Basic General Knowledge - Study Mode

[#516] To consider the large number of agenda items, General Assembly has how many main committees?
Correct Answer

(B) Seven

Explanation

Solution: To consider the large number of agenda items, General Assembly has seven main committees. Each committee deals with a particular topic and is allocated agenda items according to the topic. A report is issued to the plenary for each item allocated to a Main Committee.

[#517] Until December 1991 ____ were integral parts of the USSR & not independent countries, but had separate UN memberships.
Correct Answer

(A) Belarus and Ukraine

Explanation

Solution: Until December 1991 Belarus and Ukraine were integral parts of the USSR & not independent countries, but had separate UN memberships. Though Belarus and Ukraine have a long shared history, the two countries differ significantly in many ways.

[#518] Weight of an object put in a satellite orbiting in space around the earth is
Correct Answer

(D) reduced to zero

Explanation

Solution: Weight of an object put in a satellite orbiting in space around the earth is reduced to zero. The satellite will fly off into space in a direction which was tangential to its original direction of motion. This is because the direction of velocity of an object moving in a circular path is always tangential at every point along the path.

[#519] To which country did the first Secretary-General of the UN belong?
Correct Answer

(D) Norway

Explanation

Solution: The first Secretary-General of the UN belong to Norway. LIE, Trygve Halvdan, Norwegian politician and first Secretary-General of the United Nations 1946-1953, was born 16 July 1896 in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway and passed away 30 December 1968 in Geilo, Norway.

[#520] War of the Roses was
Correct Answer

(A) civil war in England

Explanation

Solution: War of the Roses was civil war in England. The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the House of Lancaster, represented by a red rose, and the House of York, represented by a white rose.