Commonwealth of Nations General Knowledge MCQs -2


1. Approximately how many people live in Commonwealth countries.
(a) .7 billion
(b) 1.2 billion
(c) 2.1 billion ✓
(d) 2.7 billion

2. Since 1977 which day and month has been celebrated as Commonwealth Day?
(a) 1 st Monday in April
(b) 2nd Monday in March ✓
(c) 3rd Monday in May
(d) 4th Monday in June

3. In 1949, under which declaration, membership previously based on Common Allegiance to the British Crown changed to one in which members agreed to recognize the British Monarch as symbolic head of Commonwealth.
(a) British Declaration
(b) Frankfurt Declaration
(c) London Declaration ✓
(d) None of these

4. In how many Commonwealth countries British monarch is considered the head of state?
(a) 15
(b) 14
(c) 12
(d) 16 ✓

5. Ireland left Commonwealth in
(a) 1948
(b) 1947
(c) 1949 ✓
(d) 1945

6. Fiji lost Commonwealth membership due to military coup in 1987. When Fiji was reinstated?
(a) 1995
(b) 1997 ✓
(c) 1996
(d) 1994

7. The Commonwealth secretariat was established in London to serve as clearing house for the exchange of information in
(a) 1965 ✓
(b) 1959
(c) 1962
(d) 1964

8. When the office of dominions was abolished and the Secretary of the Commonwealth assumed charge.
(a) 1945
(b) 1947 ✓
(c) 1954
(d) 1953

9. When Commonwealth was established.
(a) 1931 ✓
(b) 1932
(c) 1947
(d) 1926

10. When the idea of a Commonwealth of nations comprising Great Britain, the dominions and other territories of the British empire was first accepted at the imperial conference in
(a) 1931
(b) 1947
(c) 1926 ✓
(d) 1932