Variant B
Name______
Test
Political Science and International Relations
Time: 30 mins
20 Questions
Directions: There is one correct answer for each question. Please choose (circle) one correct answer.
Note: Two or more answers circled will not be counted (considered for evaluation).
- ‘The World Bank’ is essentially another name for which of the following organizations?
a)The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
b)The International Committee of the Red Cross
c)The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
d)The World Trade Organization
- The three core dimensions of work of the OSCE are known as:
a)“the three baskets”
b)“the three vectors”
c)“the three pockets”
d) “the three bins”
- Which country is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?
a)Russia
b)Kyrgyzstan
c)Kazakhstan
d)Georgia
- What are the essential elements of the state?
a)population, territory, government and sovereignty
b)population, army, government and resources
c)army, sovereignty, resources and constitution
d)traditions, sovereignty, population and territory
- The central government in such countries as Russia, Pakistan and the United States shares sovereignty with the constituent political units (like states or provinces). What is their constitutional structure?
a)Semi-Unitarian
b)Unitarian
c)Federative
d)Confederative
- Under the umbrella of the Global War on Terror the government of the United States conducted the “Operation Enduring Freedom” in:
a)Vietnam
b)Kosovo
c)Afghanistan
d)Iraq
- The economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned is called:
a)Capitalism
b)Welfare state
c)Communism
d)Anarchism
- Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council?
a)China
b)France
c)Russia
d)Brazil
- President Bakiev lost power:
a)In 2005
b)In 2010
c)In 2009
d)In 2008
- Majority of Central Asia states are characterized by
a)Strong presidential power
b)Weak presidential power
c)Activist judiciary
d)Strong parliament with a strong president
- In 2009 this politician has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts for the world without nuclear weapons.
a)Jimmy Carter
b)Barack Obama
c)Ban Ki-moon
d)Jose Maria Aznar
- The US closed a military base in Central Asia in 2005 in:
a)Uzbekistan
b)Kyrgyzstan
c)Tajikistan
d)Turkmenistan
e)Kazakhstan
- Zero sum game refers to
a)A popular board game
b)A situation where one political actor gains at the expense of another
c)A situation where two political actors gain equally
- Apart from realism, another major paradigm in International Relations is:
a)Anomalous monism
b)Transitional justice
c)Libertarianism
d)Constructivism
- The predecessor to the UN was known as?
a)UNESCO
b)League of Nations
c)WTO
d)WWF
- What is a ‘secular state’?
a)A state that opposes any religion
b)A state where religious missionaries are not welcome
c)A state where politics and religion are kept separate
d)A state where religious people cannot be elected to public offices
- What is the governmental system in which an executive branch is chosen directly by the citizens and exists and presides separately from the legislature to which it is not accountable? (The executive branch cannot be dismissed in normal circumstances.)
a)Parliamentary
b)Presidential
c)Semi-parliamentary
d)Theocracy
- The Cold War was characterized by?
a)Multi-polarity
b)Uni-polarity
c)Bi-polarity
d)Another kind of larity
- Realism in International Relations means:
a)Objective assessment of strategic risks
b)Dominance of international law over national law
c)State-centered perspective on international relations with much attention to material capabilities and interests
d)Both a and c
- What the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled had been adopted after the Second World War?
a)Comprehensive Human Rights Treaty
b)Universal Agreement of Human Rights
c)Universal Declaration of Human Rights
d)Human Rights Convention (HRC)