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Question Answer
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01 The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman
02 The longest river in the world is the Nile
03 The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada
04 The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km
05 The highest mountain in the world is the Everest
The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak
06 Myanmar
production of the world is
07 The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert
08 The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil
09 The country also known as "country of Copper" is Zambia
The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and
10 Durand line
Afghanistan is
11 The river Volga flows out into the Capsian sea
12 The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia
13 The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada
14 The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
15 The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea
16 The biggest delta in the world is the Sunderbans
17 The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade
18 The Japanese call their country as Nippon
19 The length of the English channel is 564 kilometres
20 The world's oldest known city is Damascus
21 The city which is also known as the City of Canals is Venice
22 The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar
23 The biggest island of the world is Greenland
The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of
24 Detroit, USA
automobiles in the world is
The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the
25 USA
world is
The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world
26 Malaysia
is
27 The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is Malaysia
The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is
28 Mississippi
the
29 The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was Peking
30 The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan
31 Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest
32 The volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy
33 The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is Cuba
34 The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers
35 The lowest point on earth is The coastal area of Dead sea
36 The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal
37 The largest ocean of the world is the Pacific ocean
38 The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
39 The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium, Prague
40 The world's largest diamond producing country is South Africa
41 Australia was discovered by James Cook
42 The first Governor General of Pakistan is Mohammed Ali Jinnah
43 Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey
44 The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam
45 The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel
46 The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant
47 The country which has the greatest population density is Monaco
48 The national flower of Britain is Rose
49 Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin
50 The national flower of Italy is Lily
51 The national flower of China is Narcissus
52 The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu
53 The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz
54 The first Industrial Revolution took place in England
55 World Environment Day is observed on 5th June
56 The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln
57 The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil
58 The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus
59 Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
60 The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson
61 The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon
62 The UNO was formed in the year 1945
63 UNO stands for United Nations Organization
64 The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August
`Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter
65 Michelangelo
named
66 Paradise Regained was written by John Milton
67 The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib
68 The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Peary
69 The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica
70 The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada
71 The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson
72 The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi
73 World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September
74 The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck
75 The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway
76 The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet
77 The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen
78 The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam
79 The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher
80 The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie
81 The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
82 The port of Banku is situated in Azerbaijan
83 John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald
84 The largest river in France is Lore
85 The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon
86 The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche
The first British University to admit women for degree courses
87 London University
was
88 The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar
89 New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers
90 Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves
91 The country known as the Land of White Elephant is Thailand
92 The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea
93 The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan
94 The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela
United States Library of Congress,
95 The largest library in the world is the
Washington DC

1. Which of the following countries is a land locked

country in south America? Ans : c

a.  Ecuador

b.  Peru 

c.  Uruguay 4. Which of the following planets rotates clock

d.  Bolivia wise?

a.  Pluto

Ans : d b. Jupiter 

c. Venus
2. Canary Islands belongs to
d. Mercury
a.  Norway

b.  Spain 
Ans : c
c.  New Zealand

d.  Portugal
5. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the

Equator is equivalent to nearly 

3. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet b. 111 km 

a.  Mercury c. 121 km

b.  Venus  d. 125 km 

c.  Saturn

d.  Neptune Ans : b

a. Mori a. Goa

b. Devanagari  b. Tripura 

c. Brahmi c. Mizoram

d. Kharosti d. Sikkim

Ans : c Ans : d

7. How many times the preamble was amended 10. Which person or organisation received the

a. once Nobel Prize three 

b. twice  times so far?

c. thrice a. Medame Curie

d. four times b. Linus Pauling 

c. Alexender Flemming

Ans : a  d. International Committee of the Redcross

8. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by Ans : d

the...amendment

a.  40th 11. The Finance Commission is appointed for

b. 42nd  every... year

c. 44th a. 3

d. 49th b. 4 

c. 5

Ans : b d. 6

Ans : c
12. Under which five year plan did agriculture show 15. National Institute of Oceanography is located

a negative growth? in :

a.  1st plan a. Calcutta 

b. 2nd plan  b. Chennai 

c. 3rd plan c. Mangalore

d. 4th plan d. Panaji

Ans : c Ans : d

13. Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra? 16. The 2004 Olympics were held in :

a. Akbar a.  Bangkok 

b. Babar  b. Rome 

c. Sikinder Lodi  c. Athens

d. Mubarak Shah Sayyad d. Nagasaki

Ans: c Ans : c

14. The first tide generated electricity project was 17. Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil

established at War ?

a. Vizhinjam, Kerala a. Gen. V. P. Malik

b. Mangalore, Karnataka  b. Gen. S. K. Sinha 

c. Paradeep, Orissa c. K. Subramanyam

d. Vishakapattanam d. K. C. Panth

Ans : a Ans : c
18. The C. K. Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport 21. The General Assembly of United Nations meets

of  a.  Once a year

a.  cricket b. twice a year 

b. Hockey  c. thrice a year

c. Football d. Once in five years

d. Chess

Ans : a

Ans : a

22. The "Common Wealth Games 2002" will be

19. New York is situated on the river held in 

a.  Hudson a. Toranto

b. Thames  b. Manchester 

c. Danube c. Tokyo

d. Tigris d. Canberra

Ans : a Ans : b

20. "The Woman of the Millennium" selected by 23. All India Radio commenced operations in 

the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a. 1926

a.  Margaret Thacher b. 1936 

b. Hillary Clinton  c. 1945

c. Chandrika Kumaratunga d. 1947

d. Indira Gandhi

Ans : b

Ans : d
24. The "Killer Instinct" is written by  27. The Common Wealth of Independent states

a. Sulakshan Mohan (CIS) consists of....republica?

b. M.K.Santanam  a. 10

c. O.P.Sabharwal b. 11 

d. Subash Jain  c. 12

d. 13

Ans : c

Ans : c

25. The Secretary-General of UN is appointed by

the 28. Which of the following harbours is considered

a. Security Council as the world's finest natural harbour?

b. Trusteeship Council  a. Sydney harbour

c. General Assembly b. Toronto harbour 

d. World Bank  c. New Jersy harbour

d. Singapore harbour

Ans : c

Ans : a

26. Postal Voting is other wise called:

a. external voting 29. Who invented Radar?

b. secret voting  a. Henrey Backquerel

c. plural voting  b. Max Planck 

d. proxy voting c. Robert Watson Watt

d. Humphrey Davy

Ans : d

Ans : c
30. Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in...

a. Trophical Evergreen Forests 32. The tomb of Babur is at 

b. Tropical most Decidous  a. Kabul

c. Alpine forests b. Lahore 

d. Trophical Thorn Forests  c. Multan

d. Larkhana

Ans : d

Ans : a

31. The first country to legalise medically assisted 33. The joint session of the two houses is presided

suicide is by 

a. Switzerland a. the speaker 

b. New Zealand  b. the president 

c. USA c. chairman of Rajyasabha

d. Netherlands d. none of these

Ans : d Ans : a

31. India's newsprint industry is mainly located in  34. The Gandhara school of Art was influenced

a. Indore most by the

b. Dehradun  a. Greeks

c. Nepanagar b. Shakas 

d. Nagpur c. persians 

d. Kushans

Ans : c
Ans : a 38. The 189th member of United Nations is

a. Palau

35. The Simon Commission was appointed in b. Tuvalu 

a. 1927 c. Soloman Islands

b. 1928  d. Nauru

c. 1929 Ans : b

d. 1930

39. When was Burma separated from India

Ans : c a. 1947

b. 1942 

36. Sikkim became a full fledged state of the Indian c. 1937

Union, in the year ? c. 1932

a. 1972 Ans : c

b. 1973 

c. 1974 40. Which of the following country has more than

d. 1975 55,000 lakes?

Ans : d a. Poland

b. Denmark 

c. Finland
37. Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ?
d. Norway
a. Rajaraja Chola
Ans : c
b. Mahendra Varman 

c. Narsimha Varman

d. Narsimha Chola

Ans : c
First in the World
 1. Chairman of Peoples Republic of China Mao-Tse-Tung
2. President of the Chinese Republic Dr. Sun Yat Sen
 3. President of U.S.A George Washington
 4. Chinese Traveller to India Fahein
 5. Foreign Invader to India Alexander the Great
 6. Person to reach South Pole Amundsen
 7. Person to reach North Pole Robert Pearey
 8. Person in Space Yuri Gagarin
 9. Person on Moon Neil Armstrong
 10
Lady to climb Mount Everest Junko Taibei
.
 11
European to visit China Marco Polo
.
12. Place where atom bomb was dropped Hiroshima
 13
Man to walk in Space Alexei Leonov
.
 14
Woman cosmonaut in Space Valentina Tereshkova
.
 15
Woman Prime Minister of a country Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike
.
16. Woman President of a country Maria Estela Peron
 17
Woman to Command a Space Mission Colonel Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)
.
Bill Shepherd (USA),
 18
The first residents of International Space station Yuri Gidzanko
.
and Sergei Krikalev (Russia)
 19 Erik Weihenmayer
 The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest
. (USA, May 25, 2001)
 20 The first Muslim woman to become the Secretary General of Amnesty
lrine Zubeida Khan
. International
 21
The first space astronaut to go into space seven times till date Jerry Ross (U.S.A.)
.
 22 The first South African to become the second space tourist Mark Shuttleworth
.
 23
The first woman Prime Minister of South Korea Ms. Chang Sang
.
 24
The first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)
.
 25 The first adventurer flying successfully across the English Channel
Felix Baumgartner (July 2003)
. without aircraft
 26
China's first man in space Yang Liwei
.
 27 Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize
The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize
. 2003)
Kiran Baloch (Pakistani
cricketer,
 28 The woman with the highest individual Test score making a new world scoring 242 runs playing women's
. record
cricket test against West Indies in
Karachi in March, 2004)
 29
The first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four times Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
.
The first woman to cross seven important seas of the world by
30. Bula Chaudhury (India)
swimming
The first aircraft pilot to round the entire world non-stop by his 2 engine
31. Steve Fossett (March 2005)
aircraft in 67 hours
The first woman to be appointed as a Governor of a province in
32. Habiba Sorabhi
Afghanistan
Bula Chaudhury (India) (April
33. The first woman of the world to swim across five continents 
2005)
Ms. Yelena Isinbayeva
34. The first woman athlete to touch 5.0 meter mark in pole vault
(Russian, July 2005)
Justice Rana Bhagwan Das
35. The first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistani Supreme Court Took over on Sept. 2, 2005 as
Acting Chief Justice
Allen Johnson Sirleaf (elected
36. The first duly elected woman President of an African country President of Liberia in Nov.
2005)
Shanshad Akhtar
37. The first woman Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
(Appointed in Dec. 2005)
Angela Merkel
38. The first woman Chancellor of Germany
(Took over in Nov. 2005)
39. The first woman President of Chile Dr. Michelle Bachelet
Portia Simpson Miller (Feb.
40. The first woman Prime Minister of Jamaica
2006)
41. The first woman foreign Secretary of England Margaret Backett (May 2006)
42. The first double amputee to scale Mt. Everest Mark Inglis (May 15, 2006)
Economics, Commercial and Trade Terms

Ante date : To give a date prior to that on which it is written, to any cheque, bill or any other document.

Appreciation of Money : It is a rise in the value of money caused by a fall in the general price level.
.
Assets : Property of any kind available towards the discharge of the liabilities of a testator, intestate debtor or company.

At Sight : A form of notification written on bills or notes denoting that they are not payable on demand but after expiry of a
specified period and allowing three days of grace there after.

Arbitration : A method for compounding dispute, generally of an industrial nature, between the employer and his
employees by reference to disinterested parties-called arbitrators.

Advice : Any notification of a business transaction, apprising an agent, correspondent, or customer that a certain thing
has been done.

Bear : A speculator in the market who believes that price will go down.

Bill of Credit : A letter authorising the advance of money to a specified person, implying thereby the obligation on the part
of the writer to repay that amount.

Black Money : Unaccounted money on which no Income-tax has been paid. The main reason for accumulation of black
money has been the steep rise in rate of taxation : tax evasion becomes attractive and profitable. The business
community, politicians and bureaucrats all have accumulated black money during the last few years. The Government of
India demonetised high denomination notes in Jan. 1978 in order to reduce the evil or black money. Voluntary Disclosure
Income Scheme was introduced in 1977 by the Govt. Over Rs. 10,000 crores were netted by the Govt. by Feb 28, 1998.

Bond : A written monetary agreement between two persons, or between two governments or between a person and a
government or corporation, or between a corporation and a government.

Bull : A speculator in the stock market who buys goods, in some cases without money to pay with, anticipating that prices
will go up.

Balance of Trade : The difference between the imports and exports of a country. It is favourable when the value of
exported goods exceeds the value of imported goods. And it is unfavourable if the imports exceed exports.

Bankers' Cheque : A cheque drawn by one bank on its own branch.

Bank Rate : The rate at which the Central Bank (Reserve Bank of India) will discount first class bills of exchange.

Basket Currencies : 14 currencies whose average value has been taken to calculate the value of S.D.R. Similarly, the
rupee exchange rate is announced on the basis of average value of half a dozen basket currencies.

Buyers' Market : An area in which the supply of certain goods exceeds the demands, so that purchasers can drive hard
bargains.

Carat : Measure or weight for precious stones, about 4 grains; 24 carat gold is the purest gold, thus 22 carat gold means
a piece of gold in which 22 .parts are pure gold and 2 parts of an alloy, usually copper.

Caution Money : It is money deposited as security for the fulfilment of a contract of obligation.      

Central Bank : A bank which is (a) banker to the Government, (b) banker to the commercial banks, and (c) manages the
currency and credit policy of that country. The Reserve Bank of India is the Central Bank.

Clearing House : The place where clerks from the different banks meet daily, bringing with them all bills cheques drawn
on each other bank on that day. The bills/cheques are then exchanged and outstanding differences settled.
Letter of Credit : A letter from a bank, firm or one person to another authorising payment to a third person of a specific
sum, for which the sender assumes full responsibility.

Crossed Cheque : A cheque is crossed for protection. In a crossed cheque two parallel lines are drawn across its face
and the words 'and Co'. are written between the lines. Such a cheque must be paid into one's own account in the ban}
and then realised.

Debentures : A debenture is a certificate issued by a company to its creditors promising the payment of a stated sum at
fixed rate of interest, after a specified period of time. A debenture is the first charge on the assets of the company.

Deflation : A state in monetary market when money in circulation has decreased and is characterised by low prices,
unemployment, etc.

Demand Draft : An instrument drawn by one bank on any of its own branches or on another bank under agency
arrangement is payble on demand.

Devaluation : A deliberate reduction in the value of the home currency to foreign currency. It is done always by a
governmental action, and is resorted to in order to reduce imports and increase exports. India devalued her currency by
37 per cent on 6th June, 1966. Of late so many countries, viz., U.K., U.S.A., and France have resorted to this expedient to
balance their payment positions.

Draft : A cheque drawn by one bank on another.

Estate Duty : A form of death duty and a method of direct taxation, imposed when the property is transferred on the death
of its owner. It has been abolished in India but was reintroduced in a limited way in 1988.

EURO : The European Union declared to introduce a common currency for its member countries, called EURO. Eleven of
the fifteen countries agreed to become members of the common currency introduced on Jan. 1, 1999. Four countries are
likely to become members later. By 2002, it is hoped that the local currencies will disappear and replaced by EURO.

Excise Duty : It is the duty charged on goods manufactured within the country; excise duties on alcohol, tobacco, sugar,
match-box, cIoth, etc., have been levied by the Government of India.

Floating Currency : On account of too wide a fluctuation between the official and unofficial rates for various currencies of
the world, some of the countries decided not to fix any particular rate of the currency vis-a-vis others and let the value be
determined on a daily basis.

Foreign Exchange : The method by which transactions in international trade are financed.

Fixed Exchange Rate : When the exchange rate of the currency is fixed by the concerned government and it can only be
changed either by devaluation or revaluation.

Floating Exchange Rate : A situation in which the exchange rate of any currency is determined by the forces of demand
and supply for this currency. Today rupee is also floating and its exchange rate with other currencies is determined by the
demand and supply. Periodically the Reserve Bank of India announces the exchange rates of rupee with other currencies.
The exchange rate is calculated by taking average value of basket currencies.

Free Trade : A tariff system which treats foreign imports and home produced articles on the same basis, either taxing
both equally or exempting both.

Gold Standard : It is a system of currency based on the free coinage of gold. It presupposes that the state will sell and
buy gold at fixed price in terms of the local currency; For all practical purposes, the system is dead now.

Green Revolution : The term applied for the steep rise in the production of agricultural products, during the past few
years. The Green Revolution was made possible by : (i) better use of fertilizers {ii) intensive cultivation, (iii) latest varieties
of seeds and especially the hybrid varieties (iv) pesticides and insecticides and (v) availability of assured means of
irrigation green revolution turned gray in 1973-74 when food production was considerably lower. The main reason,
according to a few, is not the non-availability of
food articles, but faulty distribution. There were food grain shortages in 1980 on account of severe drought in 1979. In
1998, the country reaped a large harvest of over 194 million tones and over 200 million tones in 1999.
Hard Currency : The currency of a country in relation to which we have an adverse balance of payment, i.e., which is
hard to be obtained.

Hot Money : Money which moves from one place to another to seek profit or higher rate of interest is called hot money.

Index Number : A statistical method of indicating approximately the variations in the prices of essential commodities over
certain periods of time.

Inflation : It is an increase in the quantity of money in circulation without any corresponding increase in goods, and,
therefore, it leads to an abnormal rise in the price level.

Key Currency : A currency which is internally acceptable and is used in international payments. 

Laissez-faire : It is the other name of individualistic theory which advocates private initiative in trade and non-intervention
by state in commercial or business enterprises.

Lead Bank : The Banking Commission has recommended that the nationalised banks should be asked to take over the
complete development activity of backward areas. Each bank was to be attached with a certain backward region of a
district. It was to be the responsibility of the bank to look after the development of the backward region. The bank was to
undertake more or less a techno-economic survey in order to take overall the financial and developmental needs.

Legal Tender : Any form of money which is legal quittance of a debt, and which cannot be refused by the creditors.

Limited Company : A company in which the shareholder's responsibility is limited to the extent of the value of the shares
in it.

Lock-out : The factory is closed by employers to force the employers to accept the imposed terms.

Mixed economy : A mixed economy is one in which both public and private sectors have an important role to play, India
has opted for a mixed economy with a provision that a few industrial fields of vital national
importance have been reserved for the public sector.

Mutual Funds : There have been times when to purchase the minimum sized trading lot a good growth shares, one has
to invest more than Rs. 25,000. For a small saver, the only way to take advantages of the prosperity of such companies is
by subscribing to a mutual fund. This enables him to subscribe to a diversified portfolio, not only offering him the
advantages of growth in scripts that he would otherwise not have been able to invest in but also helping him to get a
balanced portfolio which would reduce his
exposure to risk. Despite floating of a large number of Mutual funds, the public has got disillusioned due to very bad
returns in these funds. Unit Trust of India (UTI) is the leader in this financial activity.

National Debt : The amounts borrowed at different times by the Government for the expenditure which cannot be met
from ordinary revenues. The money so raised may be for productive purpose or other
nation-building activities or for unproductive purpose, such as war.

Open Credit : Credit given by a banker to a customer without guarantee or security.

Overhead Cost : The cost over and above the fixed costs such as machinery, plants and land.

Paper Gold : Also known as Special Drawing Rights (S.D.R.) allotted to members of the International Monetary Fund, in
proportion to their quota in the fund, so that the expanding world trade can be financed changing hands only on ledger
sheets, but the members of the Fund are obliged to accept it as payment.

Patents : A patent is an exclusive right granted under the Patents Act to the inventor for anew and useful technical
invention. This is done with a view to encouraging new inventions.

Public Company : A limited company whose capital consists of shares publicly subscribed.

Public Sector : A term which is generally applied to State enterprises or undertakings, i.e., those concerns or industries
which are nationalised and run by the State.

Rebate : It is the refundable part of payment made, or commission. say, towards insurance policy or the like.
Reflation :  A state of affairs when money market ist1ght;so more money is put into circulation by creating more jobs or
by providing cheap credit.

Royalty : It is a lump sum payment for certain kind of ownership or privilege, e.g., royalty paid for extracting oil from
oilfields or mining coal from a coal-mine, or a share of the sale price of book, paid by the publisher to the author.

Security : Any article pledged to cover a loan and the interest thereon, for the stipulated period.

SDR : It is a unit of an account (Special Drawing Rights)–adopted by the International Monetary Fund. Its value is
determined by an average value of 14 basket countries. Currently, the value of SDR is equal to U.S.A. $1.17.

Sit-down Strike : A form of strike in which the workers put down tools, but refuse to leave the premises of the factory.

Soft Currency : It is the currency of the country in relation to which we have a favourable balance of payment.

State Trading: When the state undertakes the purchase and sale of certain commodities, so as to control market prices,
and to assure a fair deal, both to the product and consumer. In India, State Trading Corporation was set up in 1956 to
take over the sale and distribution of cement. The S. T .C. now helps the economy in a number of ways by increasing
overseas trade.

Sterling : It is the paper currency of England, i.e., one pound currency.

Tariff : It is protection for indigenous industry , or measures undertaken by any country to protect its own industry against
trade competition from outside.
United Nations Member States
 
These are the 192 Member States of the United Nations with dates on which they joined the Organization,
following the admission Montenegro on 28 June 2006:
 
Member Date of Admission
Afghanistan 19 November 1946
Albania 14 December 1955
Algeria 8 October 1962
Andorra 28 July 1993
Angola 1 December 1976
Antigua and Barbuda 11 November 1981
Argentina 24 October 1945
Armenia 2 March 1992
Australia 1 November 1945
Austria 14 December 1955
Azerbaijan 2 March 1992
Bahamas 18 September 1973
Bahrain 21 September 1971
Bangladesh 17 September 1974
Barbados 9 December 1966
Belarus [1] 24 October 1945
Belgium 27 December 1945
Belize 25 September 1981
Benin 20 September 1960
Bhutan 21 September 1971
Bolivia 14 November 1945
Bosnia and Herzegovina [2] 22 May 1992
Botswana 17 October 1966
Brazil 24 October 1945
Brunei Darussalam 21 September 1984
Bulgaria 14 December 1955
Burkina Faso 20 September 1960
Burundi 18 September 1962
Cambodia 14 December 1955
Cameroon 20 September 1960
Canada 9 November 1945
Cape Verde 16 September 1975
Central African Republic 20 September 1960
Chad 20 September 1960
Chile 24 October 1945
China 24 October 1945
Colombia 5 November 1945
Comoros 12 November 1975
Congo (Republic of the) 20 September 1960
Costa Rica 2 November 1945
Côte d’Ivoire 20 September 1960
Croatia [3] 22 May 1992
Cuba 24 October 1945
Cyprus 20 September 1960
Czech Republic [4] 19 January 1993
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 17 September 1991
Democratic Republic of the Congo [5] 20 September 1960
Denmark 24 October 1945
Djibouti 20 September 1977
Dominica 18 December 1978
Dominican Republic 24 October 1945
Ecuador 21 December 1945
Egypt [6] 24 October 1945
El Salvador 24 October 1945
Equatorial Guinea 12 November 1968
Eritrea 28 May 1993
Estonia 17 September 1991
Ethiopia 13 November 1945
Fiji 13 October 1970
Finland 14 December 1955
France 24 October 1945
Gabon 20 September 1960
Gambia 21 September 1965
Georgia 31 July 1992
Germany [7] 18 September 1973
Ghana 8 March 1957
Greece 25 October 1945
Grenada 17 September 1974
Guatemala 21 November 1945
Guinea 12 December 1958
Guinea-Bissau 17 September 1974
Guyana 20 September 1966
Haiti 24 October 1945
Honduras 17 December 1945
Hungary 14 December 1955
Iceland 19 November 1946
India 30 October 1945
Indonesia [8] 28 September 1950
Iran 24 October 1945
Iraq 21 December 1945
Ireland 14 December 1955
Israel 11 May 1949
Italy 14 December 1955
Jamaica 18 September 1962
Japan 18 December 1956
Jordan 14 December 1955
Kazakhstan 2 March 1992
Kenya 16 December 1963
Kiribati 14 September 1999
Kuwait 14 May 1963
Kyrgyzstan 2 March 1992
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 14 December 1955
Latvia 17 September 1991
Lebanon 24 October 1945
Lesotho 17 October 1966
Liberia 2 November 1945
Libya 14 December 1955
Liechtenstein 18 September 1990
Lithuania 17 September 1991
Luxembourg 24 October 1945
Madagascar 20 September 1960
Malawi 1 December 1964
Malaysia [9] 17 September 1957
Maldives 21 September 1965
Mali 28 September 1960
Malta 1 December 1964
Marshall Islands 17 September 1991
Mauritania 27 October 1961
Mauritius 24 April 1968
Mexico 7 November 1945
Micronesia (Federated States of) 17 September 1991
Monaco 28 May 1993
Mongolia 27 October 1961
Montenegro [10] 28 June 2006
Morocco 12 November 1956
Mozambique 16 September 1975
Myanmar 19 April 1948
Namibia 23 April 1990
Nauru 14 September 1999
Nepal 14 December 1955
Netherlands 10 December 1945
New Zealand 24 October 1945
Nicaragua 24 October 1945
Niger 20 September 1960
Nigeria 7 October 1960
Norway 27 November 1945
Oman 7 October 1971
Pakistan 30 September 1947
Palau 15 December 1994
Panama 13 November 1945
Papua New Guinea 10 October 1975
Paraguay 24 October 1945
Peru 31 October 1945
Philippines 24 October 1945
Poland 24 October 1945
Portugal 14 December 1955
Qatar 21 September 1971
Republic of Korea 17 September 1991
Republic of Moldova 2 March 1992
Romania 14 December 1955
Russian Federation [11] 24 October 1945
Rwanda 18 September 1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis 23 September 1983
Saint Lucia 18 September 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16 September 1980
Samoa 15 December 1976
San Marino 2 March 1992
Sao Tome and Principe 16 September 1975
Saudi Arabia 24 October 1945
Senegal 28 September 1960
Serbia [12] 1 November 2000
Seychelles 21 September 1976
Sierra Leone 27 September 1961
Singapore 21 September 1965
Slovakia [13] 19 January 1993
Slovenia [14] 22 May 1992
Solomon Islands 19 September 1978
Somalia 20 September 1960
South Africa 7 November 1945
Spain 14 December 1955
Sri Lanka 14 December 1955
Sudan 12 November 1956
 Suriname 4 December 1975
Swaziland 24 September 1968
Switzerland 10 September 2002
Sweden 19 November 1946
Syria [15] 24 October 1945
Tajikistan 2 March 1992
Thailand 16 December 1946
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [16] 8 April 1993
Timor Leste 27 September 2002
Togo 20 September 1960
Tonga 14 September 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 18 September 1962
Tunisia 12 November 1956
Turkey 24 October 1945
Turkmenistan 2 March 1992
Tuvalu 5 September 2000
Uganda 25 October 1962
Ukraine 24 October 1945
United Arab Emirates 9 December 1971
United Kingdom 24 October 1945
United of Republic of Tanzania [17] 14 December 1961
United States 24 October 1945
Uruguay 18 December 1945
Uzbekistan 2 March 1992
Vanuatu 15 September 1981
Venezuela 15 November 1945
Viet Nam 20 September 1977
Yemen [18] 30 September 1947
Zambia 1 December 1964
Zimbabwe 25 August 1980
 
[1]    On 19 September 1991, Byelorussia informed the United Nations that it had changed its name to Belarus.

[2]    The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter
having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the
establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia,
the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 
The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly
resolution A/RES/46/237 of 22 May 1992.
[3]    The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter
having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the
establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia,
the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 
The Republic of Croatia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution
A/RES/46/238 of 22 May 1992.

[4]    Czechoslovakia was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945.  In a letter dated 10
December 1992, its Permanent Representative informed the Secretary-General that the Czech and Slovak Federal
Republic would cease to exist on 31 December 1992 and that the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, as
successor States, would apply for membership in the United Nations.  Following the receipt of its application, the
Security Council, on 8 January 1993, recommended to the General Assembly that the Czech Republic be admitted
to United Nations membership.  The Czech Republic was thus admitted on 19 January of that year as a Member
State.

[5]    Zaire joined the United Nations on 20 September 1960.  On 17 May 1997, its name was changed to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[6]    Egypt and Syria were original Members of the United Nations from 24 October 1945.  Following a plebiscite
on 21 February 1958, the United Arab Republic was established by a union of Egypt and Syria and continued as a
single Member.  On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, resumed its
separate membership in the United Nations.  On 2 September 1971, the United Arab Republic changed its name
to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

[7]    The Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were admitted to membership in the
United Nations on 18 September 1973.  Through the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal
Republic of Germany, effective from 3 October 1990, the two German States have united to form one sovereign
State.

[8]    By letter of 20 January 1965, Indonesia announced its decision to withdraw from the United Nations “at this
stage and under the present circumstances”.  By telegram of 19 September 1966, it announced its decision “to
resume full cooperation with the United Nations and to resume participation in its activities”.  On 28 September
1966, the General Assembly took note of this decision and the President invited representatives of Indonesia to
take seats in the Assembly.

[9]    The Federation of Malaya joined the United Nations on 17 September 1957.  On 16 September 1963, its name
was changed to Malaysia, following the admission to the new federation of Singapore, Sabah (North Borneo) and
Sarawak.  Singapore became an independent State on 9 August 1965 and a Member of the United Nations on 21
September 1965.

[10]  Montenegro held a 21 May 2006 referendum and declared itself independent from Serbia on 3 June.  On 28
June 2006 it was accepted as a United Nations Member State by General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/264.

[11]   The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October
1945.  In a letter dated 24 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Federation, informed the
Secretary-General that the membership of the Soviet Union in the Security Council and all other United Nations
organs was being continued by the Russian Federation with the support of the 11 member countries of the
Commonwealth of Independent States.

[12]   In a letter dated 3 June 2006, the President of the Republic of Serbia informed the Secretary-General that
the membership of Serbia and Montenegro was being continued by the Republic of Serbia, following
Montenegro’s declaration of independence.  On 4 February 2003, following the adoption and promulgation of the
Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the
official name of “ Federal Republic of Yugoslavia” was changed to Serbia and Montenegro.  The Socialist
“Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed
on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and
subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of
Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.  The Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution
A/RES/55/12 of 1 November 2000.

[13]   Czechoslovakia was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945.  In a letter dated 10
December 1992, its Permanent Representative informed the Secretary-General that the Czech and Slovak Federal
Republic would cease to exist on 31 December 1992 and that the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, as
successor States, would apply for membership in the United Nations.  Following the receipt of its application, the
Security Council, on 8 January 1993, recommended to the General Assembly that the Slovak Republic be
admitted to United Nations Membership.  The Slovak Republic was thus admitted on 19 January of that year as a
Member State.

[14]   The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter
having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the
establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia,
the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 
The Republic of Slovenia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution
A/RES/46/236 of 22 May 1992.

[15]   Egypt and Syria were original Members of the United Nations from 24 October 1945.  Following a plebiscite
on 21 February 1958, the United Arab Republic was established by a union of Egypt and Syria and continued as a
single Member.  On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, resumed its
separate membership in the United Nations.

[16]   The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter
having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the
establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia,
the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 
By resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993, the General Assembly decided to admit as a Member of the United
Nations the State being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as “The former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” pending settlement of the difference that had arisen over its name.

[17]   Tanganyika was a Member of the United Nations from 14 December 1961 and Zanzibar was a Member from
16 December 1963.  Following the ratification on 26 April 1964 of Articles of Union between Tanganyika and
Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar continued as a single Member, changing its name to
the United Republic of Tanzania on 1 November 1964.

[18]   Yemen was admitted to membership in the United Nations on 30 September 1947 and Democratic Yemen on
14 December 1967.  On 22 May 1990, the two countries merged and have since been represented as one Member
with the name “ Yemen”.