All Free International Relations MCQs with Answers

• A. Hu Jintao
• B. Czar Nicholas
• C. Vladimir Lenin
• D. Fidel Castro

Explanation: Vladimir Lenin led revolutionary and early Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924.

• A. Iran
• B. Lebanon
• C. Syria
• D. Iraq

Explanation: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president of Iran in 2005 and served from 2005 to 2013.

• A. Brazil
• B. Bolivia
• C. Argentina
• D. Venezuela

Explanation: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected president of Brazil in 2002 and took office in 2003.

• A. Sweden
• B. Finland
• C. Estonia
• D. Latvia

Explanation: Paavo Lipponen became prime minister of Finland in 1995 and led two consecutive governments.

• A. Uzbekistan
• B. Turkmenistan
• C. Kazakhstan
• D. Tajikistan

Explanation: Nursultan Nazarbayev became the first president of independent Kazakhstan in 1991 and remained in office until 2019.

• A. Poland
• B. Slovakia
• C. Czech Republic
• D. Hungary

Explanation: Leszek Miller became prime minister of Poland in 2001, leading a left-wing government.

• A. Venezuela
• B. Ecuador
• C. Panama
• D. Colombia

Explanation: Andrés Pastrana served as President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002. His election marked the return of the Pastrana family to Colombia’s…

• A. Costa Rica
• B. Nicaragua
• C. Honduras
• D. Panama

Explanation: Daniel Ortega is a prominent Nicaraguan political leader who served as president beginning in 1985 and returned to office in 2007.

• A. Sudan
• B. Libya
• C. Egypt
• D. Tunisia

Explanation: Muammar al-Qaddafi seized power in Libya in a 1969 military coup and became its de facto leader.

• A. Slovenia
• B. Bosnia-Herzegovina
• C. Yugoslavia
• D. Croatia

Explanation: Ivica Račan became Prime Minister of Croatia in 2000 after the defeat of Franjo Tuđman’s ruling party.

• A. Hosni Mubarak
• B. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
• C. Bashar Assad
• D. Mahmoud Abbas

Explanation: Hosni Mubarak was re-elected President of Egypt in 2005 for a fifth term, in the first multi-candidate presidential election there.

• A. Germany
• B. Denmark
• C. Austria
• D. Czech Republic

Explanation: Angela Merkel became Germany’s Chancellor in 2005 after leading the Christian Democratic Union.

• A. Jenny Shipley
• B. Helen Clark
• C. Jim Bolger
• D. Don Brash

Explanation: Helen Clark continued as New Zealand’s Prime Minister after the 2005 general election, beginning her third term.

• A. Mozambique
• B. Zambia
• C. Zimbabwe
• D. Tanzania

Explanation: Robert Mugabe became President of Zimbabwe in 1987 after serving as Prime Minister from independence in 1980.

• A. Mexico
• B. Argentina
• C. Italy
• D. Portugal

Explanation: Vicente Fox won Mexico’s presidential election in 2000, ending the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s long uninterrupted hold on the…

• A. Turkmenistan
• B. Tajikistan
• C. Uzbekistan
• D. Afghanistan

Explanation: Hamid Karzai became Afghanistan’s first popularly elected president in 2004 after serving as interim and transitional leader.

• A. Australia
• B. Jamaica
• C. Canada
• D. Ireland

Explanation: John Howard became Australia’s prime minister in 1996 after the Liberal-National coalition defeated the Labor government.

• A. Sri Lanka
• B. India
• C. Bangladesh
• D. Pakistan

Explanation: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga served as president of Sri Lanka until 2005.

• A. Vladimir Putin
• B. Saparmurat Niyazov
• C. Nursultan Nazarbayev
• D. Lukashenko

Explanation: Vladimir Putin became Russia’s acting president on 31 December 1999 after Boris Yeltsin resigned, although he was formally elected…

• A. Helen Clark
• B. Lydia Gueller
• C. Janet Jagan
• D. Mary Robinson

Explanation: Janet Jagan, born in Chicago, became president of Guyana in 1997 and is generally identified as the first U.S.-born woman elected…