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21. Where and when was SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) formed? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 04.02.2021 (Shift-II)]

(1) Pakistan, 1981
(2) Bangladesh, 1985
(3) Sri Lanka, 1988
(4) India, 1987

Correct Answer: (2) Bangladesh, 1985

Solution:SAARC was formed at its first SAARC summit held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in December 1985.

• It was attended by the Government representative and president of Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the kings of Bhutan and Nepal, and the prime minister of India.

• They signed the SAARC Charter on 8 December 1985, thereby establishing the regional association.

22. International Labour Organization was founded on__________. [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 03.03.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) 14 December, 1945
(2) 14 December, 1946
(3) 15 November, 1947
(4) 28 June, 1919

Correct Answer: (4) 28 June, 1919

Solution:The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice through setting international labour standards.

• Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations. it is the first and oldest specialised agency of the UN.

• The ILO has 187 member states.

23. How many countries are members of SAARC? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 03.03.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) Four
(2) Five
(3) Seven
(4) Eight

Correct Answer: (4) Eight

Solution:The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia.

• It has eight member states as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

• The SAARC comprises 3% of the world's area. 21% of the world's population and 4.21% of the global economy, as of 2019.

• The SAARC was founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985.

• Its secretariat is based in Kathmandu, Nepal.

24. Who used the term 'United Nations' first time? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 03.03.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) Winston churchill
(2) Franklin D Roosevelt
(3) Joseph Stalin
(4) Vladimir Lenin

Correct Answer: (2) Franklin D Roosevelt

Solution:The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.

25. The headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is located at: [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 13.03.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) Johannesburg, South Africa
(2) Mandaluyong, Philippines
(3) Madrid, Spain
(4) Frankfurt, Germany

Correct Answer: (3) Madrid, Spain

Solution:The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is based in Madrid, Spain, since 1976.

• UNWTO is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.

26. The United Nations organisation was set up through the signing of the United Nations Charter by ________ states. [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 14.03.2021 (Shift-II)]

(1) 200
(2) 51
(3) 180
(4) 84

Correct Answer: (2) 51

Solution:The United Nations was established by the Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice.

• The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of 50 countries; Poland signed on 15 October 1945.

• There were 51 Founding Members in 1945.

27. UNO's former Secretary General Kofi Annan belongs from the African Country of__________. [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 14.03.2021 (Shift-II)]

(1) Egypt
(2) Namibia
(3) Ghana
(4) Kenya

Correct Answer: (3) Ghana

Solution:Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.

• Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.

28. In which country did the environment ministers of th G7 nations meet in 2019 to discuss alarming report on the state of the planet? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 15.03.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) Germany
(2) France
(3) Canada
(4) Italy

Correct Answer: (2) France

Solution:Environment ministers of the G7 nations met in Metz in France in May 2019.

• They met to discuss measures to tackle deforestation, plastic pollution and the degradation of coral reefs and try to form alliances between nations to act on them.

29. Muhammad Yunus was awarded Nobel peace Prize for poineering work in the field: [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 15.03.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) microfinance
(2) civil rights
(3) water conservation
(4) afforestation

Correct Answer: (1) microfinance

Solution:Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur and economist. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance.

• These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.

30. Where is the headquarter of United Nations System Staff College located? [RRB NTPC CBT-1 Exam, 05.04.2021 (Shift-I)]

(1) Turin
(2) Berlin
(3) London
(4) Washington

Correct Answer: (1) Turin

Solution:Turin (Italy) is the Headquarters of Nations System Staff College is a centre of excellence.

• It is the only residential campus of the United Nations.

• It also acts as the Headquarters of the UNSSC.

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