world organisations section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

South Sudan is the latest country to be admitted as a new member state of the United Nations.

Answer: (b)

The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands. The ICJ is composed of fifteen judges elected to nine-year terms by the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council from a list of persons nominated by the national groups in the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

The election process is set out in Articles 4– 19 of the ICJ statute. Elections are staggered with five judges elected every three years, in order to ensure continuity within the court.

Answer: (e)

There are 962 World Heritage Sites located in 157 States Party. Of these, 745 are cultural, 188 are natural and 29 are mixed properties.

The World Heritage Committee has divided the countries into five geographic zones:

1. Africa,
2. Arab States (composed of most of the Middle East and North Africa),
3. Asia and Oceania,
4. Europe & North America (includes Canada and the United States) and Latin America & Caribbean.
5. Russia and the Caucasus states are classified as European,

While Mexico is classified as belonging to the Latin America & Caribbean zone, despite its location in North America.

Answer: (c)

The 5 veto-wielding permanent members in the United Nations Security Council are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Answer: (a)

The federal rule and referendums have been used in Switzerland since 1848.

A referendum (also known as a plebiscite or a vote on a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal, usually a piece of legislation that has been passed into law by the local legislative body and was signed by the pertinent executive official(s).

Answer: (b)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance of 28 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949.

In accordance with the treaty, the fundamental role of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means. NATO is playing an increasingly important role in crisis management and peacekeeping.