Level 1
International Organizations MCQs set 2 for OTS Water & Sanitation Dept (WSSP / PHED) General Knowledge — 20 solved questions.
Q1. Who is credited with the saying, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?
Answer: Voltaire
Explanation: Voltaire is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q2. Who started the Civil Rights Movement?
Answer: Martin Luther King
Explanation: Martin Luther King is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q3. Who was known as the Ambassador to the World's Religion?
Answer: Huston Smith
Explanation: Huston Smith is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q4. The first person who climbed Nanga Parbat was:
Answer: Hermann Buhl
Explanation: Hermann Buhl is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q5. The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund is in:
Answer: Washington
Explanation: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA; it was established in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference to promote global monetary stability.
Q6. Who built the Pharos of Alexandria?
Answer: Sostratus of Cnidus
Explanation: The Pharos of Alexandria (Lighthouse of Alexandria) was commissioned and built by Sostratus of Cnidus during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus around 280 BC.
Q7. Who co-founded Hotmail in 1996 and then sold it to Microsoft?
Answer: Sabeer Bhatia
Explanation: Sabeer Bhatia, a Pakistani-American entrepreneur, co-founded Hotmail in 1996 with Jack Smith; it was sold to Microsoft for approximately $400 million in 1997.
Q8. Who is the author of Khulasat-al-Tawarikh?
Answer: Sujan Raj Khatri
Explanation: "Khulasat-ul-Tawarikh" was authored by Sujan Rai Bhandari (Sujan Raj Khatri), a 17th-century Hindu historian who wrote this Persian chronicle during Aurangzeb's reign.
Q9. Who was the conqueror of Spain?
Answer: Tariq bin Ziad
Explanation: Tariq ibn Ziyad led the Umayyad Berber forces across the Strait of Gibraltar in 711 AD, conquering the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania (Spain) in a rapid campaign.
Q10. When did Spain join NATO?
Answer: 1982
Explanation: Spain joined NATO on 30 May 1982, after a referendum and parliamentary vote under Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, becoming the 16th member of the alliance.
Q11. Who holds the title of Badshah Khan, frontier Gandhi?
Answer: Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Explanation: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known as "Bacha Khan" or "Frontier Gandhi," was a Pashtun independence activist and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi who advocated nonviolent resistance.
Q12. Who built the first fully practical airplane?
Answer: Wilbur and Orville Wright
Explanation: Wilbur and Orville Wright built and flew the first fully practical powered airplane; their Wright Flyer made its first successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on 17 December 1903.
Q13. Who is the author of "Nana"?
Answer: Emile Zola
Explanation: "Nana" (1880) was written by French naturalist author Émile Zola as the ninth novel in his Rougon-Macquart series, depicting the life of a Parisian courtesan.
Q14. Who among the following persons is called Desert Fox ?
Answer: Erwin Rommel
Explanation: German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel earned the nickname "Desert Fox" for his swift and cunning tactics during the North Africa campaign in World War II.
Q15. Who won the 50-Over Men's Cricket World Cup in 2019?
Answer: England
Explanation: England won the 2019 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, defeating New Zealand in the final at Lord's on July 14, 2019, in a dramatic Super Over finish.
Q16. The first Secretary General of the United Nations was __________.
Answer: Trygve Lie
Explanation: Trygve Lie of Norway was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving from 1946 to 1952.
Q17. Who was the Director of the CIA from 2018 to 2021?
Answer: Gina Haspel
Explanation: Gina Haspel is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q18. Who was UN General Assembly president in 1962-1963?
Answer: Sir Zafarullah Khan
Explanation: Sir Zafarullah Khan is correct. International Organizations is a recurring GK theme in NTS, HEC, and civil service screening papers.
Q19. United Nations Decade 2010-2020 is for __________.
Answer: Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
Explanation: The United Nations declared 2010-2020 the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification to promote global action against land degradation.
Q20. Who is the founder of Hinduism?
Answer: Of divine origin
Explanation: Unlike most religions, Hinduism has no single founder; it is considered to have evolved over thousands of years from multiple ancient traditions and is regarded as of divine origin.