All Free International Relations MCQs with Answers
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- A. The world commission on economic growth, 1987
- B. The world commission on worldwide neo-liberal reform, 1987
- C. The world commission on environment and development, 1987
- D. The world commission on trade and development, 1987
Explanation: The Brundtland Commission was formally the World Commission on Environment and Development, which issued its 1987 report Our Common…
Correct answer: The world commission on environment and development, 1987- A. Their financial flows can be massive
- B. Triangulation has made it hard to track their money
- C. They can move to other countries
- D. All of the options given are correct
Explanation: Transnational criminals are difficult to track because they can shift operations across jurisdictions, move large sums, and disguise…
Correct answer: All of the options given are correct- A. A terrorist cell
- B. Any structure of communication for individuals and/or organization to exchange information, share experiences, or discuss political goals or tactics
- C. Any group of people organized in a local community
- D. Internal access
Explanation: In international relations, a network is a structure linking individuals or organizations so they can exchange information and coordinate…
Correct answer: Any structure of communication for individuals and/or organization to exchange information, share experiences, or discuss political goals or tactics- A. When trade between two countries is routed indirectly via a third country
- B. When one government attempts to exercise its legal authority in the territory of another
- C. A Security Council resolution pertaining to international trade
- D. None of the options given is correct
Explanation: Triangulation involves routing a transaction, especially trade or financial flows, through a third country to conceal its origin…
Correct answer: When trade between two countries is routed indirectly via a third country- A. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
- B. Government negotiating with international organizations
- C. Any civil society actor from one country that has relations with any actor from another country or an international organization
- D. Any non-state actor
Explanation: Transnational actors are civil-society or other non-state actors whose activities connect actors across national borders or with…
Correct answer: Any civil society actor from one country that has relations with any actor from another country or an international organization- A. capitalism's insatiable requirement for new markets and profits, which lead inevitably to the globalization of economic activity.
- B. a shared ecology involving shared en environmental problems, from global warming to species protection, alongside the creation of multilateral responses and regimes of global environmental governance.
- C. central to any account of globalization since it is a truism that without modern communications infrastructures, in particular, a global system or worldwide economy not be possible.
- D. the technologically induced erosion of distance and time giving the appearance a world that is in communication terms shrinkingInternational Relations
Explanation: Time-space compression describes how communications and transport technologies reduce the practical significance of distance and time…
Correct answer: the technologically induced erosion of distance and time giving the appearance a world that is in communication terms shrinkingInternational Relations- A. by comparison with the period 1870 to 1914 the world is much less globalized economically, politically and culturally
- B. the vast bulk of international economic and political activity is concentrated within the group of OECD states
- C. globalization is at best a self-serving myth or ideology which reinforces western and particularly US hegemony in world politics.
- D. all of the aboveTry Prep Courses
Explanation: Sceptical scholars argue that globalization is overstated: economic integration may be less than in 1870–1914, activity remains…
Correct answer: all of the aboveTry Prep Courses- A. Iran and Saudi Arabia
- B. Armenia and Azerbaijan
- C. Ethiopia and Somalia
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Ankara Declaration of December 2024 followed Turkish mediation between Ethiopia and Somalia, especially over Ethiopia’s sea-access…
Correct answer: Ethiopia and Somalia- A. May 2, 2007
- B. May 2, 2006
- C. May 2, 2003
- D. May 2, 2009Try Prep Courses
Explanation: India and Pakistan restored full diplomatic relations in 2003 after the post-Parliament-attack crisis, including the return of high…
Correct answer: May 2, 2003- A. Iraq
- B. Netherlands
- C. Austria
- D. Turkey
Explanation: The flotilla included the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish-flagged vessel carrying aid toward Gaza.
Correct answer: Turkey- A. Iraq
- B. Egypt
- C. Iran
- D. Turkey
Explanation: Turkey was the first predominantly Muslim country to recognize Israel, doing so in 1949, and developed especially close ties with it for…
Correct answer: Turkey- A. Catherine Ashton
- B. George J. Mitchell
- C. Charles Kelley
- D. Dave Haywood
Explanation: Barack Obama appointed former senator George J. Mitchell as the US special envoy for Middle East peace in January 2009.
Correct answer: George J. Mitchell- A. New York
- B. Washington DC
- C. Oslo
- D. None of these
Explanation: The first direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks since the Gaza War were relaunched in Washington, DC, in September 2010.
Correct answer: Washington DC- A. Quartet on the Middle East
- B. Diplomatic Quartet or Madrid Quartet
- C. Quartet
- D. all of these
Explanation: The group is formally known as the Quartet on the Middle East, and it is also called the Diplomatic Quartet, Madrid Quartet, or simply the…
Correct answer: all of these- A. China
- B. Saudi Arabia
- C. Japan
- D. Russia
Explanation: The Quartet consists of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia.
Correct answer: Russia- A. 13th July 2001
- B. 14th July 2001
- C. 15th July 2001
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Agra Summit between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf began on 14 July 2001.
Correct answer: 14th July 2001657. On whose pressure Iran announced temporary suspension of its Uranium Programme on November 14, 2004?
- A. Untied Kingdom on behalf of European Union
- B. France on behalf of European Union
- C. Germany on behalf of European Union
- D. all of these
Explanation: The suspension followed pressure and negotiations by the EU-3: the United Kingdom, France and Germany, acting on behalf of the European…
Correct answer: all of these- A. Treaty of Paris
- B. Treaty of London
- C. Treaty of Washington
- D. Versailles Treaty
Explanation: The 1783 Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States.
Correct answer: Treaty of Paris- A. An system of ports for the defence of the English coastline
- B. A series of ports below sea level in East Anglia
- C. A system of ports for the defence of the French coastline
- D. A series of ports with an official, royal monopoly in wool exports
Explanation: The Cinque Ports were a group of English Channel ports granted privileges in return for helping defend England's coastline.
Correct answer: An system of ports for the defence of the English coastline- A. The Powers contesting global dominance in the sixties
- B. Representatives of the main victorious Powers at the Paris Peace Conference after WW1
- C. The Powers at the Yalta conference of WW2
- D. The powers involved during the American Revolutionary War
Explanation: The Big Four were the United States, Britain, France, and Italy, whose leaders dominated the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference…
Correct answer: Representatives of the main victorious Powers at the Paris Peace Conference after WW1