Which one of the following statements is not correct about the United Nations System?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Trusteeship Council was suspended in 1996.
Option (1) The UN was founded as a successor to the League of Nations. True. The League of Nations was born after the First World War, but it could not prevent the Second World War; the UN was founded to take its place.
Option (2) It was established in 1945 immediately after the Second World War. True. It was founded on 24 October 1945, the day now celebrated as UN Day.
Option (3) Trusteeship Council was suspended in 1996. False. The Trusteeship Council was suspended on 1 November 1994, with the independence of Palau, the last UN trust territory; in 2005 the member-states agreed to wind it up.
Option (4) In the International Court of Justice, fifteen judges are elected for nine years by absolute majority in both the General Assembly and the Security Council. True. This is how the judges of the Court, which is based in The Hague, are chosen.
NCERT: Contemporary World Politics — Chapter 4: International Organisations (2025-26)
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