world organisations section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

The first SAARC summit was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in December 1985.

It was attended by the Government representative and president of Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the kings of Bhutan and Nepal, and the prime minister of India.

They signed the SAARC Charter on 8 December 1985, thereby establishing the regional association.

Answer: (a)

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

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 UN System agencies include,

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

Answer: (a)

The Bretton Woods Institutions are the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). They were set up at a meeting of 43 countries in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA in July 1944. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is not a Bretton Woods Institution.

Answer: (d)

The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO), widely known as INTERPOL, is an intergovernmental organization facilitating international police cooperation.

It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) in 1923 and adopted its telegraphic address as its common name in 1956.

Its headquarters is located in 200, Quai Charles de Gaulle, Lyon which is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille.

Answer: (d)

UNESCO mobilises for education so that every child, boy or girl, has access to quality education as a fundamental human right and as a prerequisite for human development. UNESCO has created the idea of World Heritage to protect sites of outstanding universal value.

Answer: (c)

The main watchdog of International Trade is World Trade Oragnisation (WTO). WTO is a permanent international trade body which replaced the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) on January 1, 1995. Its headquarters is in Geneva. WTO administers trade agreements through various councils and committees.