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INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES MCQs
1. Who, among the following thinkers, is not related to traditional realist school?
(A) Thucydides
(B) Nicolo Machiavelli
(C) Thomas Hobbes
(D) Joseph Nye
Ans: D
2. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): Constructivism is not a theory of international politics: rather, it helps to clarify the differences and relative virtues of alternative theories.
Reason (R): Practitioners of constructivism believe that world politics is socially constructed.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(B) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the comprehensive explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
Ans: C
3. Which one of the following theorists is associated with the “dependency school” of international relations?
(A) Robert Keohone
(B) Kenneth Waltz
(C) Andre Gunder Frank
(D) Samuel Huntington
Ans: C
4. Who opined that “liberalism is the strongest contemporary challenge to realism”?
(A) Caporaso
(B) John Locke
(C) Emmanuel Kant
(D) Adam Smith
Ans: A
5. Which one of the following is not a tangible determinant of national power?
(A) Geographical extent and territory
(B) Military capability
(C) Economic powers
(D) National will
Ans: D
6. In the oriental world, who among the following had not contributed to the evolution of traditional political realism?
(A) Kautilya
(B) Shang Yang
(C) Han Fei
(D) Megasthenese
Ans: D
7. Who argued that “the first step in conceptualising the Welfare State involves locating the primary source of tension that gave rise to its particular political economy ….”?
(A) Golden and Katz
(B) Esping – Anderson
(C) Blunch and Verner
(D) A. Wood
Ans: B
8. Who stated that “Terrorism is not like hurricane before which we are helpless”?
(A) George P. Shultz
(B) G.W. Bush
(C) Tony Blair
(D) Bill Clinton
Ans: A
9. Who among the following asserted that “climate change is a bigger threat than terrorism”?
(A) David King
(B) R.K. Pachauri
(C) Hannes Alfoven
(D) Tony Blair
Ans: A
10. Who lamented that ‘humanity had entered the new millennium through a gate of fire’?
(A) Kofi Annan
(B) Ban Ki Moon
(C) Boutros Boutros Ghali
(D) U. Thant
Ans: A
11. Match the following from Table-I Table-II by using the correct code given below:
Table – I Table – II
(Country) (Terroirst operatives)
a. Palestine 1. IM
b. Lebanon 2. Hezbullah
c. Pakistan 3. Hamas
d. India 4. LeT
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 2 4 1
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 3 2 4
Ans: A
12. Treaty of Rerotonga refers to one of the following:
(A) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the South Pacific
(B) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Antarctica
(C) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Latin America
(D) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Africa
Ans: A
13. Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is aimed at one of the following:
(A) Preventing the proliferation of Nuclear weapons.
(B) Negotiating in good faith for Nuclear disarmament.
(C) Checking mutually assured destruction.
(D) Adopting measures for peaceful uses of Nuclear power.
Ans: A
14. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): For religious fundamentalists, religion is not opium of the people, but vitamin of the weak.
Reason (R): Religion, indigenous or imported, provides meaning and direction for rising extremism in many developing countries and Pakistan is no exception.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(C) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
Ans: A
15. Which of the following two ports in India and Bangladesh were chosen for co-operation towards speedy economic growth?
(A) Paradeep - Chittagong
(B) Vishakhapatanam - Chittagong
(C) Chennai port - Chittagong
(D) Krishnapatnam - Chittagong
Ans: B
16. Match the countries mentioned in List-I with their legislature mentioned in List-II with the help of the code given below:
List – I List – II
a. Bahrain i. Majlis al shura
b. Kuwait ii. Majlis al Muwaab
c. Oman iii. Majlis al Watani
d. Yemen iv. Majlis al Umma
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv iii ii i
Ans: A
17. Who among the following visualized National Security in relative domain by defining it as ‘relative freedom from harmful threats’?
(A) B. Buzan
(B) K. Waltz
(C) J. Mroz
(D) Walter Lipmann
Ans: C
18. Which one of the following is not a component of State-Centric concept of National Security?
(A) Territorial integrity
(B) National Sovereignty
(C) Core values
(D) Form of government
Ans: D
19. Who among the following propounded the concept of ‘Structural Violence’?
(A) K. Booth
(B) J. Galtung
(C) R.F. Kennedy
(D) Barry Buzan
Ans: B
20. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): Security in its over-all perspective must be viewed holistically and linkages between different elements are emphasized.
Reason (R): For people, States and global community there will be no predictable peace without justice, no justice without security and nonpermanent security without peace.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
Ans: A
20. Match the following events in List-I with their years in List-II with the help of a given code:
List – I (Events) List – II (Years)
a. British withdrawal from East of Suez. i. 1952
b. Mostly the US forces under UN umbrella forced Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. ii. 1978
c. July Revolution in Egypt iii. 1990
d. Camp David record iv. 1968
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii i ii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i iv ii iii
Ans: A
21. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): Shatter belts and their boundaries are fluid.
Reason (R): West Asia remains a Shatter belt, its fragmentation reinforced by the Arab-Israeli conflict, the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Horn of Africa, and the rise of Iran as a powerful intrusive force.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
22. Who was not a part of Sharm-al-sheikh summit of 2005?
(A) King Abdullah II
(B) Mahmud Abbas
(C) Hosni Mubarak
(D) Ehud Barak
Ans: D
23. In which of the following wars, ‘Preemptive Air Strike’ was successfully launched by Israel?
(A) Arab-Israel war of 1967.
(B) Arab-Israel war of 1973.
(C) Arab-Israel war of 1947.
(D) Israel-Lebanon war.
Ans: A
24. The straits of Dardanelles and Bosporus pass through which one of the following country?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Yemen
(C) Turkey
(D) Iran
Ans: C
25. Which one of the following was the root cause of the Gulf war-II?
(A) Verification of the so-called weapons of Mass Destruction Programme in Iraq under Saddam Hussain
(B) Liquidation of Saddam Hussain’s rule in Iraq
(C) Capture of Iraq
(D) Conversion of Iraq in to boiling cauldron of world politics
Ans: B
(A) Thucydides
(B) Nicolo Machiavelli
(C) Thomas Hobbes
(D) Joseph Nye
Ans: D
2. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): Constructivism is not a theory of international politics: rather, it helps to clarify the differences and relative virtues of alternative theories.
Reason (R): Practitioners of constructivism believe that world politics is socially constructed.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(B) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the comprehensive explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
Ans: C
3. Which one of the following theorists is associated with the “dependency school” of international relations?
(A) Robert Keohone
(B) Kenneth Waltz
(C) Andre Gunder Frank
(D) Samuel Huntington
Ans: C
4. Who opined that “liberalism is the strongest contemporary challenge to realism”?
(A) Caporaso
(B) John Locke
(C) Emmanuel Kant
(D) Adam Smith
Ans: A
5. Which one of the following is not a tangible determinant of national power?
(A) Geographical extent and territory
(B) Military capability
(C) Economic powers
(D) National will
Ans: D
6. In the oriental world, who among the following had not contributed to the evolution of traditional political realism?
(A) Kautilya
(B) Shang Yang
(C) Han Fei
(D) Megasthenese
Ans: D
7. Who argued that “the first step in conceptualising the Welfare State involves locating the primary source of tension that gave rise to its particular political economy ….”?
(A) Golden and Katz
(B) Esping – Anderson
(C) Blunch and Verner
(D) A. Wood
Ans: B
8. Who stated that “Terrorism is not like hurricane before which we are helpless”?
(A) George P. Shultz
(B) G.W. Bush
(C) Tony Blair
(D) Bill Clinton
Ans: A
9. Who among the following asserted that “climate change is a bigger threat than terrorism”?
(A) David King
(B) R.K. Pachauri
(C) Hannes Alfoven
(D) Tony Blair
Ans: A
10. Who lamented that ‘humanity had entered the new millennium through a gate of fire’?
(A) Kofi Annan
(B) Ban Ki Moon
(C) Boutros Boutros Ghali
(D) U. Thant
Ans: A
11. Match the following from Table-I Table-II by using the correct code given below:
Table – I Table – II
(Country) (Terroirst operatives)
a. Palestine 1. IM
b. Lebanon 2. Hezbullah
c. Pakistan 3. Hamas
d. India 4. LeT
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 2 4 1
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 3 2 4
Ans: A
12. Treaty of Rerotonga refers to one of the following:
(A) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the South Pacific
(B) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Antarctica
(C) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Latin America
(D) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Africa
Ans: A
13. Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is aimed at one of the following:
(A) Preventing the proliferation of Nuclear weapons.
(B) Negotiating in good faith for Nuclear disarmament.
(C) Checking mutually assured destruction.
(D) Adopting measures for peaceful uses of Nuclear power.
Ans: A
14. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): For religious fundamentalists, religion is not opium of the people, but vitamin of the weak.
Reason (R): Religion, indigenous or imported, provides meaning and direction for rising extremism in many developing countries and Pakistan is no exception.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(C) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
Ans: A
15. Which of the following two ports in India and Bangladesh were chosen for co-operation towards speedy economic growth?
(A) Paradeep - Chittagong
(B) Vishakhapatanam - Chittagong
(C) Chennai port - Chittagong
(D) Krishnapatnam - Chittagong
Ans: B
16. Match the countries mentioned in List-I with their legislature mentioned in List-II with the help of the code given below:
List – I List – II
a. Bahrain i. Majlis al shura
b. Kuwait ii. Majlis al Muwaab
c. Oman iii. Majlis al Watani
d. Yemen iv. Majlis al Umma
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv iii ii i
Ans: A
17. Who among the following visualized National Security in relative domain by defining it as ‘relative freedom from harmful threats’?
(A) B. Buzan
(B) K. Waltz
(C) J. Mroz
(D) Walter Lipmann
Ans: C
18. Which one of the following is not a component of State-Centric concept of National Security?
(A) Territorial integrity
(B) National Sovereignty
(C) Core values
(D) Form of government
Ans: D
19. Who among the following propounded the concept of ‘Structural Violence’?
(A) K. Booth
(B) J. Galtung
(C) R.F. Kennedy
(D) Barry Buzan
Ans: B
20. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): Security in its over-all perspective must be viewed holistically and linkages between different elements are emphasized.
Reason (R): For people, States and global community there will be no predictable peace without justice, no justice without security and nonpermanent security without peace.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
Ans: A
20. Match the following events in List-I with their years in List-II with the help of a given code:
List – I (Events) List – II (Years)
a. British withdrawal from East of Suez. i. 1952
b. Mostly the US forces under UN umbrella forced Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. ii. 1978
c. July Revolution in Egypt iii. 1990
d. Camp David record iv. 1968
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii i ii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i iv ii iii
Ans: A
21. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): Shatter belts and their boundaries are fluid.
Reason (R): West Asia remains a Shatter belt, its fragmentation reinforced by the Arab-Israeli conflict, the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Horn of Africa, and the rise of Iran as a powerful intrusive force.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
22. Who was not a part of Sharm-al-sheikh summit of 2005?
(A) King Abdullah II
(B) Mahmud Abbas
(C) Hosni Mubarak
(D) Ehud Barak
Ans: D
23. In which of the following wars, ‘Preemptive Air Strike’ was successfully launched by Israel?
(A) Arab-Israel war of 1967.
(B) Arab-Israel war of 1973.
(C) Arab-Israel war of 1947.
(D) Israel-Lebanon war.
Ans: A
24. The straits of Dardanelles and Bosporus pass through which one of the following country?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Yemen
(C) Turkey
(D) Iran
Ans: C
25. Which one of the following was the root cause of the Gulf war-II?
(A) Verification of the so-called weapons of Mass Destruction Programme in Iraq under Saddam Hussain
(B) Liquidation of Saddam Hussain’s rule in Iraq
(C) Capture of Iraq
(D) Conversion of Iraq in to boiling cauldron of world politics
Ans: B