From the following, choose the set in which names of Secretary-Generals of the UNO are arranged in correct chronological order?
A. U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Dag Hammarskjold, Trygve Lie.
B. Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim.
C. Trygve Lie, U Thant , Dag Hammarskjoeld, Kurt Waldheim.
D. U Thant, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie, Kurt Waldheim.
Answer: Option B
Source:
A. U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Dag Hammarskjold, Trygve Lie.
B. Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim.
C. Trygve Lie, U Thant , Dag Hammarskjoeld, Kurt Waldheim.
D. U Thant, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie, Kurt Waldheim.
Answer: Option B
Source:
Secretary-General of the United Nations
| United Nations Secretaries-General | |||||||||
| Secretary-General | Nationality | Dates in Office | |||||||
| Trygve Halvdan Lie | Norwegian | 1946–53 | |||||||
| Dag Hammarskjöld | Swedish | 1953–61 | |||||||
| U Thant | Burmese | 1962–71 | |||||||
| Kurt Waldheim | Austrian | 1972–81 | |||||||
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peruvian | 1982–91 | |||||||
| Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Egyptian | 1992–96 | |||||||
| Kofi Annan | Ghanaian | 1997–2006 | |||||||
| Ban Ki-Moon | South Korean | 2007– | |||||||