All Free International Relations MCQs with Answers

• A. Legal Recognition
• B. Recognition in principle
• C. Circumstantial Recognition
• D. None of these

Explanation: De facto recognition is practical or provisional recognition based on existing circumstances, often given when a government exercises…

• A. No right of freedom of fishing in high seas
• B. No right of freedom of scientific research in high seas
• C. A right to sail ships flying its flag on the high seas
• D. None of these

Explanation: UNCLOS gives both coastal and land-locked States high-seas freedoms, including navigation, fishing and scientific research.

• A. Treaty of New Echota
• B. Treaty of Sevres
• C. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• D. Treaty of Shackamaxon

Explanation: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, ended the Mexican-American War and transferred extensive Mexican territory to the United…

• A. Treaty of Paris
• B. Treaty of Ancon
• C. Treaty of Neuilly
• D. Treaty of Waitangi

Explanation: The Treaty of Paris of 1856 ended the Crimean War and restricted Russian influence in the Black Sea.

• A. Treaty of Trianon
• B. Poona Treaty
• C. Treaty of Tubingen
• D. Treaty of Frankfurt

Explanation: The Treaty of Frankfurt, signed in 1871, formally ended the Franco-Prussian War and required France to cede Alsace and part of Lorraine to…

• A. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• B. Treaty with Tripoli
• C. Treaty of Hudaybiyah
• D. Treaty of Ancon

Explanation: The Treaty of Ancón, signed in 1883, ended the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru.

• A. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• B. Treaty of Utrecht
• C. Treaty of Vereeniging
• D. Treaty of Tubingen

Explanation: The Treaty of Vereeniging, signed in 1902, ended the Second Boer War between Britain and the Boer republics.

• A. Treaty of Portsmouth
• B. Treaty of Westphalia
• C. Treaty of Neuilly
• D. Poona Treaty

Explanation: The Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905, ended the Russo-Japanese War.

• A. Treaty of Utrecht
• B. Treaty of Brest-Litovst
• C. Treaty of Frankfurt
• D. Treaty of Versailles

Explanation: The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, formally concluded the war between Germany and the Allied powers after World War I.

• A. Part of International Law
• B. Was renounced before it could take roots in International Law
• C. Is attempting to earn general acceptance
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Harmon Doctrine claimed that a state has absolute sovereignty over the use of waters within its territory, but this extreme position…

• A. Stalin
• B. F.D Roosevelt
• C. Winston Churchill
• D. Austin Mills

Explanation: Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the term “United Nations” in the 1942 Declaration by United Nations, which was signed by the Allied…

• A. 6 nautical miles
• B. 8 nautical miles
• C. 12 nautical miles
• D. None of these

Explanation: The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea permits a coastal state to claim a territorial sea extending up to 12 nautical miles from its…

• A. British agreed to end discrimination against American commerce
• B. British agreed to evacuate Northwest Territory
• C. Declared Mississippi River open to both countries
• D. All of these

Explanation: The 1794 Jay Treaty addressed all three issues: British withdrawal from frontier forts, improved commercial treatment for American…

• A. Sino-Russo War
• B. British-Franco War
• C. Sino-Japanese War
• D. Russo-Japanese War

Explanation: The Treaty of Portsmouth, signed in 1905, ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. It was negotiated with U.S.

• A. Rules of customary International Law
• B. Convention on the Law of Sea
• C. Mutual consent
• D. None of these

Explanation: Although the Law of the Sea Convention recognizes landlocked states’ access and transit rights, the practical terms and modalities are…

• A. ICJ
• B. PCIJ
• C. European Court of Human Rights
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Chorzów Factory case was decided by the Permanent Court of International Justice, the predecessor of today’s ICJ.

• A. A mode of resolving conflicting jurisdiction claims between states
• B. A device for combating international terrorism
• C. A mechanism for bringing fugitives from justice to book
• D. None of these

Explanation: Extradition is the formal surrender of an alleged offender by one state to another state for prosecution or punishment.

• A. Compel a state to settle a dispute
• B. Provide moral support to an issue in dispute
• C. Furnish legal substance to an issue in dispute
• D. None of these

Explanation: International law furnishes the legal substance for resolving a dispute by identifying the rights, duties and applicable rules of the…

• A. U.S.-Mexico border
• B. Philippine Annexation
• C. Panama Canal
• D. Texas Statehood

Explanation: The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 granted the United States rights to construct and administer the Panama Canal Zone.

• A. England and Scotland War
• B. U.S. and Mexico War
• C. England and Ireland War
• D. Indian War

Explanation: The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the Seven Years’ War, known in North America as the French and Indian War.