world organisations section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Secretaries-General serve for five-year terms that can be renewed indefinitely, although none so far has held office for more than two terms.

The United Nations Charter provides for the Secretary-General to be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council, where the permanent members have veto power. The General Assembly can theoretically override the Security Council’s recommendation if a majority vote is not achieved, although this has not happened so far.

There are no specific criteria for the post, but over the years, it has become accepted that the post shall be held for one or two terms of five years, that the post shall be appointed on the basis of geographical rotation, and that the Secretary-General shall not originate from one of the five permanent Security Council member states.

Answer: (c)

The official emblem of the United Nations in white, centered on a light blue ground. The current United Nations emblem was approved on 7 December 1946.

The design is “a map of the world representing an azimuthal equidistant projection centred on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalized branches of the olive tree, in gold on a field of smoke-blue with all water areas in white.

Answer: (c)

Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American physician and anthropologist, has been the 12th President of the World Bank since July 1 2012. He was President of Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012.

Answer: (d)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. It does not enumerate employment as a right. It deals more with exploitation issues and how they could be prevented.

Answer: (b)

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a survey conducted and published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It is published biannually and partly updated two times a year.

It portrays the world economy in the near and medium context, with projections for up to four years into the future.

Answer: (b)

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. Its de facto capital is Brussels, the capital of Belgium. The EU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states.

Important institutions of the EU include the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Central Bank. The European Parliament is elected every five years by EU citizens.