🌍CBSE Class 12 Political Science Chapter 5 Security in the Contemporary World MCQ📚

1. What is the benefit of international organizations?
(a) They help nations compete with each other
(b) They allow nations to work together on challenging issues
(c) They provide a way for nations to dominate each other
(d) They allow nations to ignore global issues
 Answer : (b) They allow nations to work together on challenging issues

2. What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
(a) To encourage the First World War
(b) To prevent future wars
(c) To divide up the world into different nations
(d) To promote economic growth
Answer : (b) To prevent future wars

3. When did the Second World War take place?
(a) 1914-1918
(b) 1939-1945
(c) 1945-1950
(d) 1918-1939
Answer : (b) 1939-1945

4. What was the objective of the UN?
(a) To promote international conflict
(b) To facilitate cooperation among states
(c) To limit the extent of hostilities in a war
(d) To encourage states to engage in conflicts
Answer : (b) To facilitate cooperation among states

5. When was the UN established?
(a) Before the First World War
(b) Immediately after the First World War
(c) Before the Second World War
(d) Immediately after the Second World War
Answer : (d) Immediately after the Second World War

6. Why were the five permanent members selected?
(a) Because they were the most powerful countries during the Cold War
(b) Because they had the largest populations in the world
(c) Because they were the most powerful countries immediately after the Second World War and they constituted the victors in the War
(d) Because they were the countries that suffered the most during the Second World War
Answer : (c) Because they were the most powerful countries immediately after the Second World War and they constituted the victors in the War

7. How many member states did the UN have by 2011?
(a) 50
(b) 100
(c) 193
(d) 500
Answer : (c) 193

8. What was Antonio Gutierrez position in the UN before becoming the Secretary-General?
(a) UN Ambassador for Portugal
(b) Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
(c) UN High Commissioner for Refugees
(d) Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction
Answer : (c) UN High Commissioner for Refugees

9. Which year did António Guterres become the Secretary-General of the UN?
(a) 2012
(b) 2015
(c) 2016
(d) 2017
Answer : (d) 2017

10. Which UN agency is responsible for dealing with educational and cultural issues?
(a) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation
(b) United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(c) United Nations Children’s Fund
(d) World Health Organisation
 Answer : (a) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation

11. Which UN agency is responsible for dealing with human rights issues?
(a) United Nations Children’s Fund
(b) United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(c) United Nations Human Rights Commission
(d) World Health Organisation
 Answer : (c) United Nations Human Rights Commission

12. Which UN body is responsible for discussing war and peace?
(a) World Health Organisation
(b) United Nations Development Programme
(c) General Assembly
(d) United Nations Children’s Fund
 Answer : (c) General Assembly

13. Which UN body is responsible for dealing with social and economic issues?
(a) United Nations Human Rights Commission
(b) Security Council
(c) United Nations Development Programme
(d) World Health Organisation
Answer : (c) United Nations Development Programme

14. The international organization that works for the protection of human rights all over the world is
(a) Amnesty International
(b) International Monetary Fund
(c) World Trade Organisation
(d) International Court
Answer :  (a) Amnesty International

15. How are the non-permanent members of the Security Council elected?
(a) By the General Assembly
(b) By the Secretary-General
(c) By the permanent members
(d) By the countries representing all continents of the world
Answer : (d) By the countries representing all continents of the world

16. How long is the term of non-permanent members in the Security Council?
(a) One year
(b) Two years
(c) Three years
(d) Five years
Answer :  (b) Two years

17. What is the privilege of the permanent members in the Security Council?
(a) They can serve for an indefinite period of time.
(b) They have the power to veto any resolution.
(c) They can appoint the Secretary-General.
(d) They can decide the agenda of the General Assembly.
Answer : (b) They have the power to veto any resolution.

18. Who was the first woman president of the U.N. General Assembly?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Aruna Asaf Ali
(c) Vijay Luxmi Pandit
(d) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur.
Answer : (c) Vijay Luxmi Pandit

19.Security Implies_________ .Which of the following is not a member of G-8?

(a) Freedom form threats

(b) Freedom form Insurgency

(c) Freedom form terrorism

(d) none of the above

Answer : (a) Freedom form threats

20.Which of the following is a source of insecurity?

(a) Human Rights

(b) Balance of Power

(c) Global Poverty

(d) Alliance Building

Answer : (c) Global Poverty  

21.Poverty in South Asia has led to _________.

(a) Illiteracy

(b) Population Explosion

(c) Migration

(d) Terrorism

Answer : (c) Migration  

22.Security Policy is concerned with

(a) Deterrence

(b) defense

(c) Difference and defend

(d) none of the above

Answer : (c) Difference and defend

23.A good part of maintaining a balance of power is to build up.

(a) One’s military power

(b) economic power

(c) only technological power

(d) none of these

Answer : (a) One’s military power  

24.Biological weapons Convention was held in-

(a) 1970

(b) 1971

(c) 1972

(d) 1973

Answer : (c) 1972

25.The Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty was signed in-

(a) 1970

(b) 1972

(c) 1973

(d) 1974

Answer : (c) 1973

26.The Tutsi tribe are in

(a) Rwanda.

(b) Uganda.

(c) Nigeria.

(d) Greece.

Answer : (a) Rwanda.  

27.India first tested nuclear device in-

(a) 1962.

(b) 1970.

(c) 1974.

(d) 1998.

Answer : (c) 1974.

28.Which of the following is a type of human right?

(a) Freedom of Speech

(b) Economic Rights

(c) Social Rights

(d) All of the above

Answer : (d) All of the above  

29.Expand START.

(a) Strategic Arms Reduction Toll

(b) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

(c) Strategic Arms Reduction Tactics

(d) Strategic Arms Reduction Tax

Answer : (b) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

30.When was Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed?

(a) 1966

(b) 1967

(c) 1968

(d) 1969

Answer : (c) 1968

31.Al-Qaeda attacked America on which date?

(a) 11th September 2001

(b) 11th September 2002

(c) 11th October 2001

(d) 11th October 2002

Answer : (a) 11th September 2001

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