Related Mcqs:

1. The statement “War made the state, and the state made war”:

   A. Comes from the work of historical sociologist Charles Tilly
   B. Applies to the development and use of atomic weapons
   C. Is the primary argument of Robert Heinlein
   D. Is used to explain civil conflict in Africa

2. War between factions within a state trying to create, or prevent, a new government for the entire state or some part of it is what type of war?

   A. Civil
   B. hegemonic
   C. guerilla
   D. total

3. State of Kashmir was the biggest state in the sub-continent situated in the northern part of Indo Pak continent having boundaries with:

   A. India
   B. China
   C. Tibet
   D. All of them

4. State-to-state aid that goes directly from one government to another is called:

   A. reciprocal aid
   B. bilateral aid
   C. multilateral aid
   D. unitary aid

5. Which of the following countries recognizes the State of Palestinian as an independent state in January 2011?

   A. Chile
   B. Peru
   C. Guyana
   D. All of these

6. State autonomy is challenged in the post-Westphalian’ order because:

   A. countries appear as autonomous containers of political, social and economic activity in that fixed borders separate the domestic sphere from the world outside
   B. by comparison with the heyday of European global empires the majority of the world’s population and countries in the South are now much less integrated into the global system
   C. in a more interdependent world, simply to achieve domestic objectives national government are forced to engage in extensive multilateral collaboration and co-operation
   D. stare power, nationalism and territorial boundaries are of growing not less importance in world politics

7. A lower riparian State:

   A. Has no right to share water resources of an international river
   B. Has exclusive right
   C. Has a right to share water on an equitable basis
   D. None of these

8. A successor state starts life:

   A. Bound by all treaties entered into by predecessor state:
   B. Bound by multilateral treaties
   C. With a clean-state
   D. None of these

9. The difference between the nation and the state is:

   A. That the state is a contested term whereas the nation is not
   B. That states are ethnically defined whereas nations are civically defined
   C. None-they are identical
   D. None of the options given is correct

10. Operation Smiling Buddha was conducted in the Pokhran region of the northern Indian state of:

    A. Punjab
    B. Gujrat
    C. Perdesh
    D. Rajestan