CBSE Class 12 Political Science International Organisations MCQs

Question : Which of regional organizations has the most developed institutions?
a) EU
b) NAFTA
c) SAARC
d) Nordic
Answer : A

Question : Which of the following is not a member of G-8?
a) Japan
b) China
c) Italy
d) Canada
Answer : B

Question : The total number of members represented in General assembly is
a) 191
b) 193
c) 195
d) 197
Answer : B

Question : The World Trade Organization (WTO) formed on 1st January
a) 1994
b) 1995
c) 1996
d) 1997
Answer : B

Question : Check which is not an agency of U.N?
a) International Committee of Red Cross
b) FAO
c) IMF
d) ILO
Answer : A

Question : Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the basic principles of fundamental to human dignity are?
a) 33
b) 25
c) 30
d) 15
Answer : C

Question : The United Nations was founded on
a) 24th October, 1945
b) 30th October, 1945.
c) 26th June, 1945.
d) 26th January, 1942.
Answer : A

Question : How many countries are members of the UN?
a) 188
b) 190
c) 192
d) 194
Answer : C

Question : Pakistan withdrew from CENTO and SEATO after the
a) East Pakistan Crisis
b) U-2 Crisis
c) 1965 Indo-Pak War
d) 1971 War
Answer : A

Question : Expand IAEA?
a) International Atomic Energy Act
b) International Atomic Energy Accord
c) International Atomic Energy Agency
d) International Atomic Eastern Agency
Answer : B

Question : The leaders of 25 Asian and African countries met in 1955 in
a) Bandung Conference
b) Asian African Conference
c) African Asian Conference
d) None of these
Answer : A

Question : An Indian who become president of International Court of Justice is –
a) Dr. Nagendra Singh
b) Justice R.N Thakur
c) Justice P.L Bhagawati
d) Justice H.R Reddy
Answer : A

Question : The creation of OIC was the natural and unified response of the Muslims against the
a) Israeli aggression
b) America Policies
c) UK Policies
d) United Nations Policies
Answer : A

Question : The two aspects of Human Rights are
a) Social and legal aspects.
b) Natural and legal aspects.
c) Economic and political aspects.
d) Economic and natural aspects.
Answer : B

Question : Who blocked the Second term for Boutros Ghali as Secretary-General?
a) USA
b) India
c) France
d) China
Answer : A

Question : The decisions of the UN Security Council are made by an affirmative vote of any
a) 5 members
b) 6 members
c) 9 members
d) 15 members
Answer : C

Question : The number of non!permanent members of UN Security Council is
a) 8
b) 10
c) 12
d) 14
Answer : B

Question : Which of the following organisations is meant for Children?
a) UNESCO
b) UNICEF
c) UNHCR
d) UNHRC
Answer : B

Question : The office of the UN General Assembly
a) Washington DC
b) New York
c) San Francisco
d) Zurich
Answer : B

Question : Identify from the following options that is one of the official language of UN?
a) Hindi
b) Japanese
c) Arabic
d) Chinese
Answer : C

Question : Currently in 2016 UN peacekeeping operations are?
a) 17
b) 16
c) 15
d) 14
Answer : B

Question : Who is the Single Largest Contributor of the UN?
a) Japan
b) China
c) Germany
d) America
Answer : D

Question : The U.N. agency concerned with the safety and peaceful use of nuclear technology is:
a) The UN Committee on Disarmament
b) International Atomic Energy Agency
c) UN International Safeguard Committee
d) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : The process through which a country can assess its capacity to meet citizens’ basic human needs and standard of living is known as?
a) Self-determinations
b) Democratization
c) Development
d) None of these
Answer : C

Question : Which of the following has veto power in the Security Council?
a) America
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) Brazil
Answer : A

Question : Where the Headquarter of UNHCR is located?
a) Washington
b) Fila del Fila
c) Geneva
d) Hong kong
Answer : C

Question : The UN Department of Peace keeping Operations was created in?
a) 1992
b) 1991
c) 1948
d) 1955
Answer : A

Question : The United Nations was not created to take humanity to the heaven, but to save it from the hell.” Who made this statement?
a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Kofi Annan
c) Ban Kimoon
d) Dag Hammars
Answer : D

Question : IGOs have a special legal status under the
a) International Law
b) UN Charter
c) Human Rights Declaration
d) None of these
Answer : A

Question : The UN day is celebrated every year on
a) 24 th September
b) 28th September
c) 24 th October
d) 28th October
Answer : C

Question : North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed on?
a) 04 April 1952
b) 04 April 1951
c) 04 April 1953
d) 04 April 1949
Answer : D

Question : Which of the following is a genuine contender for becoming a permanent member of Security Council?
a) China
b) France
c) India
d) Pakistan
Answer : C

Question : On the reforms of structures and processes, the biggest discussions has been on the functioning of the
(A) Security Council.
(B) Health of the infants
(C) Child mortality rate
(D) Nuclear weapon possession
Answer : A

Question : Which U.N. agency concerned with the safety and peaceful use of nuclear technology?
(A) The UN Committee on Disarmament
(B) International Atomic Energy Agency
(C) UN International Safeguard Committee
(D) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : The UN is an ................... body.
(A) indigenous
(B) imperfect
(C) impressive
(D) imperative
Answer : B

Question : What is the objective of UN?
(A) To prevent international conflict and facilitate co-operation among states.
(B) To boost the trade among the member nations.
(C) To procure the best medical help during the time of pandemic.
(D) All of the above.
Answer : A

Question : Arrange the following in the chronological order:
(i) Establishment of Human Rights Council
(ii) Yalta Conference
(iii) Atlantic Charter
(iv) India join the UN
(A) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
Answer : B

Question : The non-permanent members of the Security Council do not have the:
(A) Veto power
(B) Election power
(C) Military power
(D) Judiciary power
Answer : A

Question : With the disappearance of the Soviet Union, the US stands as the only:
(A) Major power
(B) Master power
(C) Superpower
(D) Inner power
Answer : C

Question : Which institution became the successor of the League of Nations?
(A) WHO
(B) UNICEF
(C) UN
(D) SAARC
Answer : C

Question : The US, Japan, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Canada and Russia are the:
(A) G8 members
(B) D8 members
(C) Cold War countries
(D) Dominating members
Answer : A

Question : How many states signed United Nations Charter in 1945?
(A) 55
(B) 39
(C) 67
(D) 50
Answer : D

Question : In 1992, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution related to:
(A) UN Security Council
(B) UNESCO
(C) UNICEF
(D) World Bank
Answer : A

Question : Which one of the following is the permanent member of UN?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) Sweden
(D) Ireland
Answer : B

Question : “The United Nations was not created to take humanity to the heaven, but to save it from the hell.” Who made this statement?
(A) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) Kofi Annan
(C) Ban Ki-moon
(D) Dag Hammars
Answer : D

Question : ....................... draws the global media’s attention to human rights abuses.
(A) Human Rights Power
(B) Human Rights Watch
(C) Human Rights People
(D) Human Rights Torch
Answer : B

Question : When was UNESCO established?
(A) 6th November, 1946
(B) 5th November, 1945
(C) 4th November 1946
(D) 25th December 1946
Answer : C

Question : Who is the single largest contributor to UN?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) US
(D) Europe A
Answer : C

Question : Who was the Secretary of UN in 1997?
(A) Bill Clinton
(B) General Kofi Annan
(C) George W Bush
(D) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : The non-permanent members are elected in a manner so that they represent all the ...................... of the world.
(A) races
(B) sections
(C) continents
(D) grievances
Answer : C

Question : Where is the head quarter of UNICEF?
(A) Tokyo
(B) Chicago
(C) Los Angeles
(D) New York
Answer : D

Question : The WHO has played a leading role in ................... .
(A) public health achievement
(B) economic development
(C) children’s health
(D) resolving disputes among the nations
Answer : A

Question : The Secretary-General - Ban Ki-Moon from South Korea is the ................... Secretary-General of the UN.
(A) Fifth
(B) Sixth
(C) Seventh
(D) Eighth
Answer : D

ASSERTION AND REASON BASED MCQs

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Question : Assertion: The First World War encouraged the world to invest in an international organization to deal with conflict.
Reason: Many believed that such an organization would help the world to avoid war.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: The UN is not a great balance to the US.
Reason: The UN can and has served to bring the US and the rest of the world into discussions over various issues.
Answer : B

Question : Assertion: With the end of the Cold War, we can see that the UN may have a slightly different role.
Reason: As the United States and its allies emerged victorious, there was concern amongst many governments and peoples that the Western
countries led by the US would be so powerful that there would be no check against their wishes and desires.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: The fact that the UN is physically located within the US territory gives Washington additional sources of influence.
Reason: Within the UN, the influence of the US is considerable.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: Despite India’s wish to be a permanent veto-wielding member of the UN, some countries question its inclusion.
Reason: Neighboring Pakistan, with which India has troubled relations, is not the only country that is reluctant to see India become a permanent veto
member of the Security Council.
Answer : B

Question : Assertion: Indeed, even though this is rarely noticed, most conflicts and differences are resolved without going to war.
Reason: The role of an international organization can be important in this context.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: International organizations only solve the disputes among the countries.
Reason: International organizations are helpful in another way. Nations can usually see that there are some things they must do together. There are issues
that are so challenging that they can only be dealt with when everyone works together. Disease is an example.
Answer : D

Question : Assertion: The UN is an imperfect body, but without it the world would be worse off.
Reason: Given the growing connections and links between societies and issues—what we often call ‘interdependence’—it is hard to imagine how more than seven billion people would live together without an organization such as the UN.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: Within the UN, the influence of the US is considerable.
Reason: UN often supports US in every decision, be it even to attack any nation without the consent of UN.
Answer : C

Question : Assertion: India supports an increase in the number of both permanent and non-permanent members of UN.
Reason: India itself also wishes to be a permanent member in a restructured UN.
Answer : B

Question : Assertion: US power cannot be easily checked.
Reason: US can undermine UN legally if she has to attack any of the countries of the world.
Answer : C

Question : Assertion: Amnesty International is an NGO that campaigns for the protection of human rights all over the world.
Reason: It promotes respect for all the human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Answer : A

Case based MCQ Chapter 6 International Organisations Political Science

I. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follows:

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organisation that oversees those financial institutions and regulations that act at the international level. The IMF has 189 member countries (as on 12 April 2016) but they do not enjoy an equal say. The G-7 members US (16.52%), Japan (6.15%), Germany (5.32%), France (4.03%), UK (4.03%), Italy (3.02%) and Canada (2.22%) have 41.29% of the votes. China (6.09%), India (2.64%), Russia (2.59%) Brazil (2.22%) and Saudi Arabia (2.02%) are the other major members. The World Bank was created during the Second World War in 1944. Its activities are focused on the developing countries. It works for human development (education, health), agriculture and rural development (irrigation, rural services), environmental protection (pollution reduction, establishing and enforcing regulations), infrastructure (roads, urban regeneration, and electricity) and governance (anti-corruption, development of legal institutions). It provides loans and grants to the member-countries. In this way, it exercises enormous influence on the economic policies of developing countries. It is often criticised for setting the economic agenda of the poorer nations, attaching stringent conditions to its loans and forcing free market reforms.

Question : As per April 2016, how many members did IMF have?
(A) 187
(B) 189
(C) 188
(D) 190
Answer : B

Question : What is the share of Canada in IMF?
(A) 2.22%
(B) 2.23%
(C) 2.20%
(D) 3.00%
Answer : A

Question : When was the inception of World Bank?
(A) 1949
(B) 1950
(C) 1944
(D) 1952
Answer : C

Question : The World Bank is criticized for what?
(A) For not providing loans to poorer nations.
(B) For interfering in the internal issues of the developing countries.
(C) For poor guidance on economic issues.
(D) For setting the economic agenda of the poorer nations, attaching stringent conditions to its loans and forcing free market reforms.
Answer : D

II. Read the following case and answer the questions that follows:

International Organizations (IOs) are formal institutional structures transcending national boundaries which are created by multilateral agreement among nation-states. Their purpose is to foster international cooperation in areas such as: security, law, economic, social matters and diplomacy. IOs are subdivided between Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs); Intergovernmental Organizations are entities created with sufficient organizational structure and autonomy to provide formal, ongoing, multilateral processes of decision making between states, along with the capacity to execute the collective of their member (states). NGOs are non-state voluntary organizations formed by individuals to achieve a common purpose, often oriented beyond themselves or to the public good. The development and expansion of these large representative bodies date back to the end of the World War II, where there was a need for world reconstruction through International Relations. Since then, there has been an incremental rise of organizations that work on different socio-political and economic aspects with various and specific aims in approaching states, societies, groups and individuals. Based on these key definitions, it is an attempt to explain how important are IOs and the extent to which they have an impact on global politics and international relations through an analysis of two main IR scholar theories namely Realism and Liberalism. Moreover, to understand the impact of IOs, these theories will be explored and analysed through contexts of different and conflicting realist and liberalists thinkers upon their view on these institutional structures. It will also distinguish and compare the two theories and determine which is more relevant to the contemporary world international relations.

Question : What is the purpose of International Organisations?
(A) To foster economic ties of the developed nations
(B) To foster international cooperation
(C) To eradicate terrorism
(D) To foster health care
Answer : B

Question : What are the sub divisions of International Organisations?
(A) State-governmental and Non-governmental
(B) Private and Public
(C) Governmental and Public
(D) None of the above
Answer : D

Question : Where can we find the development and expansion of these organisations?
(A) At the end of first world war
(B) At the beginning of second world war
(C) At the end of second world war
(D) In 2003
Answer : C

Question : Which two main IR scholars theories are mentioned here?
(A) Realism and Liberalism
(B) Capitalism and Socialism
(C) Feminism and Humanism
(D) Human Rights and Welfare
Answer : A

III. Study the picture given below and answer the questions that follow: 

Question : What is represented by the cartoon?
(A) Poverty in the third world countries
(B) Poverty in South African countries
(C) Humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
(D) All of the above
Answer : C

Question : What type of crises is shown in the cartoon?
(A) Pandemic
(B) Epidemic
(C) Starvation and genocide
(D) War crisis
Answer : C

Question : What message is conveyed by the cartoon?
(A) That international NGOs only debated about the issue and never sent any aid
(B) Urgent requirement of help
(C) International attention over the issue
(D) Deteriorating conditions of Sudan
Answer : A

Question : What was the cause of Darfur crisis?
(A) War
(B) Famine
(C) Environmental degradation and violence
(D) Colonization of the country
Answer : C

IV. Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Question : What does this cartoon depict?
(A) UN’s influence on the world
(B) USA’s influence on UN
(C) US Hegemony
(D) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : What have been the reasons for immense influence of US on UN?
(A) USA’s economic superiority
(B) USA’s weapon capacity
(C) UN’s head quarter is in USA and USA’s financial contribution to UN.
(D) All of the above
Answer : C

Question : Why this cartoon is not relevant today?
(A) Because all the countries have their powerful organizations.
(B) US is now not as powerful as it used to, as the new centres of power emerged.
(C) Iraq and Afghanistan war has affected US economy.
(D) UN has become more powerful.
Answer : B

Question : How has US dominated the world?
(A) By its trade and commerce
(B) By its technology
(C) By its advancement in space research.
(D) By dominating military, economy and cultural aspects of the other nations.
Answer : D

V. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follows:

India has supported the restructuring of the UN on several grounds. It believes that a strengthened and revitalised UN is desirable in a changing world. India also supports an enhanced role for the UN in promoting development and cooperation among states. India believes that development should be central to the UN’s agenda as it is a vital precondition for the maintenance of international peace and security. One of India’s major concerns has been the composition of the Security Council, which has remained largely static while the UN General Assembly membership has expanded considerably. India considers that this has harmed the representative character of the Security Council. It also argues that an expanded Council, with more representation, will enjoy greater support in the world community. India supports an increase in the number of both permanent and non-permanent members. Its representatives have argued that the activities of the Security Council have greatly expanded in the past few years. The success of the Security Council’s actions depends upon the political support of the international community. Any plan for restructuring of the Security Council should, therefore, be broad-based. For example, the Security Council should have more developing countries in it.

Question : According to India, how the development should be if it is proposed by UN?
(A) Central to the UN’s agenda
(B) Central to the superpowers of the world
(C) Central to the developing nations
(D) All of the above
Answer : A

Question : What has been one of India’s major concerns?
(A) Terrorism
(B) Corruption
(C) The Security Council
(D) General Assembly
Answer : C

Question : Where India suggests UN should include more countries to represent?
(A) In the Security Council
(B) In the General Assembly
(C) In UN
(D) All of the above
Answer : A

Question : How, according to India, should be the plan for restructuring of the Security Council?
(A) Broad based
(B) Large scale
(C) More elaborative
(D) None of the above
Answer : A