INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.

E 2000

1. Provisions of Municipal Law are enforceable in international -relations if they are not in
conflict with international law; .

2. both Public and Private International organizations are subjects of International Law.

3. Foreign diplomatic envoys enjoy absolute immunity from local jurisdiction in; both
civil and criminal matters. Not in property cases.

4. The Right of innocent passage is available to all foreign vehicles.

5. Non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are elected for a period’ of two
years.

6. A successor state is legally bound to only selected obligations;.

7. A lower riparian state Has right to share water on an equitable basis.

8. The Charter of the U.N. was drawn up by San Francisco Conference 1945.

9. Universal Declaration on Human Rights was adopted in 1948.

10. The judges of the I.C.J. are elected by the U.N. Security Council and the U.N. General
Assembly, both .

11. Territorial Waters are Waters within the territorial limits of a state;.

12. A state is admitted to the membership of the’ U.N. by the Security Council and the
General Assembly; Both.

13. Advisory opinion from the I.C.J. can be sought by the U.N.

14. A state is exempted from the jurisdiction of the local courts in another state by virtue of
its sovereign status;

15. The offence of piracy is subject to the jurisdiction of all the states.

16. A Continental Shelf is situated beneath the sea level at the approximate depth of 200
meters .

17. Foreign sovereign ships sailing/anchoring in the coastal waters of another state are
subject to the law of coastal and flag states.

18. In case an alien is injured in a foreign state, it is the right of the state of the nationality
of the injured alien;

19. Extradition is the process of handing over a person accused or convict of a crime by a
state to the demanding state.
20. The Economic and Social Council is an organ of the U.N.

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2001

1. Subject of International Law are States , Individuals, IPO’s and

NGOs.

2. The General Assembly is The Principle Organ of UNO.

3. League of Nations was not joined by USA .

4. Judges of the ICJ are Elected by the General Assembly and the
Security Council.

5. Under the Convention of the Law of the Sea, the breadth of the
Territorial Sea is 12 nautical miles .

6. A state can use force In its own defence.

7. Diplomatic relations are established by Mutual agreement.

8. Rights of hand-locked states are governed by Convention on the

Law of Sea.

9. Vienna Congress took place in 1815 .

10. Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948 .

11. The United Nation is A Supra-State organization.

12. Territorial asylum is An exercise of territorial sovereignty.

13. A state is Not bound to recognize a new state.

14. Minquires and Ecrehos case was decided by ICJ.

15. The eruption of war can be terminated Only by political treaties.

16. International Law can Furnish legal substance to an issue in

dispute.

17. The concept of State immunity is A derogation-form the

sovereignty of state.

18. The Continuity of states us International Legal Persons is Affected

by change of government.
19. Harmon Doctrine is Was renounced before it could take roots in
International Law.

20. Vital change of circumstances Terminates the treaty.

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2002

1. In Pakistan the limit of the territorial waters is 12 nautical miles.

2. A diplomatic agent is immune from local jurisdiction In criminal

cases and civil
casese except In cases involving personal property.

3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948.

4. Contiguous Zone in Pakistan is adjacent to and beyond the

territorial waters and extending seawards to a time 24 Nautical
Miles.

5. The width of the maritime belt is generally recognized to be 3

miles.

6. The Estrada Doctrine relates to Recognition of a government.

7. The term of judges of the International Court of Justice is 9 years.

8. Extradition is normally granted In criminal cases.

9. Foreign ships have the right of innocent passage in the

Territorial Waters.

10. A State has the right to use force for for defense.

11. International Court of Justice was established in 1945.

12. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations was adopted in:

1961 and Vienna convention on consular relations in 1963.

13. The father of International Law is considered to be Hage Grotius.

14. A State has complete immunity from the jurisdiction of foreign

courts in All cases .
15. International Law Commission is a body to Codify International
Law .

16. The first case taken up by the International Court of Justice was:
Corfu Channel (by UK against Albania).

17. A state Can nationalize foreign property after paying

compensation.

18. Diplomatic Asylum means Asylum provided by a diplomatic

mission.

19. Minister Resident (diplomatic agent) is Lower in rank than that of

the Minister Plenipotentiary.

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2003

1. A State has the right to exploit in the Continental Shelf Both

living and non-living resources.

2. The principle of rebus sie steatibus means Fundamental change

of circumstances (In treaties make it inapplicable).

3. The Schooner Exchange case dealt with the principle of A State’s

right of reprisals in case of violation of rights .

4. Hague Convention of 1970 dealt in properly with the crimes

relating to Hijacking .

5. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 .

6. Contiguous Zone in Pakistan is adjacent to and beyond the

territorial waters and extending seawards to a line 24 Nautical
Miles.

7. De facto Recognition is Circumstantial Recognition.

8. The limit of the Territorial Waters of Pakistan is 12 nautical miles

.

9. Continental Shelf of Pakistan may extend upto a distance of 200

nautical miles.
 10. Exclusive Economic Zone of Pakistan is an area beyond and
adjacent to the territorial waters the limit of which is 200 nautical
miles .

11. According to the “Floating island Theory”, a floating island is A

ship bearing the national flag of a State.

12. In procedural matters the decisions of the Security Council are

made by an affirmative votes of any 9 members.

13. Extradition is normally granted In criminal cases.

14. What is Contrabands? Goods which may assist an enemy in the

conduct of war.

15. A state has the right to use force in case of Armed attack .

16. Diplomatic Asylum means Asylum provided by a diplomatic

mission.

17. The International Law Commission is a body to Codify

International Law .

18. The width of the maritime belt is generally recognize to be 3

miles.

19. Foreign ships Have the right of innocent passage in the territorial
waters.

20. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations was adopted in

1961.

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2004

1. The term of judges of International Court of Justice is Nine years.

2. When was the Charter of Human Rights adopted 1948.
3. Tobar Doctrine is related to The recognition of a government.
4. Conference of Bogota was held in 1948 .
5. Vienna Conference of 1961 is related to Diplomatic inter course and
immunities.
6. Hago Grotius is called ‘the father of International Law’.
7. Foreign warships have The right of innocent passage in the territorial
waters.
8. A landlocked state is Surrounded by land from all sides.
9. Contiguous Zone is limited to a maximum of 24 nautical miles.
10. The Alabama Claims Arbitration case was decided in 1872.
11. The Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer was done on
March 22, 1985.
12. Culvo Clause means An alien agrees not to seek the diplomatic
protection of his own state .
13. Diplomatic relations are established by Mutual consent.
14. Eruption of war terminates Only political treaties.
15. Foreign ships sailing and anchoring in the coastal waters of another
state are
Subject to the law of both the States .
16. Piracy is an offence within the jurisdiction of the All the States.
17. Territorial Waters are Waters Adjacent to the contiguous Zone.
18. Non-Permanent members of the Security Council are elected for a
period of 2 years .
19. The Montreal Convention for the safety of Civil Aviation was signed in
1971 .
20. Diplomatic staff enjoys complete immunity from Civil Jurisdiction and Criminal
Jurisdiction , Both.

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2005

(1) Number of Judges of International Court of Justice is Fifteen

(2) Permanent Court of International Justice was established under

League of Nations

(3) Pacta Sunt Servanda means International Law must be honoured

(4):Headquarters of International Court of Justice is in Hague

(5) Persona Non Gruta means an unwelcome person" or unacceptable

diplomatic agent)

(6) Father of the Law of Nations is Grotics

(7) Principles Jus Soli means Grant of nationality on the basis of place
birth

(8) Much of international law is derived through analogy from Roman law

(9) Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties was signed in 22, May 1969)
(10) Truce mean A temporary arrangement between the belligerent
parties for cessation of hostilities

(11) Declaration is a treaty between the contracting parties which is not

needed to be ratified

(12) Diplomatic Protection means a protection and security granted by

Council or an embassy

(13) Kellog Briand Pact or Paris Peace Treaty was signed in 1928

(14) Recognition of new States is a matter of Policy of the State

(15) Grant of extra-territorial asylum in a legation is a part of customary

international law

(16) To get asylum in a foreign state by an individual is his basic right

(17) Diplomatic envoys in the receiving state are given immunity from
Both criminal and civil jurisdiction

(18) Territorial sea of a State is under its total control

(19) Genocide Convention was adopted by the UN General Assembly in

1948)

(20) Bynkershock principle is related to Measurement of maritime belt

TERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2006

(1) principal of “double criminality” means that that the offence for which a
person is extradited must be an offence in both the states

(2) principal of “specialty” means that the person extradited must be punished
only for the offence for which he has been extradited

(3) features of international law include (a) there is no single legislative source of
international law (b) there is no world executive branch that can enforce international laws
except (c) there is no single world court for interpreting international law

(4)All of these are sources of international law? (a) treaties and conventions (b)
custom (c) judicial decisions and teachings

(5)the United Nations is governed by all except which of the following the general
assembly and the secretariat

(6)the group of European countries created to promote peace, security, economic

and social unity is called the European union

(7)GATT is a multilateral treaty that establishes trade agreements and limited

tariffs and trade restrictions , old name of WTO

(8) the oldest principal of international law is the doctrine of religious freedom

(9) diplomatic envoys are absolutely immuned from the jurisdictions of both
criminal jurisdiction and civil jurisdiction

(10) An example of Extra-Territorial Asylum is asylum granted in an embassy

(11) universal declaration of human rights was passed in Palais de Chaillot,
Paris)

(12) “Continental Shelf” means submerged bed of sea contiguous to a

continental land mass

(13) Vatican city is is an independent state

(14) the jurisdiction of the international court of justice is not binding on all the
members of the UNO

(15) a “Vassal State” is the one which is under the suzerainty of another state

(16) Confederation means union between some states

(17) “Littoral State” means situated on the sea coast

(18) “Contiguous Zone” means that portion of sea which is adjacent to territorial
waters

(19) “Maritime Belt” means that portion of sea which is adjacent to the territory
of a coastal state

(20) “ Economic and Social Council” is an organ of UNO

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2007

1. A state has the right to exploit in the Continental Shelf on living resources and
non-living resources

2. The principle of rabus sic stantibus means fundamental change of

circumstances

3. The Schooner Exchange case dealt with the principle of a state's right of
reprisals in case of violation of rights

4. Hague convention of 1970 dealt in properly with the crimes realting to

hijacking

5. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in:

1948

6. Contiguous Zone in Pakistan is adjacent to and beyond the territorial waters

and extending seawards to a line 24 nautical miles

7. De facto recognition is circumstantial recognition

8. The limit of territorial waters of Pakistan is 12 nautical miles

9. Continental shelf of Pakistan may extend up to a distance of200 nautical miles

10. Exclusive Economic Zone of Pakistan is an area beyond and adjacent to the
territorial waters, the limit of which is 200 nautical miles

11.Select the correct one every state has the right to sail ships under its flag on
the high seas

12. Convention on the Law os the Sea was signed at Jamaica in 1982

13. Statutes of International Courts of Justice were drawn up by San Francisco

Conference in 1945

14. According to the "floating island" theory, a "floating island" is a ship bearing
the national flag os a state

15.The Security Council is Principle organ of the U.N

16. In procedural matters, the decisions of the Security Council are made by the
affirmative votes of any 9 members

17. Extradition is normally granted:

in criminal cases only

18. What is CONTRABAND?

Goods which may assist an enemy in the conduct of war

19. The term of Judges of the International Court of Justice is 9 years

20. A diplomatic agent is immune from local jurisdiction in criminal cases

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2008

1) Dipolomatic Protection is Protection which Gives to All Diplomatic enoys
on its own
Territory

2) Pacta Sum Servanda means With reference to international agreements,

"every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by
them in good faith."[2] Pacta sunt servanda is based on good faith. This entitles
states to require that obligations be respected and to rely upon the obligations
being respected.)

3)Briand-Kellogg Pact was meant to Establish Peace in Europe

4) Treaty of wesphalia was signed between May and October of 1648 in

Osnabrück and Münster. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)
in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) between Spain
and the Dutch Republic.)

5) Permanent court of international Justice was established in 1922 but by a

resolution by the League of Nations on 18 April 1946, the Court ceased to exist.

6) Sir Lankan High commissioner if found involved in a serious crime in Pakistan,

can be Asked to leave country by local authorities.

7) Law of War and Peace was written by Hugo Grotius in 1625

(7) Perminant court of Arbitration was an outcome of Hague conference 1907

* The PCA was established by the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of
International Disputes, concluded at The Hague during the first Hague Peace
Conference. The 1899 Convention was revised in 1907 at the second Hague Peace
Conference.
(8) Albania claims Arbitration Award 1872 established certain principles of
neutrality
* Claims by USA that Britain had violated neutrality by allowing the
Alabama(screw sloop warship) to be constructed, knowing that it would enter
into service with the Confederacy.[ The Confederate States of America (CSA or
Confederacy) was an unrecognized state set up from 1861-65 by eleven southern
slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession
from the U.S.

(9) The leader of positivist school of thought was Cornelius van Bynkershoek

(10) Contraband means Things usable in war by one party against another.

(11) In the continental Shelf the coastal has exclusive right over its all resources
* Articles 77 to 81 of UNCLOS define the rights of a country over its continental
shelf. A coastal nation has control of all resources on or under its continental
shelf, living or not.

(12) Vienna convention on Law of treaties was signed in 1969

(13) Territorial Sea of a coastal State is Open for innocent passage of all foreign
ships

(14) Cabotage is Intercourse by sea between two ports of same state

* Cabotage is "trade or navigation in coastal waters, or, the exclusive right of a
country to operate the air traffic within its territory." The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language.

(15) Princple Jus Soli is Granting nationality on the basis of place of birth

(16) UN Declaration of Human Rights was passed in 1948

(17) Re Meunier and Re Castioni Cases are test for Extradition -Political offenders

(18) All international Treaties signed by US President are subject to ratification by

the US senate with 2/3 majority

(20) Prize Courts are Muncipal courts

* Although belligerents are operating under the rules of international law (Convention
Relative to the Creation of an International Prize Court, was made at the Hague on October
18, 1907.) when conducting seizures, the prize courts themselves are national
instrumentalities. Their structures, rules of procedure, and means of disposition of the
prizes emanate from national law. They may apply the principles of international law to
determine the validity of seizures and the liability to condemnation, but in many cases the
rules of international law are applied by virtue of their adoption by the national legal
system or incorporation into it. Domestic enactments and regulations may also modify
prize courts.

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2009

1. One of the modes of acquiring state territory is occupation

2. The name of the present secretary general of the UN is Ban ke Mon

3. The preamble to the universal declariation on human rights was adopted on

10 Dec 1948

4. The right of innocent passage means right of a foreign merchant ship to pass
un-hindered through the territorial sea of the cost

5. The basic frame work for the nature and characteristics of treaties was defined
in the Vinnea convention on the law of treaties 1969

6. With drawal of recognition is more easily achieved with respect to Defacto

recognition

7. The father of International Law is Hugo Grotius

8. Internal waters of a state are, such waters which are found on the land-ward
side of base line from which the territorial sea is measured.

9. The doctrine of open sea was eloborated by Grotius

10. According to article 3 of the 1982 convention on the law of the sea the
breadth of the territorial sea is 12 miles

11. The term Men of War signifies A warship

12. The number of judges constituting the international court of justice are 15
13. Terra Nullius means Territory belonging to no state
14. The Acroniyum WMD stands for Weapons of mass distruction

15. Hot pursuit is the principle designed to ensure Vessels violating rules of
coastal state cannot escape punishment by fleeing to high sea's

16. Piracy, according to law of sea convention 1982 is An illegal act by crew of
private ship on the high sea's.

17. The general assembly of the UN is A supervisory body

18. The charter of the UN is a comprehensive document having 111 articles

19. One of the amicable means of settling state disputes is Conciliation

20. The bulk of the rules of International law are derived from Customs

INTERNATIONAL LAW MCQs C.E 2010

1) Consuls, in receiving state are considered representative of The government *

But An ambassador, who is, technically, a representative from one head of state
to another.

2) International law is not a true law but a positive international morality John
Austin

3) Who is known as father of International law Grotious

4) Albama claim arbritation determines the principles of Neutrality

5) Decision of arbitration is Binding on parties

6) Indo-Pakistan conflict in 1965 was a War

7) Nationality of a women as a result of marriage with a foreigner is does not

change her nationality

8) Tashkent declaration between india and pakistan in 1966 by USSR was a

Mediation
9) Geneva convention for POWs was signed in 1949

10) Armed attack on enemy fall under Reprisal

11) Briand-Kellog pact was signed in Paris in 1928

12) Universal declaration of Human rights was passed by UN General Assembly in

1948

13) Truce is Agreement of ceasefire

14) Concept of state will was first time given by Grotious

15) If a pakistani citizen is involved in counterfeiting US currency, US can claim

jurisdiction over him on the basis of principle of Objective Territoriality

16) Charge' d Affairs, appointed in a foreign state has to report to Head of

government

17) Charter of international crimincal court was adopted in Rome conference

1998

18) Genocide Convention 1951 protects the smaller minority groups

19) Extradition means Exchange of criminals to other states

20) International court of justice can exercise its jurisdiction on With concent of
all parties

Question 1: What does Jus ad bellum mean?

Correct Answer: d) Laws of war governing when it is legal to use force or wage
war.
Feedback: The legal concept of "jus ad bellum" refers to those laws that
determine when it is legally permitted to use force or wage war. For instance,
Chapter 7 of the UN Charter restricts the legitimate use of force to international
peace enforcement actions authorized by the Security Council and individual and
collective self-defence.

Question 2: What is necessary before a rule can be considered customary

international law?

Correct Answer: d) Both a and c. b) That it is enshrined in a treaty. c)

Evidence that states accept such practice as law.
Feedback: Evidence of general practice means that states habitually act in a
manner consistent with the rule. The Opinio juris claim implies that states are
convinced that they act according to a law when they carry out this practice. In
that case, customary law is binding upon all states.

Question 3: What are the three levels of institutions in modern international

society?
Correct Answer: b) Constitutional institutions, fundamental institutions, and
regimes.
Feedback: In modern international society, states have created these three
levels of institutions. Constitutional institutions are deep institutions, such as the
principle of sovereignty; fundamental institutions provide the basic rules and
practices of states; regimes (or issue-specific institutions) enact fundamental
institutional practices in particular realms.

Question 4: What are the distinctive characteristics of the modern institution of

international law?
Correct Answer: d) All of the options given are correct.
Feedback: Contemporary international law is structured by the social and
political conditions of modernity and contains imprints of its revolution for social
thought. Hence, the language of reasoning and argument, a distinct
multilateralism in lawmaking and a discourse of institutional autonomy are some
of its characterising features.

Question 5:How has the nature and scope of international society been
conditioned by international legal instruments?
Correct Answer: d) a and c. a) They have defined the nature of legitimate
statehood.
c) They have clarified the bounds of rightful state action, international and
domestic.
Feedback:Referring to the constitutional dimension of international law, some
legal instruments in history have been decisive in defining the nature and scope
of international society, such as the Treaties of Westphalia. This helped to define
the nature of legitimate statehood and the Charter of the United Nations clarifying
the bounds of legitimate action towards other states.

Question 6: What are the distinctive characteristics of international legal

arguments?
Correct Answer: d) b and c. b) They are limited to the scope of the legislation at
hand.

c) They are rhetorical as well as logical.

Feedback: International law is characterised by a peculiar language and practice
of justification or legal arguments. As interpretation plays a central role in
determining which rule applies, its meaning and the nature of the case at hand,
legal arguments are logical as well as rhetorical.

Question 7: What is legal positivism?

Correct Answer: d) a and c. a) The idea that legal rules have legitimacy from
their logical and practical derivation from a fundamental "grundnorm".
c) The idea that authority of legal rules comes from their status as the commands
of a sovereign authority.
Feedback:Legal positivism has dominated international legal theory in the 20th
century. It assumes the authority of the law lies in the legal rules themselves and
thus can be derived from either their status as commands of a sovereign authority
or from their derivation from a fundamental "grundnorm".

Question 8:How is the neo-liberal approach to international law limited?

Correct Answer:d) None of the options given is correct.
Feedback:The neo-liberal approach emphasizes the domestic origin of state
preferences as, in turn, international law. Hence, its principal limitation is that it
neglects the role international law can play in constituting the domestic realm.

Question 9:What can be said about the New Haven School?

 Your Answer: b) It is also known as the policy approach.
Feedback:The New Haven School is one attempt to move beyond legal
positivism in international legal theory. It is a "policy-oriented" approach that
assumes that the authority of international law rests upon an empirically derived
normative philosophy of human justice.

Question 10: What is the "New Stream" critique of Liberalism?

Correct Answer: d) All of the options given are correct.
Feedback: The "New Stream" critique of Liberalism (also termed "Critical Legal
Studies") challenges the inherent Liberalism of modern international legal
thought. The propositions a), b) and c) refer to the claim that traditional legal
theory is somewhere stuck between "apology" (a rationalization of the status quo)
and "utopia" (a naïve image that international law can civilize the world of states).

1. The IGOs that have been more successful are global in scope.( F)

2. According to the UN Charter, states are equal under international law. (T)

3.The current secretary-general of the UN is Ban Ki-moon. (T)

4. All UN members are represented in the Economic and Social Council. .( F)

5. States have not agreed in a comprehensive way to obey the decisions of the World
Court. (T)

6. An embassy is considered the territory of the host country. .( F)

7. A just war can be waged to change another state's government, if it is violating

human rights. .( F)

8. Only states can be parties to cases before the World Court. (T)

9.UN peacekeeping forces are able to serve in a country even if the government does
not want them there. .( F)

10. The UN General Assembly's main power lies in its control of finances for UN
programs and operations, including peacekeeping. (T)

11. Treaties and other international obligations such as debts are binding on successor
governments no matter how the new government takes power. (T)

12. Under international law, diplomats forfeit their diplomatic immunity when they
leave the embassy grounds. .( F)

13. The World Court (ICJ) hears cases involving both states and individuals. .( F)

14. The provision that soldiers must visually separate themselves from civilians is
often violated in guerilla warfare. (T)
15. Even in irregular warfare, states usually issue a declaration of war, setting out
whom they are warring against and the cause of their action. .( F)

16. An isolationist streak has formed in the U.S. toward the UN because participation
in the UN has always diluted U.S. power. .( F)

17. The U.S. withheld its dues from the United Nations to show its displeasure with
the lack of approved peacekeeping operations. .( F)

18. If Germany and Japan were to join the Security Council as permanent members,
then the body of permanent members would be unfairly weighted towards Europe. (T)