4 MCQs Flashcards
Persian Gulf war was started on
2nd August 1990
The reunification of East and West Germany was made official on
a. October 3, 1990
The soviet union was dissolved in
Dec 1991
Bush and Yeltsin declared end of the Cold War on
1st Feb 1992
Oslo accord was signed b/w Israel and Palestine
13th September, 1993
START-II was signed in:
a. 1993
Earth Summit was held in:
a. 1992
On 1st January 1995, the GATT was changed into:
a. World Trade Organization (WTO)
CTBT was adopted on
10th September, 1996
CTBT was opened for signatures on:
a. 24th September, 1996
The CTBT will formally enter into force when how many designated “nuclear-capable states” will ratify the Treaty:
a. 44 states
Out of the 44 specified countries, which countries still have not yet signed the treaty?
a. India, Pakistan, and North Korea
Out of the 44 specified countries how many countries have yet ratified it?
a. Only 36 have ratified the treaty
Kyoto Protocol on Environment was signed in:
a. 1997
In 1990 Pakistan faced American sanctions:
a. Pressler Amendment
GATT was renamed as WTO on:
a. 01st Jan 1995
India detonated a series of 5 nuclear bomb tests second time after 24 years of its first test
on:
a. 11th and 13th, May 1998 under the code name of Operation Shakti
Pakistan became nuclear power on:
a. 28th May, 1998
Mauritius and Seychelles are located in ocean:
a. Western Indian
Detente” means:
a. Easing/relaxations of tensions
. Diego Garcia is an American base in the:
a. Indian Ocean
Zero-sum game refers to what?
a. A contest in which gains by one player can only be achieved by equal losses for other players
Non-zero-sum game refers to what?
A contest in which gains by one or more players can be achieved without offsetting looses for any other player
What is realpolitik
a. Operating according to the belief that politics is based on the pursuit, possession, and application of power
Unipolar System?
type of international system that describes a single country with complete global hegemony
New International Economic Order (NIEO) was demanded by
The south/ third world countries
Apartheid is a policy of:
a. Racial Discrimination
Commonwealth of Independent (CIS) was created in 1991 which consists of:
a. Asian and European States
CIS consists of:
a. 11 states
British Commonwealth consists of how many states?
a. 52 countries
McMahon line is a border between:
a. India and China
What is OBOR
In 2013, Chinese government launched the “One-Belt-One-Road” (OBOR) strategy, which refers to the initiative of jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt, which links China with Europe through Central and
Western Asia, and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, which connects China with Southeast Asian countries, Africa, and Europe.
One of the major factor behind Chinese “OBOR” project is the:
a. “The Malacca Dilemma”
The Malacca is a Strait between:
a. The Malaysia and Indonesia
When a weaker state joins a stronger or dominant alliance in the context of balance of
power in the international system” this action of state is known as:
a. Bandwagoning
UNSC passes Resolution No 1368 to condemn 9/11 on:
a. 12th September, 2001
The Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that the military action against
terrorism will be called:
a. Operation Enduring Freedom
USA invaded Afghanistan after 9/11 under the name of “Operation Enduring Freedom” on:
a. 7th October 2001
The phrase “War on Terror” was first was announced in a speech to Congress by:
Bush on 20/09/2001
International Security forces (ISAF) was established for Afghanistan under UNSC resolution Number
1386 dated 20th December 2001
Who was the Secretary of State at the incident of 9/11?
a. Collin Powell
he ground operation was started 19th October under the name of:
a. Operation Rhino
On the issue of Afghanistan First Bonn Conference was held under the auspices of UNO:
a. 27th November 2001 to 5th December 2001
After the Bonn Conference, all parties agreed for an interim government and decided to choose
a. Hamid Karzai as the leader of interim government
In June 2002, Loya Jirga elected hamid Karzai as the:
a. Interim Head of state
US invaded Iraq on
20 march 2003
In a NATO Summit of 2012 May, allied agrees to withdraw their forces from Afghanistan at
the end of:
a. 2014
USA withdrawal from Iraq started in 2009 and completed in
a. December, 2011
On 16th May, 1916, Britain and France signed a secret pact outlining their spheres of control in the Middle East after the first World War which is also known as
a. Sykes-Picot Agreement
The Balfour Declaration was written on:
2nd Dec 1917
