The “precautionary principle”:

Related Mcqs:

1. The principle of ex injuria non oritur jus means:

   A. No benefit can be received from an illegal act
   B. A legal right flows from an illegal act
   C. A State can go on war in case of an injury
   D. None of these

2. The principle of jus cogens means:

   A. A peremptory norm of International Law that cannot be derogated from by mutual consent
   B. A State can terminate a treaty because of violation of its domestic law
   C. A treaty stands terminated when its purpose is achieved
   D. None of these

3. The principle of rebus sic stantibus means:

   A. A State may terminates treaty because of a material breach
   B. A State may invokes fundamental change of circumstance to terminate/suspend a treaty
   C. A treaty stands terminated because of the eruption of hostilities
   D. None of these

4. Currently, the UN follows a principle of “three pillars” that are considered mutually necessary for any of them to succeed. What are these three pillars?

   A. economic development, democratic government, and state sovereignty
   B. human rights, reduction of poverty, and nonviolence
   C. security, economic development, and human rights
   D. global identity, shared culture, and human rights

5. What are Krasner’s four principle elements of a regime?

   A. Principles are represented by coherent bodies of theoretical statements about how the world works ii. norms specify general standards of behaviour iii. rules operate at a lower level of generality than principles and norms iv. Decision making procedures identify specific prescriptions for behaviour, which will regularly change as a regime is consolidated and extended
   B. Rules are coherent with the way of life of its actors ii. representatives are elected democratically iii. there is a legal system iv. rule-enforcement is under supervision of police military institutions
   C. ‘the concept of the regime is so complicated, there are no principle elements’
   D. None of the above

6. In international relations, the principle of _______ underlies the great power system.

   A. identity
   B. co-operation
   C. dominance
   D. reciprocity

7. What economic principle refers to the way that states differ in their abilities to produce certain goods because of differences in natural resources, labor force characteristics, technology, and other such factors?

   A. consumer economics
   B. Freedman economics
   C. Keynesian economics
   D. comparative advantage

8. The regime under which the production and trading of CFCs and other ozone depleting substances would be progressively phased out is:

   A. The Montreal Protocol
   B. The ChloroFluoroCarbon Treaty
   C. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
   D. None of the options given is correct

9. A type of policy that encourages or forces childbearing, and outlaws or limits access to contraception, is referred to as:

   A. sustainable
   B. pro-child
   C. pronatalist
   D. expansionist

10. The Qatar-based all-news satellite TV network _______ has become a major force in Middle East politics.

    A. al Rasheed
    B. al Kalipha
    C. al Bassara
    D. al Jazeera