International Organizations (Economics) One Liner Questions & Answers
| Questions | Answers | |
| 1 | Where was the first World Summit on Social Development under the aegis of UNESCO held? | Copenhagen |
| 2 | How many countries are members of the World Bank? | 189 |
| 3 | ‘World Development Report’ is an annual publication of – | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| 4 | India’s ranking in the ‘Ease of Doing Business Index’ is sometimes, seen in the news. Which of the following has declared that ranking? | World Bank |
| 5 | The ‘Ease of Doing Business Index’ prepared and published by – | World Bank Group |
| 6 | The second largest economy in the world next to the USA is – | China |
| 7 | Indian Development Forum (IDF) was earlier known as – | Aid India Consortium |
| 8 | The ‘National Agricultural Innovation Project’ is being implemented by ICAR with credit assistance from the World Bank. It has got how many components? | Four components |
| 9 | ‘Green Index’ has been developed by : | World Bank |
| 10 | The World Bank was established in – | 1945 |
| 11 | The headquarters of the World Bank are at – | Washington |
| 12 | The main function of the IMF is to – |
Help to solve balance of payments problems of member countries
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| 13 | Under which agreement International Monetary Fund was established? | Bretton Woods Agreement |
| 14 | At present, how many countries are the members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? | 190 |
| 15 | When did India become a member of the International Monetary Fund? | 1945 |
| 16 | Gold Tranche (Reserve Tranche) refers to – |
A credit system granted by IMF to its members
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| 17 | The term ‘paper gold’ refers to – | Special Drawing Rights (SDR) of IMF |
| 18 | ‘Global Finance Stability Report’ is prepared by the – | International Monetary Fund |
| 19 | The main security guard of international trade is – | WTO |
| 20 | WTO is – |
An international trade organization established by the members of GATT
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| 21 | The earlier name of the WTO was – | GATT |
| 22 | The headquarters of W.T.O. is located at – | Geneva |
| 23 | One of the important agreements reached in the 1996 Ministerial Conference of WTO refers to – | Commerce in Information Technology |
| 24 | Doha, where Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organization was organized, is located in – | Qatar |
| 25 | The World Trade Organization was established in – | 1995 |
| 26 | As President of World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy was replaced by – | Roberto Azevedo |
| 27 | The difference of the Government Minimum Support Price (MSP) and market price, which is paid directly to the farmers under W.T.O. is called – | Blue box subsidies |
| 28 | The Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) clause under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) implies – | Most favour to all countries |
| 29 | GATT stands for – | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| 30 | When and where was the office of GATT established? | Geneva, 1948 |
| 31 | Dunkel proposal is related to – | Right to Intellectual Property |
| 32 | The name of Arthur Dunkel is associated with – | GATT |
| 33 | Uruguay round pertains to – | GATT |
| 34 | TRIMs stands for – | Trade-Related Investment Measures |
| 35 | ‘Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA)’ is sometimes seen in the news in the context of negotiations held between India and – | European Union |
| 36 | Which year will India chair the prestigious G20 forum? | 2022 |
| 37 | The Global Competitiveness Report is published by the – | World Economic Forum |
| 38 | The Travel and Tourism Competitive Index (TTCI) is released by – | World Economic Forum |
| 39 | The headquarters of the European Economic Community is at – | Brussels |
| 40 | ‘European Stability Mechanism’, sometimes seen in the news, is an – |
Agency of the EU that provides financial assistance to eurozone countries.
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| 41 | The term ‘Digital Single Market Strategy’ seen in the news, refers to – | EU |
| 42 | The 100th ILO Annual Conference has decided to protect the interests of – | Domestic workers |
| 43 | International Labour Organization’s Conventions 138 and 182 are related to – | Child labor |
| 44 | UNSC stands for – | United Nations Security Council |
| 45 | How many permanent members are there in the Security Council of UNO? | 5 |
| 46 | How many members of UNO are there? | 191 |
| 47 | The 13th NAM conference 24-25 February 2003 was organized at – | Kuala Lumpur |
| 48 | When was the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) established? | 1985 |
| 49 | The Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute for providing training to the SAARC member countries is situated at – | Hapur |
| 50 | In which year, for the first time, SAARC meet was organized in India? | 1986 |
| 51 | Where is the BRICS Summit, 2019 scheduled to be held? | Brazil |
| 52 | In which year BRIC grouping was formed as BRICS? | 2010 |
| 53 | The host country of the 9th BRICS summit is – | China |
| 54 | Which bank has been established in China by BRICS countries? | New Development Bank |
| 55 | Who coined the term BRICs in 2001? | Jim O Neil |
| 56 | Who is appointed as the first President of the New Development Bank (or BRICS bank)? | K.V. Kamath |
| 57 | The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in which India, was inducted as a full member was held at – | Astana |
| 58 | ‘Mekong-Ganga Cooperation’ was launched in 2000 at – | Laos |
| 59 | In which year was the SAPTA (South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement) constituted? | 1993 |
| 60 | G-15 is – |
An organization of developing countries of the World
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| 61 | The 37th Summit of G-8 was held in France on 26-27 May 2011 at – | Deauville |
| 62 | ‘ASEAN’ stands for – | Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| 63 | Of which group of Nations is Brunei a member? | ASEAN |
| 64 | The term ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership’ often appears in the news in the context of the affairs of a group of countries known as – | ASEAN |