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1441International RelationsMedium

SAARC is which type of organization?

ANational

BInternational

CLocal

DRegional

Correct answer

D. Regional

Explanation

The correct answer is Regional.

1442International RelationsMedium

The “Line of Control” was designated after the Simia Agreement. When it was formalized?

ADecember 1974

BDecember 1971

CDecember 1972

DDecember 1973

Correct answer

C. December 1972

Explanation

The correct answer is December 1972.

1443International RelationsMedium

What are the three levels of institutions in modern international society?

AStates, NGO’s, IGO’s

BLocal, national and international

CConstitutional institutions, fundamental institutions, and regimes

DNone of above

Correct answer

C. Constitutional institutions, fundamental institutions, and regimes

Explanation

The correct answer is Constitutional institutions, fundamental institutions, and regimes.

1444International RelationsMedium

The Munich Agreement of 1938 with Adolph Hitler is synonymous with:

Athe policy of appeasement

Brealist philosophy

Cthe policy of containment

Dneorealist strategy

Correct answer

A. the policy of appeasement

Explanation

The correct answer is the policy of appeasement.

1445International RelationsMedium

The purpose of South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO), founded on Sep 8, 1954, was:

ATo provide defence co-operation

BTo Strengthen South East and south Pacific area

CTo provide economic co-operation

DTo provide defence and economic co-operation in South East and South Pacific area

Correct answer

D. To provide defence and economic co-operation in South East and South Pacific area

Explanation

The correct answer is To provide defence and economic co-operation in South East and South Pacific area.

1446International RelationsMedium

What is meant by ‘gendered division of labour’?

AThat women’s work includes primary responsibility of childcare and housework

BMail order brides

CFeminization of labour

DNone of the above

Correct answer

A. That women’s work includes primary responsibility of childcare and housework

Explanation

The correct answer is That women’s work includes primary responsibility of childcare and housework.

1447International RelationsMedium

Which two countries claim the Siachen glacier?

APakistan and India

BNone of these

CIndia and China

DChina and Pakistan

Correct answer

A. Pakistan and India

Explanation

The correct answer is Pakistan and India.

1448International RelationsMedium

Why Arabs willingly helped Britain in taking Palestine from ottoman in First World War?

Abecause they had been promised independence after the war

BNone of these

Cbecause of the danger of attack from Greece

Dbecause Arabs were not in the position to defend it by themselves

Correct answer

A. because they had been promised independence after the war

Explanation

The correct answer is because they had been promised independence after the war.

1449International RelationsMedium

Which country was a major donor in financing the SAARC?

AIndia

BSri Lanka

CBangladesh

DPakistan

Correct answer

B. Sri Lanka

Explanation

The correct answer is Sri Lanka.

1450International RelationsMedium

Leonid Brezhnev was the third General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Who succeeded him when he died of a heart attack?

AKonstantin Chernenko

BMikhail Gorbachev

CYuri Andropov

DNikita Khrushchev

Correct answer

C. Yuri Andropov

Explanation

The correct answer is Yuri Andropov.

What are the three levels of institutions in modern international society?

AStates, NGO’s, IGO’s

BLocal, national and international

CConstitutional institutions, fundamental institutions, and regimes

DNone of above

Correct answer

C. Constitutional institutions, fundamental institutions, and regimes

Explanation

The correct answer is Constitutional institutions, fundamental institutions, and regimes.

The purpose of South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO), founded on Sep 8, 1954, was:

ATo provide defence co-operation

BTo Strengthen South East and south Pacific area

CTo provide economic co-operation

DTo provide defence and economic co-operation in South East and South Pacific area

Correct answer

D. To provide defence and economic co-operation in South East and South Pacific area

Explanation

The correct answer is To provide defence and economic co-operation in South East and South Pacific area.

What is meant by ‘gendered division of labour’?

AThat women’s work includes primary responsibility of childcare and housework

BMail order brides

CFeminization of labour

DNone of the above

Correct answer

A. That women’s work includes primary responsibility of childcare and housework

Explanation

The correct answer is That women’s work includes primary responsibility of childcare and housework.

Why Arabs willingly helped Britain in taking Palestine from ottoman in First World War?

Abecause they had been promised independence after the war

BNone of these

Cbecause of the danger of attack from Greece

Dbecause Arabs were not in the position to defend it by themselves

Correct answer

A. because they had been promised independence after the war

Explanation

The correct answer is because they had been promised independence after the war.