The members of OECD are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US, and South Korea joined in 1997. Which country/ies joined in 1996?

Related Mcqs:

1. Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and US were original signatories of NATO. Germany joined NATO in 1955 and Spain in 1982. The country admitted to the alliance in 1952 was:

   A. Greece
   B. Turkey
   C. Both of them
   D. None of them

2. When Korea was divided into North Korea and South Korea?

   A. 1947
   B. 1948
   C. 1949
   D. 1950

3. In 1954 the southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty established the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, (SEATO), a defensive alliance between Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, South Vietnam, Thailand, the United Kingdom and:

   A. China
   B. USA
   C. India
   D. Sri Lanka

4. The Treaty of Tordesillas, negotiated in 1493, between Spain and Portugal, drew a boundary line through what continent?

   A. Africa
   B. Asia
   C. North America
   D. South America

5. There are nine observers in the SAARC – Australia, China, European, Union, Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar, South Korea and:

   A. USA
   B. Thailand
   C. Taiwan
   D. Afghanistan

6. European Free trade Association (EFTA), consisting of lceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein (from 1991) was established in:

   A. 1950
   B. 1960
   C. 1956
   D. 1951

7. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand established Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok. Brunei joined the association after attaining independence in 1984. Which was/were admitted in ASEAN in 1997?

   A. Laos
   B. Myanmar
   C. Both of them
   D. None of them

8. The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, between the U.S. and Spain, involved the purchase by the U.S. of the eastern part of what state from Spain?

   A. Mississippi
   B. Florida
   C. Louisiana
   D. Georgia

9. From 1904 to 1905 Japan was at war. Which country did Japan defeat?

   A. Russia
   B. United States
   C. China
   D. Great Britain

10. The founding members of SEATO were Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand , Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and US. Pakistan officially withdrew from it in:

    A. 1972
    B. 1982
    C. 1967
    D. 1976