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International Law

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International law governs the legal frameworks, treaties, and conventions regulating relations between nations. This collection covers human rights, humanitarian interventions, diplomatic immunity, and refugee protections. These questions are highly relevant for UPSC, State PSC, and specialized law entrance examinations.

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International Law Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the given statements and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): International Law does not recognise a unilateral right of humanitarian intervention by a state against another state which has committed violations of human rights. Reason (R): The principles of sovereign equality, non-intervention and prohibitions of force do not permit unilateral coercive action by a state except in self-defence.

  1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  2. Both A and R are individually true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

  3. A is true, but R is false.

  4. A is false, but R is true.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(1) International Law does not recognise a unilateral right of humanitarian intervention by a state against another state which has committed violations of human rights except in self-defence.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. A state has duty to become a party to every multilateral treaty.

  2. A state has a right to decide whether or not to become a party to a multilateral treaty and if it decides to become a party, it has a right to make reservation to limit its participation in any way it chooses.

  3. A state has a right to decide whether or not to become a party to multilateral treaty and if it decides to become a party, it should accept the whole treaty.

  4. A state has a right to decide whether or not to become a party to multilateral treaty and if it decides to become a party, it may do so with or without reservations, provided that its reservations are compatible with the objects and purposes.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A state has a right to decide whether or not to become a party to multilateral treaty and if it decides to become a party, it may do so with or without reservations provided that its reservations are compatible with the objects and purposes. 

Multiple choice

Fits cogens denotes

  1. superiority of states

  2. dominance of the USA over other states

  3. peremptory norms of the International Law

  4. superiority of United Nations
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) Fits cogens denotes peremptory norms of the International Law.

Multiple choice

Which of the following propositions would be correct according to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1960?

  1. The reservation and the objection cancel each other and all the provisions of the treaty will apply to all parties.

  2. The provisions of the treaty to which the reservation applies, shall not apply between the reserving state and the objecting state, unless the objecting state specifically objects to the entry into force of the treaty as between the two states.

  3. The reservation and the objection prevent the treaty from coming into force in respect of all of its parties.

  4. The objection invalidates the reservation and the reserving state ceases to be a party to the treaty.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) According to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1960, the provisions of the treaty to which the reservation applies, shall not apply between the reserving state and the objecting state, unless the objecting state specifically objects to the entry into force of the treaty as between the two states.

Multiple choice

Assertion (A): The International Court of Justice does not have any compulsory jurisdiction over all international disputes between states. Reason (R): States enjoy sovereignty in international relations.

  1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  2. Both A and R are individually true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

  3. A is true, but R is false.

  4. A is false, but R is true.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(4) The International Court of Justice has compulsory jurisdiction over all international disputes between states and states enjoy sovereignty in international relations.

Multiple choice

Article 94 of the United Nations Charter provides that

  1. the International Court of Justice is empowered to implement its decisions

  2. if any party to a case fails to perform its obligations under the judgment, the Security Council is empowered to implement the judgment of the court, provided the matter is referred to it by ICJ

  3. if any party to a case fails to perform its obligations under the judgment, the other party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment

  4. if any party to a case fails to perform its obligations under the judgment of the ICJ, the Security Council may decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment, on the recommendation of the General Assembly
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) Articles 94 of the United Nations Charter provides that if any party to a case fails to perform its obligations under the judgment, the other party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.

Multiple choice

Which of the following domestic laws of a country is illegal under International Law?

  1. A law declaring an act of a citizen illegal, regardless of the place where it is committed

  2. A law declaring illegal a contract between a national and foreigner concluded within the country

  3. A law declaring illegal a transaction between two foreigners concluded to be performed in their respective countries

  4. A law declaring illegal an act on board a national aircraft or a national vessel
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A law declaring illegal a transaction between two foreigners concluded to be performed in their respective countries is illegal under International Law.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options is not correct?

  1. Customary rules of international law are diminishing and are being replaced by law making treaties and conventions.

  2. States do not deny the existence of international law. On the contrary, they interpret international law making so as to justify their conduct.

  3. A great limitation of international law is that it cannot intervene in the matters which are within the domestic jurisdiction of states.

  4. International law is positive morality of state having no force.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The statement presented in option (4) is incorrect.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option for the given statements. Assertion (A): International Law Commission has initiated studies and prepared draft codes on diverse fields in international law. Reason (R): International Law Commission was established under General Assembly Resolution No. 174(11), adopted on November 21, 1947, with an object to promote, progressively develop and codify international law.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true.

  2. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  3. (R) is true, but (A) is false.

  4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

International Law Commission has initiated studies and prepared draft codes on diverse fields in international law by establishing International Law Commission through a resolution adopted on November 21, 1947.

Multiple choice

Assertion (A): International law consists for the most part of customary rules. Reason (R): Customary rules are the original and oldest source of international law.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

International law consists for the most part of customary rules. Customary rules are not the original and oldest source of international law.

Multiple choice

Give the chronological order of the following in which they came into existence:

a. Charter of United Nations b. Universal Declaration of Human Rights c. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights d. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

  1. a c b d

  2. d b a c

  3. a b d c

  4. c d b a
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C Correct answer
Explanation

a. Charter of United Nations - 26th June, 1945 b. Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 10th December, 1948 d. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 3th January, 1976 c. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 23rd March, 1976  

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements are wrong?

i. Human rights are created by legislation. ii. Legal duty to protect human rights is not the duty to respect them. iii. International concern with human rights as enshrined in the Untied Nations Charter is a modern innovation. iv. A human right violation is now conceived as violation of those personally and directly aggrieved, but not of everyone.

  1. i and ii

  2. ii and iii

  3. iii and iv

  4. i, ii, iii and iv
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D Correct answer
Explanation

All the given statements are wrong.