Practice MCQs

Explanation: The post of UN Deputy Secretary-General was created in 1997.

Explanation: Louise Frechette was the first UN Deputy Secretary-General.

Explanation: The ILO's motto is 'If you desire peace, cultivate justice.'

Explanation: UNICEF became a permanent UN agency in 1953.

Explanation: The G-15 grew to include about 18 member countries.

Explanation: UNHCR works with member states numbering over 130.

Explanation: Pablo Picasso painted 'Guernica' in 1937.

Explanation: An Olympic basketball court measures 28 x 15 m (about 27 x 16 m historically).

Explanation: France was the first country to receive a World Bank loan.

Explanation: Hermann Scheer won the Right Livelihood Award for promoting solar energy.