All Free International Relations MCQs with Answers

• A. Wullar dam
• B. Kishanganga dam
• C. Ganga dam
• D. Baglihar dam

Explanation: The Wullar project on the Jhelum is viewed by Pakistan as capable of regulating or withholding a significant share of the river's flow…

• A. Siemens
• B. Hydro industries
• C. Both of these
• D. None of these

Explanation: Jaiprakash Industries was associated with Siemens in the construction and equipment arrangements for the Baglihar project.

• A. Its power house will be constructed near Bunkot in Indian held Kashmir
• B. Its water will be re-routed into the river Jehlum through Wullar Lake
• C. Both of these
• D. none of these

Explanation: The Kishanganga scheme planned a powerhouse near Bunkot and diverted Kishanganga water through a tunnel toward the Jhelum system via…

• A. completion of 22km tunnel to divert water from Kishanganga to Wullar lake will leave Pakistan falling a 27% Water deficit.
• B. It would reduce flow of Neelum River and thus decrease the power generation of Pakistan's proposed 696-mw Neelum-Jehlum hydropower project in Azad Kashmir.
• C. both of these
• D. none of these

Explanation: India's diversion of Kishanganga water was feared to reduce the Neelum River's flow by about 27 percent and weaken Pakistan's 696 MW…

• A. Chahab
• B. Ganga
• C. Ravi
• D. Jehlum

Explanation: Kishanganga is the Indian name for the upper Neelum River, which is a tributary of the Jhelum.

• A. risks of floods and draughts in Pakistan would be enhanced and Mangla Dam would be adversely affected
• B. During a military confrontation, it would enable India to control the mobility and retread Pakistan troops
• C. Closing the Barrage gates would render the Pakistan canal system dry and easy to cross
• D. All of these

Explanation: Pakistan has objected that Wullar regulation could worsen flood and drought risks, affect Mangla's inflows and create military advantages…

• A. Indus Water Commission
• B. United Nation Organization (UNO)
• C. SAARC
• D. G-8

Explanation: Pakistan raised the Wullar Barrage issue through the Permanent Indus Waters Commission, the bilateral mechanism created under the Indus…

• A. referred to it as a Barrage meant for water storage
• B. accused India of violating Indus Water Treaty 1960
• C. both of these
• D. none of these

Explanation: Pakistan argued that the project was actually a storage barrage rather than a permissible navigation structure, and therefore violated the…

• A. it is only meant for enhancing 'navigation' that is permissible under Indus Water treaty
• B. 90% of Tulbul project would be beneficial to Pakistan
• C. both of these
• D. none of these

Explanation: India defended the project as a navigation facility permitted by the treaty and argued that most of its benefits, often stated as about 90…

• A. 1968
• B. 1975
• C. 1980
• D. 1985

Explanation: India began developing the Tulbul Navigation Project in 1984, but Pakistan formally objected and the water dispute emerged in 1985.

• A. Wullar Barrage
• B. Tulbul Barrage
• C. Wullar Navigational Barrage
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Tulbul Navigation Project involved construction of the Wullar Barrage on Wullar Lake.

• A. Ravi
• B. Jehlum
• C. Chanab
• D. Ganga

Explanation: The proposed Wullar Barrage was on the River Jhelum in Indian-administered Kashmir.

• A. 1989
• B. 1988
• C. 1984
• D. 1990Standardized & Admissions Tests

Explanation: India started construction of the Tulbul Navigation Project, associated with the Wullar Barrage, in 1984.

• A. World Bank
• B. IMF
• C. Security Council
• D. None of them

Explanation: The World Bank helped broker the Indus Waters Treaty and is named in the treaty’s institutional arrangements, including its role in…

• A. April 1st, 1947
• B. April 1st, 1948
• C. April 1st, 1949
• D. April 26th, 1948

Explanation: The first major post-Partition water stoppage occurred on 1 April 1948, when water supplies from headworks in India to Pakistani canals…

• A. May 14, 1949
• B. June 4, 1948
• C. May 24, 1948
• D. May 4, 1948History

Explanation: The canal-water crisis was temporarily settled through the Inter-Dominion Agreement signed on 4 May 1948, after India had stopped water…

• A. Pakistan
• B. Bangladesh
• C. Nepal
• D. all of these

Explanation: India has faced water-sharing disputes with Pakistan over the Indus system, with Bangladesh over rivers such as the Ganges and Teesta, and…

• A. in an attempt to get Soviet aid for a transformation into a communist state
• B. in an effort to frighten neighbors into giving it territorial concessions
• C. in order to quell a rebellion by a pro-Marxist group called UNITA
• D. to convince the Soviets to give them aid, though the proclaimed ideological transformation was false

Explanation: Angola’s MPLA used Marxist-Leninist language largely to secure Soviet and Cuban backing during the Cold War, rather than because it was…

• A. 2010
• B. 2009
• C. 2008
• D. 2011

Explanation: President Barack Obama announced the revised Afghanistan-Pakistan, or Af-Pak, strategy in 2009.

• A. Egypt
• B. Iraq
• C. Iran
• D. Afghanistan

Explanation: Afghanistan opposed Pakistan’s admission to the United Nations in 1947, largely because of the dispute over the status of Pashtun areas.