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UPSC CDS Indian Polity — practice questions — page 19

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Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Outcomes of democracy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Who said the UN was not created to take humanity to heaven, but to save it from hell?Read the answer and worked solution →The Atlantic Charter was signed in August 1941 by Roosevelt and:Read the answer and worked solution →In January 1942, how many Allied nations signed the Declaration by United Nations in Washington?Read the answer and worked solution →The Yalta Conference of the Big Three that decided to organise a UN conference was held in:Read the answer and worked solution →The UN Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 at:Read the answer and worked solution →UN Day is celebrated on:Read the answer and worked solution →India joined the UN on:Read the answer and worked solution →The UN was founded as a successor to the:Read the answer and worked solution →By 2011 the UN had how many member states?Read the answer and worked solution →The five permanent members of the Security Council are the US, Russia, UK, France and:Read the answer and worked solution →Judges of the International Court of Justice are elected for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →The International Court of Justice is based in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first UN Secretary-General, Trygve Lie, came from:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Secretary-General was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961?Read the answer and worked solution →U Thant, Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971, was from:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Secretary-General issued the report An Agenda for Peace?Read the answer and worked solution →Kofi Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in:Read the answer and worked solution →The UN General Assembly resolution listing complaints about the Security Council was adopted in:Read the answer and worked solution →The World Bank was created during the Second World War in:Read the answer and worked solution →China's share of the UN regular budget for 2019 was:Read the answer and worked solution →Non-permanent Security Council members serve terms of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Security Council was expanded from 11 to 15 members in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Secretaries-GeneralRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the UN organsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the UN timelineRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the UN wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Permanent or electedRead the answer and worked solution →Sort organs, agencies and peopleRead the answer and worked solution →

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Questions
  1. Answer
    100
    Question
    Countries claiming democratic politics, over
  2. Answer
    1950
    Question
    Start year of the growth comparison study
  3. Answer
    2000
    Question
    End year of the growth comparison study
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    20
    Question
    Per cent of people at the top who take most income in Brazil
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    60
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    Per cent of income taken by that top group, more than
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    3
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    Per cent of income left for the bottom fifth, less than
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_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 7, Outcomes of Democracy._

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Outcomes of democracy bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Answerable to citizens.
    Item
    Accountable
  2. Clue
    Attends to people's needs.
    Item
    Responsive
  3. Clue
    The people's own government.
    Item
    Legitimate
  4. Clue
    Decisions open to examination.
    Item
    Transparency
  5. Clue
    Discussion before decisions.
    Item
    Deliberation
  6. Clue
    Top fifth take most income.
    Item
    Inequality
  7. Clue
    Respect for every individual.
    Item
    Dignity
  8. Clue
    Liberty democracy promotes.
    Item
    Freedom
  9. Clue
    Differences democracy accommodates.
    Item
    Diversity
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 7, Outcomes of Democracy._

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Who said the UN was not created to take humanity to heaven, but to save it from hell?

  1. Dag Hammarskjold
  2. Kofi Atta Annan
  3. Shashi Tharoor
  4. Boutros-Ghali
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Correct answer: A. Dag Hammarskjold

1. He was the UN's second Secretary-General. 2. Dag Hammarskjold said it. 3. Tharoor called the UN a place to bore each other rather than bore holes. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 6, International Organisations._

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