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Article 99 of UN charter states that ??___

Article 99 has been invoked on only________ number of occasions in the past.

A

the Secretary-General may bring to the attention of Security Council any matter
which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.

four
1960: The Congo, following the end of Belgium’s colonial rule.
1971: East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1979: Iran, during the Iran Hostage Crisis.
1989: Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War.

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UNESCO
* HQ: _____________

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Paris, France

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Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize
awarded (to living individuals, active institutions)
for promoting peace

given by which org?

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UNESCO

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______________ is credited with altering “All men are born free and equal” to
“All human beings are born free and equal” in Article 1 of the United nation declaration of Human rights

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Hansa Mehta

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Three UNESCO member states are not UN
members: ________________

Two UN member states are not UNESCO
members: _____________.

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Cook Islands, Niue, and Palestine

Israel and Liechtenstein

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UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (UNCDF)
* Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) released
a whitepaper for Agri-Tech innovation in India

  • UNCDF is UN’ flagship catalytic financing entity for world’s ______________ ( Developing or least develpoed)
    o It is an autonomous, voluntarily funded UN organization, affiliated with UN Development
    Programme.
    o It was created in 1966 by UN General Assembly.
A

Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

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Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
* __________ was re-elected as president of AIBD for third successive term.
* AIBD, headquartered in _____________, was established in 1977 under _________–

o International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN Development Programme (UNDP) are also its
founding organisations

A

India

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia),

UNESCO

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UNHRC
formed in ____?

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2006

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UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW (UNCITRAL)

*___________ hosted inaugural UNCITRAL South Asia Conference.
* UNCITRAL (established in 1966) is a subsidiary body of General Assembly of UN with a mandate for further
harmonization and unification of law of international trade.

o It is composed of 70 Member States elected by General Assembly.
o Members are elected for terms of ________ (India is member till 2028).
* Is it a part of WTO?_______

A

India

six years

UNCITRAL is not a part of WTO.

Note- * WTO deals with trade policy issues whereas UNCITRAL deals with laws applicable to private parties in international transactions and is not involved with “state-to-state” issues

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Dag Hammarskjold medal is given for __________

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UN - peacekeeping forces

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GLOBAL CRISIS RESPONSE GROUP (GCRG)

  • India has joined United Nations’ GCRG.
  • The GCRG was set up by the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) in _____ (year) to address urgent and critical global
    issues about interlinked crises in food security, energy, and finance and to coordinate an international
    response.
  • It is overseen by the Champions Group comprising the Head of State/Head of Government of _____________
A

2022

Bangladesh, Barbados, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal.

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India has been elected to United Nations Statistical Commission for a four-year term beginning January 1,
2024.
* About United Nations Statistical Commission
o HQ: ______________
o It was established in _________-

A

New York, USA,1947

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FAO
o Genesis: Founded in _______, a specialized agency
of the United Nations that leads international
efforts to defeat hunger.
o HQ: ___________
o Members: 194 countries (including India) and
European Union

A

1945
Rome, Italy

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Fifth World Coffee Conference by International Coffee Organisation was hosted in ___________ (being held for the
first time in an Asian coffee-producing country)

A

India

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BIMSTEC
* Genesis: BIMSTEC is a regional organisation
established in June 1997 with the signing of the
_________ Declaration.

Initially, it was established as ____ with
four countries: ____________.
o Myanmar joined in December 1997
Nepal and Bhutan = both joined in
_____________

Secretariat: _____________

A

Bangkok
BIST-EC
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand
2004
Dhaka, Bangladesh

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the Prime Minister of India attended the
20th ASEAN-India Summit in ________

India’s ______-point proposal for strengthening
India-ASEAN cooperation

ASEAN was established in ____ with signing of ASEAN Declaration (________ Declaration) by
_____________________
Secretariat: ____________
Members: __________________

ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation includes ASEAN member states, _______,______,___________

A

Jakarta, Indonesia.
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1967
Bangkok
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
Indonesia, Jakarta
Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and
Vietnam.

China, Japan and Republic of Korea

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East Asia Summit
* Recently, the Prime Minister of India attended the 18th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Jakarta, Indonesia.
* EAS is a forum of _____ countries of the Asia-Pacific region
Members: ___________?

A

18
Ten ASEAN +3, Australia, India, New Zealand,
Russia and the USA

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BRICS group admitted new members at the 15th BRICS summit held in ______________

The five new members of BRICS are ______________

BRICS
* Genesis:
o Conceived of in the _______ in a Goldman
Sachs paper as a grouping of the fastest
growing developing economies

BRIC countries started their dialogue in
2006, with the induction of South Africa in 2010

Secretariat: No permanent secretariat or office

A

Johannesburg, South Africa.

Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

2001

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New Development Bank (NDB) headq is at______

__________ is second-largest recipient of NDB’s financial support after _________.

A

Shanghai
India
China

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Friends of BRICS countries are _____________
* Objective of Friends of BRICS initiative is to promote interaction of BRICS with close allies and
enhance its influence.

A

Belarus, Burundi, Kazakhstan and
Cuba.

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___________joined as the new permanent member(9th member ) of the grouping SCO
* _______________ has been declared the first tourism and cultural capital of SCO

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
* Genesis: It was founded at the Shanghai summit in _________ by _______________

HQ: ____________

Members -______________

6 dialogue partners (_________).
o India and Pakistan were admitted as a full member of the SCO at the ____________ Summit in _________

The SCO Secretariat is located in __________.

Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure
(RATS) in -___________
Official languages of the SCO: ___________

SCO has been an observer in the UN General Assembly since 2005.

A

Iran

‘Kashi’(Varanasi)

in 2001, by Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Beijing, China

Iran, India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Armenia, Turkiye, Azaerbaijan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Cambodia)

Astana, 2017

Beijing, China

Tashkent Uzbekistan)

Russian and Chinese

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
* Genesis: Established in _______ as regional development bank.
* HQ: _____________

Share holding - ________and ________ (non-borrowers)
have the highest shareholding at 15.6%. China
and India (borrowers) have 6.4 and 6.3%
respectively

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1966, Manila, Philippines
US
Japan

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IPEF - INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR PROSPERITY (IPEF)
* Genesis: IPEF was launched jointly
by the _______ and other partner
countries of the Indo-Pacific region
in ________ at Tokyo.
* Purpose: To solidify their
relationships and engage in crucial
economic and trade matters that
concern the region.
* IPEF Member countries: 14 ____________

Four pillars - _________________- It is not compulsory to join every pillar
India joined ___ and _____

A

USA, 2022

United States, India, Australia, Brunei, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam

Trade, Supply chain, clean economy, Fair economy

Supply chain and fair economy

Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) to meet the infrastructure needs of low
and middle-income countries by G7

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Gulf co-operation council
* Genesis: GCC was established in ___________
* HQ: ________________
* About: GCC is a political and economic alliance of
countries in the Gulf region.
* Members: 6 __________________________

A

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
in 1981.
* HQ: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman,
and Bahrain

Note - IRAN is not a member

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Partnership for Resilient and Inclusive Supply-chain Enhancement (RISE)
* RISE is an initiative of __________ and ______ under Japan’s Presidency.
* RISE is a ______ +million partnership project to diversify supply chains

A

World Bank, G7
$40

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__________ and ___________ recently joined NATO and became its 31st and 32nd members respectively

NATO was established
in __________ by the ______ Treaty.
* HQ: ____________-

EU members that are not a
part of NATO are: ________________

Non EU members that are not part of NATO ________

India is Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA)?

A

Finland, Sweden

1949, Washington
Brussels, Belgium

The countries that are part of the European Union (EU) but not part of NATO are:
Austria
Cyprus
Ireland
Malta

Countries in Europe that are neither part of EU nor NATO:
Andorra
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
Monaco
San Marino
Switzerland
Vatican City

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NATO Plus (currently NATO Plus 5) is a security arrangement that brings together NATO and five aligned nations (_______________________) to boost defence and intelligence ties

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Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel and South Korea

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FATF
* Genesis: Established by the _______________ held in Paris in 1989.
* HQ: ________
* About: An inter-governmental body to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and other related
threats to the integrity of the international financial system.
* Members: 37 member jurisdictions (including India) and 2 regional organisations ____________ and ______________.
o India joined FATF in __________

FATF added ___________ and __________
to its grey list of countries for failing to
combat money laundering and
terrorism financing

FATF suspended ______country’s membership

___________ was removed from the FATF
Grey List in 2022

FATF - Blacklist members?

A

G-7 Summit
Paris
Gulf Co-operation
Council
European Commission
2010

South Africa , Nigeria
Russia
Pakistan

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Iran.
Myanmar

there are 23 countries in FATF grey list

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Interpol
* Genesis: It was established in ________ to help
police work together to make the world a
safer place.
* HQ: _______
I-CORE programme -___________
_____________ Convention = The 12th meeting of Interpol’s Match-Fixing Task Force (IMFTF)

A

1923 Lyon (France)
To harness new technology to turn big data into actionable intelligence at the front line

Macolin

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INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION (IORA)
* IORA Council of Foreign Ministers
(CoM) meeting held in ______________
* About IORA
o Genesis: Inter-governmental
organisation established in
__________, based on vision of ___________
o Aim: To strengthen regional
cooperation and sustainable
development within Indian
Ocean region (IOR).

o Members: 23
members(including India)____________

A

Colombo (Sri Lanka).
1997

Nelson Mandela.

Madagascar, Seychelles, comoros, Mauritius, Reunion Island, SA, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen, Omen, UAE, Iran, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia

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FORUM FOR INDIA–PACIFIC ISLANDS COOPERATION (FIPIC)
* Third Forum for India–Pacific
Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)
Summit held at __________
the capital of __________

A

Port Moresby, Papua New
Guinea.

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__________ FORUM
* India participated at the 8th ____________ Forum in the Russian port city of Vladivostok.
* The____________ was established in 2015 to encourage foreign investments in the Russia’s Far East (RFE) region

A

EASTERN ECONOMIC
Eastern Economic
EEF

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PARTNERS IN THE BLUE PACIFIC

  • PBP is a _______no. of-nation informal mechanism to support Pacific islands and to boost diplomatic, economic ties
    in the region.
  • It was announced by ____,_______,______,________,________ in 2022
A

5
US, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Japan

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I2U2 initiative
o It is a grouping of____________________.
o It was first mentioned in _________, following the ____________ between Israel and UAE

A

India, Israel, USA and UAE
2021
Abraham Accords

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IAEA
o IAEA is the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the
nuclear field.
India?
o
o HQ: ____________?

A

India has been a founding member of the IAEA since 1957.
Vienna, Austria

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
* IOM launches project ___________.
o Promoting Regular Assisted Migration for Youth and Skilled Professionals was launched
in partnership with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for the year 2023-24.
o Objective: To facilitating safe, orderly, and regular migration for aspiring Indian migrant workers and
students in collaboration with MEA, ________ and ____

A

PRAYAS
NITI Aayog, State Governments.

  • About IOM
    o It was established in 1951, it is leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration.
    o IOM is part of the United Nations system, as a related organization.
    o It has 175 member states (including India).
    o It works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration to promote international
    cooperation on migration issue.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC)

  • About OPEC
    o HQ: ___________
    o About: OPEC is a permanent intergovernmental organization that coordinates and unifies the
    petroleum policies of its Member Countries
    Members (12):___________________.
    o Other key information: OPEC uses _________Crude as a benchmark for quality.
  • Recently, OPEC and OPEC+ reached a deal to reduce overall production targets.
    o OPEC+, created in _______, refers to group of 22 oil-producing countries.
    o Members: All OPEC members and 10 other oil-producing countries ________________
  • Recently, _______ withdrew from OPEC.
A

Vienna, Austria.

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Nigeria,
Republic of Congo, and Venezuela

Brent

2016
(Russia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,
Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, South Sudan and Sudan

Angola

republic of congo boardering gabon is part of OPEC not Demo Rep of Congo

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What is the primary purpose of the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OILM)?
A) To regulate international trade
B) To standardize measurements worldwide
C) To promote legal documentation
D) To establish manufacturing guidelines

Which country recently became an OIML certificate-issuing authority?
A) China
B) India
C) Brazil
D) Russia

A

B

International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OILM): This is a global organization that focuses on standardizing measurements. It ensures that measuring instruments used for things like temperature, weight, or volume are accurate and consistent worldwide.

B

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When was the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OILM) established?
A) 1956
B) 1965
C) 1975
D) 1955

Where is the headquarters of the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OILM) located?
A) Geneva
B) New York
C) Paris
D) London

A

D
C

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TAX INSPECTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (TIWB)

TIWB programme:
o It is a joint initiative of the_____________ and
the __________________.
o It facilitates the transfer of tax audit knowledge and skills to developing country tax administrations
using a practical, “learning by doing” approach.

TIWB launched a programme in Saint Lucia and ______ has been chosen as the Partner Administration

A

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

India

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World Customs Organization
* Genesis: It was established in 1952 as the
Customs Co-operation Council (CCC)
* HQ: __________
* About: It is an independent intergovernmental
body to enhance the effectiveness and
efficiency of Customs administrations.
* Membership: 185 members
India included?.

A

Brussels, Belgium

Yes

37
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World Bank good governance 8 principles

A

Participation
rule of law
Transparency
responsiveness
consensus oriented
equity and inclusiveness
effectiveness and efficiency
accountability

Party ka rule hao ki trans logo ne responsive hoke with consensus EKsath include ho jaye taki effeciency or accountability, effectively bani rahe

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A

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