SAARC summit:The South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) is an organisation of
South Asian nations, founded in December 1985.
Members of SAARC: Sri Lanka, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
BRICS summit: The BRIC grouping's first formal summit
commenced in Yekaterinburg on June 16, 2009.
Members of BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa.
ASEAN summit: ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with five
members.
Members: Started with 5 members:Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, membership has expanded to
include Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
G8 summit: originated in 1975.
Members: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom,
and the United States, thus leading to the name Group of Six or G6. The summit
became known as the G7 with the addition of Canada and now G8 when Russia
joined it.
SOME IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
Q1)Which of the following is not associated with the UNO?
A. ILO
B. WHO
C. ASEAN
D. All of the above
Answer: C
UNO: United Nations
Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization
WHO: World Health Organization
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Q2)Which of the following is not a chief organ of the United
Nations Organisations?
A. International Labour Organisation
B. Security Council
C. International Court of Justice
D. General Assembly
Answer: A
Q3)The United Nations is considered as a universal
organisation. Which organ of rhe united nations fully represents the fact?
A. The Economic
and Social Council
B. The Security
Council
C. The
Secretariat
D. The General
Assembly
Answer: D
Q4)G-15 is a group of
A. developing
countries
B. non-aligned
countries
C. developed
countries
D. companies
Answer: A
Q5)SAARC was founded in
A. New Delhi
B. Geneva
C. Dhaka
D. Thimpu
Answer: C
Q6) Which of the following countries is not a member of a
SAARC
A. Sri Lanka
B. Myanmar
C. Maldives
D. Bhutan
Answer: B
Q7)Which of the following is not an agency of U.N.?
A. World Health
Organisation
B. Food and
Agricultural Organisation
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
D. International Monetary Fund
Answer: C
Q8)Permanent Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of
SAARC programme is located at
A. Dhaka
B. New Delhi
C. Colombo
D. Kathmandu
Answer: D
Q9)The office of the UN General Assembly is in
A. Vienna
B. New York
C. Paris
D. Zurich
Answer: B
Q10)The headquarters of the UNESCO is at
A. Rome
B. Geneva
C. New York
D. Paris
Answer: D
Q11)Besides UK, USA, Germany and Japan the G-7 countries
includes
A. Canada, France
and Russia
B. Canada,
Italy and Netherlands
C. France,
Netherlands and Russia
D. Canada,
France and Italy
Answer: D
Q12)Which of the following describe correctly the Group of
Seven Countries (G-7)?
A. They are
developing countries
B. They are
industrialised countries
C. They are
holding Atomic Bomb technology
D. They are
countries who can launch their own satellites
Answer: B
Q13)Which of the following is used as the logo of the World
Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)?
A. Deer
B. Panda
C. Camel
D. Lion
Answer: B
Q14)The main aim of SAARC is
A. Regional
Cooperation
B. Internal
affairs
C. Non-alignity
D. Peaceful
Coexistence
Answer: A
