International Law MCQs 2009

Piracy, according to law of sea convention 1982 is:
A. An illegal act by crew of private ship on the high seas
B. An act of sabotage
C. Act permissible in certain cases
D. None of these

One of the modes of acquiring state territory is:
A. Jurisdiction
B. Occupation
C. Insurgency
D. None of these

The general assembly of the UN is:
A. The most powerful organ
B. A supervisory body
C. An elected House
D. None of these

The name of the present secretary general of the UN is:
A. Kofi Annan
B. Boutros Gali
C. Ban Ki-moon
D. None of these

The charter of the UN is a comprehensive document having:
A. 112 articles
B. 111 articles
C. 108 articles
D. None of these

The preamble to the universal declaration on human rights was adopted on:
A. 12 Jan 1949
B. 10 Dec 1948
C. 6th Aug 1947
D. None of these

One of the amicable means of settling state disputes is:
A. Conciliation
B. Blockade
C. War
D. None of these

The right of innocent passage means:
A. right of a foreign merchant ship to pass un-hindered through the territorial sea of the coast
B. Not to publicize dangers to navigation in the sea
C. To overlook regulations of maritime traffic
D. None of these

The bulk of the rules of International law are derived from:
A. Judicial decisions
B. work of publicists
C. Customs
D. None of these

The basic frame work for the nature and characteristics of treaties was defined in the:
A. Vienna convention on the law of treaties 1969
B. Geneva convention on the high seas 1958
C. Vienna convention on the law of treaties 1986
D. None of these