Q1. Economic spill-over from one sector to other sectors is explained by:
(A) Robert D. Gilpin
(B) Ernst B. Haas ✅
(C) Robert D. Kaplan
(D) None of these
Explanation: Ernst B. Haas (Neo-functionalism) explained “spill-over” in integration theory, where cooperation in one area leads to cooperation in other sectors (seen in the EU).
Q2. Proposal for joint defence between Pakistan and India was given by:
(A) Chou En-Lai
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru ✅
(C) Ayub Khan
(D) None of these
Explanation: Jawaharlal Nehru (India’s first PM) proposed joint defence with Pakistan in the 1950s, which was rejected by Pakistan.
Q3. Who is author of the book “When China Rules the World”?
(A) Graham Allison
(B) Martin Jacques ✅
(C) Thomas Friedman
(D) Fareed Zakariya
Explanation: Martin Jacques wrote When China Rules the World (2009), analyzing China’s rise as a global power.
Q4. The Ganges Water-Sharing Treaty was signed between India and Bangladesh in:
(A) 1992
(B) 1989
(C) 1982
(D) 1996 ✅
Explanation: The Ganges Water Treaty was signed in 1996 for 30 years, allowing equitable water sharing.
Q5. The Munich Agreement (1938) permitted German annexation of:
(A) Poland
(B) Hungary
(C) Czechoslovakia ✅
(D) Alsace-Lorrain
Explanation: The Munich Agreement (1938) allowed Hitler to annex Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) — appeasement policy by Britain & France.
Q6. Author of “The Origin of Political Order” is:
(A) Samuel P. Huntington
(B) Francis Fukuyama ✅
(C) Kenneth Waltz
(D) Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Explanation: Francis Fukuyama wrote The Origins of Political Order (2011), tracing political development from prehistory to French Revolution.
Q7. The Concert of Europe was founded in:
(A) 1882
(B) 1815 ✅
(C) 1648
(D) 1789
Explanation: Concert of Europe (1815) emerged after the Congress of Vienna to preserve monarchies and balance of power in Europe.
Q8. The Six-Day War was fought between Israel and Arab states in:
(A) 1956
(B) 1982
(C) 1967 ✅
(D) 1973
Explanation: The Six-Day War (1967) between Israel and Egypt, Syria, Jordan led to Israeli occupation of Sinai, Gaza, West Bank, Golan Heights.
Q9. The book “On China” is written by:
(A) Sun Tzu
(B) Xi Jinping
(C) Robert D. Kaplan
(D) Henry Kissinger ✅
Explanation: Henry Kissinger wrote On China (2011), exploring China’s foreign policy and history.
Q10. Who coined the phrase “Global Village”?
(A) George Marshall
(B) John Locke
(C) Marshall McLuhan ✅
(D) John Foster Dulles
Explanation: Marshall McLuhan coined Global Village to describe the shrinking world through communication technology.
Q11. 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
Explanation: Robert McNamara, U.S. Defense Secretary under Kennedy & Johnson, is associated with U.S. escalation in the Vietnam War.
Q12. Who proposed the Heartland Theory?
(A) Halford John Mackinder ✅
(B) Alfred T. Mahan
(C) Christopher Columbus
(D) Nicholas J. Spykman
Explanation: Halford Mackinder (1904) proposed the Heartland Theory: “Who controls Eastern Europe commands the Heartland; who controls the Heartland commands the World-Island; who controls the World-Island commands the World.”
Q13. 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
Explanation: In The Prince, Machiavelli argued rulers should be strong like a lion and cunning like a fox.
Q14. Who proposed a fourteen-point program to make the world safe for democracy?
(A) Francis Fukuyama
(B) Barack Obama
(C) Woodrow Wilson ✅
(D) Winston Churchill
Explanation: Woodrow Wilson presented his Fourteen Points (1918) as a basis for post-WWI peace.
Q15. Sociological liberalism emphasized by ______ stresses cross-border activities.
(A) Robert Keohane
(B) Karl Deutsch ✅
(C) Joseph Nye
(D) Michael Doyle
Explanation: Karl Deutsch emphasized sociological liberalism, highlighting increasing cross-border interactions creating interdependence.
Q16. ______ proposed a ‘cobweb model’ of transnational relationships:
(A) John Burton ✅
(B) Joseph Nye
(C) Immanuel Kant
(D) Oran Young
Explanation: John Burton proposed the cobweb model — showing states are not the only important actors; NGOs, MNCs, and IOs are interconnected like a web.
Q17. The statement “Political realism refuses to identify the moral aspirations of a particular nation with the moral laws of the universe” was given by:
(A) Thomas Hobbes
(B) E. H. Carr
(C) Morgenthau ✅
(D) Kenneth Waltz
Explanation: Hans Morgenthau (classical realism) argued foreign policy must be based on national interest, not morality.
Q18. The statement about capitalism and spheres of influence was given by:
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Friedrich Engels
(C) Joseph Stalin
(D) Lenin ✅
Explanation: Vladimir Lenin in Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917) described division of world into spheres of influence based on economic/military strength.
Q19. “The social world including international relations is a human construction” is argued by:
(A) Liberalism
(B) Constructivism ✅
(C) IPE
(D) Feminism
Explanation: Constructivism argues IR is shaped by ideas, norms, and identities — not just material forces.
Q20. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was written by:
(A) Thomas L. Friedman
(B) Adam Smith ✅
(C) John Maynard Keynes
(D) None of these
Explanation: Adam Smith (1776) wrote The Wealth of Nations, laying the foundation for classical economics.
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