Polity Miscellaneous (Part-I)

📆 October 24, 2024

Total Questions: 50

11. United Nations has identified few characteristics of Good Governance. Which one of the followings is not one of those characteristics? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

(a) Participation
(b) Accountability
(c) Government Legitimacy
(d) Transparency

Correct Answer: (c) Government Legitimacy

Solution:Good governance has 8 major characteristics as per united Nations. It includes Participation, Rule of law, Transparency, Responsiveness, Consensus Oriented, Equality and Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Efficiency, and Accountability.

12. Which one is not true for good governance? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Transparency and Responsiveness
(b) Equity and Inclusiveness
(c) Religiosity and Emotionality
(d) Participation and Rule of law

Correct Answer: (c) Religiosity and Emotionality

13. Who is the present Secretary General of the United Nations Organization? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

(a) Ban Ki Moon
(b) Antonio Guterres
(c) Kofi Annan
(d) Kurt Waldheim

Correct Answer: (b) Antonio Guterres

Solution:Antonio Guterres is the present Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation.

14. Who among the following has been the first African U.N. Secretary General? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

(a) Ban Ki Moon
(b) Javier Perez De Cuellar
(c) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
(d) U-Thant

Correct Answer: (c) Boutros-Boutros Ghali

Solution:The first African UN Secretary General was Boutros-Boutros Ghali. He worked as the 6th UN Secretary-General from 1 January, 1992 to 31 December, 1996. He was an Egyptian politician and diplomat. The second African Secretary General was Kofi Annan. Current Secretary General of United Nations is Antonio Guterres, a Portuguese politician and diplomat.

15. Which U.N. Secretary General served for the longest period? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2006]

(a) Trygve Lie
(b) Kurt Waldheim
(c) Xavier Peres De Cuellar
(d) U. Thant

Correct Answer: (d) U. Thant

Solution:Third Secretary General of United Nations U. Thant served for the longest period (1961-1971). Tenure of all Secretary Generals is given below:

Trygve Lie (Norway) - 1 February, 1946-10 November, 1952
Dag Hammarskjold (Sweden) - 10 April, 1953-18 September, 1961
U. Thant (Burma) - 3 November, 1961-31 December, 1971
Kurt Waldheim (Austria) - 1 January, 1972-31 December, 1981
Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru) - 1 January, 1982-31 December, 1991
Boutros-Boutros Ghali (Egypt) - 1 January, 1992-31 December, 1996
Kofi Annan (Ghana) - 1 January, 1997-31 December, 2006
Ban Ki Moon (South Korea) - 1 January, 2007-31 December, 2016
Antonio Guterres (Portugal) - 1 January, 2017 — incumbent.

16. Who was the permanent Representative of India to the UN before Syed Akbaruddin? [65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (c) Asoke Kumar Mukerji

Solution:Asoke Kumar Mukerji was the permanent representative of India to the UN before Syed Akbaruddin. Ruchira Kamboj is the current permanent representative of India since August 2022.

17. World’s main languages are - [U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2002, U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2003]

(1) Chinese

(2) English

(3) Hindi

(4) Spanish

Which one of the given languages is not an official language of the United Nations, choose the correct answer using the code below:

(a) Chinese
(b) English
(c) Hindi
(d) Spanish

Correct Answer: (c) Hindi

Solution:Hindi is not an official language of United Nations. English and French are used as working languages while the six official languages are English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.

18. Which are the official languages of the U.N.O.? [I.A.S. (Pre) 1998]

(a) English, French, and Russian
(b) English, French, German, and Russian
(c) English, French, Russian, Chinese, and Hindi
(d) English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and Spanish

Correct Answer: (d) English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and Spanish

19. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2021]

1. 21st February is declared to be the International Mother Language Day by UNICEF.

2. The demand that Bangla has to be one of the national languages was raised in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (b) 2 only

Solution:International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (not by UNICEF) in November 1999. The UN General Assembly welcomed the proclamation of the day in its resolution of 2002. Ekushe February, or simply "Ekushe", which is "The 21 in Bangla, commemorates the day in 1952 when students of the University of Dhaka launched a nationwide protest against the imposition of Urdu on the people of what was then East Pakistan.

20. The UN General Assembly has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism. Which language is mentioned in that for the first time? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re-Exam), 2022]

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Solution:The India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in June 2022, in which Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali Languages were mentioned for the first time.

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