Free International Law MCQs with Answers

• 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.

• A. Africa
• B. Asia
• C. North America
• D. South America

Explanation: The Treaty of Tordesillas divided overseas spheres of influence between Spain and Portugal through a north-south line in the Atlantic…

• A. Boxer Rebellion
• B. War of 1812
• C. Boer War
• D. Crimean War

Explanation: The Treaty of Ghent, signed in 1814, ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain.

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

Explanation: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 resolved several boundary disputes between the United States and British North America, particularly…

• A. Dutch
• B. British
• C. German
• D. None of these

Explanation: Hugo Grotius was a Dutch jurist and theologian whose work, especially On the Law of War and Peace, helped establish the foundations of…

• A. All treaties
• B. Only political treaties
• C. No treaty
• D. None of these

Explanation: The outbreak of war does not automatically terminate every treaty; treaties may continue unless their subject matter is incompatible with…

• A. Renders the treaty invalid
• B. Terminates the treaty
• C. Has no effect on the treaty
• D. None of these

Explanation: Supervening impossibility occurs when an essential object needed to perform a treaty obligation permanently disappears or is destroyed.

• A. Has no right to share water resources of an international river
• B. Has exclusive right
• C. Has right to share waters on equitable basis
• D. None of these

Explanation: A lower riparian state is entitled to use water from an international river on an equitable and reasonable basis, while considering the…

• A. Elected by the Security Council
• B. elected by the Security council and the General Assembly
• C. Appointed by the Secretary General in consultation with five permanent members of the Security Council
• D. None of these

Explanation: ICJ judges are elected separately by the UN General Assembly and the Security Council, not appointed by the Secretary-General.

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

Explanation: The Minquiers and Ecrehos dispute was decided by the International Court of Justice in 1953.