Quiz on United Nation Qrganisation (Top Question)


Quiz on United Nation Qrganisation

1. Which of the following organs of the UN has the basic responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security?
(A) General Assembly (B) Security Council
(C) International Court of Justice (D) Trusteeship Council
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2. To which country did the first Secretary General of the UN belong ?
(A) Austria (B) Sweden
(C) Burma (D) Norway
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3. To which country does the present UN Secretary General belong ?
(A) South Korea (B) France
(C) Spain (D) Portugal
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4. Who, amongst the following, was the first UN Secretary–General ?
(A) Trygve Lie (B) Dag Hammarskjoeld
(C) U Thant (D) None of these
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5. Which of the following UN agencies has its headquarters at Paris ?
(A) UNESCO (B) ILO
(C) FAO (D) IMO
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6. Which of the following agencies related to the United Nations was in existence before the Second World War ?
(A) Food and Agricultural Organisation
(B) International Labour Organisation
(C) World Health Organisation
(D) International Monetary Fund
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7. All of the following organisations have their headquarters at Geneva, except –
(A) Food and Agricultural Organisation
(B) International Labour Organisation
(C) World Health Organisation
(D) World Trade Organisation
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8. All of the following organisations have their headquarters at Washington, D.C., except –
(A) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(B) International Monetary Fund
(C) United Nations Children’s Fund
(D) International Finance Corporation
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9. When was the International Monetary Fund established ?
(A) 1945 (B) 1946
(C) 1947 (D) 1950
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10. Which of the following is an affiliate of the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) ?
(A) UNICEF (B) UNDP
(C) IDA (D) IMF
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11. The term of office of a Judge of the International Court of Justice is –
(A) 5 years (B) 6 years
(C) 9 years (D) 10 years
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12. The normal term of office for which the President and Vice–President of the International Court of Justice are elected is –
(A) 3 years (B) 5 years
(C) 7 years (D) 9 years
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13. The only Indian woman who became President of the World Health Organisation so far is/was –
(A) Smt. Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
(B) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
(C) Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(D) Dr. Sushila Nayar
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14. Of the various agencies related to the United Nations, the one that has been in existence for the longest period is –
(A) International Labour Organisation
(B) Universal Postal Union
(C) World Health Organisation
(D) World Meteorological Organisation
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15. The number of principal organs of the United Nations is –
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 5 (D) 6
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16. All of the following countries are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, except –
(A) Greece (B) Pakistan
(C) Turkey (D) Germany
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17. Which of the following statements about the purposes of the North Atlantic Treaty is not correct ?
(A) The member nations agreed to settle disputes by peaceful means
(B) Develop their individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack
(C) Regard an attack on one as an attack on all
(D) Locate the headquarters of the Organisations at Ankara
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18. What does NATO stand for ?
(A) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (B) North America Treaty Organisation
(C) New America Treaty Organisation (D) New Altantic Treaty Organisation
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19. The Warsaw Treaty Organisation which was created on May 14, 1955, had its member-nations from –
(A) Erstwhile Soviet bloc of countries (B) Arab bloc of countries
(C) Western bloc of counties (D) South–East Asian bloc of countries
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20. The headquarters of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation were at –
(A) Berlin (B) Prague
(C) Moscow (D) Warsaw
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