome ✓
60. The headquarters of the UNESCO
is at
·
Rome
·
Geneva
·
New York
·
Paris ✓
61. Which UN body deals with population problem?
·
UNFPA ✓
·
UNDP
·
UNICEF
·
UNESCO
UNFPA = United
Nations Fund for Population Activities.
62. Besides UK, USA, Germany and Japan the G-7 countries includes
·
Canada, France and Russia
·
Canada, Italy and Netherlands
·
France, Netherlands and Russia
·
Canada, France and Italy ✓
63. The headquarters of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is located in
·
Paris
·
Madrid
·
New York
·
Geneva ✓
64. The office of the UN General Assembly
is in
·
Vienna
·
New York ✓
·
Paris
·
Zurich
65. Which is principal
organ of the United Nations
that as virtually accomplished its object?
·
The Security
Council
·
The General Assembly
·
The International Court of Justice
·
The Trusteeship Council
✓
66. Amnesty International is an organisation associated with which of the following fields?
·
Protection
of Cruelty to animals
·
Environment
protection
·
Protection
of human rights
✓
·
Protection
of historic monuments
67. The Halifax summit
was that of
·
G-7 countries ✓
·
Leaders of the NAM
·
countries in
favour of a common currency for Europe
·
Palestinian
and Israeli leaders
68. The year 1995 is the Golden Jubilee
year of which
of the following international organisations?
·
UNO ✓
·
NAM
·
GATT (now WTO)
·
ASEAN
69. The United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is located
at which of the following
places?
·
Geneva ✓
·
Rome
·
Paris
·
Vienna
70. Permanent Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of SAARC programme
is located at
·
Dhaka
·
New Delhi
·
Colombo
·
Kathmandu ✓
71. The Indian delegation to the first World Conference on Human Rights was led by
·
Dr. Manmohan Singh
✓
·
Farooq Abdullah
·
Dinesh singh
·
Alam Khan
72. The chairmanship/presidency of the UN Security Council
rotates among the Council Members
·
every 6
months
·
every 3
months
·
every year
·
every month ✓
The presidency of the
United Nations Security Council
rotates on a monthly basis alphabetically among
all of the members based on their English name.
73. Which of the following is not a chief organ of
the United Nations Organisations?
·
International Labour Organisation ✓
·
Security Council
·
International Court of Justice
·
General Assembly
74. Which of the following
is not associated with the UNO?
·
ILO
·
WHO
·
ASEAN ✓
·
All of the above
UNO: United Nations
Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization WHO: World
Health Organization
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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