CSS Political Science Questions & Answers - Part-4 - Set 23

1)   Public International Law is primarily concerned with the rights, duties and interests of:

a. States
b. Non-State entities
c. Individuals
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Individuals

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Are the rules of International Law:

a. Legally binding
b. Legally enforceable
c. Engorceable by consent
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Engorceable by consent

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   International Law Can:

a. Compel a state to settle a dispute
b. Provide moral support to an issue in dispute
c. Furnish legal substance to an issue in dispute
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Furnish legal substance to an issue in dispute

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   The Security Council is:

a. Principal organ of the UNO
b. Spccialised agency of the UNO
c. NGO for crisis management in international affairs
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Principal organ of the UNO

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   The ICJ is:

a. Principal organ of the UNO
b. Specialised agency of the UNO
c. Independent body with its own Charter
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Principal organ of the UNO

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The Vienna Congress took place in:

a. 1915
b. 1919
c. 1945
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1915

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   The Chorzow Factory Case was decided by:

a. ICJ
b. PCIJ
c. European court of Human rights
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: PCIJ

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Diplomatic Asylum:

a. Is the same as territorial Asylum
b. Is a derogation form the sovereignty of a state
c. Has no concern with territorial sovereignty
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Is the same as territorial Asylum

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   The concept of State Immunity is:

a. An attribute of territorial sovereignty
b. A derogation from the sovereignty of state
c. Not concerned with territorial sovereignty
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Not concerned with territorial sovereignty

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   A successor state inherits:

a. All rights/duties of the predecessor state
b. Only some of the rights/duties of the predecessor state
c. Some of the rights/duties of the predecessor state
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All rights/duties of the predecessor state

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   The continuity of states as International Legal Persons is:

a. Affected by change of government
b. Not affected by change of government
c. Depends on the recognition of the new government
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Affected by change of government

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Rights of land-locked states are governed by:

a. Rules of customary International Law
b. Convention on the Law of Sea
c. Mutual consent
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Convention on the Law of Sea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Under the Convention of the Law of the Sea, the breadth of the territorial Sea is:

a. 6 nautical miles
b. 8 nautical miles
c. 12 nautical miles
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 12 nautical miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Under the Convention of the Law of the Sea, the breadth of the Exclusive Economic Zone is:

a. 100 nautical miles
b. 200 nautical miles
c. 300 nautical miles
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 300 nautical miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   The Harmon Doctrine is:

a. Part of International Law
b. Was renounced before it could take roots in International Law
c. Is attempting to earn general acceptance
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Was renounced before it could take roots in International Law

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   International Law prescribes:

a. A form for the making of international agreements
b. A procedure for the making of international agreement
c. Neither form nor procedure but leaves it to the will and convenience of the parties
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A form for the making of international agreements

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Vital change of circumstances:

a. Renders a treaty invalid
b. Terminates the treaty
c. Has no effect on the treaty
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Terminates the treaty

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Subject of International Law are:

a. States
b. Individuals
c. Both (a) and (b)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Individuals

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   International Law

a. Is superior to National Law
b. Is Inferior to National Law
c. Has nothing to do with it
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Has nothing to do with it

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Who said, "International Law is the body of principles and rules which civilized State consider as binding upon them in their mutual relations":

a. Birkenhead
b. Starke
c. Hughes
d. Hall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hughes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Who said, "International Law is law in the true sense of the term":

a. Oppenheim
b. Hart
c. Hall
d. Starke
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Oppenheim

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   The General Assembly is:

a. The principal Organ of UNO
b. All ordinary of UNO
c. A check on the Security Council
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A check on the Security Council

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   The following are immune under the from extradition :

a. Former Heads of State
b. Former Heads of Government
c. Senior Citizens
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Former Heads of State

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   League of Nations was not joined by:

a. U.S.A.
b. France
c. U.K.
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: U.S.A.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Dejure Recognition is:

a. Legal Recognition
b. Circumstantial Recognition
c. Recognition in Principle
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Legal Recognition

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Judges of the ICJ are:

a. Elected by the Security Council
b. Elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council
c. Appointed by the Security-General in consultation with the five permanent members of the Security Council
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   According to the Convention of the Law of the Sea, the breadth of the Territorial Sea is:

a. 6 nautical miles
b. 8 nautical miles
c. 12 nautical miles
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 8 nautical miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Under the Convention of the Law Sea, the breadth of the exclusive Economic Zone is:

a. 100 nautical miles
b. 200 nautical miles
c. 300 nautical miles
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 200 nautical miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   A State can use Force:

a. In its own self-defence
b. By entering into a treaty with another States
c. At its own discretion
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In its own self-defence

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   For a State to come into existence, one of the basic element is:

a. Possession of sovereignty
b. Possession of ideology
c. Possession of physical resources
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Possession of sovereignty

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Diplomatic relations are established by:

a. Mutual agreement
b. Unilateral action
c. Decission of neighbouring States
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mutual agreement

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   A Successor state inherits:

a. All right/duties of its predecessor state
b. Selected right/duties
c. Nothing
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All right/duties of its predecessor state

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   right of land-locked states are governed by:

a. Rules of customary International Law
b. Convention on the law of Sea
c. Mutual Consent
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rules of customary International Law

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Territorial integrity means:

a. A state can interfere in the internal affairs of another state
b. Non-interference in the internal affairs of another state
c. A state's boundaries are secure & cannot be attacked
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A state's boundaries are secure & cannot be attacked

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Vienna Congress too place in:

a. 1815
b. 1919
c. 1945
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1815

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in:

a. 1988
b. 1968
c. 1948
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1948

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Most-avoured Nation treatment means:

a. A treatment extended to a particular group
b. A favourable treatment extended to a particular state
c. A treatment similar to the one extended to any third state
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A favourable treatment extended to a particular state

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   European convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundmental Freedoms was adopted in:

a. 1948
b. 1950
c. 1952
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   De factor Recognition is:

a. Legal Recognition
b. Recognition in principle
c. Circumstantial Recognition
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Circumstantial Recognition

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Coastal and land-locked States, according to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, have:

a. No right of freedom of fishing in high seas
b. No right of freedom of scientific research in high
c. A right to sail ships flying its flag on the high seas
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A right to sail ships flying its flag on the high seas

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   The limit of the territorial Waters of Pakistan is:

a. 12 nautical miles
b. 20 nautical miles
c. 24 nautical miles beyond the land territory and internal waters; of Pakistan measured from the baseline
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 12 nautical miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Continental Shelf of Pakistan, may extend upto a distance of:

a. 150 nautical miles
b. 200 nautical miles
c. 300 nautical miles beyond the limit of its territorial waters
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 200 nautical miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Exclusive Economic zone of Pakistan is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial waters the limit of which is:

a. 200 nautical miles
b. 12 nautical miles
c. 100 nautical miles
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   Select the correct one:

a. Only coastal states have the right to sail ships under their flag on the high sea
b. Every State has the right to sail ship under its flag on the high seas
c. Only five big powers have the right to sail ships under their flag on the high seas
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Every State has the right to sail ship under its flag on the high seas

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Convention on the Law of the Sea was signed at Jamaica in:

a. 1948
b. 1958
c. 1975
d. 1982
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1975

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Statutes of the International Court of Justice were drawn up by:

a. London Declaration in 1941
b. Moscow & Teheran Conference in 1943
c. San Francisco Conference in 1945
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: San Francisco Conference in 1945

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   According to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea the contiguous zone may not extend beyond:

a. 12 nautical miles
b. 18 nautical miles
c. 24 nautical miles
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 12 nautical miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   According to "The Floating Island Theory", a Floating Island is:

a. An island within 3 nautical miles from the coast of a country
b. An island on the high seas, which is not the territory of any particular State
c. A ship bearing the national flag of a State
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A ship bearing the national flag of a State

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   The Security Council is:

a. Specialized Agency of the UN
b. Principal Organ of the UN
c. N.G.O. For settling disputes between various States
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Principal Organ of the UN

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   In procedural matters, the decisions of the Security Council are made by an affirmative votes of any:

a. 5 members
b. 9 members
c. 15 members
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 5 members

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


51)   Extradition is normally granted:

a. In all cases
b. In criminal cases
c. In civil cases
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In all cases

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


52)   The term of Judges of the International Court of Justice is:

a. Three years
b. Five years
c. Six years
d. Nine years
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Three years

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


53)   What is contraband?

a. All Narcotics
b. Articles banned by a Government
c. All smuggled goods
d. Goods which may assist an enemy in the conduct of war
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Articles banned by a Government

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


54)   Which one of the following is called. "The father of International Law":

a. Starlm
b. Pufendoxf
c. Hugo Grotius
d. Oppenheim
e. J.L.Brierly
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hugo Grotius

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


55)   A State has the right to use force in case of:

a. To obtain raw material
b. Armed attack
c. to ensure the protection of human rights
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


56)   Foreign Ships:

a. Have the right of free passage in the Territorial Waters
b. Are not allowed to navigate in the Territorial Waters
c. Have the right of, innocent passage I age to the Territorial Waters
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Are not allowed to navigate in the Territorial Waters

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


57)   A diplomatic agent is immune from local jurisdiction:

a. In all cases
b. In criminal cases
c. In cases involving personal property
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In all cases

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!