International Relations is an important subject for the Civil Service Examination (CSS) as it provides a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of international relations, including the role of states, non-state actors, and international organizations. It covers a wide range of topics such as diplomacy, foreign policy, international security, and global governance.
The 6th Joint Military Training Exercise “Ekuverin-VI” was held between which of the countries?
(a) Pakistan and China
(b) India and Maldives
(c) USA and Israel
(d) Russia and India
Answer: (b)
Explanation: The 6th Joint Military Training Exercise “EXERCISE EKUVERIN – VI” was conducted between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Forces at Pangode Military Station, Trivandrum, Kerala from August 31 to September 13, 2015.
The largest island in Indian Ocean is:
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Sumatra
(c) Madagascar
(d) None
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Madagascar lies in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa opposite Mozambique. The largest island in Indian Ocean and world’s fourth-largest island, it is twice the size of Arizona. The country’s low-lying coastal area gives way to a central plateau. The once densely wooded interior has largely been cut down.
President: Hery Rajaonarimampianina (2014)
Prime Minister: Olivier Solonandrasana (2016)
Land area: 224,533 sq mi (581,540 sq km); total area: 226,656 sq mi (587,040 sq km)
Population (2016 est.): 25,367,712
Which country will host the World’s First International Controlled Bank of low-enriched Uranium?
(a) Russia
(b) Kazakhstan
(c) Turkmenistan
(d) Australia
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on Aug 27, 2015 to locate the first internationally-controlled bank of low-enriched uranium in the ex-Soviet nation to ensure fuel supplies for power stations and prevent nuclear proliferation.
The storage facility, set to become fully operational in 2017, is intended to provide IAEA member states with confidence in a steady and predictable supply of fuel even if other routes are disrupted.
The IAEA estimates the cost of the bank at $150 million, which includes the procurement of low-enriched uranium (LEU) and its work for the first 10 years.
The bank will contain up to 90 metric tons of LEU, sufficient to run a 1,000 MWe (megawatt electric) light-water reactor
The bank will be located at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in the northeastern industrial city of Ust-Kamenogorsk. The plant has handled and stored nuclear material, including LEU, safely and securely for more than 60 years
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan voluntarily gave up its nuclear arsenal, the world’s fourth-largest at the time.
The mineral-rich Central Asian nation of 17.5 million is the world’s largest uranium producer and holds more than 15 percent of global uranium reserves, second only to Australia. It has no nuclear power stations of its own.
The World’s largest producer of Uranium is:
(a).Australia
(b).Canada
(c).South Africa
(d).None of these
Answer: (d)
Who is alleged terrorist organization behind 9/11 attacks on USA.
(a) Taliban
(b) Hamas
(c) Al Qaida
(d) Al Jazira
Answer: (c)
State sponsored terrorism ________
(a) The use of Terrorist Groups by state to achieve
(b) Typical of Groups like Al
Qaida
(c) The subject of A UN treaty signed in 1998
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
The works largest exporter of small arms is________
(a) UK
(b) USSR
(c) USA
(d) France
Answer: (c)
Foreign policy of USA is based on……..of Power
(a) Balance
(b) Centralization
(c) Decentralization
(d) Separation
Answer: (a)
President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq without the explicit authorization of the UN Security Council demonstrates that U.S. foreign policy under the current administration is best characterized by which approach to international politics
(a) Political Realism
(b) Political Idealism
(c) Bureaucratic Politics
(d) Complex Interdependence
Answer: (a)
US president George Bush has created ‘millennium challenge Account’ to
(a) Improve national security
(b) Provide aid to Iraq and Afghanistan
(c) Help poor countries pursuing democratic ideals
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
The U.S. policy of containment was a product of the Cold War and was particular to that era. However, with which of the following current situations could you a draw a parallel or comparison to containment?
(a) The attempt to curtail the spread of AIDS in Africa.
(b) The construction of the “security fence” or wall between the West Bank and Israel.
(c) The increased restrictions on immigration to the U.S.
(d) The attempt to prevent the emergence of new Islamic fundamentalist regimes.
Answer: (a)
British Commonwealth association is formulated in the year….
(a) 1931
(b) 1930
(c) 1945
(d) 1950
Answer: (a)
Pakistan adopted membership of commonwealth in……………….
(a) 1947
(b) 1950
(c) 1951
(d) 1952
Answer: (a)
The most prominent feature of the EU’s policy towards Pakistan is the link established between its
(a) Economic and commercial policy
(b) Democracy and human rights
(c) Both a & b
(d) none of these
Answer: (c)
The EU’s relationship with Pakistan began in
(a) 1962
(b) 1966
(c) 1967
(d) 1969
Answer: (a)
Pakistan wants to sign a free trade agreement with which international organization?
(a) European Union
(b) Eurasian Economic Union
(c) ASEAN
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
(a) Elimination of communism
(b) Implementation of the “Domino Theory.”
(c) Containment of communism
(d) Reconstruction of Western Europe after World War Ii
(e) Assistance to British colonies in Africa
Answer: (c)
On Friday, February 21, 1947, the British Embassy informed the U.S. State Department officials that Great Britain could no longer provide financial aid to the governments of Greece and Turkey. American policymakers had been monitoring Greece’s crumbling economic and political conditions, especially the rise of the Communist-led insurgency known as the National Liberation Front, or the EAM/ELAS. The United States had also been following events in Turkey, where a weak government faced Soviet pressure to share control of the strategic Dardanelle Straits. When Britain announced that it would withdraw aid to Greece and Turkey, the responsibility was passed on to the United States. Addressing a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947, President Harry S. Truman asked for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey and established a doctrine, aptly characterized as the Truman Doctrine, that would guide U.S. diplomacy for the next 40 years. President Truman declared, “It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” The sanction of aid to Greece and Turkey by a Republican Congress indicated the beginning of a long and enduring bipartisan cold war foreign policy.
The Axis powers in World War II did not include:
(a) Germany
(b) The Soviet Union
(c) Italy
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
The weakness of the League of Nations was revealed when Italy invaded
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Libya.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Spain.
(e) Greece.
Answer: (a)
The naval armaments of the major world powers were significantly reduced
(a) at the Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921.
(b) in the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
(c) by the Treaty of Versailles.
(d) by the Eurasian Naval Agreement of 1926.
(e) by the Pact of Paris.
Answer: (a)
In which month does the UN General Assembly usually meet every year?
(a) August
(b)September
(c) October
(d) November
Answer: (b)
Who was the president of World Bank?
(a) Robert Brace Zorllick
(b) Robert Bruce Gate
(c) Robert Bruce Lohaf
(d) Bill Gates
Answer: (a)
The recently appointed United Nations high commissioner for refugees Antonio Guterres is the former prime minister of
(a) Denmark
(b)Romania
(c) Canada
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
Who among the following have emphasized the environmental factor in decision-making approach?
(a) Graham Allison and Ole Holsti
(b) Talcott Parsons and Edward Shils
(c) Harold and Margaret Sprout
(d) Herbert Simon and J.W Burton
Answer. (c)
Who among the following made the statement “Sovereignty is the supreme power of State, over citizens and subjects unhindered by law”?
(a) J. Bodin
(b) H. Gardner
(c) Harold J. Laski
(d) Ayatollah Rohallah Khomeini
Answer. (a)
Which one of the following statements is not applicable to Morgehthau’s theory?
(a) The master key is the concept of interest defined in terms of power
b) Power is man’s control over the minds and actions of men
(c) Political realism takes a fixed meaning of interest
(d) Politics is governed by objective laws having roots in human nature
Answer. (c)