International Relations (II) MCQs 2024
This page contains the solved MCQs for the CSS International Relations Paper II from 2024. This exam emphasized IR theories, key authors, historical events, and international political economy. Theoretical concepts included economic spill-over (Ernst Haas), the Concert of Europe (1815), sociological liberalism (Karl Deutsch), the ‘cobweb model’ (John Burton), realism (Morgenthau), and constructivism. Historical events tested were the Ganges Water-Sharing Treaty (1996), the Munich Agreement (1938), and the Six-Day War (1967). Key authors and their works featured prominently, such as Martin Jacques (When China Rules the World), Francis Fukuyama (The Origin of Political Order), Henry Kissinger (On China), Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations), and Machiavelli (Lion and Fox). The paper also touched upon significant figures like Robert McNamara (Vietnam War), Marshall McLuhan (Global Village), and Woodrow Wilson (Fourteen Points).
[Author of “The Origin of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution” is:]
A. Samuel P. Huntington
B. Francis Fukuyama
C. Kenneth Waltz
D. Jessica Tuchman Mathews
[The Concert of Europe was founded in:]
A. 1882
B. 1815
C. 1648
D. 1789
[The Six-Day War was fought between Israel and Arab states in:]
A. 1956
B. 1982
C. 1967
D. 1973
[The book “On China” is written by:]
A. Sun Tzu
B. Xi Jinping
C. Robert D. Kaplan
D. Henry Kissinger
[Who coined the phrase “Global Village”?]
A. George Marshall
B. John Locke
C. Marshall McLuhan
D. John Foster Dulles
[Robert S. McNamara is famous for:]
A. The Suez Canal Crisis
B. The Vietnam War
C. The Iran-Iraq War
D. The American War on Terror
[Who proposed the “Heartland Theory”?]
A. Halford John Mackinder
B. Alfred T. Mahan
C. Christopher Columbus
D. Nicholas J. Spykman
[According to Machiavelli, the two essential means for conduct of foreign policy are:]
A. Lion and Wolf
B. Cheetah and Fox
C. Lion and Fox
D. Leopard and Wolf
[_____ proposed a fourteen-point program under his vision of making the world ‘safe for democracy.’]
A. Francis Fukuyama
B. Barack Obama
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. Winston Churchill
[Sociological liberalism argued by ______ emphasizes the impact of expanding cross-border activities.]
A. Robert Keohane
B. Karl Deutsch
C. Joseph Nye
D. Michael Doyle