MCQ Bank
Which of the following led to the seemingly quick collapse of the USSR?
- A) Increasing dissent from the Polish union Solidarity
- B) Failed attempts of Eastern European leaders to stem the tide of revolution in 1989 by installing new personnel
- C) Gorbachev's abandonment of the Brezhnev doctrine
- D) All of the given options
Treaty of Westphalia was signed in__________.
- A) 1648
- B) 1748
- C) 1864
- D) 1780
Programmatic decisions are:
- A) Taken without any purpose.
- B) Decisions taken in times of grave threat for which there has been no preplanning.
- C) Taken under high international pressure.
- D) Those which are taken after careful deliberation of stated goals and consideration of alternatives.
The October Revolution of _________ had sowed the seeds of Communism in Europe.
- A) 1920
- B) 1918
- C) 1917
- D) 1919
The UN was established in :
- A) 1950
- B) 1958
- C) 1954
- D) 1945
Decisions are implied in __________.
- A) International peace
- B) Using technology
- C) Solving problems
- D) Policy making
During the eighteenth century, Which of the following school of thought concerning international law was evident;
- A) The positivists
- B) All of the given options
- C) The naturalists
- D) The Grotians
Which of the following is an example of an IGO having limited membership and general purpose?
- A) World Bank
- B) NATO
- C) OIC
- D) UN
The Soviet Union’s ambitions were checked by the rise of fascism in ________.
- A) Japan and China
- B) China and Pakistan
- C) Italy and Germany
- D) China and Germany
The six nation’s summit held in ______________ in 1985 about arm race.
- A) Beijing
- B) New Delhi
- C) Moscow
- D) Islamabad
OIC was established to:
- A) Serve the interests of all the Muslims of the world
- B) Provide financial help to developing countries
- C) Promote Globalization
- D) Provide energy help to muslim countries
When was Afghanistan occupied by USSR?
- A) 1979
- B) 1986
- C) 2001
- D) 1989
St. Augustine was a prominent ____________.
- A) Naturalist
- B) Grotians
- C) Positivist
- D) Eclectics
Naturalists argued that:
- A) There should be no restriction or laws
- B) Power should be the supremacy for laws
- C) Divine authority was the source of all laws
- D) Consent should be the basis of all laws
A major weakness in the League of nations was that:
- A) Neither Britain nor Germany was members
- B) It was unable to apply military force
- C) The USSR and the USA dominated the League
- D) It was controlled by third world nations
What were the basic goals of League of Nations?
- A) To improve global welfare
- B) All of the given options
- C) To prevent war through collective security
- D) To settle disputes through negotiations and diplomacy
Individual liberty is exercised in which of the following political ideologies?
- A) Capitalism
- B) Communism
- C) Socialism
- D) Idealism
The term UN was coined by ___________ during WWII.
- A) Churchill
- B) Jefferson
- C) Roosevelt
- D) Wilson
Disarmament attempts can be traced back to the Treaty of Westphalia in _____________.
- A) 1750
- B) 1650
- C) 1748
- D) 1648
The invasion of _________became a major Cold War arena for a proxy war between the Superpowers.
- A) China
- B) Pakistan
- C) India
- D) Afghanistan