International Institutions Class 10 Questions and Answers KSEEB 10th Social Science
I. Fill in the blanks with suitable answers:
Question 1.
The UNO was founded in the year ______________
Answer:
1945
Question 2.
The head office of the UNO is in ______________ city.
Answer:
New York
Question 3.
The affiliated body of the UNO which appears like a cabinet committee is ______________
Answer:
UN Security Council
Question 4.
The term of the office of international judges is ______________ Years
Answer:
mine
Question 5.
The International Court of Justice is in ______________
Answer:
Hague, Netherlands
Question 6.
The present Secretary General of the UNO is ______________
Answer:
Antonio Guterres of Portagal
Question 7.
The World Health Organisation was founded in the year ______________
Answer:
1985
II. Discuss in groups and answer the following:
Question 1.
Name the people who worked to establish the UNO.
Answer:
The people who worked to establilsh UNO are Winston Churchill of UK, Joseph Stalin of USSR and Franklin D. Roosevelt of USA
Question 2.
What are the affiliated bodies of institutions of the UNO?
Answer:
The affiliated bodies of UNO are:
- General Assembly
- United Nations Security Council
- Economic and Social Committee
- Trusteeship Council
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- United Nations Secretariat
Question 3.
Which are the permanent members of the UNO Security Council?
Answer:
There are five Permanent members in the U.N Security Council. They are
- France,
- USA,
- UK,
- Russia
- China
Question 4.
Name working aims of the World Health Organisation.
Answer:
WHO was founded in 1948 with aim of improving the health of the world community. It has strived to eradicate diseases like plague, cholera, Malaria and Small pox. It is also working towards freeing the world from AIDS, Cancer and other major diseases. The organization is trying to address issues like population growth, hunger, malnutrition and other challenges in the coming days also. It’s head office is in Geneva of Switzerland.
Question 5.
Make a list of functions of the International Labour Organization.
Answer:
The Main functions of ILO are:
- Welfare of workers providing health facilities and life qualities of workers.
- Provision of maternity benefits for working women.
- Provision of minimum wages’, housing scheme and other work related issues.
Question 6.
Expand SAARC.
Answer:
South Asia Association for Regional Co-operation.
III. Discuss in groups and answer the following:
Question 1.
List out the aims of the UNO. The following are the aims of UNO :
Answer:
- Safeguarding international peace of security.
- Fostering cooperation among nations.
- Improving the faith in human rights.
- Exploring solutions to various economic, sociological, cultural and other humanity based problems with international cooperation.
- Providing recognition to international agreements and conditions.
- Striving to build mutual trust and cooperation among the countries.
Question 2.
Explain the formation of the General Assembly of the UNO.
Answer:
It is an affiliated body consisting of representatives from all the member states. Every country sends five representatives to this body. But, every country has only one vote. The General body elects one of its members as the President for a year. Similarly, people are elected for posts of 17 Vice Presidents, and seven Chairpersons for the seven permanent committees. The general Assembly meetings begin around September and continue till mid December every year. For all the important matters of approval a 2/3 majority is mandatory. General budget is approved in the general assembly. A like a global parliament to discuss world issues.
Question 3.
What are the functions of the Economic and Social Committee of the UNO?
Answer:
The main functions of the committee ar as follows :
1. Conducting studies on economic, social cultural, education, health and other international issues and sharing the reports.
2. Issues like refugee problems, women, status, residence and many other issues come within the purview of this committee.
3. This committee recommends on issues of human rights and basic freedoms.
4. Organizing conferences on human resources, culture, education and other issues.
5. Coordinating the functions of specialized bodies like International Labour organization (ILO), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Health Organization (WHO) and other institutions. All these are the major functions of Economic and Social Committee.
Question 4.
The ‘UNO has a major role in establishing peace in the world’ Substantiate this statement.
Answer:
The UNO has solved many conflicts. Due to lack of unity among permanent members of the Security Council and the complexity of global issues, it can be said that the achievements of UN is a mixed one. Most of its functions are performing peacekeeping works and observatory role. India has always worked with UNO towards protection of the human rights and world peace.
The UNO has worked towards resolving the crisis of Suez canal, Iran, Indonesia, Kashmir, Palestine, Korea, Hungaria, Congo, Cyprus, Arab-Israel, Namibia, Afghanistan and other crisis. It has continued to worked on disarmament and nuclear disarmament areas. Now, the cold war had ended leading more space of the functioning of UNO in future.
Question 5.
What are the functions of the UNESCO?
Answer:
It was founded in the year 1946. Its head office is in Paris. It is a specialized institution which strives to improve the science, education and culture of the world. It is active in technical education, cultural issues, constructive thinking, and media strategies to preserve the world heritage also. It supports governmental and Non-governmental organizations to spread the importance of education.
Question 6.
Explain the role of the IMF in solving the economics problems of the world.
Answer:
Tries to resolve international economic crisis. It helps development of global commerce, economic stability and the balance of payment. In this organization, administrative council, Board of directors, and a managing director work. Its efficiency and transparency has been often appreciated. This can be called as the central bank of many central banks of different nations. It plays the role of a facilitator between developed countries and non-developed countries.
Question 7.
Prepare a list of aims of the Common Wealth.
Answer:
AIMS of Common Wealth of Nations :
- Upholding the values of Democracy
- Protection of Freedom
- Poverty Alleviation
- Securing World peace
- Aiding the development of sports, science and art
- Improving Co-operation among member states.
Question 8.
Explain the European Union.
Answer:
It is an institution of 27 European countries. It was founded in 1922 as per the agreement of Matrich among the member countries. It provides for common market, common currency and common agriculture and trade policy. The following are the subdivision of this organization.
- Committee
- Commission
- European Parliament
- European Court of Justice.
The European Union resembles a federal government structure. As the founders asserted this strives for international peace and democracy in the world. This seems to be the continuation of earlier European Economic Community (EEC). The members states have given away some of their sovereign powers to the union willingly.
Additional Questions and Answers
Question 1.
How many member countries are there in the UNO at Present?
Answer:
There are 195 member countries out of 198 countries in the UNO
Question 2.
What are the functions of the UN Security Council
Answer:
- To solve global problems peacefully
- Deploy UN peace keeping force to maintain peace and order
- Selection of Judge of International court of Justice
- Suggests the nomination of UN General Secretary.
Question 3.
Explain the composition of International Court of Justice
Answer:
The International court of Justice has fifteen Judges. Each of the Judges have a term of nine years and are also eligible for another term. The Judges elect one president and one Vice¬President among themselves for a period of three years.
Question 4.
Discuss the economic and financial achievements of the UNO.
Answer:
In the UNO charter, it is declared that the UNO should strive to ‘uplift the socio-economic status of the people of the world’. This work need to be achieved through the supervision of ‘Economic and Social Committee’ be achieved though the supervision of ‘Economic and Social Committee’. ‘General Agreement on Tariff and Trade’ (GATT) is a general agreement on trade and tariff which is a notable agreement. Another importnat programme is that of “The United Development Programme”. International organizations like World Bank, International Monetary Fund are working well with the able support of UNO.
Question 5.
Mention the officially recognised administrative languages of the UNO
Answer:
English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese
Question 6.
List the functions of Food and Agriculture organization of the UNO
Answer:
- To fight against poverty, Mai nutrition and hunger all over the world.
- Development of Agriculture
- Providing nutritions food
- Creation of hunger-free communities.
- Reforming the life of rural people
Question 7.
In which year did the UNICEF was awarded the Nobel peace Prize Why?
Answer:
The 1965 Nobel peace Prize was awarded to UNICEF on 26 October 1965 for ‘fulfilling the condition of Alfred Nobel’s will and for the promotion of brotherhood among the nations of the world.
Question 8.
Why was SAARC established? SAARC was established in 1985
Answer:
with the aim of festering mutualties along with the economic progress and cultural progress among its member countries. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh Maldives and Bhutan
Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
Question 1.
Which of the following organizations is not associated with UNO
(a) SAARC
(b) ILO
(c) DTO
(d) World Bank
Answer:
(a) SAARC
Question 2.
The Secretary – General of UNO is appointed by
(a) Trustee Ship council
(b) Security council
(c) General Assembly
(d) ICJ
Answer:
(c) General Assembly
Question 3.
In which year did the UNO adopt the ‘Universal declaration of Human Rights?
(a) 1845
(b) 1948
(c) 1946
(d) 1950
Answer:
(b) 1948
Question 4.
The head office of International Labour Organisation is at
(a) New York, USA
(b) New Delhi, India
(c) Moscow, Russia
(d) Geneva, Switzerland
Answer:
(d) Geneva, Switzerland
Question 5.
The International court of Justice is in
(a) Genera
(b) Rome
(c) Vienna
(d) Hague
Answer:
(d) Hague
Question 6.
The number of permanent member countries in the UN Security council are :
(a) Six
(b) Eight
(c) Five
(d) Nine
Answer:
(c) five
Question 7.
Which country given below is not a member of the Un security council?
(a) France
(b) India
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Russia
Answer:
(b) India
Question 8.
The Present Secretary – General of the Uno is
(a) Ban-ki-moon
(b) Kafi-Annan
(c) Boutrus Bourtrus Ghali
(d) Antonio Guterres
Answer:
(d) Antonio Guterres
Question 9.
Which UN organization is re¬lated to Child Welfare?
(a) ICJ
(b) WHO
(c) UNICEF
(d) IMF
Answer:
(c) UNICEF
Question 10.
The number of member Countries of the UNO are
(a) 193
(b) 195
(c) 192
(d) 190
Answer:
(a) 193