GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD ORGANISATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many official languages does the United Nations have?
A
6
B
7
C
8
D
9
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There are six official languages of the UN. These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arabic (274 million speakers) With 295 million native speakers, Arabic is the sixth most spoken language in the world, and the only one in our top twelve that is written from right to left. It has also heavily influenced European languages like Spanish and Portuguese: some words sound exactly the same.

Detailed explanation-3: -The U.N. has six official languages-English, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and French. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday said efforts are on to get Hindi recognised as an official language at the United Nations and progress has been made in that direction but it will take some time.

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