Important MCQ of International Relations (3rd File)


1.      Balance of power is based on
(a)        Realism paradigm
(b)        Liberalism paradigm
(c)        Marxist paradigm
(d)       Post modernism
(e)        Constructivism
2.      In 1933 Hitler singed an agreement with Pope known as:           
(a)        Brandeus        
(b)        Concordat
(c)        Peace pact
(d)       None of these
3.      According to Brandt Report, ‘The South’ consists of:
(a)        Third world countries
(b)        Australia
(c)        China
(d)       Europe
(e)        None of these
4.      Pearl Harbar, USA, naval base in Hawain Islands, during WWII was attacked by:
(a)        Germany        
(b)        Japan
(c)        Cuba
(d)       Britain
(e)        Russia
5.      New International Economic Order:
(a)        is Economic System structured after the end of Cold War.  
(b)        was the demand of the rich countries to change the International Economic System.
(c)        was the demand of the Global South to restructure the International Economic System
(d)       is the International Economic System based on technological revolution.
(e)        None of these
6.      The UN Charter in 1945 was drawn up in:
(a)        New York
(b)        San Francisco
(c)        Washington
(d)       Geneva
(e)        London
7.      The integration of states through increasing contact, communication, and trade, as well as increased global awareness of such integration is known as.
(a)        Globalization  
(b)        New world order
(c)        geo-politics
(d)       geo-economic
(e)        real-politik
8.      The sacrifice that sometimes results when the decision to select one option means that the opportunity to realize gains from other options is lost is called as.
(a)        Opportunity cost        
(b)        Comparative advantage
(c)        Absolute advantage
(d)       Trade integration
(e)        Protectionism
9.      Pre Emptive Strike Doctrine confers upon states the:
(a)        Right to attack any potential threat to its security        
(b)        Right to attack when they are actually attacked
(c)        The responsibility to intervene in the domestic affairs of other states for humanitarian protection
(d)       Duty to respond to the calls of UN.
(e)        None of These
10.  United States military spending accounted for -------------- of the world total in 2008 (according to SIPRI 2009)
(a)        80%    
(b)        41.5%
(c)        59.5%
(d)       20.5%
(e)        71.5%
11.  World military spending has risen since 1999 by 45% to
(a)        $ 557 Billion  
(b)        $ 1.46 Trillion
(c)        $ 1 Trillion
(d)       $ 2 Trillion
(e)        None of the above
12.  World military spending per minute is
(a)        $ 3,100,546
(b)        $ 6,285,000
(c)        $ 1,275,000
(d)       $ 2,785,000
(e)        None of These
13.  A method of coercive diplomacy usually involving and act of war or threat to force and adversary to make concession against its will is known as;
(a)        Counter value targeting strategy        
(b)        Counterforce targeting strategy
(c)        Brinkmanship
(d)       compellence
(e)        Massive retaliation
14.  A foreign policy in which states don’t participate in military alliances with either of two rival blocs for fear that alliances will lead to involvement in an unnecessary war is;
(a)        Neutralist foreign policy        
(b)        Isolationist foreign policy
(c)        Aligned foreign policy
(d)       Non aligned foreign policy
(e)        None of the above
15.  At the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the US was a prime mover in creating such truly global IGO to maintain currency exchange stability by promoting inter-nation monitory cooperation. This organization is named as;
(a)        International Monetary Fund 
(b)        World Trade Organization
(c)        United Nation Organization
(d)       World Bank
(e)        North Atlantic Treaty Organization
16.  Which one of the following regional IGO serve as the greatest example of peaceful cross border cooperation producing an integrated security community with a single economy;
(a)        European Union
(b)        The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation  
(c)        Association of South East Asian Nations
(d)       Economic Cooperation Organization
(e)        The Caribbean Community
17.  The seven member organization established in 1985 in order to promote economic, social and cultural cooperation and respect for sovereign territorial independence and non-interference in states’ internal affairs among its members
(a)        South Asia Association of Regional Organization
(b)        The Council of Arab Economic Unity
(c)        The Southern African Development Community
(d)       The Economic Community of West African States
(e)        The Council of Arab Economic Unity
18.  A country whose government is organized around a religious dogmas is known as 
(a)        Democracy     
(b)        Theocracy
(c)        Autocracy
(d)       Technocracy
(e)        Plutocracy
19.  An activity of military religious movements in which emigrant live abroad in host countries but maintain economic, political and emotional ties with their homelands is;
(a)        International terrorism           
(b)        Diasporas
(c)        Irredentism
(d)       Separative Revolt
(e)        None of the above
20.  The United Nation budget consists of following elements
(a)        The core budget         
(b)        The peacekeeping budget
(c)        The budget for voluntary programs
(d)       All of the above
(e)        None of the above
21.  By way of comparison, at the start of 2009, all the UN’s programs had available only $ 4.00 to serve each of the world’s 6.8 billion people; contrast this to $1.464 trillion in world spends on
(a)        Military Spending      
(b)        Human Resource Development
(c)        United Mission on Natural Disastrous Management
(d)       United Nations Mission for Rehabilitation of refugees
(e)        Economic Development of Poor Countries
22.  “Politics Among Nations” a classic book of international relations is written by
(a)        Hans J. Morganthau   
(b)        Stuart Bremer
(c)        James Surowiecki
(d)       Kenneth Waltz
(e)        Freeman Dyson
23.  Meeting in Geneva in 1947, twenty three states agreed to a number of bilateral tariff concession between two states. These treaties were written into a final act called the;
(a)        World Trade Organization     
(b)        International Trade Agreement
(c)        General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(d)       None of the above
24.  An international agreement that seeks to prevent horizontal proliferation by prohibiting further nuclear weapons sales, acquisitions, or production is known as
(a)        Non Intervention Norms
(b)        Strategic Defense Imitative
(c)        Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
(d)       All of the above

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