CBSE Class 11 Political Science Peace MCQs

Question: The Cuban Missile Crisis illustrated
a) NATO formation
b) De-Stalinization
c) Policy of containment
d) Cold war era
Answer: d

Question: Which one of the following is the element of peace?
a) Justice
b) Terrorism
c) Cold War
d) War
Answer: a

Question: Martin Luther King, Jr., worked for racial equality and civil rights in
a) Spain
b) France
c) South Africa
d) United States of America
Answer: d

Question: Method to prevent war:
a) International Law
b) Balance of Power
c) International Organisation
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: Thinker who promoted war?
a) Nietzche
b) Pareto
c) Both of above
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: Pacifists attach supreme value to:
a) Liberty and equality
b) Human security and international laws
c) Coercion and force
d) Peace and opposition to war
Answer: d

Question: Which is not the element of peace?
a) Justice
b) Truth
c) Honesty
d) Selfishness
Answer: d

Question: FLN (National Liberation Front) led the independence movement of
a) Algeria
b) Nigeria
c) Congo
d) Zimbabwe
Answer: a

Question: Pacifists view on non-violence?
a) Love
b) Truth
c) Eliminating structural violence
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: The Cuban Missile Crisis ended with the
a) Intervention of UN
b) The defeat of USSR in the cold war
c) Cuba’s defeat
d) Withdrawal of missiles by USSR
Answer: d

Question: What is very essential for the progress of humanity?
a) Terrorism
b) Cold War
c) Peace
d) War
Answer: c

Question: To introduce a peace award for your class, the quality you would look for in your fellow students is
a) Fanaticism
b) Intolerance
c) Passivity
d) Compassion
Answer: d

Question: For Gandhiji, what was the supreme virtue?
a) War
b) Communication
c) Ahimsa
d) Terrorism
Answer: c

Question: According to realist theory, the main actors in international politics are
a) Superpowers
b) Nation states
c) Countries of the European Union
d) International organisations
Answer: b

Question: Which type of war is a war without arms?
a) Terrorism
b) Cold War
c) Peace
d) War
Answer: b

Question: Which is not the example of structural violence?
a) Untouchability
b) Colonialism
c) Communalism
d) Cold War
Answer: a

Question: From the following, find out the form of structural violence:
a) Caste hierarchy
b) Class difference
c) Colonialism
d) All of these
Answer: d

Question: The core business of UN peacekeeping operations does not include
a) Rule of law related activities
b) Protection and promotion of human rights
c) Socio-economic recovery and development
d) Electoral assistance
Answer: c

Question: Who among the following preached peace?
a) Bernard Shaw
b) Mussolini
c) M.K. Gandhi
d) F. Nietzsche
Answer: c

Question: Which is the form of structural violence?
a) Inequality
b) Caste discrimination
c) Patriarchy
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: According to Balance of Power theory, the main objective of states is
a) Preservation of international law
b) Regional peace
c) Maximize gains of globalisation
d) Self-preservation
Answer: d

Question: Where is Rwanda?
a) Africa
b) Asia
c) America
d) Europe
Answer: a

Question: What are the challenges to peace?
a) Environmental problem
b) Weapons of mass destruction
c) Terrorism
d) All of the options
Answer: d