1. Which of the following is not the main organ of United Nations?
A. General Assembly
B. Security Council
C. Secretariat
D. General Council
ANSWER:D.General Council
SOLUTION :The General Council is not a main organ of the United Nations (UN).
2. Which of the following Country does not exercises Veto power in United Nations?
A. China
B. Russia
C. USA
D. Canada
ANSWER:D.Canada
SOLUTION:
The correct answer is Canada. The UN Security Council has 15 members, five permanent members, and 10 non-permanent members elected for two-year terms. The five permanent members are the United States, the Russian Federation, France, China, and the United Kingdom.
3. Which of the following is not an official language of United Nations?
A. Russian
B. French
C. Arabic
D. Persian
ANSWER : D.Persian
SOLUTION:
Persian
4. The document ” Declaration by United Nations” was signed on?
A. January, 1942
B. October , 1869
C. October , 1945
D. August , 1941
ANSWER: A.January, 1942
SOLUTION:
On 1 January 1942, Churchill, Roosevelt, Maxim Litvinov of the USSR, and T. V. Soong of China signed a short document. This document later became known as the Declaration by United Nations. The next day, representatives of 22 other nations added their signatures.
5. Which Conference Adopted The United Nations Charter on 26th January 1942?
A. San Francisco
B. London Conference
C. Tokyo Conference
D. None
ANSWER: A.San Francisco
SOLUTION:
The Charter of the United Nations is the founding document of the United Nations. It was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945.
6. Which specialized Agency of UNO Lists World Heritage Sites?
A. UNESCO
B. UNDP
C. UNEP
D. UNICEF
ANSWER:A.UNESCO
SOLUTION:
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is responsible for listing world heritages sites.
7. Who was the only Secretary General of the UNO to have died while in Office?
A. U Thant
B. Trygvi Lie
C. Antonio Guterres
D. Dag Hammarskjold
ANSWER: D.Dag Hammarskjold
SOLUTION :
DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD: The UN years … Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 10 April 1953 until 18 September 1961 when he died in a plane crash while on a peace mission in the Congo.
8. The headquarters of IMF and World Bank are lockated at __________.
A. Geneva and Montreal
B. Geneva and Vienna
C. New York and Geneva
D. Washington
ANSWER:D.Washington
SOLUTION:
The World Bank and the IMF are both based in Washington, D.C and work closely with each other.
9. Voting rights in the IMF are determined on the basis of _______.
A. One country, One vote
B. Size of the economy
C. Proportion to contribution given by each country
D. Proportion to quota alloted to countries from time to time
ANSWER: B.Size of the economy
SOLUTION:
Voting power in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is based on a quota system that takes into account a member country’s relative economic position in the world.
10. The Headquarters of United Nations is at __________.
A. New York
B. Geneva
C. Rome
D. Tokyo
ANSWER: A.New York
SOLUTION:
The headquarters of the UN is in New York City, USA. Its European office is located in Geneva, Switzerland.