world organisations section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Woodrow Wilson quipped, “A living thing is born” after the League Covenant was drafted in 1919. The League was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.

Answer: (c)

During the past decade, health has achieved unprecedented prominence as a key driver of socioeconomic progress, and more resources than ever are being invested in health. Yet poverty continues to contribute to poor health, and poor health anchors large populations in poverty.

Answer: (c)

The flag of the United Nations was adopted on October 20, 1947, and consists of the official emblem of the United Nations in white on a blue background.

The emblem’s design is described as:

“A map of the world representing an azimuthal equidistant projection centred on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalized branches of the olive tree. The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five concentric circles.”

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: (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: (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.