All Free International Relations MCQs with Answers
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- A. Germany
- B. Japan
- C. South Korea
- D. Israel
Explanation: Israel is widely described as an undeclared or unacknowledged nuclear-weapon state because it maintains a policy of nuclear ambiguity.
Correct answer: Israel- A. 10
- B. 7
- C. 8
- D. 9
Explanation: The five NPT-recognised nuclear-weapon states plus India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea make nine nuclear-armed states.
Correct answer: 9- A. 1980
- B. 1989
- C. 1985
- D. 1988Primary & Secondary Schooling (K-12)
Explanation: India was reported to have made significant efforts to isolate and purify lithium-6 around 1989, an important capability for thermonuclear…
Correct answer: 1989- A. It is not well-suited to the demands of the complex and potentially more dangerous second nuclear age
- B. It does not address the security motivation which leads states to acquire nuclear weapons in first place
- C. It is unable to alleviate the security dilemma that many states confront and it is discriminatory arrangement
- D. All of the above
Explanation: The regime is criticised for being discriminatory, for failing to remove the security motives behind proliferation, and for being less…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Atomic explosive weapons
- B. Machine guns
- C. Lethal chemical and biological weapons
- D. a and c
Explanation: Weapons of mass destruction conventionally include nuclear or atomic weapons and lethal chemical and biological weapons.
Correct answer: a and c- A. in 1989, at the end of the Cold War
- B. When ballistic missiles were developed
- C. in 2001
- D. in 1948
Explanation: The United States announced its withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in December 2001, and the withdrawal took effect in June…
Correct answer: in 2001- A. Power, security, and advancement of the environment
- B. Prosperity, survival, and economic leverage
- C. Strategic deterrence, political and prestige benefits
- D. All of the aboveNuclear Energy
Explanation: Strategic deterrence, political influence and prestige are widely recognised motives for acquiring nuclear weapons.
Correct answer: Strategic deterrence, political and prestige benefits- A. It is and international NGO that seeks to ban atomic testing
- B. It is the slogan of the IAEA
- C. The title of an Eisenhower speech which culminated on the creation of the IAEA
- D. All of the above
Explanation: “Atoms for Peace” was the title of President Dwight Eisenhower's 1953 speech, which helped lead to the establishment of the IAEA in 1957.
Correct answer: The title of an Eisenhower speech which culminated on the creation of the IAEA- A. 1965
- B. 1966
- C. 1967
- D. 1968
Explanation: The Tehran Nuclear Research Centre was established in 1967 with US assistance under the Atoms for Peace programme.
Correct answer: 1967- A. August 15, 1969
- B. November 5, 1968
- C. July 1, 1968
- D. June 15, 1967
Explanation: Iran signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on 1 July 1968 and later ratified it in 1970.
Correct answer: July 1, 1968- A. Alireza Jafarzadeh
- B. Alireza Perzada
- C. Alijafar Perzada
- D. Ali Jafar
Explanation: Alireza Jafarzadeh, representing the National Council of Resistance of Iran, publicly revealed the previously undeclared Natanz and Arak…
Correct answer: Alireza Jafarzadeh- A. 2002
- B. 2003
- C. 2004
- D. 2005
Explanation: The United States began making the intensified claim in 2003 that Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons in breach of its NPT obligations…
Correct answer: 2003- A. Called the world to negotiate on the matter
- B. Called the inspection team to inspect its programme
- C. Presented its case before Security Council
- D. Voluntary and temporary suspended its Uranium Programme
Explanation: On 14 November 2004, Iran agreed to a voluntary and temporary suspension of uranium enrichment-related activities to reduce international…
Correct answer: Voluntary and temporary suspended its Uranium Programme- A. Hary Dixion
- B. Jame Pisen
- C. John Phillip
- D. Henry Betten
Explanation: James Risen described this episode in his 2006 book State of War, concerning the CIA's effort to provide Iran with defective nuclear…
Correct answer: Jame Pisen- A. Henry Kissinger
- B. Phillip Pirringer
- C. John
- D. Dudi Kissinger
Explanation: National Security Decision Memorandum 292, concerning U.S.-Iran nuclear cooperation, was issued during Henry Kissinger's tenure as…
Correct answer: Henry Kissinger- A. USA
- B. Russia
- C. Britain
- D. Germany
Explanation: Russia completed the long-delayed Bushehr nuclear power project and maintained that it was intended for peaceful electricity generation…
Correct answer: Russia- A. August 2005
- B. January 2005
- C. April 2005
- D. July 2005Pakistan Current Affairs
Explanation: Iran's stated loss of confidence in the IAEA came amid the 2005 dispute over the resumption of uranium-conversion activities and Western…
Correct answer: August 2005- A. 1996
- B. 2001
- C. 2000
- D. 1998Geographic Reference
Explanation: The shift toward concern about concealed, military-linked Iranian nuclear facilities was reported in 2001, before the public exposure of…
Correct answer: 2001- A. 1975 Islamic Revolution
- B. 1977 Islamic Revolution
- C. 1979 Islamic Revolution
- D. 1971 Islamic RevolutionArabs & Middle Easterners
Explanation: Iran's nuclear programme was reconsidered and revived after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, despite the earlier interruption of several…
Correct answer: 1979 Islamic Revolution- A. Iran's open enmity with Israel
- B. Before Islamic revolution of 1979 government was friend of USA but now there is nothing like that.
- C. Both of these
- D. None of these
Explanation: Critics commonly identify both Iran's openly hostile position toward Israel and the breakdown of the close U.S.-Iran relationship after…
Correct answer: Both of these