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  • A. General Assembly
  • B. Security Council
  • C. International Court of Justice
  • D. Trusteeship Council

Explanation: The General Assembly is often described as the UN's world parliament because it includes representatives of all member states and provides…

Correct answer: General Assembly
  • A. A super-state organization
  • B. A creation of member states
  • C. Has no link with state after its establishment
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The UN was established by states through an international treaty and remains dependent on its member states for authority and resources.

Correct answer: A creation of member states
  • A. With the decision of the Security Council
  • B. With the decision of the General Assembly
  • C. With the decision of the both the Security council and the General Assembly
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: UN membership requires a Security Council recommendation followed by a General Assembly decision, under Article 4 of the UN Charter.

Correct answer: With the decision of the both the Security council and the General Assembly
  • A. ASEAN
  • B. British Commonwealth
  • C. World Bank
  • D. UNO

Explanation: The 1931 Statute of Westminster granted legislative autonomy to the self-governing dominions and provided the constitutional basis for the…

Correct answer: British Commonwealth
  • A. 1945
  • B. 1946
  • C. 1947
  • D. 1960

Explanation: The Chicago Convention was adopted in 1944, but it came into force in 1947, creating ICAO as the global body for civil aviation…

Correct answer: 1947
  • A. 1958
  • B. 1948
  • C. 1957
  • D. 1955

Explanation: The IAEA was created in 1957 under its Statute to promote the peaceful use of atomic energy and verify nuclear safeguards.

Correct answer: 1957
  • A. founding document of the SAARC
  • B. founding document of the ASEAN
  • C. founding document of the NAFTA
  • D. founding document of the SCO

Explanation: The Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967 founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.

Correct answer: founding document of the ASEAN
  • A. WIPO Treaty
  • B. WIPO Conference
  • C. WIPO Convention
  • D. Vienna Convention

Explanation: WIPO was established through the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, adopted at Stockholm in 1967.

Correct answer: WIPO Convention
  • A. France
  • B. Luxembourg
  • C. UK
  • D. Italy

Explanation: Schengen is a village in Luxembourg, where the 1985 agreement was signed.

Correct answer: Luxembourg
  • A. SAARC
  • B. ASEAN
  • C. European Union
  • D. IAEA

Explanation: The 1992 Maastricht Treaty formally established the European Union and introduced the path toward European citizenship and a common…

Correct answer: European Union
  • A. Italy
  • B. Netherlands
  • C. Switzerland
  • D. France

Explanation: Maastricht is a city in the Netherlands, where the treaty that created the European Union was signed.

Correct answer: Netherlands
  • A. Treaty of Lisbon
  • B. Treaty of Rome
  • C. Treaty of Manchester
  • D. Treaty of Paris

Explanation: The Treaty of Lisbon was signed in 2007 to reform EU institutions and decision-making, entering into force in 2009.

Correct answer: Treaty of Lisbon
  • A. A system that works as a world government, with a constitution, legal system, and law enforcement
  • B. A system regulated by a dominant leader
  • C. A loose framework of global, both institution and normative that constrains conduct
  • D. Institutional pattern in the relationship between statesInternational Relations

Explanation: Global governance is a loose set of institutions, norms and practices that influences and constrains conduct without constituting a world…

Correct answer: A loose framework of global, both institution and normative that constrains conduct
  • A. That authority is shifted to few political leaders in the world
  • B. That state authority is shifted to MNCs and IGOs, which are not democratically elected
  • C. That states are becoming more oppressive and losing their legitimacy with their citizens
  • D. None

Explanation: The legitimacy concern is that decision-making authority moves from elected states to multinational corporations and international…

Correct answer: That state authority is shifted to MNCs and IGOs, which are not democratically elected
  • A. broader communities of experts from various states that structure the way states manage environmental issues
  • B. broader management structures that coordinate the diverse activities of international organizations.
  • C. state bureaucrats nominated or elected to deal with environmental issues
  • D. groups of protesters or activists that have organized to oppose corporate interestsGet Study Guides

Explanation: Epistemic communities are transnational networks of experts whose shared knowledge and policy ideas shape how governments and…

Correct answer: broader communities of experts from various states that structure the way states manage environmental issues
  • A. has been successful, but is not projected to have any significant effect on the hole in the ozone layer
  • B. has been the most important success in global efforts to coordinate environmental protection
  • C. is one of the most prominent failures of international efforts to coordinate environmental protection
  • D. has been ratified by most states and seem some voluntary compliance, but has failed to win the approval of some of the largest violators of CFC emissions

Explanation: The Montreal Protocol is widely regarded as one of the most successful environmental agreements because it achieved near-universal…

Correct answer: has been the most important success in global efforts to coordinate environmental protection
  • A. monitoring of U.S-Russian arms control agreements
  • B. inspection of the nuclear power industry in member states to prevent the diversion of materials to the military
  • C. provision of weapons-grade fissionable material to the United States and Russia
  • D. development of tactical nuclear weapons for United National forcesCompare Local Schools

Explanation: The IAEA applies safeguards and inspections to verify that declared nuclear materials and facilities are not diverted from peaceful uses…

Correct answer: inspection of the nuclear power industry in member states to prevent the diversion of materials to the military
  • A. 1
  • B. 4
  • C. 2
  • D. 3Educational Resources

Explanation: Afghanistan’s post-2004 constitutional system provides for two vice presidents serving with the president.

Correct answer: 2
  • A. 2004
  • B. 2005
  • C. 2003
  • D. 2006World Current Affairs

Explanation: Afghanistan held its first post-Taliban parliamentary elections in September 2005, electing the Wolesi Jirga and provincial councils.

Correct answer: 2005
  • A. i
  • B. ii
  • C. both i and ii
  • D. neither i nor ii

Explanation: The UN was designed for broad, nearly universal membership, unlike the more restricted League, and its Security Council veto lets the…

Correct answer: both i and ii