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Which country is not included in the five permanent members of the security council of the United Nations ? 

  1. England

  2. France

  3. China

  4. India


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Belgium, Dominician Republic, Indonesia, Germany and South Africa have begun to assume responsibility as non-permanent members of UN security council. India is not included in the list.

Option (D) is answer.

Which of the following is the judicial organ of the UNO ?

  1. General Assembly

  2. Security Council

  3. Secretariat

  4. International Court of Justice


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the UN’s main judicial organ. Presiding over the ICJ, or “World Court”, are 15 judges, each from a different nation, elected by the General Assembly and Security Council. The Court settles legal disputes between nations only and not between individuals, in accordance with international law. If a country does not wish to take part in a proceeding it does not have to do so, unless required by special treaty provisions. Once a country accepts the Court's jurisdiction, it must comply with its decision.

Consider the following statements-
(a)  The UN Security Council is responsible for maintaining peace and security among countries.
(b)  The World Bank gives loans to the individuals for the monetary help.
(c)  The UN secretary General is the chief administrative officer of UN.
(d)  The UN is only responsible for maintaining international law.
Which of the above statements are correct?

  1. (a), (b) and (c)

  2. (a) and (c)

  3. (b) and (d)

  4. (b), (c) and (d)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The World Bank gives loans to different countries for capital projects. The UN is not only responsible for maintaining international law but also responsible for keeping international peace and security. So only statements (a) and (c) are correct.

Which of the following is the legislative organ of the UNO ? 

  1. General Assembly

  2. Security Council

  3. Economic and Social Council

  4. Trusteeship Council


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations and includes all its Members. It may discuss any matter arising under the UN Charter and make recommendations to UN Members (except on disputes or situations which are being considered by the Security Council). In the Assembly, each nation, large or small, has one vote and important decisions are taken by a two-thirds majority vote.

An American Oswald designed to contain the spread of communism during the Cold War was:

  1. The Monroe Doctrine

  2. The Rumsfeld Doctrine

  3. The Brezhnev Doctrine

  4. The Calvo Doctrine

  5. The Truman Doctrine


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The Truman Doctrine, 1947. With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.

Name three countries which made up the Axis powers during World War II?

  1. Italy, France, and Spain

  2. Germany, the Soviet Union, and Italy

  3. Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union

  4. Italy, Japan, and Germany

  5. Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Axis power were made by Italy, Germany and Japan. Italy and Germany wanted to be most powerful country in Europe and Japan wanted to become most powerful country in Asia so to achieve their goal these three countries came together and signed Rome - Berlin - Tokyo axis.

Which wall divided East and West Germany?

  1. The Great wall of China

  2. The Berlin Wall

  3. The Western Wall

  4. Hadrian's Wall


Correct Option: B

Stalin broke the ______ treaty and established his power on Poland.

  1. Yalta

  2. Warsaw

  3. NATO

  4. SEATO


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yalta treaty took place among the heads of America (Roosevelt), Russia (Stalin) and Great Britain (Churchill) in Feb. 1945. According to this peace treaty, open elections in Poland were accepted. But Stalin broke the conditions and got power over Poland.