Lakshya NDA

Paper II · Part B — Static GK

International Organisations and Headquarters

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Build exam-ready understanding by connecting the core idea, formulas or facts, worked example and previous NDA questions. Focus on why each rule works, then test it under timed conditions.

Concept

International organisations coordinate cooperation among nations in health, finance, trade and security. Their headquarters and functions are commonly tested.

Link each body with its purpose and headquarters.

Key Points & Formulas

  • United Nations (UN): New York, USA; maintains world peace.
  • World Health Organization (WHO): Geneva, Switzerland.
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank: Washington, D.C., USA.
  • UNESCO: Paris; Interpol: Lyon, France.

Worked Example

Q. Where is the headquarters of the World Health Organization?

The WHO is the UN agency for international public health.

Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.

It coordinates global responses to health issues.

Common traps

  • Reading the prompt too quickly and missing a qualifier.
  • Memorising the result without checking when it applies.
  • Skipping units, signs, chronology or the final reasonableness check.

NDA shortcuts

  • State the governing rule before substituting values.
  • Eliminate impossible options before doing full calculation.

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5 NDA questions

Choose an answer before the solution appears. Option order is mixed automatically.

Question 1

NDA I 2026

With reference to the United Nations (UN), consider the following pairs:

I. UNMOGIP — India and Pakistan

II. UNFICYP — Cyprus

III. UNMIK — Kosovo

IV. UNTSO — Haiti

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Question 2

NDA I 2025

Which dance form of India has been inscribed into UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?

Question 3

NDA I 2023

The UN COP-27 Summit relates to:

Question 4

NDA I 2021

Which of the following statements about the non-permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations is/are correct?
1. Their total number is now 10, but was originally only 6.
2. They are elected for a term of two years only.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Question 5

NDA II 2021

Economist Rebeca Grynspan, who recently became the first woman to be appointed as the head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), hails from

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