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The International Atomic Energy Agency has its headquarters in which city?

  1. A.The Hague
  2. B.Vienna
  3. C.Geneva
  4. D.Stockholm

Correct answer

B. Vienna

Explanation

The correct answer is B, Vienna. The International Atomic Energy Agency was set up in 1957 and works from Vienna in Austria. It promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy and applies safeguards and inspections to see that nuclear material is not diverted to weapons, work for which it and its then head shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. India is a member and several of its civil nuclear plants are under agency safeguards. Vienna also holds UNIDO and the secretariat of OPEC.

Option A, The Hague, holds the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Option C, Geneva, holds the WHO, ILO and WTO. Option D, Stockholm, is the city of the Nobel Foundation and of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, not of the atomic energy agency.

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The headquarters of UNESCO is at

  1. A.New York
  2. B.Paris
  3. C.Geneva
  4. D.Rome
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The Bretton Woods Agreement led to the creation of which one of the following institutions?

  1. A.United Nations
  2. B.United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  3. C.International Monetary Fund
  4. D.International Labour Organization
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Correct answer: C. International Monetary Fund

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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.

  1. A.1 and 3 only
  2. B.1 and 4 only
  3. C.1 and 2 only
  4. D.2 only
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Correct answer: D. 2 only

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Which of the following international scientific organisations approves the names of elements, symbols and unit?

  1. A.United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  2. B.International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  3. C.International Science Council
  4. D.International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
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Correct answer: B. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

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.