Current Affairs MCQs 2013

The process through which a country increases its capacity to meet its citizens’ basic human needs and raise their standard of living is known as:
A. Self-determination
B. Democratization
C. Development
D. None of these

The lowest percentage of Internet users is found in:
A. North America
B. Africa
C. Australia
D. None of these

The most prosperous members of the Global South, which have become important exporters and markets for the major industrialized countries, are known as:
A. Newly industrialized countries
B. Developed nations
C. Asian Tigers
D. None of these

In International Relations, a global system containing two dominant powers is labeled with which of the following terms?
A. Bipolar
B. Nationalist
C. Isolationist
D. None of these

The Axis powers in World War II did not include:
A. Germany
B. the Soviet Union
C. Italy
D. Japan

The proposition that a single dominant power can promote world peace comes from ________ theory.
A. balance-of-power
B. Socialist
C. Hegemonic stability
D. None of these

The US ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens was killed by militants in ___________.
A. Tripoli, Libya
B. Misrata, Libya
C. Benghazi, Libya
D. None of these

____________explains how rational self-interested behavior by individuals may have a destructive collective effect.
A. Tragedy of the commons
B. Population implosion
C. Carrying capacity
D. None of these

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a clergyman, activist, and leader. He is famous for:
A. Civil Rights Movement using non-violent civil disobedience in USA.
B. Civil rights Movement using violence in South Africa.
C. Civil Rights Movement using non-violent civil disobedience in India.
D. Civil rights Movement using non-violence in Costa Rica.

Which of the following Country has absolutely no military forces?
A. Costa Rica
B. Japan
C. Iceland
D. None of these