Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: International Organisations

Question:

Who coined the term United Nations (UN)?
1. Richard Nixon
2. Ronald Regan
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

4

Explanation:

The name "United Nations" was coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1941 August: Signing of the Atlantic Charter by the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British PM Winston S. Churchill
1942 January: 26 Allied nations fighting against the Axis Powers meet in Washington, D.C., to support the Atlantic Charter and sign the ‘Declaration by United Nations’