All Free International Relations MCQs with Answers
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- A. wishful thinking.
- B. bounded rationality.
- C. groupthink.
- D. selective perception.
Explanation: Selective perception means filtering information so that some facts are noticed or admitted while others are ignored.
Correct answer: selective perception.- A. U.S war with Iraq (2003)
- B. Cuban Missile Crisis
- C. Iran-Contra scandal
- D. All of these: the Iran-Contra scandal, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the 2003 U.S war with Iraq
Explanation: Groupthink occurs when a cohesive group suppresses dissent and accepts a flawed consensus.
Correct answer: All of these: the Iran-Contra scandal, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the 2003 U.S war with Iraq- A. groupthink
- B. de-optimizing.
- C. parochialism.
- D. bureaucratic politics.
Explanation: Groupthink is the pressure within a group to conform to an apparent consensus, even when that consensus leads to a bad decision.
Correct answer: groupthink- A. government bargaining
- B. rational actor
- C. organizational process
- D. interagency
Explanation: The government-bargaining model treats foreign policy as the outcome of negotiation and competition among agencies with different…
Correct answer: government bargaining- A. ordering goals by importance precedes listing alternatives to achieve goals.
- B. investigating the consequences of alternatives precedes ordering goals by importance.
- C. ordering goals by importance precedes clarifying goals.
- D. there is no emphasis on the relative costs and benefits of each option.Pakistan Current Affairs
Explanation: The rational model first identifies and ranks goals, then develops alternatives and compares their expected costs and benefits.
Correct answer: ordering goals by importance precedes listing alternatives to achieve goals.1606. Neoliberals use __________ to illustrate their argument that cooperation between actors is possible.
- A. the Prisoner's Dilemma game
- B. the bureaucratic politics model
- C. geopolitics
- D. peace studies
Explanation: Neoliberals use the repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma to show that actors may cooperate when interaction is repeated, reputations matter, and…
Correct answer: the Prisoner's Dilemma game- A. global
- B. individual
- C. domestic
- D. interstate
Explanation: Liberal institutionalism focuses on how states interact through international institutions, rules, and regimes.
Correct answer: interstate- A. difference
- B. Marxist
- C. postmodern
- D. liberal
Explanation: Difference feminism argues that women possess distinctive experiences or qualities that can contribute to politics and international…
Correct answer: difference- A. setting goals.
- B. calculating the cost and benefits of each possible course of action.
- C. evaluating the relative importance of goals.
- D. all of these: setting goals, evaluating their relative importance, and calculating the costs and benefits of each possible course of action.
Explanation: The rational actor model involves setting goals, ranking them by importance, and comparing the costs and benefits of available courses of…
Correct answer: all of these: setting goals, evaluating their relative importance, and calculating the costs and benefits of each possible course of action.- A. OPEC
- B. the EU
- C. NATO
- D. NAFTA
Explanation: The European Union represents the deepest form of liberal institutionalism because states have pooled sovereignty and created binding…
Correct answer: the EU- A. liberal
- B. difference
- C. postmodern
- D. standpoint
Explanation: Postmodern feminists treat gender differences as socially constructed rather than fixed biological facts, so they can be arbitrary…
Correct answer: postmodern- A. liberal
- B. postmodern
- C. revolutionary
- D. standpoint
Explanation: Liberal feminism argues that women and men possess equal rights and capabilities and should receive equal opportunities in political…
Correct answer: liberal- A. Concept in integration theory that indicates that states remain in control of the process and that common of the process and that common institutions merely facilitate decision-making among state representatives
- B. Concept in integration theory that implies the creation of common institutions having independent decision-making authority and thus the ability to impose certain decision and rules on member states
- C. Concept in neo-functionalist integration theory, indicating that there is a integration spillover
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Supranationalism gives common institutions authority to make decisions independently of individual member governments, with rules that can…
Correct answer: Concept in integration theory that implies the creation of common institutions having independent decision-making authority and thus the ability to impose certain decision and rules on member states1614. What is regionalism?
- A. Creation of a new polity bringing together a number of different constituent parts
- B. Regular and sustained interaction between states on policy issues
- C. Development of institutionalized cooperation among states and other actors on the basis of regional contiguity as a feature of global politics
- D. Creation of institutions having independent decision making authority
Explanation: Regionalism means institutionalized cooperation among states and other actors within a geographically contiguous region.
Correct answer: Development of institutionalized cooperation among states and other actors on the basis of regional contiguity as a feature of global politics- A. Outcomes
- B. The security dilemma
- C. The way states act
- D. All of the options are correct
Explanation: Treating power simply as the possession of resources does not reliably explain political outcomes, because outcomes also depend on…
Correct answer: Outcomes1616. What is and "issue"?
- A. Something discussed in therapy
- B. A set of politicals that are seen as being related, because they all invoke the same value conflicts
- C. A set of politicals that have to be decided together because they are linked by the political processes in an international organization
- D. The resources that are under an actors direct control
Explanation: In this context, an issue means a group of related political concerns organized around a common value conflict.
Correct answer: A set of politicals that are seen as being related, because they all invoke the same value conflicts- A. There are different meanings to the term "state"w
- B. There is a difference between nation and state
- C. There is a lack of similarity between countries
- D. All of the options given are correct
Explanation: A state-centric approach can oversimplify world politics because “state” has different meanings, nation and state are not identical, and…
Correct answer: All of the options given are correct- A. The central concept of the "English school"
- B. Presented most compellingly by Hedley Bull.
- C. Any association of distinct political rules, values, institutions
- D. The central concept of the 'English school' presented most compellingly by Hedley Bull, which descries any association of distinct political communities that accept common rules, values and institutions.
Explanation: The English School uses international society as a central concept, especially through Hedley Bull's account of political communities that…
Correct answer: The central concept of the 'English school' presented most compellingly by Hedley Bull, which descries any association of distinct political communities that accept common rules, values and institutions.