Total Questions: 50 | Time: 1 hour | Marks: 100
SECTION A – NATURE, SOURCES & SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. Who defined International Law as “the rules which govern the conduct of states”?
a) Oppenheim
b) Austin
c) Kelsen
d) Grotius
2. The primary sources of International Law are listed in:
a) UN Charter Article 2
b) ICJ Statute Article 38(1)
c) Geneva Conventions
d) Montevideo Convention
3. International Law primarily binds:
a) Individuals
b) States
c) NGOs
d) MNCs
4. Jus cogens norms are:
a) Treaties only
b) Peremptory norms
c) Optional norms
d) Customs
5. Recognition of a State is dealt with under:
a) Montevideo Convention 1933
b) Geneva Convention
c) ICJ Statute
d) UNCLOS
SECTION B – TREATIES & CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW
6. The law of treaties is governed by:
a) Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties, 1969
b) UN Charter
c) Geneva Protocol
d) Rome Statute
7. Pacta sunt servanda means:
a) Treaties are void
b) Treaties must be obeyed
c) Treaties optional
d) Treaties end automatically
8. Customary law requires:
a) Opinio juris + state practice
b) Only state practice
c) Only treaties
d) Municipal law
9. A void treaty includes treaties:
a) Done by consent
b) Concluded under coercion
c) Registered with UN
d) Ratified by all states
10. Rebus sic stantibus refers to:
a) Good faith
b) Fundamental change of circumstances
c) War crimes
d) Diplomatic immunity
SECTION C – PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
11. ICJ jurisdiction is based on:
a) Compulsion
b) Consent of states
c) UN Security Council
d) Treaties automatically
12. Advisory opinions of ICJ are:
a) Binding
b) Non-binding
c) Criminal
d) Constitutional
13. Arbitration tribunal decision is called:
a) Judgment
b) Award
c) Writ
d) Charter
14. Conciliation is:
a) Binding
b) Non-binding
c) Judicial
d) Criminal
15. Leading case on continental shelf rights:
a) North Sea Continental Shelf Cases
b) Corfu Channel Case
c) Asylum Case
d) Fisheries Case
SECTION D – STATE RESPONSIBILITY & JURISDICTION
16. State responsibility arises for:
a) Wrongful act attributable to a State
b) Private acts only
c) Acts of individuals
d) Military only
17. Diplomatic immunity is under:
a) Vienna Convention 1961
b) Geneva Convention
c) Hague Convention
d) Rome Statute
18. Extradition deals with:
a) Transfer of territory
b) Surrender of fugitive
c) Diplomatic relations
d) Humanitarian relief
19. Territorial jurisdiction relates to:
a) High seas
b) Outer space
c) Within State territory
d) War zone
20. Nationality is based on:
a) Treaty only
b) Municipal law
c) Customary law
d) ICJ statute
SECTION E – LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)
21. Territorial sea extends up to:
a) 3 nautical miles
b) 6 nautical miles
c) 12 nautical miles
d) 24 nautical miles
22. Exclusive Economic Zone extends up to:
a) 50 nm
b) 100 nm
c) 200 nm
d) 350 nm
23. The deep seabed is called:
a) Res nullius
b) Res communis
c) The Area
d) High sea zone
24. Innocent passage applies to:
a) Territorial sea
b) Contiguous zone
c) EEZ
d) High seas
25. Continental shelf rights exist up to:
a) 50 nm
b) 200 nm
c) 350 nm
d) 12 nm
SECTION F – HUMAN RIGHTS & INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
26. Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in:
a) 1945
b) 1948
c) 1950
d) 1966
27. ICCPR & ICESCR are called:
a) Geneva Conventions
b) International Bill of Rights
c) Rome Treaties
d) Peace Treaties
28. UN Security Council has how many permanent members?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
29. UNESCO deals with:
a) Health
b) Peacekeeping
c) Culture & education
d) Finance
30. UNHCR primarily protects:
a) Children
b) Women
c) Refugees
d) Diplomats
SECTION G – INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL)
31. IHL is also known as:
a) Human rights law
b) Law of armed conflict
c) Trade law
d) Diplomatic law
32. The core of IHL is in:
a) Geneva Conventions 1949
b) Vienna Convention
c) WTO agreements
d) Rome Statute
33. First Geneva Convention protects:
a) Wounded soldiers on land
b) Shipwrecked soldiers
c) Prisoners of war
d) Civilians
34. Common Article 3 applies to:
a) International armed conflicts
b) Non-international armed conflicts
c) Outer space warfare
d) Human rights trials
35. War crime includes:
a) Trespass
b) Targeting civilians
c) Cultural promotion
d) Fiscal offences
SECTION H – INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
36. ICC is established by:
a) Rome Statute 1998
b) UN Charter
c) Hague Convention
d) Geneva Protocol
37. ICC prosecutes:
a) States
b) Individuals
c) Corporations
d) NGOs
38. Genocide is defined by:
a) Vienna Convention
b) Geneva Convention
c) Genocide Convention 1948
d) UNCLOS
39. Crime of aggression is punishable under:
a) Geneva Convention
b) Vienna Convention
c) Rome Statute
d) ICJ statute
40. ICC is located in:
a) Geneva
b) The Hague
c) New York
d) Vienna
SECTION I – USE OF FORCE & PEACEKEEPING
41. UN Charter Article 2(4) prohibits:
a) Diplomacy
b) Use of force
c) Treaty making
d) International trade
42. Self-defence is allowed under:
a) Article 51 of UN Charter
b) UDHR
c) Geneva Conventions
d) ICICI statute
43. Peacekeeping operations are authorized by:
a) UNESCO
b) UN Security Council
c) UNHRC
d) ICJ
44. Collective security means:
a) Individual defence
b) States united against aggression
c) Treaty cancellation
d) Trade unity
45. Humanitarian intervention is:
a) Settled law
b) Highly controversial
c) Always legal
d) Always illegal
SECTION J – MISCELLANEOUS PIL & IHL QUESTIONS
46. Soft law includes:
a) Treaties
b) Binding resolutions
c) Guidelines & declarations
d) Judicial decisions
47. The Red Cross was founded by:
a) Hugo Grotius
b) Henry Dunant
c) Oppenheim
d) Lauterpacht
48. Stateless persons are protected by:
a) UNHCR
b) WTO
c) ILO
d) WHO
49. Principles of distinction and proportionality belong to:
a) Environmental law
b) IHL
c) Cyber law
d) Trade law
50. The Martens Clause appears in:
a) Hague Convention 1899
b) UNCLOS
c) Geneva Convention
d) UN Charter
#️⃣ ANSWER KEY + EXPLANATIONS
SECTION A – NATURE & SOURCES
- a) Oppenheim defines IL as rules governing states.
- b) ICJ Statute Art. 38 is the authoritative list of sources.
- b) States are primary subjects.
- b) Jus cogens = peremptory norms (no derogation).
- a) Montevideo Convention gives criteria of statehood.
SECTION B – TREATIES & CUSTOM
- a) VCLT governs treaty law.
- b) Treaties must be honoured.
- a) Two elements required: practice + opinio juris.
- b) Coercion makes treaty void.
- b) Doctrine of fundamental change of circumstances.
SECTION C – DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
- b) ICJ jurisdiction is by consent.
- b) Advisory opinions are non-binding.
- b) Arbitration tribunals issue awards.
- b) Conciliation is non-binding.
- a) Landmark case on continental shelf.
SECTION D – STATE RESPONSIBILITY
- a) State responsible for wrongful acts attributable to it.
- a) Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961.
- b) Extradition = surrender of fugitive.
- c) Within territorial boundaries.
- b) Nationality governed by municipal law.
SECTION E – LAW OF THE SEA
- c) Territorial sea = 12 nm.
- c) EEZ = 200 nm.
- c) “The Area” (seabed beyond national jurisdiction).
- a) Innocent passage allowed in territorial sea.
- c) Max continental shelf = 350 nm.
SECTION F – HUMAN RIGHTS
- b) UDHR adopted 1948.
- b) Together they form International Bill of Rights.
- c) Five permanent members (P5).
- c) UNESCO → culture, education, science.
- c) UNHCR protects refugees.
SECTION G – IHL
- b) IHL = law of armed conflict.
- a) Geneva Conventions form the core.
- a) GC I = wounded soldiers on land.
- b) Common Article 3 applies to non-international conflicts.
- b) Targeting civilians is a war crime.
SECTION H – INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
- a) ICC created by Rome Statute 1998.
- b) ICC prosecutes individuals.
- c) Genocide Convention 1948.
- c) Crime of aggression under Rome Statute.
- b) ICC is headquartered at The Hague.
SECTION I – USE OF FORCE
- b) Prohibits use of force.
- a) Art 51 allows self-defence.
- b) Security Council authorizes peacekeeping.
- b) Collective response to aggression.
- b) Very controversial in IL.
SECTION J – MISCELLANEOUS
- c) Soft law = non-binding guidelines/declarations.
- b) Henry Dunant founded Red Cross.
- a) UNHCR protects stateless persons.
- b) Core IHL principles.
- a) Martens Clause first appeared in Hague Convention.
