This Static GK quiz on International Organisations and Headquarters puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic, 6 of them asked in real previous-year papers. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
12 questions with answers and explanations
The headquarters of UNESCO is at
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was founded in 1946 and works from Paris in France.
Read the full explanation →In which country is the headquarter of Asian Development Bank located?
The Asian Development Bank was founded in 1966 to lend for development in Asia and the Pacific and has its headquarters at Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
Read the full explanation →The Bretton Woods Agreement led to the creation of which one of the following institutions?
The conference held in 1944 at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire in the United States set up two twin institutions, the International Monetary Fund to keep exchange rates orderly and help countries facing balance of payments difficulty, and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to lend for reconstruction and…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is or are not an official language of the United Nations? 1. Arabic 2. German 3. Spanish 4. Chinese. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The United Nations works in six official languages, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Of the four names in the list, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese are all official, so only German, the second item, is not.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following international scientific organisations approves the names of elements, symbols and unit?
It is the world authority on chemical nomenclature, so it approves the names and symbols of newly discovered elements, standardises the naming of compounds and maintains the recommended values of atomic weights.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following organisations releases Index of Economic Freedom?
The Index of Economic Freedom has been published by this research organisation based at Washington DC since 1995, and it scores countries on matters such as property rights, tax burden, government spending, trade freedom and business regulation.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the World Health Organization is located in which city?
The World Health Organization works from Geneva in Switzerland. Its constitution came into force on 7 April 1948, which is why that date is observed every year as World Health Day, and its governing body, the World Health Assembly, meets in Geneva each May.
Read the full explanation →The International Labour Organization was established in which year?
The International Labour Organization was created in 1919 by Part Thirteen of the Treaty of Versailles, at the end of the First World War, as part of the League of Nations system.
Read the full explanation →The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has its headquarters in which city?
The Food and Agriculture Organization was founded in 1945 and works from Rome in Italy. It leads international work on food production, nutrition and rural development, publishes the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, and observes World Food Day on 16 October, the date of its founding.
Read the full explanation →The International Atomic Energy Agency has its headquarters in which city?
The International Atomic Energy Agency was set up in 1957 and works from Vienna in Austria.
Read the full explanation →The secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is located in which city?
SAARC was founded by the declaration signed at Dhaka in December 1985 by seven countries, and Afghanistan joined later as the eighth member.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of Interpol, the international police organisation, is located in which country?
The International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, was founded at Vienna in 1923 and moved its headquarters to Lyon in France in 1989, where its general secretariat works today.
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