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National Institutions andInternational Organisations

1*. Which of the fol lowing is the headquarters of UNEP (UnitedNations Environment Programme)?a) The Hague b) New York c) Nairobi d) Vienna

2*. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC?a) Myanmar b) Bhutan c) India d) Maldives

3. The International Institute for Population Sciences is locatedi na) Mumbai b) Kolkatac) Delhi d) Thiruvanantapuram

4 . W hic h , a m ong t he f ol l owing Un it ed Na t i ons Agenci e s, i sresponsible for the promotion of food production in the World?a) ILO b) FAO c) WHO d) UNICEF

5. The Rashtriya Indian Military College is located ata ) Agra b) Dehradun c) Khadakvasla d) Cochin

6*. Which one of the UN agencies existed prior to the establishmentof the UNO?a) WHO b) ILO c) UNHCR d) UNESCO

7. The name UNO was suggested bya) Winston Churchill b) Josef Stalinc) Charles de Gaulle d) Franklin D Roosevelt

8. In which of the following places was the 50th Anniversary of the UN Charter celebrated?a) New York b) San Franciscoc) Washington d) Dumbarton Oaks

9. Where is the headquarters of the Research Designs and StandardsOrganisation of the Indian Railways located?a) Chennai b) Lucknow c) Mumbai d) Kolkata

10*. In 1863, a Swiss businessman and writer founded the Red Crossin Geneva. What is his name?a) John Calvin b) Carl G Jungc) Paul Klee d) Jean Henri Dunant

11. The European headquarters of the UN isa) Paris b) Geneva c) Rome d) Zurich

12*. Which, among the following is not a member of the CIS?a) Armenia b) Byelorussia c) Georgia d) Russia

13. The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration issituated ata) Dehradun b) New Delhic) Secunderabad d) Mussoorie

14*. Which among the following is not an official language of theUnited Nations?a) English b) French c) German d) Russian

15. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology is located ata) Darjeeling b) Mussooriec) Dehradun d) Leh


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16. The Third Window is a term associated witha) IMF b) OAEc) ECAFE d) World Bank

17*. The headquarters of UNESCO is ina) New York b) Washingtonc) Paris d) Amsterdam

18*. Which is the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank?a) Bangkok b) Manilac) Kuala Lumpur d) Jakarta

19. The f irst SAARC summit was held ina) Bengaluru b) Colomboc) Dhaka d) Kathmandu

20 . The headquarters of SAARC is ina) Kathmandu b) New Delhi c) Islamabadd) Dhaka e) Colombo

21*. The seat of International Court of Justice is established ata) Geneva b) The Hague c) Chicagod) Switzerland e) Washington

22 . India is not a member of which of the following organisations?a) SAARC b) WTO c) BRICSd) UNO e) OPEC

23*. Which of the following countries is NOT the member of IBSA?a) India b) Bangladeshc) South Africa d) Brazile) All are members

24*. The Head Office of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)is situated in ________ a) London b) New York c) Viennad) Taipei e) Seoul

25. SAARC is the associat ion of a) European countries b) Oil Exporting Nations

c) South Asian countr ies d) South American Nat ionse) None of these26. The headquarters of the United Nations Organisation is located

i na) Moscow b) New Yorkc) Washington DC d) Genevae) Brussels

27*. Amnesty International is associated closely with which of thefol lowing?a) To promote inclusive growth worldwideb) To make earth a better abode for future generationsc) To protect human rightsd) To protect the world from the dangers of any nuclear ware) None of these

28*. What is the full form of the abbreviation ASEAN?a) Association of South East Agro Nations

b) Association of South East Asian Nationsc) Alliance of South East Asian Nationsd) Alliance of South East Asian Neighbourse) None of these


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29*. The World Health Organisation has urged that advertisementsof which of the following should be banned to protect the youthfrom bad effects of the same?a) Tobaccob) Alcoholic drinksc) Junk foodd) Soft drinks with chemical preservativese) None of these

30. Indias f i r s t fu l ly dedica ted universi ty for Humani t i es i sestablished ina) Lucknow b) Delhi c) Jaipurd) Mumbai e) Hyderabad

31*. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is a wing/agencyof thea) World Bankb) United Nations Organisationc) Asian Development Bankd) Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of Indiae) None of these

32*. The head office of the World Trade Organisation is located ina) Nepal b) India c) Japand) Australia e) None of these

33*. Which of the following countries is a member of BRICS?a) Bhutan b) Iran c) Romaniad) Sudan e) South Africa

34. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of ASEAN?a) Thailand b) Myanmar c) Singapored) Vietnam e) Brazil

35. Which of the following nations is NOT the member of OPEC?a) Algeria b) Iran c) Libyad) Qatar e) France

36*. Which was the latest country to be admitted as a new memberState of UNO?a) Switzerland b) East Timorc) South Sudan d) Montenegro

37*. Where is the headquarters of INTERPOL?a) Paris b) London c) Lyons d) Geneva

38*. Which of the following countries is not a member of the NuclearSuppliers Group (NSG)?a) France b) Russia c) USA d) Iran

39*. Non-Alignment (Non-Aligned Movement) basically impliesa) choosing its own policy b) neutrality towards power blocksc) bringing peace and unity to the worldd) being a third-world power

40*. Where was the first regular session of UN General Assemblyheld?

a) San Francisco b) New Yorkc) London d) Paris41*. The Secretary-General of the UNO is appointed by the

a) General Assembly b) Security Councilc) Trusteeship Council d) World Bank


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42. Who were made the permanent members of the UN SecurityCouncil?a) One representative from each continentb) Five major powers of the allied forces in the scond world warc) Five members elected by the UN General Assembly at the initial

constitutiond) Funding members of the UN

43. The UN Secretary-General holds office for a period of a) 3 years b) 4 years c) 5 years d) 6 years

44*. In which year did the UN General Assembly adopt the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights?a) 1945 b) 1948 c) 1952 d) 1955

45*. The UN flag was adopted by the General Assembly ona) October 20, 1947 b) January 1, 1952c) June 24, 1973 d) August 15, 1982

46*. The Security Council of UN consists of a) 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent membersb) 10 permanent members and 15 non-permanent membersc) 15 permanent members and 15 non-permanent membersd) 15 permanent members

47. How many permanent members are there in the Security Council?a) Three b) Five c) Six d) Four

48. Permanent members of UN Security Council area) the USA, the UK, Russia, Germany, Chinab) the USA, Russia, the UK, France, Chinac) Canada, China, the UK, the USA, Russiad) the USA, Russia, the UK, China, Japan

49*. Which of these countries is not a member of the UNO?a) Turkey b) Sweden c) Switzerland d) Kosovo

50*. Decision of the Security Council on procedural matters shall bemade by an affirmative votes of ________ members.

a) Eleven b) Ten c) Eight d) Nine51*. The United Nations officially came into existence ona) January 1, 1942 b) October 3, 1944c) October 24, 1945 d) June 26, 1945

52*. When did India join the United Nations?a) 1945 b) 1947 c) 1950 d) 1954

53. The member states of the UNO have delegated the primaryresponsibility for maintaining world peace and security to thea) General Assembly b) Economic and Social Councilc) Security Councild) International Court of Justice

54. UN emblem is ina) white centred on a light blue backgroundb) green centred on a bright yellow backgroundc) black centred on a light blue background

d) blue centred on a light white background55*. When was the current Emblem of the United Nations approvedby the General Assembly?a) October 24, 1945 b) June 26, 1945c) December 7, 1946 d) October 24, 1946


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56*. The first African National to become Secretary-General of UNOw a sa) Kofi Annan b) Boutros Ghalic) Nelson Mandela d) Winni Mandela

57. When was the League of Nations formed?a) February 10, 1920 b) December 10, 1919c) January 10, 1920 d) January 1, 1920

58*. IBRD is also known asa) International Bank b) World Bankc) Asian Development Bank d) Bank of America

59*. G-15 is a group of a) Developed Countriesb) Developing Countriesc) Companiesd) Non-Aligned Developing Countries

60*. Earth Summit (Save Earth) was sponsered bya) UNESCO b) UNCED c) WHO d) UNICEF

61. According to the resolut ion adopted by the United NationsGeneral Assembly, International Day of Peace is observed everyyear ona) September 1 b) September 14c) September 21 d) September 30

62*. Under the rules of the IMF, each member is required to declarethe par value of its legal tender money in terms of US dollarsand _________.a) Silver b) Goldc) Pound Sterling d) Diamond

63*. Which institution is known as soft loan window of the WorldBank?a) International Finance Corporationb) International Development Association

c) International Monetary Fundd) Indian Development Forum64. Where is the headquarters of Botanical Survey of India located?

a) Lucknow b) Darjeelingc) Kolkata d) Ootacmund

65*. IMF was established to meet which of the following objectives?(A) Promoting international monetary cooperation(B) Expanding international trade(C) Lessening the disequilibrium in balance of trade(D) Avoiding competitive exchange depreciationa) (A), (B) and (C) b) (A), (C) and (D)c) (B) and (C) d) (A), (B), (C) and (C)

66*. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) came into existencew i t ha) Berlin Conference b) London Conferencec) Bretton Woods Conference d) Rome Conference

67. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) facility is available ata) International Monetary Fund (IMF)b) World Bankc) International Development Association (IDA)d) Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)


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68*. What is the full form of NATO?a) North African Treaty Organisationb) North Atlantic Treaty Organisationc) North Asian Treaty Organisationd) North American Treaty Organisation

69*. Which of the fol lowing count ri es i s not a member of theEuropean Union?a) Norway b) Sweden c) Finland d) Lithuania

70. Where is the headquarters of European Union located?a) London b) Paris c) Brussels d) Bonn

Answers

1 . c 2 . a 3 . a 4 . b 5 . b6 . b 7 . d 8 . b 9 . b 10 . d11 . b 12 . c 13 . d 14 . c 15 . c16 . d 17 . c 18 . b 19 . c 20. a21. b 22. e 23. b 24 . c 25 . c26 . b 27. b 28 . b 29 . a 30 . b31 . b 32 . e 33 . e 34 . e 35 . e36 . c 37 . c 38 . d 39 . b 40 . c41 . a 42 . b 43 . c 44 . b 45 . a46 . a 47 . b 48 . b 49 . d 50 . d51 . c 52 . a 53 . c 54 . a 55 . c56 . b 57 . c 58 . b 59 . d 60 . b61 . c 62 . b 63 . b 64 . c 65 . a66 . c 67 . a 68 . b 69 . c 70 . c

Explanatory Notes

1. UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) was formed in the year 1972. Its headquarters is in Nairobi. Its main purpose is to promoteinternational cooperation regarding matters related to the environment.

2 . SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) is anorganisation of eight South Asian countries, founded on December 8,1985. The original member states are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives and Bhutan. Afghanistan joinedthe organisation on November 13, 2005, becoming the eighth country,at its fourteenth summit. Its headquarters is at Kathmandu , Nepal. It

is headed by a Secretary-General appointed by the Council of Ministersfrom member countries in alphabetical order for a three-year term.Nine members, namely, Australia, China, European Union, Iran, Japan,Mauritious, Myanmar, South Korea and United States of America aregranted observer status.


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6. Internat ional Labour Organisat ion (ILO) is formed in 1919 forpromoting social justice and improving conditions and living standardsof workers. Its headquarters is in Geneva .

10 . The International Committee of Red Cross was founded by Jean HenriDurrant in 1863. 8 May is celebrated as World Red Cross Day and RedCrescent Day (in Muslim countries), which is the birthday of its founder

JH Durr ant . Its object ive is to prov ide worldwide humanita ria n aidand prevent or alleviate human suffering, without any discriminationon the basis of nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or politicalopinions. Its headquarters is at Geneva , Switzerland. The Red Crosswas awarded the Nobel Prize in 1917, 1944 and 1963.

12 . Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was established inDecember 1991. It comprises 12 out of 15 former Soviet Unionrepublics. Presently, the members of CIS are:

(1 ) Armenia (2 ) Azerbaijan (3 ) Belarus (4 ) Georgia (5 ) Kazakhastan(6 ) Kyrgyzstan (7 ) Moldova (8 ) Russia (9 ) Tajikistan(10 ) Turkmenistan (11 ) Ukrain and ( 12 ) Uzbekistan . Its objective is toprovide a mechanism for orderly dissolution of the Soviet Union. Itsheadquarters is located at Minsk , Belarus .

14 . The official languages of the United Nations are 6 in number namely,Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

17 . The United Nations Educat ional , Scient if ic and CulturalOrganisation (UNESCO) was founded on November 16, 1945. Its

headquarters is in Paris . Its objective is to promote collaboration amongnations through education, science and culture.

18 . The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bankestablished in August 22, 1966 to facilitate the economic developmentof countries in Asia. It consists of 67 members 48 are from Asia and19 are from outside the region. Its objective is to reduce poverty throughinclusive economic growth and improve the quality of life among thepeople in the member countries. The headquarters of the ADB arelocated at Manila, Philippines .

21 . The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is located in the PeacePlace in the Hague , Netherlands. The International Court of Justicehas 15 Judges, elected by both the General Assembly and the Security

Council for nine-year term. Elections take place every three years,with one-third of the judges retiring each time in order to ensurecontinuity within the court. Its official languages are English andFrench.


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31 . Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO ): The need for a permanentinternational body to deal with the problem of food and agriculturewas voiced at the UN conference on Food and Agriculture, held in1943 at Hot Spring in Virginia, USA. It became as specialised agency of the UNO on December 14, 1946. Its headquarters is at Rome, Italy.

The European Community was granted full membership in 1991, andit thus became the first regional organisation to join a UN specialisedagency. The aim of the FAO is to eliminate hunger and promotesustainable agriculture, rural development and develop a strategy forthe conservation of natural resources, sustainable utilisation of marineand inland fisheries and forest resources. It also works to maintainglobal biodiversity.

32 . World Trade Organisation (WTO) was established on January 1,1995, replacing General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Itwas founded by 85 members, including India. Its headquarters is inGeneva , Switzerland . It is the only international organisation dealingwith the rules of trade between nations. The goal of WTO is to helpproducers of goods and services, exporters and importers conducttheir business.

33 . BRICS is a grouping acronym of leading emerging economies: Brazil,Russia, India and China. South Africa was included into the BRICgroup in 2010. The acronym was coined by Jim O Neill in a 2001paper entitled Building Better Global Economic BRICs. The BRICcountries met their f i rst off icial summit on June 16, 2009 inYekaterinburg , Russia.

36 . New member states in the UNO are admitted by the General Assembly,on the recommendation of the Security Council. Two-thirds of themajority should vote in favour and also expel or suspend any memberstate in the same way. Fifty members have signed the UN Charter

with Poland signing later, therefore, there were originally 51 memberstates. In 1994, the total membership rose to 185. In September 2000,Tuvalu was admitted as 189th member state. In September 2000,East Timor was admitted as a member of the UN. On July 14, 2011,South Sudan became a member of the UN (the last one so far). TheVatican City/The Holy See and Palestine has been given the permanentobserver status in the UN. Presently there are 193 member-states inthe United Nations.

37 . International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) wa sestablished in September 7, 1923. It is the largest police organisationin the world. The headquarters of INTERPOL is at Lyons , France(earlier its headquarters was in Paris). It has 190 member-states. Itfacilitates cross border police cooperation; supports and assists allorganisations, authorities and services whose aim is to prevent orcombat international crime.

38 . Established in 1975, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is comprisedof 45 nuclear supplier states, including China, Russia and the UnitedStates, that have voluntarily agreed to coordinate their export controlsgoverning transfers of civilian nuclear material and nuclear relatedequipment and technology to non-nuclear-weapon states.


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39 . The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of countries consideringthemselves not aligned formally with or against any major power block.NAM was instituted in April 1955. It was founded in Belgrade in1961 and was largely the brain child of Yugoslavias President JosipBroz Tito, Indias first Prime Minister Jwaharlal Nehru, Egypts secondPresident, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghanas First President KwameNKurma and Indonesias first President, Sukarno. The principles of NAM were defined in Bandung (Indonesia) Declaration of 1955 andBroni (Yugoslavia) Declaration of 1956, which is popularly known as Panchsheel Declaration . The existing practice is to hold the Summitconference every three years. The basic objective of the associationwas in favour of peace, disarmament, economic and social development,eradication of poverty and illiteracy.

40 . The f i rst session was convened on January 10, 1946 in the

Westminster Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations.

41 . The Secretary-General is appointed by the General Assembly on therecommendation of the Security Council for a term of five years andcan be reappointed when his term expires. The Secretary-Generalcoordinates and supervises the various activities of the UN.

44 . In December, 1948.

45 . The flag of the United Nations was adopted on October 20, 1947 by the General Assembly. The UN Emblem is superimposed on the flagin white centred on a light blue background. The United Nations flagis not to be subordinated to any other flag in the world.

46 . The Security Council has 15 members out of which five are permanent

members ( China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA ) and 10 non-permanent members. The non-permanent members are elected for two

years by two-thirds majority of the General Assembly. Retiring membersare not eligible to immediate re-election. The Security Council is locatedin New York, USA. Each of the 15 members has one vote each,however, the permanent members have the power of veto to stopdiscussion on any subject or action ( negative vote ).

49 . Presently, three countries are not members of the United Nations,namely Kosovo , Taiwan and Vatican City/The Holy See.

50 . Article 27 of the United Nations Charter states: Each member of theSecurity Council shall have one vote. Decisions of the Security Councilon all other matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of ninemembers including the concurring votes of the permanent members,provided that, in decisions under chapter VI, and under paragraph 3of Article 52, a party to a dispute shall abstain from voting.

51 . United Nation came into force on October 24, 1945 , which is celebratedeach year as the United Nations Day. The headquarters of the UnitedNations is located at First Avenue, UN Plaza, New York City, USA.


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52 . India was a founding member of the United Nation, joining in October1945, two years before acquiring independence from the UnitedKingdom.

55 . The current emblem of the United Nations was approved by the GeneralAssembly on December 7, 1946. The official emblem of the UnitedNations consists of two bent olive branches opened at the top withthe map of the world in between.

The first regula r session of the United Nations was held in January 1946 and Trygve Lie was elected as the first Secretary-General of theUN.

The UN has a post office which generates its own stamps. Recently,it released a stamp to mark the 140th birth anniversary of MahatmaGandhi.

56 . Boutros Boutros Ghali is an Egyptian Politician and diplomat whowas the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996. He was the first African National to hold thepost.

58 . IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)lends to governments of middle-income and creditworthy low-incomecountries. It has 187-member countries.

59 . Group of Fifteen (G-15) was established by 15 developing countriesduring the 9th Non-Aligned Summit in September 1989 in Belgrade,Yugoslavia. Its objective is to promote economic cooperation amongdeveloping countries. The membership of G-15 has expanded to 17countries, but the name has remained unchanged. Present memberstates are: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia,Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, SriLanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe .

60 . The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development(UNCED) , also known as the Rio Summit , Rio conference. EarthSummit was a major United Nations Conference held in Rio de Janeriofrom 3rd June to 14th June 1992.

62 . In 1945, the Bretton Woods Agreement Act was enacted. Under theArticle of Agreement of the IMF each member of the IMF was requiredto establish a par value for its currency expressed in terms of gold,and to take appropriate measures to permit within its territoriesexchange transactions between its own currency and those of otherIMF members for the official settlement of international transactions.

63 . The International Development Association (IDA) lends to countrieswith the aim to finance projects that will develop infrastructure andimprove education, health care, access to clean water and sanitationfacilities, and environmental responsibility. It is considered to be thesoft lending window of the World Bank. Whereas the IBRD isconsidered to be the hard lending window .


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65 . The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organisation of 187countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, securefinancial stability, facilitate international trade, promote employmentand sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty around the world.

66 . The IMF was conceived in July 1944 during the United NationsMonetary and Financial Conference. The representatives of 45countries meeting in the town of Bretton Woods, New Hampshire,United States, agreed on a framework for international economiccooperation, to avoid the disastrous economic policies that hadcontributed to the Great Depression. The IMF came into formal existencein December 1945, when the first 29 member countries signed itsArticles of Agreement. It began operations on 1 March. Later in that

year, France became the first country to borrow from the IMF. The IMFhas currently 187-member countries . To become a member, a country

must apply and then be accepted by a majority of the existing member.Upon joining, each member is assigned a quota, broadly based on itsrelative size in the world economy. The quota largely determines themembers voting power in IMF decisions. Each IMF member has 250basis votes plus one additional vote for Special Drawing Rights (SDR)100000 of the quota. The headquarters of the IMF is in WashingtonDC , USA.

68 . The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also called the(North) Atlantic Alliance, is an inter-governmental military alliancebased on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on April 4,1949 at Brussels, Belgium. Originally formed by 12 members (the USA,the UK, Canada, France, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Norway, Portugal,Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) presently it has 28 member-states. The fundamental role of NATO is to safeguard the sovereignty of its member states by military and political means. It also plays a key

role in peace keeping and crisis resolution. Its official languages areEnglish and French .

69 . The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27member-countries ( Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Cyprus , the CzechRepublic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece ,Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta ,the Netherlands , Poland , Portugal, Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia ,Spain , Sweden and the United Kingdom ) located in Europe. It wasknown as the European Community until 1994. The EU wasestablished by the Treaty of Maastricht on February 7, 1992 andcame into being on November 1, 1993. Euro is the currency of 17 EU-countries: Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland ,France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Luxemourg , Malta , theNetherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia and Spain . The

headquarters of the EU is located at Brussels , Belgium.

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