world organisations section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), earlier known as the World Wildlife Fund, was founded on April 29, 1961. It is the world's largest conservation organization, working in the field of the biodiversity conservation, and the reduction of humanity's footprint on the environment. It is headquartered in Vaud, Switzerland.

Answer: (a)

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

It serves both developed and developing countries. The world headquarters are located in Rome, in the former seat of the Department of Italian East Africa.

One of the most notable features of the building was the Axum Obelisk which stood in front of the agency seat, although just outside of the territory allocated to FAO by the Italian Government.

It was taken from Ethiopia by Benito Mussolini’s troops in 1937 as a war chest and returned on 18 April 2005.

Answer: (d)

General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs

Answer: (c)

Commonwealth is involved in diverse activities, from helping countries with trade negotiations to encouraging women’s leadership, building the small business sector, supporting youth participation at all levels of society and providing experts to write laws. The Commonwealth continues to be a pioneer in many areas of development.

Answer: (d)

The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5, include the following five governments: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The members represent the great powers considered the victors of World War II.

The five permanent members of the Security Council were the victorious powers in World War II and have maintained the world’s most powerful military forces ever since.

They annually top the list of countries with the highest military expenditures; in 2011, they spent over US$1 trillion combined on defence, accounting for over 60% of global military expenditures (the U.S. alone accounting for over 40%).

They are also the only countries officially recognized as “nuclear-weapon states” under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Answer: (d)

The United Nations and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year.

The organization has "Six Principal Organs":

1. The General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly);
2. The Security Council (for deciding certain resolutions for peace and security);
3. The Economic and Social Council (for assisting in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development);
4. The Secretariat (for providing studies, information, and facilities needed by the UN);
5. The International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ); and
6. The United Nations Trusteeship Council (which is currently inactive).

Other prominent "3 UN System agencies" include,

1. The World Health Organization (WHO),
2. The World Food Programme (WFP) and
3. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Specialised agencies are autonomous organisations working with the United Nations and each other through the coordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level.

Following are the list of 12 specialised agencies:

1. Food and Agriculture Organization;
2. International Civil Aviation Organization;
3. International Fund for Agricultural Development;
4. International Labour Organization;
5. International Maritime Organization
6. ; International Monetary Fund;
7. The International Telecommunication Union;
8. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;
9. United Nations Industrial Development Organization;
10. The Universal Postal Union;
11. World Bank Group;
12. World Health Organization;