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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

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All the given statements are wrong.

Multiple choice

Match List – I with List – II and give the correct answer by using the codes given below:

 
List – I List – II
a. Recognition clothes the recognized State with rights and duties under International law. 1. De Facto Recognition
b. Recognition is merely a formal acknowledgement through which established facts are accepted. 2. Constitutive Theory of Recognition
c. State recognised possesses the essential elements of statehood and fit to be subject of international law. 3. De-Jure Recognition
d. Recognition is final and once granted cannot be withdrawn 4. Declaratory Theory of Recognition

  1. a – 2, b – 4, c – 1, d – 3

  2. a – 1, b – 2, c – 3, d – 4

  3. a – 3, b – 4, c – 2, d – 1

  4. a – 4, b – 3, c – 1, d – 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

a – 2, b – 4, c – 1, d – 3

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is not correct?

  1. The covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognises the inherent dignity of humans.

  2. The covenant on Civil and Political Rights is more effective in the matter of enforcement of Human Rights than the covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

  3. The state is under obligation as per the charter of United Nations to promote universal respect for and observance of Human Rights and freedoms.

  4. Under the Civil and Political Rights covenant, a state party cannot complaint against another state party for non-compliance with the covenant.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Under the Civil and Political Rights covenant, a state party can complain against another state party for non-compliance with the covenant.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect in relation to the qualification of the members of the International Court of Justice?

  1. That he must be a person of high moral standard

  2. That he should be qualified to be a member of the highest court of his country

  3. That he must be a renowned jurist

  4. That he must not be of the same nationality as that of any member of the United Nations
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A member of the United Nations must have the same nationality as that of any member of the United Nations.

Multiple choice

The right to development implicitly supposes that the

  1. state will not interfere in each other’s processes of development

  2. United Nations has nothing to do with the development of a particular state

  3. states will mutually assist each other when external factors impede the effective implementation of rights

  4. states always need external assistance for development
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Right to development implicitly supposes that the states will mutually assist each other when external factors impede the effective implementation of rights.

Multiple choice

“No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, in human or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation” is stated in which article of the International Covenant of Civil and Political rights?

  1. Article 8

  2. Article 7

  3. Article 6

  4. Article 5
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Under Aricle 7 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political rights, “No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, in human or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation".

Multiple choice

The United Nations’ activities relevant to Human Rights over the years fall into distinct categories, including

  1. defining and clarifying the rights of individuals (standard settings)

  2. studying particular Human Rights or Human Rights in particular places and recommending measures for their fuller realisation (promotional activities)

  3. providing assistance directly to the victims of Human Rights violations (the humanitarian functions) standard setting, promotional activities and humanitarian functions

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The United Nations’ activities relevant to Human Rights over the years fall into distinct categories that are standard settings, promotional activities and humanitarian functions.

Multiple choice

The United Nations Charter has been subjected to informal amendments in which of the following ways?

  1. Through the non-implementation or non-application of certain provisions of the Charter
  2. Through the interpretation of the Charter by various organs and members of the United Nations
  3. Through the conclusion of supplementary treaties of agreements
  4. Through the creation of special organs and agencies

  1. 1, 2 and 3

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 3 and 4

  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct.