FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IIN BPS – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2002
INTERNATIONAL LAW
NOTE: Attempt five questions in all, including question no. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
Q1. Explain the various modes of acquiring and losing nationality. What is double Nationality and Statelessness?
Q2. Write short notes on any four of the following.
(a) Kellogg Briand Pact 1928 (b) The Geneva Convention 1929 (c) Pacta Sunt Servanda (d) Protectorate (e) State servitude
Q3. Coercion against a state renders a treaty invalid. Discuss main features of the principle. Also elaborate two other methods of rendering invalid the consent of a state to be bound by a treaty.
Q4. “State immunity has become a mere fiction which the law can do with out. The principle is gradually withering away, a process already under way and constantly gaining momentum. Do you agree? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Q5. Write short note on any four.
(a) Territorial waters (b) Monroe’s doctrine (c) Equality of states (d) Doctrine of Postliminium (e) Prize courts (f) Continuous voyage
Q6. What do you understand by international institutions? Discuss their status and functions as subject of international law.
Q7. What are amicable means of settlement of international disputes?
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only correct answer in the Answer book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
(1) In Pakistan the limit of the territorial waters is:
(a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 36 (d) None of these
(2) A diplomatic agent is immune from local jurisdiction:
(a) In all cases (b) In criminal cases (c) In cases involving personal property (d) None of these
(3) Haronon Doctrine means
(a) A state cannot interfere in the internal affairs of other States (b) A state is not bound to recognize a government installed by a foreign power (c) A State has the right to use force for the protection of its nationals. (d) None of these
(4) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in:
(a) 1917 (b) 1945 (c) 1948 (d) None of these
(5) Contiguous Zone in Pakistan is adjacent to and beyond the territorial waters and extending seawards to a time
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) None of these
(6)The width of the partition belt is generally recognized to be
(a) 3 miles (b) 5 miles (c) 10 miles (d) None of these
(7) The Estrada Doctrine relates to:
(a) Delimitation of boundaries (b) Recognition of a government (c) Recognition of a State (d) None of these
(8) The term of judges of the International Court of Justice is:
(a) 3 years (b) 5 years (c) 9 years (d) None of these
(9) Extradition is normally granted:
(a) In all cases (b) In criminal cases (c) In civil cases (d) None of these
(10) Foreign ships
(a) are not allowed to navigate in the Territorial Waters (b) have the right of innocent passage in the Territorial Waters (c) have the right of free passage in the Territorial Waters (d) None of these
(11) A State has the right to use force for
(a) Obtaining raw materials (b) Creating the protection of human rights (c) Armed attack (d) None of these
(12) International Court of Justice was established in:
(a) 1945 (b) 1952 (c) 1956 (d) None of these
(13) The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations was adopted in:
(a) 1945 (b) 1961 (c) 1962 (d) None of these
(14) The father of International Law is considered to be:
(a) Saurez (b) Oppeahoin (c) Hage Grotius (d) None of these
(15) A State has complete immunity from the jurisdiction of foreign courts in:
(a) All cases (b) Public acts (c) Private cases (d) None of these
(16) International Law Commission is a body to:
(a) Investigate situations which may threaten international peace and security (b) Codify International Law (c) Conciliate between the disputing States (d) None of these
(17) The first case taken up by the International Court of Justice was:
(a) Asylum case (b) Nationality decree in Tunis (c) Corfu Channel (d) None of these
(18) A state
(a) Cannot nationalize foreign property (b) Can nationalize foreign property without compensation (c) Can nationalize foreign property after paying compensation (d) None of these
(19) Diplomatic Asylum means
(a) A diplomatic agent seeking asylum in the receiving State (b) Asylum provided by a diplomatic mission (c) Asylum provided to a political leader by a foreign State (d) None of these
(20) Minister Resident are
(a) Higher in rank than that of the Minister Plenipotentiary (b) Lower in rank than that of the Minister Plenipotentiary (c) Equal in rank to the Minister Plenipotentiary (d) None of these