Public International Law Questions and Answers Part-6

1. Hague convention of 1970 dealt in properly with the crimes relating to:
a) refugees
b) prisoners of war
c) hijacking
d) None of these

Answer: c

2. A state has the right to exploit in the Continental Shelf:
a) living resources
b) non-living resources
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of these

Answer: c

3. The principle of rebus sic stantibus means:
a) a state cannot use force
b) there is no crime without a law
c) fundamental change of circumstances
d) None of these

Answer: c

4. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in:
a) 1920
b) 1945
c) 1948
d) none of these

Answer: c

5. De facto recognition is:
a) legal recognition
b) recognition in principle
c) temporary and conditional recognition
d) None of these

Answer: c

6. Select the correct one:
a) only coastal states have the right to sail ships under their flags on the high seas
b) every state has the right to sail ships under its flag on the high seas
c) only five big powers have the right to sail ships under their flags on the high seas
d) no state has the right to sail ships under their flags on the high seas

Answer: b

7. Convention on the Law of the Sea was signed at Jamaica in:
a) 1948
b) 1975
c) 1982
d) None of these

Answer: c

8. Statutes of International Courts of Justice were drawn up by:
a) London Declaration in 1941
b) Moscow and Tehran Conference in 1943
c) San Francisco Conference in 1945
d) None of these

Answer: c

9. According to the "floating island" theory, a "floating island" is:
a) an island within three nautical miles from the coast of a country
b) an island on the high seas, which is not the territory of any particular state
c) a ship bearing the national flag of a state
d) none of these

Answer: c

10. The Security Council is:
a) Specialized agency of the U.N
b) Principle organ of the U.N
c) N.G.O. for settling disputes between various states
d) none of these

Answer: b