1.INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)

1. ‘International Relations’ is the study of:

Ans. Relations among states

2. When was Bretton Woods Conference concluded?

Ans. July 1944

3. World War-II began in the year:

 Ans. 1939

     4.Who was the last President of USSR?

Ans. Mikhail Gorbachev

5. Where is the headquarters of United Nations Environment Programme located?

 Ans. Nairobi, Kenya

6. Who was leader of the USSR during World War – II?

Ans. Stalin
     

     7. Where is the headquarters of Inter-Parliamentary Union located?

Ans. Geneva, Switzerland

8. Which alliance was founded to counter NATO?

Ans. Warsaw Pact

9. Who were the founders of Inter Parliamentary Union?

Ans. William Randal Cremer and Frederic Passy

10. When was League of Nations founded?

 Ans.1919

     11.Year 2021-2030 was declared by the United Nations as a decade for:

Ans. International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable

Development and United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

12. When was United Nations environment programme (UNEP) established?

Ans. 1972

13. When was Inter parliamentary Union founded?

Ans. 1889

14. NPT was signed in:

 Ans. 1968

15. Who founded USSR?

Ans. Vladimir Lenin

     16. Where is the headquarters of World Food Programme?

Ans. Rome, Italy

 

17. Where is the headquarters of International Civil Aviation Organization located?

Ans. Montreal, Canada

 

18. Where is the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC) located?

Ans. Dubai, UAE

19. With which theory is Hans Morgenthau associated?

Ans. Realism Theory:

20. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization. When was it founded?

Ans.22 March, 1980

21. With whose support was USSR expelled from Afghanistan?

Ans. With the support of USA

22. Where is the headquarters of Universal Postal Union located?

Ans. Berne, Switzerland

23. Where is the headquarters of International Maritime Organization situated?

Ans. London

24. Where is the headquarters of Amnesty International located?

Ans. London

25. Where is the headquarters of Non Aligned Movement located?

Ans. Jakarta (Indonesia)

26. Where is the headquarters of International Criminal Police organization (INTERPOL) situated?

Ans. Lyon, France

27. Where is the headquarters of Gulf Co-operation Council located?

 Ans. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

     28. Where is the headquarters of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) situated?

 Ans. Brussels, Belgium

29. Where is the headquarters of European Union (EU)?

Ans. Brussels, Belgium

30. Who is of opinion that Middle East is a ‘patch work of states’?

Ans. Henry Kissinger

31. Bipolar World means:
    

Ans. Having Two Superpowers

32. Where is located the headquarters of World Posts Association?

Ans. Bern, Switzerland 

33. Who publishes the Global Education Monitoring Report?

 Ans. UNESCO 

34. Why is the Red Notice issued by INTERPOL?

Ans. To seek the arrest or provisional arrest of wanted persons with a

view to extradition. 

35. Why is Yellow Notice issued by INTERPOL? 

Ans. To help locate missing persons, often minors, or to help identify

persons who are unable to identify themselves. 

36. Where is the headquarters of World Economic Forum situated? 

Ans. Geneva, Switzerland 

37. Where is the headquarters of International Hydrographic Organization situated? 

Ans. Monaco 

38. Where is the headquarters of Worldwide Fund for Nature located? 

Ans. Gland, Switzerland 

39. Where is the headquarters of Transparency International situated? 

Ans. Berlin 

40. Where is the headquarters of International Renewable Energy Agency located? 

Ans. Abu Dhabi (UAE) 

41. Where is the headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency located? 

Ans. Vienna 

42. How much World GDP Group-20 nations accounts for? 

Ans. 80% 

43. Which organization publishes the World Competitiveness Report? 

Ans. World Economic Forum 

44. What are two mainstream theories of IR? 

Ans. Realism and Idealism 

45. Who publishes the World Work Report? 

Ans. International Labor Organization 

46. Who publishes the World Happiness Report? 

Ans.  United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network 

47. Where is the headquarters of Greenpeace organization located?

Ans. Amsterdam, Netherlands

48. Where was the United Nations Charter signed at a conference in 1945? 

Ans. San Francisco 

49. When was UNCTAD founded? 

Ans. 1966       

50. In which year, the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade was merged with the World Trade Organization?

Ans. 1995