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International Relations

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International relations examines how nation states interact, resolve conflicts, and formulate foreign policies on global issues. It covers concepts like deterrence, interventionism, cultural diplomacy, and peacekeeping operations. These topics are frequently tested in civil services and political science examinations.

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International Relations Questions

Multiple choice political science the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions indian foreign policy and united nations

The UN lays a special emphasis on resolving conflicts through ___________.

  1. Peaceful methods

  2. Violent Actions

  3. War against enemies

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

United Nations central mission is the maintenance of international peace and security. Hence, the UN lays a special emphasis on resolving conflicts through peaceful methods.

Multiple choice

Imperialism was also a cause of the War. What is it?

  1. Believing that a country should maintain a strong military

  2. Developing sophisticated machinery and equipment

  3. Sheltering a country's businesses from foreign competition

  4. Extending a nation's power; creating colonies
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Imperialism is the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by establishing economic and political hegemony over other nations.

Multiple choice

Which was the most significant factor preventing many African states from achieving stability after their independence?

  1. Continued military intervention by former colonizing powers

  2. Ethnic & religious conflicts between rival groups within the same borders

  3. Lack of exploitable natural resources

  4. Frequent attempts by the larger states to conquer their smaller neighbors
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B Correct answer
Explanation

European colonial borders were often drawn without regard for existing ethnic, linguistic, or religious boundaries, forcing rival groups into the same political unit and leading to significant post-independence instability.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is the basis for nearly all the boundaries of today’s sub-Saharan African states?

  1. Postcolonial conquests of one African state by another

  2. Decisions by European powers during the process of colonization

  3. Precolonial linguistic and ethnic groupings

  4. International agreements mediated by the United Nations
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The current borders of most sub-Saharan African states were established by European powers during the Scramble for Africa, often ignoring existing ethnic and cultural groupings.

Multiple choice

The term appeasement is best defined as a

  1. declaration of war between two or more nations

  2. attempt to avoid war by agreeing to demands of an aggressor

  3. period of peace, prosperity and cultural achievement

  4. agreement removing economic barriers between nations
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Appeasement is a diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict, most notably practiced by Britain and France toward Hitler.

Multiple choice

Giving in to a country's demands to avoid conflict is...

  1. reparations

  2. appeasement

  3. fascism

  4. zionism
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Appeasement is a diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict. A famous historical example is Great Britain and France's policy toward Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.

Multiple choice

Increased independence movements in Africa by guaranteeing self-determination

  1. NATO Charter

  2. Warsaw Pact Charter

  3. UN Charter

  4. Leage of Nations Charter
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The United Nations (UN) Charter, signed in 1945, explicitly enshrined the principle of self-determination of peoples. This principle provided powerful international legitimacy and support to independence movements throughout Africa and Asia.

Multiple choice

The money spent on UN Peacekeeping is less than 0.5% of money spent every year on weapons and the military. 

  1. True

  2. False
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The global budget for UN Peacekeeping is relatively small, typically amounting to less than 7 billion dollars annually. In comparison, global military expenditures and weapons spending exceed 2 trillion dollars each year. This means peacekeeping costs represent a tiny fraction, well under 0.5 percent, of what is spent on global militaries.

Multiple choice

What was the meaning of the Domino Theory?

  1. political decisions have to be built slowly

  2. international politics is a game

  3. if one country in the region become communist, others would

  4. few countries would really be interested incommunism

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Domino Theory suggested that if one country in a region fell to communism, the surrounding countries would inevitably follow, like a row of falling dominoes.

Multiple choice

National Security refers to

  1. citizens' well-being

  2. safety of a country

  3. safe from threats to its survival

  4. All of the above
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Explanation

National security encompasses the protection of a country's sovereignty, its citizens' well-being, and its ability to survive and function against various internal and external threats.

Multiple choice

Wilson's diplomacy strategy

  1. Big Stick Policy

  2. Moral Diplomacy

  3. Dollar Diplomacy

  4. Bilateral Diplomacy
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy was known as Moral Diplomacy, which focused on supporting countries whose beliefs were analogous to those of the United States.