International Relations MCQs
1. World War II started in the year:
(A) 1939
(B) 1929
(C) 1949
(D) None of these
Answer: 1939
2. Who is Muhammad VI:
a) President of Tunis
b) King of Jordan
c) King of Morocco
d) None of these
Answer: King of Morocco
3. Who is the author of “Politics Among Nations” is:
a) Palmer and Perkins
b) Pervaiz Cheema
c) Morgenthau
d) None of these
Answer: Morgenthau
4. Select the name of the person who arose the idea of SAARC:
a) Zia-ul-Haq
b) Rajiv Gandhi
c) Zia ur Rehman
d) None of these
Answer: Zia ur Rehman
5. The 1956 charter of Pakistan came into effect on:
a) 28th February 1956
b) 14th August 1956
c) 23rd March 1956
d) None of these
Answer: 23rd March 1956
6. Select the year when the U-2 incident happened:
a) 1965
b) 1962
c) 1960
d) None of these
Answer: 1960
7. Iraq invaded Kuwait in:
a) August 1990
b) July 1990
c) December 1990
d) None of these
Answer: August 1990
8. Select the Non-Permanent member of the Security Council:
a) 10
b) 7
c) 5
d) None of these
Answer: 10
9. Select the name of the country that shares the most neighbors:
a) China
b) Russia
c) Canada
d) Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
10. ‘Rise and Fall of Great Powers’ is the work of:
a) Morgenthau
b) Holsti
c) Paul Kennedy
d) None of these
Answer: Paul Kennedy
11. Select the year when Pakistan rejoined the Commonwealth:
a) 1988
b) 1985
c) 1989
d) None of these
Answer: 1989
12. The U.S. agreed to write off Pakistan’s debt to the tune of:
a) U.S. $ 4 billion
b) U.S. $ 1 billion
c) U.S. $ 2 billion
d) None of these
Answer: U.S. $ 4 billion
13. Select the country that Castro ruled:
a) Brazil
b) Haiti
c) Cuba
d) None of these
Answer: Cuba
14. Who was Paul Bremer?
a) U.S. Administrator in Iraq
b) A British politician
c) A Hollywood Actor
d) None of these
Answer: U.S. Administrator in Iraq
15. Who was Saeb Erekat?
a) President of Cyprus
b) Turkish Minister of Tourism
c) Palestinian negotiator
d) None of these
Answer: Palestinian negotiator
16. Who was Abdul Kalam?
a) Indian President
b) Pak. Rep in Geneva
c) Minister of Bangladesh
d) None of these
Answer: Indian President
17. Two mainstream theories of IR comprise:
(A) Professionalism and Individualism
(B) Rule of Law and Equality
(C) Realism and Idealism
(D) None of these
Answer: Realism and Idealism
18. Select the name of a person related to Realism Theory:
(A) Hans Morgenthau
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Woodrow Wilson
(D) None of these
Answer: Hans Morgenthau
19. Who was Maliha Lodhi?
a) Pak. High Commissioner to the U.K.
b) Editor of the NEWS
c) Pak. Ambassador to the U.S.A.
d) None of these
Answer: Pak. High Commissioner to the U.K.
20. Who was Gerhard Schroeder?
a) Prime Minister of Poland
b) Chancellor of Germany
c) President of Slovakia
d) None of these
Answer: Chancellor of Germany
21. Who was Javier Solana?
a) President of Argentina
b) Spanish Foreign Minister
c) Foreign Policy spokesman of the European Community
d) None of these
Answer: Spanish Foreign Minister
22. Who was Saeed-ul-Sahaf?
a) Information Minister of Ex-President Saddam
b) Palestinian leader
c) A Saudi Minister
d) None of these
Answer: Information Minister of Ex-President Saddam
23. Who was Dr. Kelly?
a) A minister of South Africa
b) U.S. Secretary of Treasury
c) British Nuclear Scientist
d) None of these
Answer: British Nuclear Scientist
24. Who was Winston Churchill?
a) British Prime Minister
b) Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
c) An American General
d) None of these
Answer: British Prime Minister
25. Select the leader of the Taliban Government in Afghanistan:
a) Mullah Umar
b) Hekmatyar
c) Hamid Karzai
d) None of these
Answer: Mullah Umar
26. Patrice Lumumba was the Prime Minister of:
a) Zimbabwe
b) Congo (Zaire)
c) Ghana
d) None of these
Answer: Congo (Zaire)
27. International Relations is the study of:
(A) Relations among states
(B) Relations among individuals
(C) Relations among citizens of a state
(D) None of these
Answer: Relations among states
28. International Relations is part of which discipline?
(A) Political Science
(B) International Law
(C) Sociology
(D) None of these
Answer: Political Science
29. Woodrow Wilson was a promoter of:
(A) Idealism
(B) Constructivism
(C) Realism
(D) None of these
Answer: Idealism
30. International Relations is relatively _____ regulation:
(A) Ancient
(B) New
(C) Old
(D) None of these
Answer: New
31. Idealism primarily works with:
(A) War and Conflict
(B) Cold War
(C) Trade and Cooperation
(D) None of these
Answer: Trade and Cooperation
32. Select the year when Imam Khomeini came to power in Iran:
a) Jan. 1978
b) Dec. 1980
c) Feb. 1979
d) None of these
Answer: Feb. 1979
33. Select the number of Principles of Kemalism which Mustafa Kamal Pasha gave:
a) 8
b) 5
c) 6
d) None of these
Answer: 6
34. Select the name of the person who gave the idea of ‘Peaceful Co-existence’:
a) Molotov
b) Leonid Brezhnev
c) Nikita Khrushchev
d) None of these
Answer: Nikita Khrushchev
35. Select the year when the USSR fragmented:
a) April 1990
b) Jan 1992
c) Dec. 1991
d) None of these
Answer: Dec. 1991
36. Select the year when the Monroe Doctrine was stated:
a) 1923
b) 1922
c) 1924
d) 1823
Answer: 1823
37. Select the year when Pakistan became a member of CENTO:
a) 1955
b) 1954
c) 1958
d) None of these
Answer: 1955
38. Select the date when Pakistan tested its first nuclear bomb:
a) 14th August 1998
b) 28th May 1998
c) 4th April 1998
d) None of these
Answer: 28th May 1998
39. Who was Kurt Waldheim?
a) Secretary General of U.N.O
b) A Swiss politician
c) President of Germany
d) None of these
Answer: Secretary General of U.N.O
40. Who was Chou-En-Lai?
a) Governor of Hong Kong
b) Prime Minister of China
c) Vice President of Taiwan
d) None of these
Answer: Prime Minister of China
41. Select the year when OIC was set up:
a) 1969
b) 1968
c) 1967
d) None of these
Answer: 1969
42. Realism primarily works with:
(A) Trade and Cooperation
(B) War and Conflict
(C) Cold War
(D) None of these
Answer: War and Conflict
43. War is the study of:
(A) Unwanted
(B) Diplomacy by other means
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) None of these
Answer: Both (A) & (B)
44. Watergate Scandal developed during the departure of:
a) President Johnson
b) President Carter
c) President Nixon
d) None of these
Answer: President Nixon
45. Thomas Hobbes is known for his concept of:
a) Modern Warfare
b) Leviathan
c) Economic Nationalism
d) None of these
Answer: Leviathan