Question 1
EasyOriginal questionHow many states were original members of the United Nations in 1945?
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer B
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Fifty-one states were original members, having taken part at San Francisco or signed the earlier Declaration by United Nations.
India was among them, and signed while still under British rule, which is why it counts as a founder rather than as a later entrant.
Membership then grew in waves, most sharply through the decolonisation of the 1960s.
Worth noting
The founding figure and the present one are both asked, and they are nearly four times apart. Fifty-one in 1945; the count today is in the one hundred and nineties.
- Concept
- The size of the founding membership
- Typical timeTypical
- 40 s
- Your timeYours
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