General Awareness: International Organizations Quiz (Set-1)

1. What was the first generally recognized international organization?

a) League of Nations
b) Organization of American States
c) World Trade Organization
d) Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine

The correct answer is d) Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine

2. What global organization was founded in the Treaty of Versailles and sought to guarantee global peace through "collective security"?

a) United Nations
b) League of Nations
c) Freedom House
d) SEATO

The correct answer is b) League of Nations

3. What were the three organizations envisioned by the negotiators at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in 1944?

a) International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), and the World Trade Organization (WTO)
b) International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), and the International Trade Organization (ITO)
c) International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
d) International Monetary Fund (IMF), European Central Bank (ECB), and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

The correct answer is b) International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), and the International Trade Organization (ITO)

4. What organization is made up of mostly former British colonies?

a) Commonwealth of Nations
b) League of Nations
c) Organization for African Unity
d) North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The correct answer is a) Commonwealth of Nations

5. What two security organizations dominated the Cold War Era?

a) The Security Council and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Commitern
c) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact
d) The Anti Commitern Axis Organization and the League of Nations

The correct answer is c) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact

6. How many representatives to the International Labour Organization (ILO) does each participating country have?

a) 4
b) 2
c) 1
d) 3

The correct answer is a) 4

7. What security organization was founded to contain Communist advances in Asia by the Manila Pact of 1954?

a) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
b) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
c) Australia New Zealand United States Security Organization (ANZUS)
d) East Asian Security Organizations (EASO)

The correct answer is a) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

8. What large international organization had its humble beginnings with the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)?

a) European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
b) European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom)
c) European Union (EU)
d) Western European Union (WEU)

The correct answer is c) European Union

9. What organization promotes free trade between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay?

a) SAFTA
b) Mercosur
c) OAS
d) APEC

The correct answer is b) Mercosur

10. What international organization is effectively a cartel seeking to control prices and quantities of oil on the world market?

a) OECD
b) CPLP
c) NATO
d) OPEC

The correct answer is d) OPEC