World Organizations 70 Questions

World Organizations MCQs — Practice & Prepare

1

The UNO was founded at

✅ Correct answer: San Francisco The United Nations was founded at a conference in San Francisco in 1945.
2

The first General Secretary of UNO was

✅ Correct answer: Trygve Lie Trygve Lie of Norway served as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1946.
3

The headquarters of U.N. is located in

✅ Correct answer: New York The United Nations headquarters is located in New York City.
4

The number of principal organs of UNO is

✅ Correct answer: 5 The United Nations has five active principal organs (the Trusteeship Council, its sixth, has ceased operations): the General Assembly, Security Council, ECOSOC, ICJ, and the Secretariat.
5

The International Court of Justice is located at

✅ Correct answer: Hague The International Court of Justice sits at The Hague, Netherlands.
6

The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located in

✅ Correct answer: Vienna The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
7

The five permanent members of UN security council are

✅ Correct answer: China, France, USSR, UK and USA The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are China, France, Russia (formerly USSR), the UK, and the USA.
8

The headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organisation is in

✅ Correct answer: Rome The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is headquartered in Rome, Italy.
9

Which UN body deals with population problem?

✅ Correct answer: UNFPA The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is the UN body focused on population issues.
10

The office of the UN General Assembly is in

✅ Correct answer: New York The UN General Assembly's offices are located at UN Headquarters in New York.
11

Which is principal organ of the United Nations that as virtually accomplished its object?

✅ Correct answer: The Trusteeship Council The Trusteeship Council effectively completed its mandate and ceased regular operations once all trust territories achieved self-government.
12

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is located at which of the following places?

✅ Correct answer: Vienna
13

The chairmanship/presidency of the UN Security Council rotates among the Council Members

✅ Correct answer: every month The presidency of the UN Security Council rotates monthly among its members, in English alphabetical order.
14

Which of the following is not a chief organ of the United Nations Organisations?

✅ Correct answer: International Labour Organisation The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is a UN specialized agency, not one of the UN's chief/principal organs.
15

Which of the following is not associated with the UNO?

✅ Correct answer: ASEAN ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is a separate regional bloc and is not a UN-affiliated agency, unlike the ILO or WHO.
16

The International Human Rights Convention adopted by the United Nations in 1990 relates to

✅ Correct answer: children The UN's 1990 International Convention (the Convention on the Rights of the Child) relates to children's rights.
17

United Nations adapted a Charter of Economic Rights in the year

✅ Correct answer: 1974 The UN General Assembly adopted the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States in 1974.
18

Which organ of United Nations has ceased to be operational?

✅ Correct answer: Trusteeship Council The Trusteeship Council is the UN organ that has ceased operations, having completed its decolonization mandate in 1994.
19

Headquarters of the World Health Organisation is located at

✅ Correct answer: Geneva The World Health Organisation (WHO) is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
20

Which of the following is not an agency of U.N.?

✅ Correct answer: International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an independent humanitarian organization, not a UN specialized agency.
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