UNITED NATIONS

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A. BRITISH AMERICAN GOVERNMENTB. AMERICAN GOVERNMENTC. FRENCH GOVERNMENTD. GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Which government established a committee to study the plan for the

formation of League of Nations?

A. 24TH OCTOBER, 1945B. 24TH APRIL, 1945C. 21ST NOVEMBER, 1945D. 21ST OCTOBER, 1945

When was the United Nations set up?

How many countries attended the First

United Nations General Assembly?

A. UN COVENANTB. UN PEACE AGREEMENTC. UN DECLARATIOND. UN CHARTER

What is the name of the name of the document which sets out the

main aims of the UN and the rights and obligations of the member

states?

A. POLIOB. SMALLPOXC. RINDERPESTD. MALARIA

Which disease was according to the UN World Health

Organization in May 1980, globally eradicated?

What the UN’s predecessor organization which failed after

being created at the end of World War I?

A. 188B. 189C. 191D. 192

As of 2015, how members are there in the United Nations?

A. TWO VOTESB. ONE VOTEC. THREE VOTESD. FOUR VOTES

How many votes can be exercised by a member state

in UN General Assembly?

A. 4B. 5C. 6D. 7

How many active councils or organs are there in the United Nations?

A. THE SECRETARIATB. SECURITY COUNCILC. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLYD. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Which institution carries out the day-to-day operation of

the UN?

A. SECURITY COUNCILB. INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONC. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIOND. STATE

On whose internal affairs, UN General Assembly shall not pass any

resolution?

What country is the most important member of the Collective Security

Treaty Organization?

A. INDIAB. JAPANC. UNITED STATES OF AMERICAD. USSR

Which UN member country challenged and criticized the UN’s resolution “Uniting for

Peace”?

A. THE PERMANENT MEMBERSB. NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERSC. NON-PERMANENT MEMBERSD. NONE OF THE ABOVE

Which type of members in the Security Council have veto power?

What is the main judicial organ of the

UN?

A. ARABICB. GERMANC. CHINESED. ENGLISH

The following are official languages of the UN,

except?

A. REDB. GREENC. WHITED. BLUE

UN soldiers are often referred to as _____ Helmets/Berets?

As of 2014, which continent has had the most UN

Peacekeeping missions?

A. FRANCEB. SOVIET UNIONC. CHINAD. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

During the Cold War Era, which permanent member of the United

Nations Security Council has casted the most vetoes on UN resolutions?

True or False: The conflict that initiated the first UN

peacekeeping mission is the Arab-Israeli War.

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POINTS/QUESTION

In which city was the United Nations

created?

A. BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALIB. U THANTC. DAG HAMMARSKJOLDD. TRYGVE LIE

Which secretary general died during the course of his

mandate?

At which conferences was the United Nations Charter adopted?

A. UNITED NATIONS TRUCE SUPERVISION ORGANIZATIONB. UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY FORCEC. UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

What was the 1st United Nations Peace keeping

Force?

A. TRYGVE LIEB. KOFI ANNANC. HORST KOEHLERD. BAN KI- MOON

Who became the 1st Secretary General of United

Nations Organization?

A. SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF UNB. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF UNC. DEVELOPED COUNTRIES COMMITTEED. NONE OF THE ABOVE

Which UN body draws attention to the Security Council to situation that is likely to

endanger international peace and security?

A. ARTICLE 13B. ARTICLE 12C. ARTICLE 14D. ARTICLE 10

Which article of the UN General Assembly shall initiate studies and make

recommendations for the purpose of promoting inter-national co-operation in the political field and encourage the progressive

development of international law and codification?

Which institution of the United Nations is like a

parliament of nations which meets to consider the world’s

most pressing problem?

What do the initials UNESCO stand for?

A. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELTB. BILL CLINTONC. GEORGE BUSHD. WOODROW WILSON

Who is the American president who put forward his famous “Fourteen

Point” programmed for the formation of the League of Nations?

A. COMOROSB. MOROCCOC. BURKINA FASOD. LIBERIA

Normally, the elected members of the Security Council served two- year

terms, which country is the exemption to the rule?

A. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDB. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONC. MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCYD. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

Which of the following is not a World Bank constituent?

A. WORLD LEGISLATIVE BODYB. DECISION MAKING BODYC. POLICY MAKING BODYD. ALL OF THE ABOVE

What Function does not belong to UN General

Assembly?

A. 1947B. 1948C. 1946D. 1989

In which year, UN passed a resolution establishing the

International Law Commission?

Who is the present Secretary-General of

United Nations?

A. INTER- ALLIED DECLARATIONB. WORLD INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE C. ATLANTIC CHARTERD. NONE OF THE ABOVE

In June 12 1941, the ____ was created which became the first step towards the

establishment of the United Nations.

True or False: The Security Council is the organ that

determines on who should be the United Nations Secretary

General.

A. EMILY STOWEB. LOUISE FRECHETTEC. KOFI ANNAND. EMILY ROSS

Which was the first woman appointed to the post of

Deputy Secretary- General of the UN?

A. HAGUEB. LONDONC. GENEVAD. STRASBOURG

The headquarters of the International Court of Justice

is in which city?

UNIFIL is an UN interim force deployed in which country?