International Relations | MCQs

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China's Lunar New Year is known as the Spring Festival.

Lunar New Year began on February 1

Lunar New Year is the first new moon of a lunar calendar or lunisolar calendar year

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The United Nations was established in 1945 to prevent global conflicts like World War II.

Its goal is to maintain international peace, security, and cooperation among nations.

UNO Headquarters:

New York, United States

UNO Founded:

October 24, 1945,

San Francisco, California, United States

UNO Membership:

193 member states; 2 observer states

UNO Official languages:

(06) Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish;

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Pakistan joined the United Nations on September 30, 1947, just over a month after its independence

Explanation

The United Nations Organization (UNO) was founded in 1945 after World War II to promote peace and prevent future global conflicts.

It replaced the League of Nations and became the most significant global diplomatic outcome of the war.

Explanation

The founding members of the Commonwealth of Nations, along with the United Kingdom, were

• Australia,
• Canada,
• New Zealand,
• South Africa,
• Irish Free State (Ireland

Member states: 56 states

Working language:English

Headquarters: London

Founded: December 11, 1931.

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Human Rights Watch headquartered in New York City

It is an international non-governmental organization

HRW stands for Human Rights Watch 

It was founded in 1978 (as Helsinki Watch)

Additional information:

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December

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Goh Chok Tong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, initiated the idea of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in 1994.

ASEM is an informal forum for cooperation and dialogue between Asia and Europe.

ASEM was launched in 1996 with 26 partners.

It has since grown to 53 partners.

The three main pillars of ASEM cooperation are political, economic, and socio-cultural.

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NATO is a military alliance of 32 countries 

NATO full form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Founded: 4 April, 1949 (Washington, USA)

Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium

Official Languages:

• English
• French

Founding members: 12

Pakistan: Not a NATO member

Member Muslim country: Turkiye  

Additional information:

ASEAN is an association related to the Economy

EEC is the European Economic Union

NAFTA is a free trade agreement.

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Saudi Arabia was the president of G20 in 2020 while Italy was the president in 2021.

Explanation

The 2018 meeting of the G20 Leaders' Summit will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10 years after the first G20 Leaders' Summit took place in Washington, DC.

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