Practice Quiz set 2 - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) How many principles are in the UN Charter ?
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As per the United Nations Charter, the organization and its members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with seven principles. The charter was signed in San Francisco, US, on 26 June 1945. It entered into force on 24 October 1945.
Q-2) Special Drawing Rights were created by
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Special Drawing Rights (SDR) are supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets defined and maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The SDR was created by the IMF in 1969 to support the Bretton Woods fixed exchange rate system.
Q-3) The World Trade Organisation (W.T.O) came into effect in
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) that supervises and liberalizes international trade officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement. It replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948.
Q-4) One of the following is also called as World Bank –
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The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), an international financial institution that offers loans to middle-income developing countries, is known as the World Bank.
It is the original World Bank institution and works closely with the rest of the World Bank Group to help developing countries reduce poverty, promote economic growth, and build prosperity.
Q-5) Which amidst the following is not a specialised agency of the UN ?
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IMO-headquartered in London, United Kingdom, is a specialized agency of the United Nations with 170 Member States and three Associate Members.
WIPO-The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 “to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world.
ITU- The International Telecommunication Union, previously the International Telegraph Union, is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies.
FAO-The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Q-6) How many countries in Africa are members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
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OPEC has twelve member countries: six in the Middle East, four in Africa, and two in South America. The African states in OPEC are: Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Libya.
Q-7) World Trade Organization (WTO) was started in the year
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995, under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948.
The organization deals with the regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants’ adherence to WTO agreements which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified by their parliaments.
Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round (1986–1994).
Q-8) Where is the headquarters of INTERPOL ?
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The headquarters of INTERPOL are located in Lyons. INTERPOL was established in 1923 with headquarters in Paris. After a terrorist bomb blast in May 1986, the headquarters were shifted to Lyons.
Q-9) The latest official language of the United Nations is
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The Charter of the United Nations, its 1945 constituent document, did not expressly provide for official languages of the UN. The Charter was enacted in five languages (Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Spanish). Arabic was an official language and working language of the General Assembly in 1973.
Q-10) According to the U.N. Convention on the rights of children which of the following is not a right?
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The Convention deals with the child-specific needs and rights. However, marriage is a social institution. It has not been listed as one of the rights or needs of children in the convention.