Languages of the UN Secretariat

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge about the languages used in the United Nations Secretariat.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an official language of the United Nations Secretariat?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Spanish
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a working language of the United Nations Secretariat?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. German
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the most widely used language in the United Nations Secretariat?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Spanish
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the least widely used language in the United Nations Secretariat?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Russian
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a Romance language?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Spanish
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a tonal language?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Spanish
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Indo-European language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Spanish
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Afroasiatic language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Spanish
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Romance language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Spanish
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Germanic language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Spanish
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Slavic language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Russian
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Uralic language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Hungarian
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Altaic language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Turkish
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Austronesian language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Indonesian
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the only official language of the United Nations Secretariat that is not a member of the Niger-Congo language family?

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Swahili