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- Promoting International Monetary Cooperation
- Expanding International trade
- Lessening the disequilibrium in the balance of trade
- Avoiding competitive exchange depreciations
(a) (A), (B), (C) and (D)
(b) (B) and (D)
(c) (A), (B) and (C)
(d) (A), (C) and (D)
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
The IMF works to foster global growth and economic stability. It provides policy advice and financing to members in economic difficulties and also works with developing nations to help them achieve macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty.
Its two primary functions were: to oversee the fixed exchange rate arrangements between countries, thus helping national governments manage their exchange rates and allowing these governments to prioritize economic growth, and to provide short-term capital to aid balance-of-payments.
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Question : 1
Ban Ki Moon, the present Secretary General of U.N.O., belongs to
a) Japan
b) Republic of Korea
c) Austria
d) China
Answer »Answer: (b)
Ban Ki-Moon is a native of South Korea. He is the Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2007.
Note: As of 2017, the Secretary-General is António Guterres and he is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is serving as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Previously, he was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015.
Question : 2
Which among the following institutions is not related to United Nations ?
a) International Confederation of Free Trade Union (ICFTU)
b) World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
c) Universal Postal Union (UPU)
d) International Finance Commission (IFC)
Answer »Answer: (a)
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was an international trade union.
It came into being on 7 December 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and was dissolved on 31 October 2006 when it merged with the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) to form the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
Prior to being dissolved, the ICFTU had a membership of 157 million members in 225 affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories.
Question : 3
The Headquarters of Inter-national Atomic Energy Agency is in
a) Washington
b) Vienna
c) Geneva
d) Paris
Answer »Answer: (b)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957.
Though established independently of the United Nations through its own international treaty, the IAEA Statute, the IAEA reports to both the UN General Assembly and Security Council. The IAEA has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
The IAEA has two “Regional Safeguards Offices” which are located in Toronto, Canada, and in Tokyo, Japan. The IAEA also has two liaison offices which are located in New York City, United States, and in Geneva, Switzerland.
In addition, the IAEA has three laboratories located in Vienna and Seibersdorf, Austria, and Monaco.
Question : 4
Headquarters of World Health Organisation are situated at
a) New York.
b) Geneva
c) Hague
d) Oslo
Answer »Answer: (b)
The headquarters of the World Health Organisation are situated at Geneva.
Regional Offices: Alexandria, Brazzaville, Copenhagen, Manila, New Delhi and Washington.
Question : 5
As required by the WTO agreement, the Indian Patent Act was amended in 1999. The Act first came into force in the year
a) 1980
b) 1975
c) 1965
d) 1970
Answer »Answer: (d)
Patent Act and Patents Act (with their variations) are stock short titles used in Canada, India, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States for legislation relating to patents. A Patent Act is a country’s legislation that controls the use of patents, such as the Patentgesetz in Germany.
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention.
Under the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, patents should be available in WTO member states for any invention, in all fields of technology, and the term of protection available should be a minimum of twenty years.
In many countries, certain subject areas are excluded from patents, such as business methods and computer programs
Question : 6
Consider the following statements:
- The Kalinga Prize is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.
- Dorairajan Balasubramanian was the last person from India to receive the Kalinga Prize.
a) 1 and 2 both
b) 2 only
c) 1 only
d) None
Answer »Answer: (c)
The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an international distinction created by UNESCO in 1951 following a donation from Mr Bijoyanand Patnaik, Founder and President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India. In 2010, Gokulananda Mohapatra of India received this prize.
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