world organisations section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group consisting of 13 of the world’s major oil-exporting nations.

Founded in 1960, OPEC is a cartel that aims to manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price of oil on the world market, in order to avoid fluctuations that might affect the economies of both producing and purchasing countries.

Answer: (c)

On 15 June 2007, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish 2 October as the International Day of Non-Violence.

The resolution by the General Assembly asks all members of the UN system to commemorate 2 October in “an appropriate manner and disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness.”

Answer: (b)

The first session was convened on 10 January, 1946 in the Westminster Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA/GA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.

Its powers are to oversee the budget of the United Nations, appoint the non-permanent members to the Security Council, receive reports from other parts of the United Nations and make recommendations in the form of General Assembly Resolutions. It has also established a wide number of subsidiary organs.

Answer: (d)

UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) was established in 1946 in New York to deliver post-war relief to children.

Note: The United Nations Children’s Fund is a United Nations (UN) programme headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

It is a member of the United Nations Development Group.

Answer: (a)

The IAEA Secretariat is headquartered at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria.

Operational liaison and regional offices are located in

1. Geneva, Switzerland;
2. New York, USA;
3. Toronto, Canada; and
4. Tokyo, Japan.

The IAEA runs or supports research centres and scientific laboratories in Vienna and Seibersdorf, Austria; Monaco; and Trieste, Italy.

The agency works with its member states and multiple partners to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.

Answer: (b)

India strongly advocates an early and meaningful reform of the United Nations to make it better equipped to serve the needs of the world community.

In this context, India has called for the expansion of the UN Security Council to make the UN more effective and reflective of contemporary geopolitical realities.