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Who was the first president of Ghana?

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  1. Nelson Mandela

  2. Aung Suu Kyi

  3. Julius Nyrere

  4. Nkrumah

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following organisations is responsible for maintaining peace and security among international countries?

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  1. IMF

  2. World Bank

  3. UNSC

  4. UNESCO

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Correct Option: C

The President of Chile in August $2006$ was _______________.

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  1. Lech Walsa

  2. Michelle Bachelet

  3. General Bachelet

  4. Alberto

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Correct Option: B

The President of World Bank has always been a citizen of _______________.

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  1. United States of America

  2. United Kingdom

  3. France

  4. Japan

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Traditionally, the World Bank Group President has always been an American citizen nominated by the United States, the largest shareholder in the World Bank Group. The nominee is subject to confirmation by the Board of Executive Directors, to serve for a five-year, renewable term. Hence, Option A is correct.

The number of permanent members of security council of UN are __________.

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  1. Three

  2. Five

  3. Seven

  4. Nine

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Correct Option: B

Identify correct option that has led to the demand that UN becomes more democratic.

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  1. Fifteen-member Council

  2. Security Council

  3. The veto power of the five permanent members

  4. General Assembly

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are the five permanent members having veto powers with them. The veto means the power to stop any decision; which means they can take any international decision or can stop any decision.

This makes the UN undemocratic in nature because all member states do not have equal powers with respect to taking any decision. 

In Pakistan, the work of the civilian cabinet was supervised by the ________________.

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  1. UN Security Council.

  2. National People's Congress.

  3. National Security Council.

  4. Council of Ministers.

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Correct Option: C

The memorial park in Accra was built in the memory of the _______________.

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  1. Dr. Hilla Liman

  2. Joseph Arthur Ankrah

  3. Kwame Nkrumah

  4. Julius Nyrere

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Correct Option: C

Veto in the U.N. Security Council means the rejection of a substantive resolution by ___________________.

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  1. The majority of members voting against it

  2. At least one of the permanent members voting against it

  3. All the members voting against it

  4. The majority of non-permanent members voting against it

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The United Nations Security Council power of veto refers to the veto power wielded solely by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council enabling them to prevent the adoption of any substantive resolution. Abstention or absence from the vote by a permanent member does not prevent a draft resolution from being adopted. 

The U.N.O. came into existence on ______________.

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  1. August 9, 1942

  2. October 24, 1945

  3. August 15, 1947

  4. January 26, 1950

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The UN officially came into existence 24 October 1945, upon ratification of the Charter by the five permanent members of the Security Council which were France, the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, the UK and the US and by a majority of the other 46 signatories.