A. A place prone to liberal democracy and revolutionary feminism
B. An accurate depiction of the modern day Middle East and Asia, meaning that scholars and academics can rely solely on these ancient works
C. Lost in the past, prone to despotic rule and plagued by ‘odd’ cultural traditions
D. Too focused on historical facts and accurately portraying the experience of life in the region
Related Mcqs:
- Graeme Turner argues that novels are of specific value to post-colonial studies. What is the rationale he offers for this argument?
A. That there have been too many political science theories based purely on the works of academics
B. That because stories and novels are generated by culture they therefore produce meanings and significances that are indicative of that culture
C. Novels and stories are more enjoyable to read than works of theory so post-colonial studies will garner more followers using this method
D. Turner didn’t have access to academic works when he was writing - The year 476 is the generally accepted date for the fall of the Western Empire. Who was the last emperor of the western empire?
A. Remus
B. Romulus
C. Clovis
D. Maximus - Josef Stalin, although allied with the Allied Powers during World War ll, perhaps killed and tortured more of his own people than anyone, at any time. His paranoia led to purges throughout society and his own administration. Any who were thought to have disobeyed his will were tortured and murdered. Approximately, how many people was Stalin thought to have murdered?
A. 20,000,000
B. 3,000,000
C. 700,000
D. 185,000 - Iran was fully cooperating with IAEA under the auspices of UN, despite of fact that Iran’s Programme is not the violation of NPT. While observing the prejudice behavior of western world when Iran said that they have lost Confidence in IAEA?
A. August 2005
B. January 2005
C. April 2005
D. July 2005 - As the leader of Romania during the Cold War, this corrupt man often refused to co-operate with Soviet policy, which gained him the friendship of the United States and many other Western powers. Many believe his wife was the real “power behind the throne”, especially in the later years. Who was this Communist leader?
A. Nicolae Ceausescu
B. Vaclav Havel
C. Lech Walesa
D. Andrei Gromyko - Idi Amin killed approximately 3000,000 people during his reign and stole millions of dollars from his country and others. He expelled all non-African residents from his country and threated British citizens who lived there. What African nation did the “butcher of Africa” rule?
A. Uganda
B. Libya
C. Somalia
D. Zaire - Justin Rosenberg argues:
A. that Realism is a historical in its account of international relations
B. that the theory of anarchy is contained within Marx’s analysis of capitalism (anarchy is a key feature of capitalist production)
C. historical change in world politics can be understood as a reflection of transformations in the prevailing relations of production
D. all of the above - Immanuel Wallerstein argues:
A. There are two types of world systems: world-empires and world-economies
B. The modern world system is a world economy
C. The world system has a core, semi-periphery and periphery
D. All of the above - Under Indus Basin Treaty, which country is not entitled to draw water from three western rivers?
A. Pakistan
B. Bangladesh
C. India
D. Nepal - Which of the following were efforts to achieve more cooperative relations between the Western and Communist countries?
A. Detente with the USSR
B. Rapprochement with China
C. German Ostpolitik
D. All of the options given are correct
