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1. In which year did the United Nations come into existence?

1943
1945
1946
1944
2. Where are the Headquarters of United Nations?
Geneva
Berne
Washington
New York
3. The United Nation is divided into how many administrative
bodies?
5
6
4
7
4. Who is the present Secretary General of United Nations?
Kofi Annan
Kurt Waldheim
U thant
Ban Ki Moon
5. Where are the headquarters of International Court of
Justice?
Prague
Geneva
The Hague
New York
6. The Security Council of UN consists of how many member
states?
15
192
All the member countries
5
7. Where are the headquarters of World Health Organization?
Frankfurt
London
Geneva
New York
8. Which organ of the UN is charged with maintaining peace
and security among countries?
General Assembly
Security Council
Trusteeship Council
International Court of Justice
9. How many official languages does UN have?
5
7
6
8
10. What is the nationality of the present Secretary General of
UN?
Ghana
South Korea
Austria
Egypt
11. In what year was the United Nations established?
A. 1941
B. 1943
C. 1945 (The United Nations officially began operations on 24
October 1945.)
D. 1947
12. How many nations were charter members of the United
Nations?
A. 43
B. 26
C. 38
D. 51 (The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 nations
on 26 June 1945. Poland signed it later.)
13. The Security Council is one of the six principal organs of
the United Nations. How many members does the Security
Council have?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 15 (The Security Council has five permanent members
(United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China)
and ten non-permanent members. The non-permanent
members are elected by the General Assembly for terms of
two years. Nine votes are required to pass resolutions on
substantive issues. If any permanent member casts a negative
vote, the resolution is killed (veto power).
D. 21

14. The International Court of Justice is one of the six principal

organs of the United Nations. Where is the International Court
of Justice located?
A. London, United Kingdom
B. Vienna, Austria
C. Geneva, Switzerland
D. The Hague, Netherlands (The Court has 15 judges. The
judges are elected by the Security Council and the General
Assembly for terms of nine years. The Court reviews submitted
cases, and rules in accordance with international law.)
15. One of the six principal organs of the United Nations has a
representative for each member nation. What is this organ
called?
A. General Assembly (Each nation, regardless of size, has one
vote. Key issues require a two-thirds majority vote to pass.
Lesser matters require a simple majority. The annual regular
session of the General Assembly is held from September to
December. Emergency sessions are held when necessary. As
of 2009, there are 192 members.)
B. Council of Nations
C. International Congress
D. World Senate
16. There are six principal organs of the United Nations. Which
of the following is not one of them?
A. Secretariat
B. World Health Organization (The World Health Organization
is a specialized agency of the United Nations.)
C. Economic and Social Council
D. Trusteeship Council
17. How many official languages does the United Nations
have?
A. 4
B. 2
C. 8
D. 6 (The United Nations has six official languages: English,
French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic.)
18. Who was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
A. Dag Hammarskjld
B. U Thant
C. Trygve Lie (Lie, from Norway, became the first SecretaryGeneral on 2 February 1946.)
D. Kurt Waldheim
19. In the first judgment handed down by the International
Court of Justice, what nation won the case?
A. United States
B. India
C. Albania
D. United Kingdom (The case involved British warships striking
mines in the Corfu Channel near Albania in 1946. In 1949, the
Court judged in favour of the United Kingdom.)
20. In what year did the United Nations replace the Republic of
China (Taiwan) with the People's Republic of China?
A. 1963
B. 1955
C. 1971 (hina was a charter member of the United Nations.
When the Communists defeated the Nationalists in 1949, the
Nationalist government fled to Taiwan. Mainland China
became the People's Republic of China (PRC). In 1971,
Resolution 2758 unseated the Taiwan-based Republic of
China, replacing it with the PRC.)
D. 1949
21. The United Nations flag has a dark blue background set
with six white stars encircling a white polar-oriented map of the
world.
A. True
B. False (The United Nations flag has a dark blue background
set with white olive branches embracing a white polar-oriented
map of the world.)
22. The United Nations has its own postal system.
A. True (The United Nations Postal Administration serves as
the postal arm of the United Nations. The United Nations is the
only entity other than a country or territory that is allowed to
issue its own postage stamps.)
B. False
23. The United Nations sanctioned military involvement in the
Korean War.
A. True (When North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, the
Security Council voted in favor of military action in support of
South Korea. Supporting nations operated under the United
Nations flag. The Soviet Union, which was boycotting the
United Nations, could not utilize its veto vote to block the
resolution.)
B. False