world organisations section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

India was a founding member of the United Nations, joining in October 1945, two years before acquiring independence from the United Kingdom.

In 1953, the chief delegate of India at the time, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was elected the first woman President of the UN General Assembly. India has been elected seven times to the UN Security Council. 

Only three countries have served longer than that (Japan, Brazil, and Argentina), except for the Permanent Five, and Colombia has served the same amount of time.

India is a charter member of the United Nations and participates in all of its specialized agencies. It has contributed troops to United Nations peacekeeping efforts in Korea, Egypt and the Congo in earlier years and in Somalia, Angola and Rwanda in recent years, and more recently Haiti.

India has been a member of the UN Security Council for six terms (a total of 12 years) and is a current member for 2011-12.

Answer: (a)

There are six official languages of the UN: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. These languages are used at meetings of various UN organs, particularly the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and the Security Council.

Answer: (a)

The headquarters of the International Labour Organization is located at Geneva, Switzerland. The ILO organizes the International Labour Conference in Geneva every year in June, where conventions and recommendations are crafted and adopted.

Answer: (d)

António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January 2017.

Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and in war zones, the Secretary-General is determined to make human dignity the core of his work and to serve as a peace broker, a bridge-builder and a promoter of reform and innovation.

Note: António Guterres, is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is serving as the ninth SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations.

Previously, he was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015.

Answer: (a)

The International Court of Justice, which is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations, is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Its main functions are to settle legal disputes submitted to it by states and to provide advisory opinions on legal questions submitted to it by duly authorized international organs, agencies, and the UN General Assembly.

Answer: (b)

When India became independent in 1947, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan represented India at UNESCO (1946– 52) and was later Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union, from 1949 to 1952. He was also elected to the Constituent Assembly of India.