International Organisations MCQs

Correct Answer: Geneva

The International Labour Organization is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Correct Answer: Third World Nations

The G-15 is a grouping of developing (Third World) nations founded in 1989.

Correct Answer: Kazakhstan

The correct answer is Kazakhstan, as asked in this question on International organisations.

Correct Answer: 9

The correct answer is 9, as asked in this question on International organisations.

Correct Answer: Money Laundering

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), founded in Paris in 1989, combats money laundering and terrorist financing.

Correct Answer: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

The World Press Freedom Index is published annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Correct Answer: Berlin, Germany

Transparency International is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Correct Answer: Australia

The Institute for Economics and Peace, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, releases the Global Terrorism Index.

Correct Answer: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

UNICEF was founded in 1946 as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund; it is now the United Nations Children's Fund, retaining the UNICEF acronym.

Correct Answer: Military alliance

NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a political and military alliance of 32 member countries, founded by the Washington Treaty of 1949.

Correct Answer: 55 states

The African Union has 55 member states, covering the whole African continent.

Correct Answer: Washington, D.C., USA

The International Monetary Fund is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, where it was founded at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference.

Correct Answer: Japan

Japan is the largest shareholder of the Asian Development Bank, holding the joint-largest voting share with the United States.

Correct Answer: Manila, Philippines

The Asian Development Bank, founded in 1966, is headquartered in Manila, Philippines.

Correct Answer: 68 countries

The Asian Development Bank has 68 member countries: 49 from Asia and the Pacific and 19 from outside the region.

Correct Answer: 19 countries

Of the ADB's 68 members, 49 are from Asia and the Pacific and 19 are from outside the region.

Correct Answer: Pakistan

Pakistan was the largest recipient of Asian Development Bank-funded programmes in 2022, receiving $5.58 billion of the $31.8 billion disbursed to 40 countries, per the ADB Annual Report 2022.

Correct Answer: $5.58 billion

Pakistan received $5.58 billion in ADB loans in 2022, including $2.67 billion in concessional funding, making it the year's largest ADB recipient.

Correct Answer: António Guterres

António Guterres of Portugal has been UN Secretary-General since 2017, serving a second term to 2026; Ban Ki-moon and Kofi Annan were his predecessors.

Correct Answer: Portugal

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is Portuguese; he was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 before leading the UN refugee agency.

Correct Answer: Beijing, China

The SCO Secretariat is headquartered in Beijing, China, while its Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure is based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Correct Answer: 15 June 2001

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was founded on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, succeeding the Shanghai Five grouping formed in 1996.

Correct Answer: Washington, D.C., USA

The World Bank is headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA, alongside the International Monetary Fund.

Correct Answer: 4 April 2023

Finland joined NATO on 4 April 2023, becoming the alliance's 31st member; Sweden followed as the 32nd member in March 2024.

Correct Answer: Türkiye

Türkiye is a NATO member (since 1952) and the conventional one-liner answer to this question.

Correct Answer: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (Islamic Military Alliance) is headquartered in Riyadh.

Correct Answer: 1995

The WTO was established on 1 January 1995, succeeding GATT; Pakistan is a founding member.

Correct Answer: 1945

The United Nations was founded in 1945 with the signing of the UN Charter in San Francisco.

Correct Answer: Paris, France

UNESCO is headquartered in Paris, France.

Correct Answer: 5

The UN Security Council has five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Correct Answer: 1949

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in 1949.

Correct Answer: Rome, Italy

The FAO is headquartered in Rome, Italy.

Correct Answer: 1969

The OIC was founded on 25 September 1969 in Rabat, Morocco, after the arson attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Correct Answer: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The OIC Secretariat is headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Correct Answer: 4 April 1949

The North Atlantic Treaty creating NATO was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949.

Correct Answer: 24 October 1945

The UN Charter came into force on 24 October 1945, now observed as UN Day (the Charter was signed 26 June 1945).

Correct Answer: Trygve Lie

Trygve Lie of Norway served as the first UN Secretary-General (1946-1952).

Correct Answer: Washington D.C., USA

The World Bank Group is headquartered in Washington D.C., USA.

Correct Answer: Tunku Abdul Rahman

Tunku Abdul Rahman, former prime minister of Malaysia, was the OIC's first Secretary-General (1971-1973).

Correct Answer: Cairo, Egypt

The Arab League is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt (it moved to Tunis 1979-1990 and then returned to Cairo).

Correct Answer: 1995

The WTO was established on 1 January 1995, succeeding the GATT.

Correct Answer: London, UK

Amnesty International's International Secretariat is based in London, UK.

Correct Answer: 1985 (Dhaka)

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was founded in Dhaka in December 1985.

Correct Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal

The SAARC Secretariat is headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Correct Answer: The Hague, Netherlands

The International Court of Justice sits at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands.

Correct Answer: 1967

ASEAN was formed in 1967 by the Bangkok Declaration.

Correct Answer: military alliance

NATO is a military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Correct Answer: Paris

The headquarters of UNESCO is in Paris, France.

Correct Answer: International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA stands for the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Correct Answer: Luxembourg

The European Court of Justice is based in Luxembourg.

Correct Answer: Rome

The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is in Rome.

Correct Answer: New York

UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, is headquartered in New York.

Correct Answer: 1957

The International Atomic Energy Agency came into existence in 1957.

Correct Answer: 1946

The Food and Agriculture Organization was founded in 1945.

Correct Answer: London

Amnesty International is headquartered in London.

Correct Answer: Brussels

The European Union's headquarters are based in Brussels, Belgium.

Correct Answer: 1945

The United Nations Organisation was established in 1945, with its Charter signed at San Francisco.

Correct Answer: TDB

The RCD member countries agreed to set up a Trade Development Bank (TDB).

Correct Answer: 1979

Pakistan became a member of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1979.