International Relations Questions and Answers

Q: What is the correct ascending chronological order of the treaties give below :(i) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.(ii) Landmines Ban Treaty.(iii) Chemical Weapons Agreement.(iv) Indefinite Extension of NPT.Codes :

The ascending order is (iii), (iv), (i), (ii).The Chemical Weapons Convention was agreed in 1993, the NPT was extended indefinitely in 1995, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was opened for signature in 1996, and the Landmines Ban (Ottawa) Treaty followed in 1997.The options that begin with the Test Ban Treaty or the NPT extension misplace the 1993 Chemical Weapons agreement, and the option that puts the landmine treaty first reverses the 1997 date. Only the sequence 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 survives.

Q: Third tier states are states as stated by Steven Metz are marked by

Crisis of governance marks the third tier states in Metz's account.Steven Metz sorted states into tiers, and the third tier states are weak ones marked by crises of governance. The key does not accept the other attributes as the defining mark.Corruption, sovereignty disputes and periodic instability may accompany weak states, but in this scheme the sign that places a state in the third tier is the failure of governance itself, which is why the key picks that option over the others.

Q: The concept of the League of Nations was conceived in the ideas of

Woodrow Wilson conceived the League of Nations.His Fourteen Points of 1918 proposed a general association of nations, which became the League. E.H. Carr criticised the League's idealism, Kaiser Wilhelm was the opposing leader in the First World War, and Roosevelt is linked with the United Nations.Wilson's idea of a league of nations was in the last of the Fourteen Points, though the United States did not join the League. Carr criticised it as utopian, and Roosevelt's name is attached to the later United Nations rather than the League.

Q: "Hot Line" in International Relations means

All of the above describe the hot line.The hot line is a direct communication link between heads of government, set up in 1963 between Washington and Moscow, which later carried facsimile and graphic material. Each statement describes a part of its use, so the combined option is the key.No single option listed stands alone as the whole description. The line was a teleprinter link at first and later added fax capacity, and its purpose is direct communication at the level of heads of state or government, which the combined option covers.

Q: Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :List - I (Countries)List - II (Dispute)a. Cambodia - Vietnami. Spratlys Islandb. Myanmar - Thailandii. Ladrang and Islands of baiec. Malaysia - Philippinesiii. Dai Langd. Vietnam - Philippinesiv. Sabah/North BorneoCodes : a b c d

The correct matching is a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i.The Cambodia-Vietnam dispute is about Ladrang and the islands of the bay, Myanmar-Thailand about Dai Lang, Malaysia-Philippines about Sabah or North Borneo, and Vietnam-Philippines about the Spratly Islands. The code is ii iii iv i.The code is checked by the unique pairings: Sabah is the Malaysia-Philippines claim, the Spratlys are the Vietnam-Philippines claim, which leaves Ladrang and Dai Lang to be placed between Cambodia-Vietnam and Myanmar-Thailand as the key does.

171.

What is the correct ascending chronological order of the treaties give below :

(i) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
(ii) Landmines Ban Treaty.
(iii) Chemical Weapons Agreement.
(iv) Indefinite Extension of NPT.
Codes :

A.(iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
B.(iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
C.(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
D.(ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

The ascending order is (iii), (iv), (i), (ii).

The Chemical Weapons Convention was agreed in 1993, the NPT was extended indefinitely in 1995, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was opened for signature in 1996, and the Landmines Ban (Ottawa) Treaty followed in 1997.

The options that begin with the Test Ban Treaty or the NPT extension misplace the 1993 Chemical Weapons agreement, and the option that puts the landmine treaty first reverses the 1997 date. Only the sequence 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 survives.

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172.

Third tier states are states as stated by Steven Metz are marked by

A.Corruption
B.Crisis of Governance
C.Issues of Sovereignty
D.Periodic instability

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

Crisis of governance marks the third tier states in Metz's account.

Steven Metz sorted states into tiers, and the third tier states are weak ones marked by crises of governance. The key does not accept the other attributes as the defining mark.

Corruption, sovereignty disputes and periodic instability may accompany weak states, but in this scheme the sign that places a state in the third tier is the failure of governance itself, which is why the key picks that option over the others.

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173.

The concept of the League of Nations was conceived in the ideas of

A.E.H. Carr
B.Kaiser Wilhem
C.Woodrow Wilson
D.Franklin D. Roosevelt

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

Woodrow Wilson conceived the League of Nations.

His Fourteen Points of 1918 proposed a general association of nations, which became the League. E.H. Carr criticised the League's idealism, Kaiser Wilhelm was the opposing leader in the First World War, and Roosevelt is linked with the United Nations.

Wilson's idea of a league of nations was in the last of the Fourteen Points, though the United States did not join the League. Carr criticised it as utopian, and Roosevelt's name is attached to the later United Nations rather than the League.

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174.

"Hot Line" in International Relations means

A.Fascimile Transmission Capability to Direct Communication Link (DCL)
B.To send Graphic Material via DCL.
C.Direct Communication between Head of States (Head of Governments)
D.As above of all.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

All of the above describe the hot line.

The hot line is a direct communication link between heads of government, set up in 1963 between Washington and Moscow, which later carried facsimile and graphic material. Each statement describes a part of its use, so the combined option is the key.

No single option listed stands alone as the whole description. The line was a teleprinter link at first and later added fax capacity, and its purpose is direct communication at the level of heads of state or government, which the combined option covers.

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175.

Assertion (A) : Each state now goes to great lengths to manipulate media images of the conflict, and journalists have effectively been transformed from observers into active participants.

Reason (R) : Media warfare is setting agendas and manufacturing consent.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

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

States do manipulate media images in modern conflicts, and media warfare does set agendas and manufacture consent. Yet the second statement describes media warfare in general and does not explain why journalists have been turned into participants, so it is not the explanation.

Because both statements are accurate but separate, the options claiming that the Assertion is false or that the Reason is false are wrong, and the option claiming a full explanation overstates the link between media warfare and journalists as participants.

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176.

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List - I (Countries)	List - II (Dispute)
a. Cambodia - Vietnam	i. Spratlys Island
b. Myanmar - Thailand	ii. Ladrang and Islands of baie
c. Malaysia - Philippines	iii. Dai Lang
d. Vietnam - Philippines	iv. Sabah/North Borneo

Codes : a b c d

A.ii iii iv i
B.i ii iii iv
C.iii iv i ii
D.iv i ii iii

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The correct matching is a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i.

The Cambodia-Vietnam dispute is about Ladrang and the islands of the bay, Myanmar-Thailand about Dai Lang, Malaysia-Philippines about Sabah or North Borneo, and Vietnam-Philippines about the Spratly Islands. The code is ii iii iv i.

The code is checked by the unique pairings: Sabah is the Malaysia-Philippines claim, the Spratlys are the Vietnam-Philippines claim, which leaves Ladrang and Dai Lang to be placed between Cambodia-Vietnam and Myanmar-Thailand as the key does.

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177.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

	List-I (Authors)		List-II (Books)
a.	E.H. Carr	i.	Neorealism and its critics
b.	R. Keohane	ii.	From wealth to power
c.	J. Mearsheimer	iii.	The twenty year crisis
d.	F. Zakaria	iv.	The tragedy of great power politics

A.a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
B.a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
C.a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
D.a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: C

The correct matching is a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii. E.H. Carr wrote The Twenty Years' Crisis. Robert Keohane edited Neorealism and Its Critics. John Mearsheimer wrote The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. Fareed Zakaria wrote From Wealth to Power.

The other codes assign these titles to the wrong authors, for example giving The Tragedy of Great Power Politics to Carr, whose book was published before neorealism existed. Only the third code is right.

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178.

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Globalization is a multidimensional process.
Reason (R) : It involves economic, political, social and cultural globalizations.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the right explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the right explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: A

Both statements are true and (R) is the right explanation of (A). Globalisation is a multidimensional process because it has economic, political, social and cultural dimensions, which together make up the whole phenomenon.

Listing those dimensions is exactly what makes it multidimensional, so (R) explains (A). The second option denies that link, and the last two options call a true statement false. The first option is the answer.

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179.

When two combatants are so different in their characters, and in their areas of comparative strategic advantage, that a confrontation between them comes to turn one side's ability to force, the other side to fight on their own terms. Name the type of war ?

A.Unequal war
B.Asymmetric war
C.New war
D.Post-westphalian war

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: B

A war between combatants so unlike in character and in areas of strategic advantage that one side is forced to fight on the other's terms is an asymmetric war. The weaker side avoids the stronger side's advantage and uses different means, such as guerrilla tactics.

'Unequal war' is not the recognised term for this. 'New war' refers to a post-Cold War pattern of identity-based conflict involving non-state actors, and 'post-Westphalian war' to war beyond the state-centred system. The description in the question is the standard definition of asymmetric war.

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180.

Name the UN fact finding mission on the Gaza Conflict 2009 Report

A.Golding Report
B.Goldstone Report
C.Goldman Sachs Report
D.Gaza Report

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: B

The UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict of 2008 and 2009 produced the Goldstone Report, named after the mission's head, the South African judge Richard Goldstone. It was published in 2009 and examined conduct in the conflict by both sides.

Golding Report is a similar sounding but incorrect name. Goldman Sachs is an investment bank and has no link to the mission. Gaza Report is not the name of the document. The answer is the Goldstone Report.

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