Current Affairs & Schemes • Topic 2 of 4

Organisations & Headquarters

Organisation headquarters are stable, high-frequency facts. Pair each body with its city.

Organisation → headquarters

OrganisationHeadquarters
United Nations (UN)New York, USA
WHOGeneva, Switzerland
UNESCOParis, France
IMF & World BankWashington D.C., USA
ISROBengaluru
RBIMumbai
SAARCKathmandu, Nepal
OPECVienna, Austria
InterpolLyon, France
Two French cities. UNESCO is in Paris but Interpol is in Lyon — SSC likes this catch. Geneva hosts WHO (and the Red Cross, WTO).

✅ Solved examples

1. Where is the headquarters of the WHO?
Geneva, Switzerland.
2. Where is the headquarters of ISRO?
Bengaluru.
3. Where is the headquarters of the United Nations?
New York, USA.
4. Where is the SAARC secretariat located?
Kathmandu, Nepal.

✏️ Practice — try these, take hints as needed

1. UNESCO is headquartered in?
French capital.
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Paris
2. The IMF and World Bank are headquartered in?
US capital.
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Washington D.C.
3. The RBI is headquartered in?
Financial capital of India.
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Mumbai
4. OPEC has its headquarters in?
Austrian capital.
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Vienna
5. Interpol is headquartered in?
French city, not Paris.
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Lyon

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