Enhance your exam preparation with International Relations MCQs, covering essential topics like global politics, diplomacy, international organizations, conflict resolution, and more. Perfect for CSS, FPSC, PPSC, SPSC, KKPSC, and BPSC exams.
A. citizens choose their representatives in free and fair elections.
B. citizens are allowed to debate with their representatives in open public meetings.
C. citizens represent themselves in the decision-making process.
D. senior political leaders are known as ‘Directors’.
A. That rulers govern in the interests of the ruled.
B. That rulers come from a wide range of social backgrounds.
C. That rulers are directly accountable to the ruled on a regular basis.
D. That the proceedings of the legislative body are televised.
A. Illiterate democracy.
B. Imperfect democracy.
C. Illegal democracy.
D. Illiberal democracy.
A. individuals are capable of shaping their own destinies.
B. capitalists are inherently immoral.
C. even well-intentioned capitalists are forced by the logic of the system to exploit their workers.
D. all of the above are true.
A. assumes that powerful economic interests enjoy dominance in decision-making.
B. argues that ordinary people are taught to think that the interests of powerful economic groups are identical to their own self-interest.
C. focuses on the outcomes of decisions rather than the way in which they are made.
D. all of the above.
A. ‘real’ interests are subjective and open to endless contestation.
B. ordinary people are too irrational to realize where their real interests lie.
C. ordinary people are always the best judges of their real interests.
D. politicians are too out of touch to recognize the ‘real interests’ of ordinary people.
A. the inability of politicians to make up their minds.
B. the tendency of members of the public to change their minds on key policy issues.
C. a refusal of politicians to compromise in the national interest.
D. the ability of powerful groups to prevent certain issues from being discussed.
A. A exercises power over B when A makes B do something she wouldn’t otherwise have done.
B. A exercises power over B when she gives B a series of unambiguous orders.
C. A exercises power over B when A affects B in a manner contrary to B’s interests.
D. A exercises power over B when A provides B with compelling reasons to act in accordance with majority opinion.
A. the Divine Right of rulers.
B. skillful manipulation of the ruled.
C. the recognized authority of certain offices of state.
D. the personal charisma of rulers.
A. harsh punishments are necessary to make people obey the law.
B. if people were more conscious of their rights they could eradicate power inequalities forever.
C. power is a quality reserved for government institutions.
D. power is inherent in all social relations, and is, therefore, impossible to eradicate even though its abuses should always be attacked.
