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 United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
Established in 1945, the United Nations Security
Council (UNSC) is one of the five principal organs of
the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of
international peace and security as well as accepting
new members to the United Nations and approving
any changes to UN Charter.
 The five basic principles of the United
Nations (UN) are:
Peace and security
The UN's central mission is to maintain international peace and
security. The Security Council is the main organ responsible for
this.

 Human rights

The UN promotes and protects human rights, which include

civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights.
 International law
The UN upholds international law.
 Development
The UN focuses on development, including the importance of
people, the planet, prosperity, governance, and women and
girls.
 International cooperation
The UN works to achieve international cooperation to solve
international issues.
It is the only UN body with the authority to issue
binding resolutions to member states.
The United Nations Security Council has 15 members,
including five permanent members and ten non-permanent
members:

Permanent members
These members have veto power and include China,
France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States
New Non-Permanent Members of UNSC

Recently, Pakistan, Somalia, Denmark, Greece, and

Panama have been chosen as non-permanent
members of the UN Security Council (UNSC), serving a
2-year term from 1st January 2025 to 31st December
2026.
India's participation in the Security Council has been
as a non-permanent member during the periods of
1950-51, 1967-68, 1972-73, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1991-
92, 2011-12, and 2021-22.
Q. The Security Council of UN consists of 5 permanent
members, and the remaining 10 members are elected by
the General Assembly for a term of (2009).

(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 5 years
 International Organizations
Which international organization is founded in 1945
after the World War II ?

(a) United Nations

(b) WHO
(c) GANHRI
(d) WTO
Ans – (a) United Nations

Establishment – 24 October 1945

Member countries – 193 (latest South Sudan)
Headquarters - New York, United States
Secretary General – Antonio Guterres
 International Organizations
 Which country has become the 101st country to join the
International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a full member ?

(a) Sweden

(b) Algeria

(c) Nepal

(d) Morocco

Established - 30 November 2015

Headquarters – Gurugram (Haryana)
Director General – Ajay Mathur
 International Organizations
 Where the headquarters of the international
organization ‘BRICS’ is located ?

(a) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

(b) Shanghai (China)
(c) Tokyo (Japan)
(d) Manila (Philippines)
• Ans – (b) Shanghai (China)

• BRICS - BRICS is a group of five countries and was

earlier known as BRIC but the name changed to
BRICS when South Africa joined in 2010

• Established – 2006 (1st BRICS Summit 2009)

Headquarters – Shanghai (China)

BRICS member countries – Brazil, Russia, India,

China and South Africa

(New members – Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia

and United Arab Emirates)
Who recently appointed as the President of
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ?

(a) Elisa de Anda Modrazo

(b) Antonia Gutenberg
(c) Thomas Bach
(d) T. Raja Kumar
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Ans – (a) Elisa de Anda Modrazo

Established – 1989

Headquarters – Paris (France)

Official language - English, French

 INTERPOL has its headquarters in ______

(a) New York (USA)

(b) Lyon (France)

(c) Geneva (Switzerland)

(d) Madrid (Spain)

Ans – (b) Lyon (France)

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)

is an international
organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation
and crime control.
It was founded in 1923 as the International Criminal Police
Commission
(ICPC).
 Which country joined the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) and become its 10th member state ?

(a) Iran
(b) Belarus
(c) Sweden
(d) Finland
Ans – (b) Belarus

Established – 15 June 2001

Headquarters – Beijing (China)

Secretary General – Zhang Ming

Member countries – 10 (India, Pakistan, China, Russia, Kazakhstan,

Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Iran , Belarus)
‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)’ Allies
select whom as next Secretary General ?

(a) Jens Stoltenberg

(b) Hastings Lionel Ismay
(c) António Guterres
(d) Mark Rutte
• Ans – (d) Mark Rutte

Established – 4 April 1949

Member countries – 32 (32st member country – Sweden)
Headquarters – Brussels (Belgium)
Secretary General – Jens Stoltenberg (Next - Mark Rutte)
‘World Health Organization (WHO)’ headquarters is
located at ?

(a) Paris (France)

(b) Vienna (Austria)
(c) Geneva (Switzerland)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
Ans – (c) Geneva (Switzerland)
Establishment – 7 April 1948

Headquarters – Geneva (Switzerland)

Director General – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Current member countries of WHO – 194

World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every

year on 7 April
‘Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’
headquarters is located at ?

(a) Geneva (Switzerland)

(b) Paris (France)
(c) Vienna (Austria)
(d) Jakarta (Indonesia)
• Ans – (d) Jakarta (Indonesia)

Established – 8 August 1967

Headquarters – Jakarta (Indonesia)
Member countries – 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam
‘World Bank’ headquarters is located at ?

(a) Geneva (Switzerland)

(b) Paris (France)
(c) Vienna (Austria)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
• Ans – (d) Washington DC (USA)

Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States

President: Ajay Banga

Founded: July 1944

CFO: Anshula Kant

 ‘World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’
headquarter is located at ?

(a) Paris (France)

(b) Geneva (Switzerland)
(c) Vienna (Austria)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
Ans – (b) Geneva (Switzerland)

Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

Founded: 23 March 1950

President: Abdulla Al Mandous

 ‘The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)’ headquarter is located at ?

(a) Geneva (Switzerland)

(b) Paris (France)
(c) Vienna (Austria)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
Ans – (b) Paris (France)

Founded: 16 November 1945

Headquarters: Paris, France

Deputy Director-General: Xing Q

‘Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’
headquarter is located at ?

(a) Geneva (Switzerland)

(b) Paris (France)
(c) Rome (Italy)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
• Ans – (c) Rome (Italy

• Headquarters: Rome, Italy

• Founded: 16 October 1945,

‘International labour organization (ILO)’
headquarter is located at?

(a) Geneva (Switzerland)

(b) Paris (France)
(c) Rome (Italy)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
• Ans – (a) Geneva (Switzerland)

Established – 11 April 1919 Member Country – 187

Headquarters – Geneva (Switzerland)

Director General – Gilbert Houngbo

Who is recently re appointed as the head of
‘International Monetary Fund (IMF)’ ?

(a) Gita Gopinath

(b) Antoinette Sayeh
(c) Kristalina Georgieva
(d) Kenji Okamura
Ans – (c) Kristalina Georgieva

Founded : July 1944, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States

Headquarters – Washington DC (USA)

Member countries – 190

Managing Director – Kristalina Georgieva

‘United Nations World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO)’ headquarter is located at ?

(a) London (UK)

(b) Madrid (Spain)
(c) Rome (Italy)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
Ans – (b) Madrid (Spain)

Founded: 1 November 1975

Headquarters: Madrid, Spain

Secretary-General: Zurab Pololikashvili

‘United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’
headquarters is located at ?

(a) London (UK)

(b) Madrid (Spain
(c) New York (USA)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
Ans – (c) New York (USA)

Founded: 22 November 1965, United States

Headquarters: New York (USA)

Administrator : Achim Steiner

‘United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)’
headquarter is located at ?

(a) London (UK)

(b) Madrid (Spain)
(c) New York (USA)
(d) Washington DC (USA
• Ans – (c) New York (USA)

• Establishment – 11 December 1946

• Headquarters – New York (USA)

• Head – Catherine M. Russell

‘United Nations Environnent Programme (UNEP)’
headquarter is located at ?

(a) London (UK)

(b) Madrid (Spain)
(c) New York (USA
(d) Nairobi (Kenya)
Ans – (d) Nairobi (Kenya)

Established – 5 June 1972

Headquarters – Nairobi (Kenya)

Executive Director – Inger Anderson

The earlier name of ‘World Trade Organization
(WTO)’ was :

(a) UNCTAD
(b) GATT
(c) UNIDO
(d) OECD
• Ans – (b) GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

• Established – 1 January 1995

• Headquarters – Geneva (Switzerland)

• Member countries – 164

• General Secretary – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) HQ is
located at :

(a) London (UK)

(b) Madrid (Spain)
(c) Vienna (Austria)
(d) Washington DC (USA)
• Ans – (c) Vienna (Austria)

• Headquarters: Vienna, Austria

• Founded: 29 July 1957

UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC) HQ is located at
:

(a) London (UK)

(b) Madrid (Spain)
(c) Vienna (Austria)
(d) Geneva (Switzerland)
• Ans – (d) Geneva (Switzerland)

• Founded: 15 March 2006

• President: Omar Zniber

• Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

• Parent organization: United Nations General Assembly

 Asian Development Bank (ADB) HQ is located at :

(a) London (UK)

(b) Madrid (Spain)
(c) Manilla (Philippines)
(d) Geneva (Switzerlan
• Ans – (c) Manilla (Philippines)

• Established – 19 December 1966

• Headquarters – Philippines

• Chairman – Masatsugu Asakawa

 Where is the Headquarters of South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is located ?

(a) Kathmandu (Nepal)

(b) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
(c) New Delhi (India)
(d) Lahore (Pakistan)
• Ans – (a) Kathmandu (Nepal)

• Established – 1985

• India is a Member
BIMSTEC permanent Secretariat is situated at ?

(a) New Delhi (India)

(b) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
(c) Kathmandu (Nepal)
(d) Thimphu (Bhutan)
• Ans – (b) Dhaka (Bangladesh)

• Established – 6 June 1997

• Headquarters – Dhaka (Bangladesh)

• General Secretary – Indra Mani Pandey

• 7 member countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri

Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand.
‘QUAD Group’ consist of how many Countries ?

(a) 04
(b) 02
(c) 06
(d) 08
• Ans – (a) 04

• The Quadrilateral Group consisting of India, Australia, Japan and

the U.S. was formed in 2017. It aims to strengthen the defence and
security cooperation amongst the four countries.
• The idea was originally conceived in 2007 by the former Japan’s
Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. It has a shared objective to ensure and
support a “free, open and prosperous” Indo-Pacific region.
• The Quad leaders held their first formal summit in 2021.
• Biden to host Quad summit 21 September 2024 in Delaware (US)
• The G7 Summit was held in Borgo Egnazia (Fasano)
in Apulia, on June 13-15, 2024– Apulia Italy .

• G7 (Founded - 1975)

• Canada France Germany Italy Japan UK USA

ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations

 Founded in - 1967 :::: HQ – Jakarta (Indonesia)

World Economic Forum – 1971 - Cologny
(Switzerland)

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) – Gland (Switzerland)

International Committee on Red Cross - Geneva

(Switzerland)