International Relations MCQs

Option A: 18th September, 1999

Option B: 15 the October, 1993

Option C: 10th August, 1999

Option D: 21st November, 1999

Correct Answer: 10th August, 1999 ✔

Option A: To safeguard the passage to Kashmir India needed a high post

Option B: Boundary of Jammu and Kashmir was not fully demarcated

Option C: To cut off Pak India land connection India occupied the glacier

Option D: Both of these

Correct Answer: Boundary of Jammu and Kashmir was not fully demarcated ✔

Option A: Karakoram

Option B: Hindu Kush

Option C: Pamir

Option D: Kohistan

Correct Answer: Karakoram ✔

Option A: 38.5N 86.0E

Option B: 230N 77.0E

Option C: 35.5N 77.0C

Option D: 39.5N 88.5E

Correct Answer: 35.5N 77.0C ✔

Option A: 72.5 km

Option B: 95 km

Option C: 35 km

Option D: 60 km

Correct Answer: 72.5 km ✔

Option A: Karakoram and Hindukush

Option B: Karakuram and Pamir

Option C: Saltors and Hindukush

Option D: Saltoreo and Karakoram

Correct Answer: Saltoreo and Karakoram ✔

Option A: 80 km long and 3 to 8 km wide

Option B: 85 km long and 4 to 9 km wide

Option C: 81 km long and 3 to 5 km wide

Option D: 72.5 km long and 2 to 8 km wide

Correct Answer: 72.5 km long and 2 to 8 km wide ✔

Option A: demarcates central Asia from Indian sub-continent

Option B: separates Pakistan from China in this region

Option C: both of these

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: both of these ✔

Option A: 1978

Option B: 1984

Option C: 1980

Option D: 1979

Correct Answer: 1984 ✔

Option A: of a provision of the 1949 ceasefire

Option B: subsequent 1972 Shimla agreement that left a portion of ceasefire line in Kashmir unidentified

Option C: Both of these

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Both of these ✔

Option A: 1975

Option B: 1981

Option C: 1969

Option D: 1984

Correct Answer: 1984 ✔

Option A: India

Option B: Pakistan

Option C: China

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Pakistan ✔

Option A: Shimla Agreement

Option B: Tashkant Agreement

Option C: Dehli

Option D: Karachi

Correct Answer: Karachi ✔

Option A: 1976

Option B: 1963

Option C: 1970

Option D: 1961

Correct Answer: 1963 ✔

Option A: Britannica Atlas

Option B: National Geographic Society’s Atlas of the world

Option C: Times Atlas of the world and historical Atlas of south Asia

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: All of these ✔

Option A: Own Dixon

Option B: John Henry

Option C: Philip own

Option D: Hellary Dixon

Correct Answer: Own Dixon ✔

Option A: Bila Fond La pass

Option B: Sia La pass

Option C: Both of these

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Both of these ✔

Option A: 1200 Km

Option B: 2590 Km

Option C: 2000 Km

Option D: 1825 Km

Correct Answer: 2590 Km ✔

Option A: Pakistan

Option B: India

Option C: China

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Pakistan ✔

Option A: Kashmir region

Option B: Kaghan

Option C: Tukht-e-Slamaiman

Option D: Sakurdu

Correct Answer: Kashmir region ✔

Option A: Pakistan and India

Option B: India and China

Option C: China and Pakistan

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Pakistan and India ✔

Option A: -40 Celsius

Option B: -18 Celsius

Option C: -25 Celsius

Option D: -35 Celsius

Correct Answer: -40 Celsius ✔

Option A: Place of red lilies

Option B: Place of Wild roses

Option C: Place of white swans

Option D: Place of red roses

Correct Answer: Place of Wild roses ✔

Option A: Siachen glacier

Option B: Lhotse

Option C: Mt Logan

Option D: Monte Rosa

Correct Answer: Siachen glacier ✔

Option A: 1981

Option B: 1986

Option C: 1984

Option D: 1983

Correct Answer: 1984 ✔

Option A: 1950

Option B: 1971

Option C: 1949

Option D: 1954

Correct Answer: 1949 ✔

Option A: Most of the supply is air lifted which makes it very expensive

Option B: Whole Indian supply lie passes at a short distance from Pakistan Posts meting ground route highly dangerous.

Option C: Both of them

Option D: None of them

Correct Answer: Both of them ✔

Option A: 7

Option B: 8

Option C: 5

Option D: 9

Correct Answer: 9 ✔

Option A: Ravi river

Option B: Nubra river

Option C: Indus

Option D: Bias

Correct Answer: Nubra river ✔

Option A: Operation Vidhara

Option B: Operation Meghdoot

Option C: Operation Raman

Option D: Operation Mata

Correct Answer: Operation Vidhara ✔

Option A: Only half

Option B: Three fourth

Option C: One third

Option D: Two third

Correct Answer: Two third ✔

Option A: Motorable pass and Kharadugla pass

Option B: Glacial valley and gyong La pass

Option C: Sia Laand Bilfond La

Option D: None of them

Correct Answer: Glacial valley and gyong La pass ✔

Option A: Operation Vidhara

Option B: Operation Gibraltar

Option C: Operation Raman

Option D: Operation Freedom

Correct Answer: Operation Gibraltar ✔

Option A: Sea La Pass

Option B: Bila Fond Pass

Option C: Gyong La Pass

Option D: La pass

Correct Answer: Bila Fond Pass ✔

Option A: April 11, 1984

Option B: April 13, 1984

Option C: April 15, 1984

Option D: April 17, 1984

Correct Answer: April 13, 1984 ✔

Option A: “Kargil War”

Option B: Operation Gibraltar

Option C: Operation Brasstacks

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A. “Kargil War” ✔

Option A: May 2, 2007

Option B: May 2, 2006

Option C: May 2, 2003

Option D: May 2, 2009

Correct Answer: May 2, 2003 ✔

Option A: the breakup of Yugoslavia

Option B: It has never been successful

Option C: Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait

Option D: The genocide in Rwanda

Correct Answer: C. Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait ✔

Option A: Advocates of aggressive foreign policy and war

Option B: Supporters of war when it is necessary to further a rational understanding of the national interest

Option C: Concerned with economic development place

Option D: Afraid terrorism will make the world a less secure place

Correct Answer: Supporters of war when it is necessary to further a rational understanding of the national interest ✔

Option A: A state that is aggressive and always building up its military

Option B: The conditions when there is no actual conflict but a permanent cold war that could become a “real” war at any time

Option C: A situation in which several or neighbouring states are at war

Option D: None of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: B. The conditions when there is no actual conflict but a permanent cold war that could become a “real” war at any time ✔

Option A: Africa is still plagued by civil conflict

Option B: Europe continues to be as divided by national interest

Option C: Human rights assumptions are increasingly seen as a Western agenda backed by economic dollars and military divisions

Option D: b and c

Correct Answer: b and c ✔

Option A: Because this world challenge the realist claim that periods of peace are just a preparation for future wars

Option B: It does not undermine realism, since realism predicts they will not go to war with one another

Option C: Because it would challenge the principle of self-help, by which the structure of the system does not permit friendship, trust and honour

Option D: Both a and c

Correct Answer: Both a and c ✔

Option A: The need to provide shelter, nutrition and education in a state

Option B: It is the supreme national interest to which all political leader must adhere

Option C: The primary objective of all states

Option D: Both b and c

Correct Answer: Both b and c ✔

Option A: Power is based on economic strength

Option B: Power is a relational concept

Option C: Power is a relative concept

Option D: Power is a relational concept and power is a relative concept

Correct Answer: Power is a relational concept ✔

Option A: Very important, as it determines how, or if, a balance of power emerges

Option B: Very important, as it determines if balance of power emerges naturally or must be constructed

Option C: Important, but not crucial to realist understandings of world politics

Option D: Very important because it determines how, or if, a balance of power emerges and it determines if balance of power emerges naturally or must be constructed

Correct Answer: Very important because it determines how, or if, a balance of power emerges and it determines if balance of power emerges naturally or must be constructed ✔

Option A: It is the responsibility realists have towards the world; this creates a more realistic scene in world politics

Option B: It marks the limits of ethics in international relations, this results in decision-makers weighing up consequences and sometimes expecting positive outcomes of amoral actions

Option C: It is a vow politicians take, which requires them to take responsibility for the ethics of their international actions

Option D: None of the options given are correct

Correct Answer: It marks the limits of ethics in international relations, this results in decision-makers weighing up consequences and sometimes expecting positive outcomes of amoral actions ✔

Option A: The state is the most important actor of international politics and sovereignty is its distinguishing trait

Option B: The state will always seek to ensure its survival in a perilous international environment

Option C: The state behaves morally and in accordance to what its population’s values are

Option D: The state is the most important actor of international politics, sovereignty is its distinguishing trait and the state will always seek to ensure its survival in a perilous international environment

Correct Answer: The state is the most important actor of international politics, sovereignty is its distinguishing trait and the state will always seek to ensure its survival in a perilous international environment ✔

Option A: States define national interest depending on its people’s priorities

Option B: States prioritize national interest insofar as they guarantee the state’s survival

Option C: Realists see national interest as homologous to regional interests

Option D: National interest is determined by its degree of economic profitability

Correct Answer: B. States prioritize national interest insofar as they guarantee the state’s survival ✔

Option A: there is no point in communication or cooperation between the players because their interests are diametrically opposed

Option B: communication between players is rare because their interests are already in sync

Option C: there is no point in communication or cooperation between the players because their interests are already in sync

Option D: coordination of moves can maximize the total payoff to the players

Correct Answer: there is no point in communication or cooperation between the players because their interests are diametrically opposed ✔

Option A: the policy of containment

Option B: realist philosophy

Option C: neorealist strategy

Option D: the policy of appeasement

Correct Answer: the policy of appeasement ✔

Option A: population

Option B: real GDP

Option C: geography

Option D: military force

Correct Answer: military force ✔

Option A: military spending

Option B: geographic size

Option C: population

Option D: money

Correct Answer: money ✔

Option A: burden sharing

Option B: collective security

Option C: alliance cohesion

Option D: balance of power

Correct Answer: alliance cohesion ✔

Option A: Japan maintains a small and weak army by world standards

Option B: Japan public opinion restrains militarism and precludes the development of nuclear weapons

Option C: Japan has only recently begun to develop nuclear weapons

Option D: Japan’s economy could not support a much larger military force than it currently does

Correct Answer: Japan public opinion restrains militarism and precludes the development of nuclear weapons ✔

Option A: fractionation

Option B: deterrence

Option C: compellence

Option D: escalation

Correct Answer: deterrence ✔

Option A: Hegemony

Option B: Power conversion

Option C: Relative power

Option D: Fungible capability

Correct Answer: ✔

Option A: Power distribution

Option B: Power center

Option C: Power shift

Option D: Polarity

Correct Answer: Polarity ✔

Option A: sovereignty

Option B: reciprocity

Option C: linkage

Option D: territorial respect

Correct Answer: sovereignty ✔

Option A: Thucydides

Option B: Machiavelli

Option C: Hobbes

Option D: Woodrow Wilson

Correct Answer: Woodrow Wilson ✔

Option A: hegemonic stability

Option B: anarchy

Option C: the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Option D: chaos

Correct Answer: anarchy ✔

Option A: alliance

Option B: security community

Option C: social contract

Option D: union

Correct Answer: alliance ✔

Option A: Thucydides

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Ibn Kahaldum

Option D: Machiavelli

Correct Answer: Thucydides ✔

Option A: Canada

Option B: Ukraine

Option C: Iceland

Option D: Spain

Correct Answer: Ukraine ✔

Option A: negotiation

Option B: globalism

Option C: geopolitics

Option D: national interest

Correct Answer: geopolitics ✔

Option A: states act like rational individuals who “think” in pursuing national interests

Option B: nations think multilaterally in most situations

Option C: human nature is essentially good

Option D: a state’s power is best determined by the size of its territory

Correct Answer: A. states act like rational individuals who “think” in pursuing national interests ✔

Option A: education of population

Option B: strength of scientific and technological base

Option C: total GDP

Option D: patriotism

Correct Answer: total GDP ✔

Option A: power of ideas

Option B: patriotism

Option C: diplomatic skill

Option D: military forces

Correct Answer: military forces ✔

Option A: Brazil

Option B: Pakistan

Option C: Saudi Arabia

Option D: France

Correct Answer: France ✔

Option A: Great Britain

Option B: Colombia

Option C: Iran

Option D: Luxembourg

Correct Answer: Iran ✔

Option A: Seeks to study the experiences of blacks in colonial powers

Option B: Linked black people across Africa, the Caribbean and the USA around a set of humanist values that were supposedly held by blacks the world over

Option C: Was introduced to post-colonial studies by Franz Fanon

Option D: Was introduced to post-colonial studies by Edward Said

Correct Answer: Linked black people across Africa, the Caribbean and the USA around a set of humanist values that were supposedly held by blacks the world over ✔

Option A: Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961)

Option B: Power, Power, power (1951) and How Colonisation Happened (1960)

Option C: The Way to Prosperity (1955) and The Colonised (1975)

Option D: Colonies (1980) and Post-Colonial Theory (1990)

Correct Answer: Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961) ✔

Option A: That there have been too many political science theories based purely on the works of academics

Option B: That because stories and novels are generated by culture they therefore produce meanings and significances that are indicative of that culture

Option C: Novels and stories are more enjoyable to read than works of theory so post-colonial studies will garner more followers using this method

Option D: Turner didn’t have access to academic works when he was writing

Correct Answer: That because stories and novels are generated by culture they therefore produce meanings and significances that are indicative of that culture ✔

Option A: African, mate scholars who were educated in the United States

Option B: Indian scholars who had spent years abroad studying the cultures of those in other countries

Option C: Feminist scholars with Latin American backgrounds

Option D: Academics who had been to more than twenty countries

Correct Answer: Feminist scholars with Latin American backgrounds ✔

Option A: Portrayal of the colonised errs towards either a passive and conquerable subject or an irrational, untamed barbarian. This means that the colonial subject becomes consistently stereotyped

Option B: Scholars did not travel to colonies and therefore could not establish an accurate picture of colonised peoples

Option C: Post-colonial scholars were too focused on the colonising power rather than the colonised peoples

Option D: The colonised did not make enough effort to have their voices heard

Correct Answer: Portrayal of the colonised errs towards either a passive and conquerable subject or an irrational, untamed barbarian. This means that the colonial subject becomes consistently stereotyped ✔

Option A: Ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financscapes and ideoscapes

Option B: Ethnoscapes, econoscapes, culturescapes, financscapes and ideoscapes

Option C: Geographical flows, cultural flows, ideas-flows, technological flows, ethnicity flows

Option D: Liberal flows, realist flows, post colonial flows and post structuralist flows

Correct Answer: Ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financscapes and ideoscapes ✔

Option A: That the entire world is now in the post-colonial era

Option B: That the global south alone is now in the post-colonial era

Option C: That post-colonialism, spelled with a hyphen, is a concept only applicable to those countries that experienced colonialism

Option D: That there was a grammatical error in the earlier spelling

Correct Answer: That the entire world is now in the post-colonial era ✔

Option A: That the theory entered international relations too recently to be considered an academic theory

Option B: That it is too similar to realism and so serves no function

Option C: That it is not sophisticated enough to be an academic theory

Option D: That the field focuses so heavily on identity and language that it ignores the urgent of whether those in the global south can eat, leaving this problem up to Western agencies to sort out

Correct Answer: That the field focuses so heavily on identity and language that it ignores the urgent of whether those in the global south can eat, leaving this problem up to Western agencies to sort out ✔

Option A: A place prone to liberal democracy and revolutionary feminism

Option B: An accurate depiction of the modern day Middle East and Asia, meaning that scholars and academics can rely solely on these ancient works

Option C: Lost in the past, prone to despotic rule and plagued by ‘odd’ cultural traditions

Option D: Too focused on historical facts and accurately portraying the experience of life in the region

Correct Answer: C. Lost in the past, prone to despotic rule and plagued by ‘odd’ cultural traditions ✔

Option A: When people with hybrid identities and cultures become diasporic, travelling physically from south to North to live

Option B: When people from different nations come together in a new country

Option C: When people from one nation immigrate en masse to another country

Option D: When people with hybrid identities and cultures become diasporic travelling physically from North to South to live

Correct Answer: When people with hybrid identities and cultures become diasporic, travelling physically from south to North to live ✔

Option A: Yasser Arafat

Option B: Shaikh Ahmad Yasin

Option C: Khalid Mashaal

Option D: Ismail Haniyan

Correct Answer: Shaikh Ahmad Yasin ✔

Option A: nineteenth Century European imperialism

Option B: twentieth Century decolonization

Option C: evolving international understandings of statehood and nationalism

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: All of these ✔

Option A: After 1967 Arab-Israel War

Option B: After 1968 Arab-Israel War

Option C: After 1969 Arab-Israel War

Option D: After 1979 Arab-Israel War

Correct Answer: After 1969 Arab-Israel War ✔

Option A: Natan Yahoo

Option B: Aril Sharon

Option C: Bin Gorey

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Aril Sharon ✔

Option A: U.S.A

Option B: Britain

Option C: Germany

Option D: France

Correct Answer: Britain ✔

Option A: because of the danger of attack from Greece

Option B: because they had been promised independence after the war

Option C: because Arabs were not in the position to defend it by themselves

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: because they had been promised independence after the war ✔

Option A: Hamas

Option B: Islamic Jihad

Option C: Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade

Option D: Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Correct Answer: Hamas ✔

Option A: Lebanon

Option B: Syria

Option C: Jordan

Option D: Egypt

Correct Answer: Jordan ✔

Option A: West Bank

Option B: Gaza strip

Option C: Tunis

Option D: Jordan

Correct Answer: West Bank ✔

Option A: November 20, 2005

Option B: October 20, 2006

Option C: May 20, 2008

Option D: October 20, 2007

Correct Answer: May 20, 2008 ✔

Option A: Dec 29 2008

Option B: Dec 27 2008

Option C: Dec 28 2008

Option D: Dec 25 2008

Correct Answer: Dec 27 2008 ✔

Option A: 1980

Option B: 1983

Option C: 1985

Option D: 1987

Correct Answer: 1987 ✔

Option A: September 1991

Option B: September 1992

Option C: September 1993

Option D: September 1994

Correct Answer: September 1993 ✔

Option A: Germens

Option B: Greeks

Option C: Jews

Option D: Turks

Correct Answer: Jews ✔

Option A: 1914

Option B: 1915

Option C: 1916

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 1916 ✔

Option A: France

Option B: Russia

Option C: Both of these

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both of these ✔

Option A: 1917

Option B: 1918

Option C: 1919

Option D: 1921

Correct Answer: 1917 ✔

Option A: 28 August 1922

Option B: 1 May 1922

Option C: 24 July 1922

Option D: 15 November 1922

Correct Answer: 24 July 1922 ✔

Option A: 1922 to 1930

Option B: 1922 to 1935

Option C: 1922 to 1940

Option D: 1922 to 1948

Correct Answer: 1922 to 1948 ✔

Option A: 1930

Option B: 1935

Option C: 1940

Option D: 1945

Correct Answer: 1935 ✔

Option A: World War I

Option B: Balfour Declaration

Option C: World War II

Option D: Oslo Accords

Correct Answer: Oslo Accords ✔