International Law MCQs 2007

Contiguous Zone in Pakistan is adjacent to and beyond the territorial waters and extending seawards to a line:
A. 12 nautical miles
B. 24 nautical miles
C. 60 nautical miles measured from the base-line
D. None of these

De facto recognition is:
A. legal recognition
B. recognition in principle
C. circumstantial recognition
D. None of these

The limit of 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 base-line
D. None of these

Continental shelf of Pakistan may extend up to a distance of:
A. 150 nautical miles
B. 200 nautical miles
C. 350 nautical miles
D. None of these

Exclusive Economic Zone of Pakistan is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial waters, the limit of which is:
A. 12 nautical miles
B. 100 nautical miles
C. 200 nautical miles
D. None of these

Select the correct one:
A. only coastal states have the right to sail ships under their flags on the high seas
B. every state has the right to sail ships under its flag on the high seas
C. only five big powers have the right to sail ships under their flags on the high seas
D. no state has the right to sail ships under their flags on the high seas

Convention on the Law of the Sea was signed at Jamaica in:
A. 1948
B. 1975
C. 1982
D. None of these

Statutes of International Courts of Justice were drawn up by:
A. London Declaration in 1941
B. Moscow and Tehran Conference in 1943
C. San Francisco Conference in 1945
D. None of these

According to the “floating island” theory, a “floating island” is:
A. an island within three 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

The Security Council is:
A. Specialized agency of the U.N
B. Principle organ of the U.N
C. N.G.O. for settling disputes between various states
D. None of these