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When did India join the United Nations?
Options:
A .  1954
B .  1950
C .  1945
D .  1947
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
India was a founding member of the United Nations, joining in October 1945, two years before acquiring independence from the United Kingdom.
In 1953, the chief delegate of India at the time, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was elected the first woman President of the UN General Assembly. India has been elected seven times to the UN Security Council. 
Only three countries have served longer than that (Japan, Brazil, and Argentina), except for the Permanent Five, and Colombia has served the same amount of time.
India is a charter member of the United Nations and participates in all of its specialized agencies. It has contributed troops to United Nations peacekeeping efforts in Korea, Egypt and the Congo in earlier years and in Somalia, Angola and Rwanda in recent years, and more recently Haiti.
India has been a member of the UN Security Council for six terms (a total of 12 years) and is a current member for 2011-12.

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