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(a) Washington
(b) Paris
(c) London
(d) Geneva
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Answer: (d)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a member of the United Nations Development Group. Its predecessor, the Health Organization, was an agency of the League of Nations.
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Question : 1
Name the body which has replaced the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.
a) Economic and Social Council
b) Trusteeship Council
c) Secretariat
d) Human Rights Council
Answer »Answer: (d)
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is the successor to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly established the UNHRC by adopting a resolution on 15 March 2006, in order to replace the previous CHR.
Question : 2
Special Drawing Rights were created by
a) WTO
b) IMF
c) IBRD
d) ADB
Answer »Answer: (b)
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.
Question : 3
Which country from the following is a permanent member of UN Security Council ?
a) Ukraine
b) Japan
c) Switzerland
d) People’s Rupublic of China
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Security Council held its first session on 17 January 1946 at Church House, Westminster, London. Since its first meeting, the Council, which exists in continuous session, has travelled widely, holding meetings in many cities, such as Paris and Addis Ababa, as well as at its current permanent home at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
There are 15 members of the Security Council, consisting of five veto-wielding permanent members— China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—based on the great powers that were the victors of World War II, and 10 elected non-permanent members with two-year terms.
This basic structure is set out in Chapter V of the UN Charter. Security Council members must always be present at UN headquarters in New York so that the Security Council can meet at any time
Question : 4
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are
a) Germany, China, Russia, U.S.A., UK.
b) Japan, Germany, Russia, U.S.A., U.K.
c) Canada, China, France, US.A., UK.
d) China, France, Russia, U.S.A., UK.
Answer »Answer: (d)
There are 5 veto-wielding permanent members in the United Nations Security Council—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States— based on the great powers that were the victors of World War II.
Question : 5
According to the U.N. Convention on the rights of children which of the following is not a right?
a) Marriage
b) Education
c) Safe drinking water
d) Adequate standard of living
Answer »Answer: (a)
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.
Question : 6
Under the rules of the IMF, each member is required to declare the par value of its legal tender money in terms of U.S. dollars and
a) Diamond
b) Pound sterling
c) Silver
d) Gold
Answer »Answer: (d)
In 1945, the Bretton Woods Agreement Act was enacted. Under the Article of Agreement of the I.M.F, each member of the IMF was required to establish a par value for its currency expressed in terms of gold, and to take appropriate measures to permit within its territories exchange transactions between its own currency and those of other IMF members for the official settlement of international transactions. Only the dollar remained convertible into gold at a price of $35 per ounce.
Each country decided what it wanted its exchange rate to be vis-à-vis the dollar and then calculated the gold par value of the currency based on that selected dollar exchange rate.
All participating countries agreed to try to maintain the value of their currencies within 1 per cent of the Par value by buying or selling currencies(or gold) as needed.
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