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International Organizations

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International organizations play crucial roles in global governance, economics, and social development. This hub offers practice questions on the United Nations, the World Bank, and various regional bodies. These topics frequently appear in UPSC, SSC, and state PSC general awareness sections.

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International Organizations Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Human Rights Committee

  2. Economic and Social Council

  3. International Labour Organization

  4. International Law Association

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Under Article 7 of the UN Charter, the six principal organs are: General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. The Human Rights Committee, ILO, and International Law Association are specialized agencies or other bodies, not principal organs. ECOSOC is the only principal organ listed in the options.

Multiple choice
  1. Security Council

  2. Secretariat

  3. ECOSOC

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Secretariat is the United Nations' executive arm. The Secretariat has an important role in setting the agenda for the UN's deliberative and decision making bodies of the UN (the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and Security Council), and the implementation of the decisions of these bodies.

Multiple choice
  1. Both (1) and (2)

  2. Both (2) and (3)

  3. Both (1) and (3)

  4. All of the three

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) serves as an intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology and nuclear power worldwide. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957. Though established independently of the United Nations, through its own international treaty - the IAEA Statute - the IAEA reports to both the UN General Assembly and Security Council. IAEA and its former Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that was on October 7, 2005.

Multiple choice
  1. United Nations International Children's Educational Fund

  2. United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

  3. United Nations Institute for Children's Educational Finance

  4. United Nations International Children and Emergency Fund

  5. United Nations Institute for Children's Emergency Fund

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, is the correct answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Human Rights Council

  2. World Bank

  3. International Committee of the Red Cross

  4. UN Peacekeeping forces

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

International Committee of Red Cross has been awarded Noble Peace Prize thrice. The first Nobel Peace Prize was shared by two people, namely Jean Henry Dunant from Switzerland, the founder of the International Committee of Red Cross, Geneva and Frederic Passy from France, the founder and President of French Peace Society. The International Red Cross Committee has been awarded the Peace Prize thrice. Martti Ahtisaari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his efforts in resolving international conflicts.

Multiple choice
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 1 and 2

  3. Only 1 and 3

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

World Development Report is published every year by the World Bank. The World Bank's annual World Development Report provides a wide international readership with an extraordinary window on development economics. Each year, the report focuses on a specific aspect of development.

Multiple choice
  1. Only A

  2. A and B

  3. A and C

  4. All of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All of the above are the ad-hoc bodies of the UN General Assembly.

Multiple choice
  1. Trusteeship Council

  2. International Court of Justice

  3. Secretariat

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

New UN members are admitted on recommendation of the Security Council, then approved by the General Assembly. The Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and Secretariat do not have authority to recommend new member admissions.

Multiple choice
  1. UNO

  2. WHO

  3. ILO

  4. UNDP

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) publishes the annual Human Development Index Report, which ranks countries based on health, education, and income indicators. UNO is the general organization, WHO handles health, ILO deals with labor standards.

Multiple choice
  1. formation of the UNO

  2. formation of the WTO

  3. formation of the World Bank and IMF

  4. formation of the WHO

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Bretton Woods Conference held in New Hampshire, USA in 1944 established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (later part of the World Bank Group). These institutions were created to stabilize the global economy and prevent economic crises like the Great Depression. The UNO formation conference was in San Francisco (1945), WTO came much later (1995), and WHO was established in 1948 but at a different conference.