All Free International Relations MCQs with Answers
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- A. an attempt to secure its natural reaources
- B. an attempt to support the new Soviet policy of glasnost
- C. an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a seaport in the Horn of Africa
- D. a proxy war with the Soviet Union
Explanation: The Horn of Africa conflict reflected Cold War competition, with the United States and Soviet Union backing opposing regional sides at…
Correct answer: a proxy war with the Soviet Union- A. were crises during the post-Cold War
- B. were crises that ted to World War II
- C. were crises that followed the Vietnam War
- D. were crises during the Cold
Explanation: The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 were major confrontations of the Cold War.
Correct answer: were crises during the Cold- A. 15
- B. 11
- C. 18
- D. None of these
Explanation: The UN Sustainable Development Agenda contains 17 interlinked goals, so none of the listed numbers is correct.
Correct answer: None of these- A. December 1989
- B. December 1990
- C. December 1991
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Soviet Union formally dissolved in December 1991, and its fifteen constituent republics became independent states.
Correct answer: December 1991- A. Joseph Stalin
- B. Mikhail Gorbachev
- C. Leonid Brezhnev
- D. None of these
Explanation: Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost, meaning greater openness, and perestroika, meaning economic and political restructuring, during the…
Correct answer: Mikhail Gorbachev- A. Germany
- B. Russia
- C. India
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Monroe Doctrine was announced by the United States in 1823 to oppose European intervention in the Americas.
Correct answer: None of these- A. America
- B. Russia
- C. Britain
- D. None of these
Explanation: Britain issued the Balfour Declaration in November 1917, expressing support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.
Correct answer: Britain- A. Regulate Economy
- B. Control Population Growth
- C. Promote Urbanization
- D. None of these
Explanation: China introduced the One-Child Policy primarily to slow rapid population growth and reduce pressure on resources and public services.
Correct answer: Control Population Growth- A. Obamacare
- B. Biden care
- C. Trumpcare
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010 under President Barack Obama, is commonly called Obamacare.
Correct answer: Obamacare430. What is the name of the only sea on Earth with no coastline and is known as a sea within a sea?
- A. Aegean Sea
- B. Sargasso Sea
- C. Red Sea
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Sargasso Sea is defined by ocean currents rather than land boundaries, making it the only sea without a coastline.
Correct answer: Sargasso Sea- A. Agriculture Production
- B. Privatization of Water Resources
- C. Good Governance
- D. None of theseTry Prep Courses
Explanation: Good governance is often overlooked in global water politics because effective institutions, accountability, and fair distribution…
Correct answer: Good Governance- A. a benign form of cosmopolitan democracy
- B. equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups
- C. decisively shaped by European expansion and conquest
- D. saw the establishment of the international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour
Explanation: The first wave of globalization, associated with the age of discovery, was driven by European maritime expansion, conquest, colonization…
Correct answer: decisively shaped by European expansion and conquest- A. the way in which contemporary globalization is equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups
- B. the way in which contemporary globalization is unequally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups
- C. the degree to which networks or patterns of social interaction are formally constituted as organizations with specific purposes
- D. a process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries
Explanation: Asymmetrical globalization means that its benefits, costs and intensity differ among regions, countries and social groups.
Correct answer: the way in which contemporary globalization is unequally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups- A. defined a new age in world history so today the microchip and the satellite are icons of a globalized world order
- B. evidenced a major expansion in the spread and entrenchment of European empires
- C. saw the expansion of transnational and international law from trade to human rights
- D. saw the establishment of the international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour
Explanation: The second wave of globalization, from 1850 to 1945, coincided with the expansion and consolidation of European imperial rule across much…
Correct answer: evidenced a major expansion in the spread and entrenchment of European empires- A. a stretching of social, political, and economic activities across political frontiers.
- B. a growing magnitude of interconnections in almost every sphere of social existence
- C. an accelerating pace of global interactions and processes associated with a deepening enmeshment of the local and the global
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Globalization combines the cross-border spread of activities, denser interconnections and faster interaction between local and global…
Correct answer: all of the above- A. Arabic Sea
- B. Mediterranean Sea
- C. Red Sea
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Gaza Strip lies on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel.
Correct answer: Mediterranean Sea- A. 75 percent of the world's population
- B. 50 percent of the world's population
- C. 65 percent of the world's population
- D. 35 percent of the world's population
Explanation: A population of more than 5.2 billion represented roughly three-quarters of the world's population in 2011, making 75 percent the closest…
Correct answer: 75 percent of the world's population- A. Chile
- B. Peru
- C. Guyana
- D. All of these
Explanation: Chile, Peru, and Guyana all recognised Palestine as an independent state during January 2011. Thus, the combined option is correct.
Correct answer: All of these- A. 1979
- B. 1980
- C. 1981
- D. 1982
Explanation: Iran's Islamic Revolution occurred in 1979 and overthrew the Pahlavi monarchy, bringing Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Republic to power.
Correct answer: 1979- A. Greenpeace
- B. Amnesty International
- C. Save Environment
- D. Save World
Explanation: Greenpeace is an international environmental NGO known for campaigns to protect ecosystems, biodiversity and natural resources.
Correct answer: Greenpeace