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Abbreviation Name of UN Organization

ILO International Labor Organization

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
UNESCO UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
WHO World Health Organization
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(World Bank Group)
IDA International Development Association (World Bank Group)
IFC International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)
MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
IMF International Monetary Fund
CAO International Civil Aviation Organization
IMO International Maritime Organization
ITU International Telecommunications Union
UPO Universal Postal Union
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization

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UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNOG UN Office at Geneva (Secretariat)
UNOV Un Office at Vienna (Secretariat)
UNON UN Office at Nairobi (Secretariat)
OHRLLS Office of the high representative of the least developed
countries, landlocked developing countries and small island
developing states.
OIP Office of the Iraq Programme
OSCAL Office of the Special Coordinator for Africa and LPCS
(Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
Ict United Nations Information and Communications
Technologies Task Force
Population Population Division (Department of Economic and Social
Affairs)
Statistics Statistic Division (Department of Economic and Social
UNPAN Division for Public Administration and Development
ECA United National Economic Commission for Africa
ESCAP UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
ECCA Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Indigenous Secretariat of the permanent forum on indigenous issues.
Social Division for social policy (Department of Economic and
UNFF UN Forum on forests. (Department of Economic and Social
Sustainable Division for sustainable development (Department of
DAW Division for the advancement women (Department of
OSAGI Office of the special adviser of issues and the advancement
Transport Transport Division
Settlement Environment and Human Settlements Division
Economic Economic Analysis

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Energy Sustainable Energy

Finance Financing for development
Policy Division for development policy analysis
OCHA UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
DDA UN Institute for disarmament research
Crime Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
UNAFEI United Nations Asia and far East Institute
Atomic International Atomic Energy Agency
WTO World Trade Organisation
Tourism World Tourism Organisation
CTBTO Preparatory commission for the comprehensive nuclear
test-
Chemicals Organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons
Trade UN Conference on Trade and Development
Habitat UN’s Human Settlements Programme
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women
Volunteers United Nations Volunteers
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Rights Commission on Human Rights (Department of Economic
and
Project United Nations Office for Project Services
University United Nations University
College United Nations System Staff College
Aids Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDs
UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Assembly General Assembly
Council Security Council
Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia

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Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

UNMOVIC Un Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission
(Iraq)
Compensatio The United Nations Compensation Commission
n
Justice International Court of Justice
UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for

1. Which organ of the United Nations has ceased to be operational?

Economic and Social Council

International Court of Justice
Trusteeship Council
Secretariat

2. The United Nations is considered as a universal organisation. Which organ of rhe united
nations fully represents the fact?

The Economic and Social Council

The Security Council
The Secretariat
The General Assembly

3. The member countries of NAFTA are

USA and Canada

USA, Canada and Mexico
Canada and Mexico
USA and Mexico

4. India was elected as a President of General Assembly of the United Nations in 1953. Who
occupied this office on behalf of India?

S. Radha Krishnan
Gopalswamy Iyyengar
V.K. Krishna Menon
Vijayalakshmi Pandit

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5. United Nations adapted a Charter of Economic Rights in the year

1969
1974
1956
1964

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6. The Indian Red Cross Society was established in the year

1932
1920
1945
1890

7. SAARC was founded in

New Delhi
Geneva
Dhaka
Thimpu

8. Which organ of United Nations has ceased to be operational?

Trusteeship Council
Secretariat
International Court of Justice
Economic and Social Council

9. G-15 is a group of

developing countries
non-aligned countries
developed countries
companies

The G15, a group of 17 developing countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, was set up to
foster cooperation and provide input for other international groups, such as the World Trade
Organization and the Group of Seven rich industrialized nations.

The G15 focuses on cooperation among developing countries in the areas of investment, trade,
and technology. The membership of the G15 has expanded to 18 countries, but the name has
remained unchanged.

10. Which of the following country is not a member of G-7?

Japan
Russia
France
Italy

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 11. Which of the following is not an agency of U.N.?

World Health Organisation

Food and Agricultural Organisation
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Monetary Fund

12. The NAM summit which demanded expansion of the United Nations Security council
had met at

Tehran
Cairo
Harare
Jakarta

13. Which of the following countries is not a member of a SAARC

Sri Lanka
Myanmar
Maldives
Bhutan

14. Where was the first ever security Council Summit meeting held in early 1992?

New York
Paris
Geneva
London

15. The headquarters of International Labour Organisation is at

Paris
New York
Hague
Geneva

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 16. The UNO was founded at

Moscow
London
Paris
San Francisco

17. The first General Secretary of UNO was

Dag Hamarskjoeld
U Thant
Trygve Lie
Kurt Waldheim

18. The SAARC movement was launched for

political alliances
regional cooperation
cultural exchanges
military strategy

19. The headquarters of UNHCR is located at

New York
Rome
Geneva
London

20. Which of the following is a military alliance?

NATO
NAFTA
EEC
ASEAN

21. G-7 includes

South Africa
Australia
India
Italy

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 22. INTERPOL means

International Political Conference

International Criminal Police Organisation
None of these
International Association of Police Officers

23. The headquarters of U.N. is located in

Rome
Geneva
New York
Washington D.C.

24. Headquarters of the World Health Organisation is located at

Geneva
Washington DC
New York
Rome

25. The working language(s) of the UNESCO is/are

French only
English only
English and French
English, French and Russian

26. The number of principal organs of UNO is

3
4
5
6

27. When was SAARC founded?

1982
1984
1985
1983

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 28. Which of the following is not a member of G-15?

Pakistan
Malaysia
Indonesia
India

29. Amnesty International has its headquarters at

Berlin
New York
Washington
London

30. The head quarters of the International Red Cross is situated in

Vienna
Paris
Hague
Geneva

31. Which was the first country to withdraw from CENTO?

Iraq
Afghanistan
Turkey
U.K.

32. First Indian to make a speech in Hindi before the UN General Assembly is

Moraji Desai
A.B. Vajpayee
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Krishna Advani

33. Which of the following is Human Rights Organisation?

The French community

The Organisation of African Unity
The Arab League
Amnesty International

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 34. The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located in

Vienna
London
Geneva
Washington

35. Which of the following pairs of country and the purpose for which U.N. Peace Keeping
Force is maintained is correctly is correctly matched?

Cyprus - to maintain peace between the two dominant ethnic groups in the country
Mozambique - To supervise a referendum
El Salvador - to deliver humanitarian aid
Lebanon - For supervising a 1992 accord

36. Vietnam joined the U.N.O in the year

1977
1970
1976
1974

37. The International Court of Justice is located at

Geneva
Hague
Amsterdam
Vienna

38. Which of the following international organisations has started the scheme 'Partnership
for Peace' for a group of nations?

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP)
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Organisations of African Unity (OAU)

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 39. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-15?

Jamaica
Indonesia
Columbia
Afghanistan

40. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) is located at

Manila
Singapore
Kuala lumpur
Bangkok

41. Which of the following is a cultural organisation?

UNESCO
ILO
WHO
FAO

42. The non-permanent members of the Security Council of the UN elected by the General
Assembly for two years term at present include (2-year term which begins on the January
1, 2011)

Japan, India, Hungary, Venezuela

Morocco, Cape, Verde, Belgium, Russia
Zimbabwe, Venezuela, India, France
Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, South Africa

For the 2-year term which begins on the January 1, 2011, the elected non-permanent members
for this 2-year period will be Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, and South Africa.

43. When was the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) formed?

1985
1982
1986
1987

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 44. Which of the following is the headquarters of World Trade Organisation (WTO)?

New York
Geneva
Madrid
Paris

45. The international township built near Pondicherry in India in coloration with UNESCO
is called

Elbaville
Auroville
Gayaville
Broadway

46. How many former republics of USSR have become members of the Commonwealth of
Independent States?

11
10
12
9

47. The five permanent members of UN security council are

Japan, West Germany, USSR, UK and USA

Canada, China, France, USSR and USA
Germany, China, USSR, UK and USA
China, France, USSR, UK and USA

48. The main aim of SAARC is

Regional Cooperation
Internal affairs
Non-alignity
Peaceful Coexistence

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 49. The International Human Rights Convention adopted by the United Nations in 1990
relates to

disabled
stateless persons
migrant workers
children

50. Who was the first Indian to be President of UN General Assembly?

Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

Ramesh Bhandari
Natwar Singh
Krishna Menon

51. Pakistan which rejoined the Commonwealth, had pulled itself out of it in the year

1978
1975
1972
1982

52. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?

Nepal
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
Myanmar

53. Which of the following is used as the logo of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)?

Deer
Panda
Camel
Lion

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 54. Which of the following countries is not a member of the G-8 group?

Germany
France
Italy
Spain

55. Which of the following countries is not a member of Group 15 developing countries?

Mexico
Malaysia
Brazil
Bolivia

56. Which one of the following is not related to disarmament?

SALT
NPT
CTBT
NATO

57. Which of the following describe correctly the Group of Seven Countries (G-7)?

They are developing countries

They are industrialised countries
They are holding Atomic Bomb technology
They are countries who can launch their own satellites

58. SAARC is observing a decade(1991-2000) of which of the following?

Girl child
Literacy
Health services to rural poor
Shelter for all

59. The headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organisation is in

Washington
Paris
Madrid
Rome

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60. The headquarters of the UNESCO is at

Rome
Geneva
New York
Paris

61. Which UN body deals with population problem?

UNFPA
UNDP
UNICEF
UNESCO

UNFPA = United Nations Fund for Population Activities.

62. Besides UK, USA, Germany and Japan the G-7 countries includes

Canada, France and Russia

Canada, Italy and Netherlands
France, Netherlands and Russia
Canada, France and Italy

63. The headquarters of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is located in

Paris
Madrid
New York
Geneva

64. The office of the UN General Assembly is in

Vienna
New York
Paris
Zurich

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65. Which is principal organ of the United Nations that as virtually accomplished its
object?

The Security Council

The General Assembly
The International Court of Justice
The Trusteeship Council

66. Amnesty International is an organisation associated with which of the following fields?

Protection of Cruelty to animals

Environment protection
Protection of human rights
Protection of historic monuments

67. The Halifax summit was that of

G-7 countries
Leaders of the NAM
countries in favour of a common currency for Europe
Palestinian and Israeli leaders

68. The year 1995 is the Golden Jubilee year of which of the following international
organisations?

UNO
NAM
GATT (now WTO)
ASEAN

69. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is located at
which of the following places?

Geneva
Rome
Paris
Vienna

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