International Relations MCQs

Option A: Compel a state to settle a dispute

Option B: Provide moral support to an issue in dispute

Option C: Furnish legal substance to an issue in dispute

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Furnish legal substance to an issue in dispute ✔

Option A: Principal organ of the UNO

Option B: Specialized agency of the UNO

Option C: NGO for crises management in international affairs

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Principal organ of the UNO ✔

Option A: U.S.-Mexico border

Option B: Philippine Annexation

Option C: Panama Canal

Option D: Texas Statehood

Correct Answer: Panama Canal ✔

Option A: England and Scotland War

Option B: U.S. and Mexico War

Option C: England and Ireland War

Option D: Indian War

Correct Answer: Indian War ✔

Option A: Legally binding

Option B: Legally enforceable

Option C: Enforceable by consent

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Enforceable by consent ✔

Option A: New York

Option B: Paris

Option C: London

Option D: Geneva

Correct Answer: New York ✔

Option A: Africa

Option B: Asia

Option C: North America

Option D: South America

Correct Answer: South America ✔

Option A: Boxer Rebellion

Option B: War of 1812

Option C: Boer War

Option D: Crimean War

Correct Answer: War of 1812 ✔

Option A: U.S. and Canada

Option B: England and Scotland

Option C: U.S. and Mexico

Option D: England and Ireland

Correct Answer: U.S. and Canada ✔

Option A: Sudan

Option B: North Korea

Option C: Iran

Option D: Iraq

Correct Answer: Iraq ✔

Option A: John Adams

Option B: Thomas Jefferson

Option C: Henry Laurens

Option D: John Jay

Correct Answer: Henry Laurens ✔

Option A: A treatment extended to a State’s own nationals

Option B: A favourable treatment extended to a particular State

Option C: A treatment similar to the one extended to any third State

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A favourable treatment extended to a particular State ✔

Option A: States

Option B: Non-State entities

Option C: Individuals

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Individuals ✔

Option A: Mississippi

Option B: Florida

Option C: Louisiana

Option D: Georgia

Correct Answer: Florida ✔

Option A: Is an exercise of territorial sovereignty

Option B: Is a derogation from territorial sovereignty

Option C: Has no concern with territorial sovereignty

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Is an exercise of territorial sovereignty ✔

Option A: Dutch

Option B: British

Option C: German

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Dutch ✔

Option A: 1945

Option B: 1815

Option C: 1919

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 1815 ✔

Option A: All treaties

Option B: Only political treaties

Option C: No treaty

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: No treaty ✔

Option A: Renders the treaty invalid

Option B: Terminates the treaty

Option C: Has no effect on the treaty

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Terminates the treaty ✔

Option A: Has no right to share water resources of an international river

Option B: Has exclusive right

Option C: Has right to share waters on equitable basis

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Has right to share waters on equitable basis ✔

Option A: Is bound by a treaty obligation

Option B: Is not bound till it incorporates which an obligation into its municipal law

Option C: Is not bound if treaty obligation conflicts with its municipal law

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Is not bound till it incorporates which an obligation into its municipal law ✔

Option A: Elected by the Security Council

Option B: elected by the Security council and the General Assembly

Option C: Appointed by the Secretary General in consultation with five permanent members of the Security Council

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: elected by the Security council and the General Assembly ✔

Option A: When Security Council admits it

Option B: When General Assembly admits it after recommendation Security Council

Option C: When Security Council admits it after the recommendation of the Secretary-General

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: When General Assembly admits it after recommendation Security Council ✔

Option A: when its own security so demands

Option B: By entering into a treaty with another state

Option C: When it is attacked by another state

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: When it is attacked by another state ✔

Option A: A government functionary commits treason

Option B: Consent to be bound by a treaty is rendered invalid

Option C: Treaty stands terminated

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Treaty stands terminated ✔

Option A: General Assembly

Option B: Security Council

Option C: International Court of Justice

Option D: Trusteeship Council

Correct Answer: General Assembly ✔

Option A: ICJ

Option B: PCIJ

Option C: European court of Human Rights

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: ICJ ✔

Option A: mutual consent

Option B: a unilateral decision

Option C: a decision of a regional organization

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: mutual consent ✔

Option A: Ordinary criminals

Option B: Political and religious criminals

Option C: Heads of State and Govt.

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Political and religious criminals ✔

Option A: Can nationalize foreign property without compensation

Option B: Cannot nationalize

Option C: Can nationalize by paying compensation

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Cannot nationalize ✔

Option A: Bound to recognize a new State

Option B: No bound to do so

Option C: Required to enter into dialogue with new State for recognition

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: No bound to do so ✔

Option A: A super-state organization

Option B: A creation of member states

Option C: Has no link with state after its establishment

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A creation of member states ✔

Option A: A state can interfere in internal affairs of another states

Option B: A state cannot interfere in others State’s internal affairs

Option C: A State’s boundaries are secure and cannot be attacked

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: B. A state cannot interfere in others State’s internal affairs ✔

Option A: An exercise of territorial sovereignty

Option B: An impingement of territorial sovereignty

Option C: Granted by mutual consent

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: An exercise of territorial sovereignty ✔

Option A: Starlm

Option B: Pufendoxf

Option C: Hugo Grotius

Option D: Oppenheim

Correct Answer: Oppenheim ✔

Option A: With the decision of the Security Council

Option B: With the decision of the General Assembly

Option C: With the decision of the both the Security council and the General Assembly

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: With the decision of the both the Security council and the General Assembly ✔

Option A: Is a multilateral Convention adopted by states

Option B: Is a Declaration adopted by the UN Commission on Human Rights

Option C: Is a Declaration adopted by the General Assembly

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Is a Declaration adopted by the General Assembly ✔

Option A: Security Council

Option B: General Assembly

Option C: Security Council and General Assembly

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Security Council ✔

Option A: Jus and bellum

Option B: Jus in bello

Option C: Jihad

Option D: Jus ad bellum and Just in bello

Correct Answer: Jus ad bellum and Just in bello ✔

Option A: Cosmopolitanism

Option B: Realism

Option C: Pluralism

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: Cosmopolitanism

Option B: Pluralism

Option C: Realism

Option D: Pluralism and realism

Correct Answer: Cosmopolitanism ✔

Option A: Is found in the writing of Immanuel Kant

Option B: Suggests that for a rational being to act morally, it must act according to universal laws

Option C: Is a core element of realist ethics

Option D: Is found in the writing of Immanuel Kant and suggests that for a rational being to act morally, it must act according to universal laws

Correct Answer: Is found in the writing of Immanuel Kant ✔

Option A: Last resort

Option B: Just cause

Option C: Proportionality

Option D: All of the options given

Correct Answer: All of the options given ✔

Option A: Is advocated by Peter Singer and Thomas Pogge

Option B: Is a Rawlsian idea

Option C: Is a realist suggestion

Option D: Options b and c

Correct Answer: Is advocated by Peter Singer and Thomas Pogge ✔

Option A: Defining combatants in wartime

Option B: Humanitarian intervention

Option C: Climate change

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: Defining combatants in wartime ✔

Option A: Deontological and consequentialist ethics

Option B: Kantianism and utilitarianism

Option C: Rawls’ conceptions of justice

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: Negates the idea of a universal human community

Option B: Has led to a more widespread acceptance of cosmopolitan for ethics

Option C: Makes no difference for ethicals and debates

Option D: a and c

Correct Answer: Has led to a more widespread acceptance of cosmopolitan for ethics ✔

Option A: Rawls

Option B: Pogge

Option C: Beitz

Option D: Moellendorf

Correct Answer: Pogge ✔

Option A: Security of a country defined in socio-economic terms

Option B: Security largely defined in militarized terms

Option C: Security based on a country’s domestic politics

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Security largely defined in militarized terms ✔

Option A: Because it causes the system to be anarchic

Option B: Because is leads to lack of trust in the international system

Option C: Because it changes the balance of power in the international system

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Because is leads to lack of trust in the international system ✔

Option A: Where states help spread instability and conflict in between other states

Option B: It is the dilemma a state faces when dealing when constructing national security plans

Option C: A structural notion in which self-help attempts of stats to look after their security needs, tend regardless of intention to lead to a rise in insecurity

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: A structural notion in which self-help attempts of stats to look after their security needs, tend regardless of intention to lead to a rise in insecurity ✔

Option A: they reject competition bias inherent in the theory

Option B: standard structural realism is flowed due to its emphasis on relative gains

Option C: there is no emphasis on cheating

Option D: a and b

Correct Answer: a and b ✔

Option A: Cooperation through international institutions as an approach to international security

Option B: Cooperation through institutions to creating mature anarchy

Option C: Cooperation through institutions to decrease the importance of arms

Option D: a and b

Correct Answer: Cooperation through international institutions as an approach to international security ✔

Option A: They place importance on internal norms and institutions

Option B: They challenge realist occupation with balance of power

Option C: They believe that war is a function of a state being liberal or not

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: It occurs when a group of states cooperate to manage their disputes and avoid war

Option B: It is group of people which become integrated and within a territory develop a sense of community

Option C: It involves a group of states whose primary security concern link together closely enough that their national securities are interdependent

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: It is group of people which become integrated and within a territory develop a sense of community ✔

Option A: anarchy in which states recognize the intense dangers of continuing to complete aggressively in nuclear world

Option B: anarchy in which states attempt to cooperate through international institutions

Option C: both a and b

Option D: neither a nor b

Correct Answer: anarchy in which states recognize the intense dangers of continuing to complete aggressively in nuclear world ✔

Option A: states find it difficult to distinguish between victim and aggressor in international conflicts

Option B: it assumes that all aggression is wrong

Option C: historical enmity or friendship complicates the working of the system

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: a central problem of international security because it is the dominant discourse of power and rule

Option B: a statist ideology out of touch with the reality of globalization

Option C: unable to take into consideration the enormous complexity and indeterminacy of human behaviour historical roots

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: International society which allows for different values to coexist

Option B: International society in which states are aware of sharing common values, but these are limited to norms of sovereignty and non-intervention

Option C: International society in which states can choose among several international institutions to join

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: International society in which states are aware of sharing common values, but these are limited to norms of sovereignty and non-intervention ✔

Option A: The use of force to intervene in humanitarian operations

Option B: A forcible breach of sovereignty that interferes in a state’s internal affairs for humanitarian purposes

Option C: A humanitarian intervention that uses force to deter violence

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: B. A forcible breach of sovereignty that interferes in a state’s internal affairs for humanitarian purposes ✔

Option A: Legitimizing it would open intervention to abuse

Option B: States do not intervene for primarily humanitarian reasons

Option C: States apply principles of humanitarian intervention selectively

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: International society in which states show solidarity to their regional interests

Option B: International society in which states assign more than 1% of their GDP to foreign aid and possible humanitarian interventions

Option C: International society in which states agree on universal standards of justice and morality

Option D: International society that counts on a repaid deployment international force in case a humanitarian interventions is required

Correct Answer: International society in which states agree on universal standards of justice and morality ✔

Option A: ‘Activity undertaken by a state, a group within a state, a group of states or an international organization which interferes coercively in the domestic affairs of another state. It is a discrete event having a beginning and an end and it is aimed at the authority structure of the target state;

Option B: ‘A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries’

Option C: ‘Activity undertaken by a state, a group of states or an international organization which interferes coercively in the domestic affairs of another state’

Option D: ‘Threat or use of force by a state, group of states, or international organization primarily for the purpose of protecting the nationals of the target state from widespread violations of human rights

Correct Answer: A. ‘Activity undertaken by a state, a group within a state, a group of states or an international organization which interferes coercively in the domestic affairs of another state. It is a discrete event having a beginning and an end and it is aimed at the authority structure of the target state; ✔

Option A: International order and hence general well-being is better served by a general consensus for humanitarian intervention than by prohibiting humanitarian intervention in the absence of agreement of what principles should govern a right of unilateral humanitarian intervention

Option B: International order and hence general well-being is better served by a general prohibition against humanitarian intervention than by sanctioning humanitarian intervention in the absence of agreement of what principles should govern a right of unilateral humanitarian intervention

Option C: International organizations and hence general well-being are better served by a general acceptance of humanitarian intervention than by sanctioning humanitarian intervention in the absence of agreement of what principles should govern a right of unilateral humanitarian intervention

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: International order and hence general well-being is better served by a general prohibition against humanitarian intervention than by sanctioning humanitarian intervention in the absence of agreement of what principles should govern a right of unilateral humanitarian intervention ✔

Option A: It is characterized by the series of peaceful actions of states, INGOs and international organization in the international scene which prove to have an impact in internal matters of the target state

Option B: It is an intervention by UN peace-keeping forces

Option C: It is a humanitarian intervention that was not required

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: It is characterized by the series of peaceful actions of states, INGOs and international organization in the international scene which prove to have an impact in internal matters of the target state ✔

Option A: Loud emergencies are those that become significant in international public opinion, silent emergencies are those that are a crisis of domestic politics

Option B: Loud emergencies happen in the developed world, and threaten to kill thousands, silent emergencies are smaller crises of violence within the developing world

Option C: Loud emergencies concern safety and security, silent emergencies are characterized with economic crises

Option D: Loud emergencies are the humanitarian crises that receive media attentions, like genocide, ethnic cleansing and famine. Silent emergencies do not get media attention, like slow death from malnutrition and poverty

Correct Answer: Loud emergencies are the humanitarian crises that receive media attentions, like genocide, ethnic cleansing and famine. Silent emergencies do not get media attention, like slow death from malnutrition and poverty ✔

Option A: There must be serious and irreparable harm occurring to human beings, or imminently likely to occur

Option B: There must be a large scale loss of life, which is the product of deliberate state action, or state neglect, or inability to act, or a failed state situation

Option C: There must be a large scale ethnic cleansing

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: There must be a large scale ethnic cleansing ✔

Option A: When it is done to prevent a genocide

Option B: When it is done to take down a murderous

Option C: When it is done to alleviate famine

Option D: When it is done through the Chapter VII enforcement provision of the Security Council

Correct Answer: When it is done through the Chapter VII enforcement provision of the Security Council ✔

Option A: Globalization

Option B: Measures to prevent the use of child soldiers

Option C: Smallpox disease inoculation

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: Measures to prevent the use of child soldiers ✔

Option A: The UN Charter

Option B: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Option C: The Geneva Conventions

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: Has been advocated more by Japan

Option B: Stresses individual escape from poverty, disease, and environmental threats

Option C: Focuses heavily on security

Option D: a and b

Correct Answer: a and b ✔

Option A: Human security

Option B: National security

Option C: Human development

Option D: Economic development

Correct Answer: Human development ✔

Option A: The concept is too broad to be analytically useful

Option B: That it creates false expectations of assistance which cannot be met

Option C: That it marginalizes or weakens the state’s role in security

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: Justifies the use of force and breach of sovereignty based on human security grounds

Option B: Argues that human security does not exist

Option C: Argues that national security does not exist

Option D: a and c

Correct Answer: Justifies the use of force and breach of sovereignty based on human security grounds ✔

Option A: Food and economic security

Option B: Economic and environmental security

Option C: Community and personal security

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: Illustrates the guns-versus-butter trade-off

Option B: Is no longer true thanks to globalization

Option C: Is the conclusion of a Swedish study by Inga Thorsson et al

Option D: a and c

Correct Answer: a and c ✔

Option A: Rising economic interdependence

Option B: The end of colonialism and cold war

Option C: The growing role of international institutions and community (peace operations)

Option D: All of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: All of the options given are correct ✔

Option A: Genocide

Option B: War

Option C: Politicide

Option D: Ethnic cleansing

Correct Answer: Ethnic cleansing ✔

Option A: 1905

Option B: 1903

Option C: 1910

Option D: 1904

Correct Answer: 1903 ✔

Option A: China

Option B: USA

Option C: Canada

Option D: Pakistan

Correct Answer: China ✔

Option A: two additional protocols

Option B: three additional protocols

Option C: four additional protocols

Option D: ten additional protocols

Correct Answer: four additional protocols ✔

Option A: victims of war

Option B: victims of civil war

Option C: victims of earthquake

Option D: victims of government’s atrocities

Correct Answer: victims of war ✔

Option A: 1950

Option B: 1949

Option C: 1930

Option D: 1931

Correct Answer: 1949 ✔

Option A: London

Option B: Hague

Option C: Washington

Option D: Paris

Correct Answer: Hague ✔

Option A: 1913

Option B: 1914

Option C: 1915

Option D: 1916

Correct Answer: 1913 ✔

Option A: World War II

Option B: Balkan War

Option C: World War I

Option D: US-German War

Correct Answer: World War I ✔

Option A: 1919

Option B: 1920

Option C: 1939

Option D: 1944

Correct Answer: 1919 ✔

Option A: Treaty of Friendship

Option B: Treaty of London

Option C: Treaty of Rawalpindi

Option D: Treaty of Windsor

Correct Answer: Treaty of Rawalpindi ✔

Option A: Japan

Option B: Germany

Option C: Ottoman Empire

Option D: UK

Correct Answer: Ottoman Empire ✔

Option A: modern Turkey

Option B: modern China

Option C: modern Iran

Option D: modern Poland

Correct Answer: modern Turkey ✔

Option A: USA

Option B: Turkey

Option C: United Kingdom

Option D: Portugal

Correct Answer: United Kingdom ✔

Option A: ASEAN

Option B: British Commonwealth

Option C: World Bank

Option D: UNO

Correct Answer: British Commonwealth ✔

Option A: Anglo-Egyptian Treaty

Option B: UK-Egyptian Treaty

Option C: Treaty of Lausanne

Option D: Suez Canal Treaty

Correct Answer: Anglo-Egyptian Treaty ✔

Option A: Turkey

Option B: Poland

Option C: Afghanistan

Option D: UK

Correct Answer: Afghanistan ✔

Option A: major industrial states

Option B: Latin American states

Option C: Poor states

Option D: European states

Correct Answer: major industrial states ✔

Option A: 1945

Option B: 1946

Option C: 1947

Option D: 1960

Correct Answer: 1947 ✔

Option A: international trade rules

Option B: international transportation

Option C: international purchasing rules

Option D: international finance rules

Correct Answer: international trade rules ✔

Option A: to increase influence of USA, in Europe

Option B: check influence of Communist USSR, in Europe

Option C: to increase influence of USA, in Asia

Option D: check influence of Communist China, in Europe

Correct Answer: check influence of Communist USSR, in Europe ✔

Option A: London Peace Treaties

Option B: Paris Peace Treaties

Option C: Greater Peace Treaties

Option D: Vienna Conventions

Correct Answer: Paris Peace Treaties ✔

Option A: 1949

Option B: 1947

Option C: 1950

Option D: 1950

Correct Answer: 1949 ✔