FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IIN BPS – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2004
INTERNATIONAL LAW
NOTE: Attempt five questions in all, including question no. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
Q1. Fully explain the duties of a Sovereign State with special reference to:
(a) Not to interfere in the domestic affairs of another state (b) To refrain from use of threat of use force against another state
Q2. Explain how the problem of Hijacking has been dealt with under the International Law?
Q3. Define Blockade. What are the essentials of real and binding Blockade? What does it terminate? Refer to leading cases
Q4. Describe various methods of peaceful and amicable settlement of international disputes.
Q5.How are ‘Prisoners of war’ to be treated under International Law? Explain with reference to various conventions.
Q6. The frequent ‘Interventions’ have challenged the validity of some of fundamental principles of International Law. What are those principles? Discuss in the light of interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq by the super-powers.
Q7.Enamurate the principles of International Law involved in the decision of Corfu Channel Case. Assess the impact that decision on the growth and development of International Law.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only correct answer in the Answer book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
(1) The term of judges of International Court of Justice is
(a) Three years (b) Five years (c) Six years (d) Nine years
(e) None of these
(2) When was the Charter of Human Rights adopted?
(a) 1945 (b) 1948 (c) 1951 (d) None of these
(3) Tobar Doctrine is related to
(a) The recognition of a state (b) The recognition of a government (c) The recognition of insurgents (d) None of these
(4) Conference of Bogota was held in
(a) 1920 (b) 1936 (c) 1948 (d) None of these
(5) Vienna Conference of 1961 is related to
(a) Diplomatic inter course and immunities (b) Prisoners-of-war (c) Recognition of states (d) None of these
(6) Who is called ‘the father of International Law’?
(a) Hago Grotius (b) Oppenhein (c) Suerez (d) None of these
(7) Foreign warships have
(a) The right of free passage in the territorial waters (b) The right of innocent passage in the territorial waters (c) To stay in the territorial waters (d) None of these
(8) A landlocked state is
(a) Surrounded by water from all sides (b) Surrounded by enemy states from all sides (c) Surrounded by land from all sides (d) None of these
(9) Contiguous Zone is limited to a maximum of
(a) 25 miles (b) 50 miles (c) 12 miles (d) None of these
(10) The Alabama Claims Arbitration case was decided in
(a) 1872 (b) 1854 (c) 1890 (d) None of these
(11) The Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer was done on
(a) March 22, 1985 (b) March 23, 1986 (c) March 24, 1987 (d) None of these
(12) Culvo Clause means
(a) A state can intervene on behalf of its nationals (b) A state can’t intervene on behalf of its nationals (c) An alien agrees not to seek the diplomatic protection of his own state (d) None of these
(13) Diplomatic relations are established by
(a) Mutual consent (b) A unilateral decision (c) A decision of a regional organization (d) None of these
(14) Eruption of war terminates
(a) All treaties (b) No treaty (c) Only political treaties (d) None of these
(15) Foreign ships sailing and anchoring in the coastal waters of another state are
(a) Subject to the law of Flag State (b) Subject to the law of Costal State (c) Subject to the law of both the States (d) None of these
(16) Piracy is an offence within the jurisdiction of the
(a) Flag State (b) Offender’s State (c) All the States (d) None of these
(17) Territorial Waters are
(a) Water outside the territorial limits of a state (b) Waters dividing territory of Two or more states (c) Waters Adjacent to the contiguous Zone (d) None of these
(18) Non-Permanent members of the Security Council are elected for a period of
(a) 7 years (b) 3 years (c) 2 years (d) None of these
(19) The Montreal Convention for the safety of Civil Aviation was signed in
(a) 1975 (b) 1974 (c) 1971 (d) None of these
(20) Diplomatic staff enjoys complete immunity from
(a) Civil Jurisdiction (b) Criminal Jurisdiction (c) Both (d) None of these