International | MCQs

Explanation

On 2 August 1948, Pakistan national team, led by Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara, officially went on to play their first international game and tournament against Belgium winning the game 2–0 at the 1948 London Olympics.

Pakistan is the most successful national field hockey team in the Hockey World Cup.

 Pakistanis the four-time champion: 

1971

1978

1982

1994.

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Pakistan defeats Spain in the 1971 hockey world cup.

Pakistan beat India to secure the bronze medal at Hockey Champions Trophy 2012.

Pakistan played its first International Hockey matches in 1948

In 1994 year, Pakistan was the world champion of Hockey

In 1994 en Pakistan won the World Hockey Cup last time

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Explanation

About men’s Cricket World Cup 1992

Edition: Fifth

Format: One Day International (ODI)

Venue: Australia & New Zealand

Final held: 25 March 1992

Final Venue: Melbourne

Winner: Pakistan (First title)

Runners-up: England

Participating teams: 09

Total Matches: 39

Most wickets taken by: Wasim Akram (18 wickets)

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Explanation

The period of 1954 to 1962 in Pakistan is known as the era of Alliances.

An alliance, in international relations, is a formal agreement between two or more states for mutual support in case of war.

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Pakistan – Era Of Alliances (1954 -1962)

Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement (1954)

Pakistan joined SEATO (South East Asian Treaty Organization) in 1954

Colombo Conference (1954)

CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) in 1955.

 Bandung Conference 1955

Explanation

On 24 January 1946 very first resolution, the General Assembly identified nuclear disarmament as a leading goal of the United Nations

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Explanation

AUKUS: a trilateral security pact between Australia, UK & USA, announced on 15 September 2021 for the Indo-Pacific region.

Under the pact, the US and the UK will help Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

France was angry after AUKUS signed, pulling out a major contract with France in the process.

Explanation

Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Appointer: General Assembly

Term length: Five years, renewable

Precursor: Islamic Summits

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OIC headquarters is located in Jadda.

OIC Stands for Organization of Islamic Cooperation

It is the largest international organization outside of the United Nations.

The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, and French.

It was founded in 1969 and had 25 members originally.

It changed its name on 28 June 2011 from the Organization of the Islamic Conference to its current name.

Total Current member= 57

The first summit of OIC was held in Rabat

48th Session of Foreign Ministers of OIC to be held from March 22 to 23, 2022

The 14th OIC meeting was held on May 31, 2019, in Makkah for Palestine.

Explanation

The six official languages of the United Nations.

Arabic,

Chinese,

English,

French,

Russian 

Spanish

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat and are used in day-to-day professional exchanges.

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Founded: October 24, 1945, in San Francisco, California, United States

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Founders: United States, India, United Kingdom, Brazil, France

General Assembly is the largest organ of the United Nations organization, located in New York, USA. 

There are six main organs of UNO.

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Founded: October 24, 1945, in San Francisco, California, United States

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Explanation

He was the 56th United States Secretary of State.

He served as the United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977. 

Preceded by William Rogers.

Succeeded by Cyrus Vance.

He Died on November 29, 2023 (aged 100).

Explanation

Golf was originally invented in Scotland.

Walker Cup is related to Golf.

Ryder Cup is related to Golf.

Explanation

Cricket is not included in the Olympics 

Cricket was penciled in as an event in the very first modern Olympic Games at Athens in 1896

It is suspended due to an insufficient number of entries.

 the sport will be returning to the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

while 

total of 40 sports are in the Olympics,

including 32 in the upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

and eight in Milano Cortina 2026, the next Winter Olympics.