25 Important Questions on Realism

1. Which theory believes that states are the primary actors in International Relations?

a) Liberalism

b) Realism

c) Constructivism

d) Post-structuralism

Ans: b) Realism

2. Which among the followings are the three core elements of Realism?

a) Power, moral values and national interest

b) survival and diplomacy

c) Statism, survival and self-help

d) Anarchy, power and security

3. According to realism, International system is:

a) Diplomatic

b) Democratic

c) Despotic

d) Anarchic

4. Who said “International Politics is a struggle for power between and among the nations”?

a) Thucydides

b) Machiavelli

c) Morgenthau

d) E.H. Carr

5. Who is known as the father of classical realism?

a) Morgenthau

b) Thucydides

c) Machiavelli

d) Quincy Wright

6. Classical realism begins with:

a) Morgenthau

b) Thucydides

c) Machiavelli

d) E.H. Carr

7. According to classical realism, the root of power politics is:

a) Structure of International system

b) Security and survival

c) Anarchic International system

d) Human Nature

8. Who wrote the book “Politics among Nations: Struggle for Power and Peace”?

a) Morgenthau

b) Kenneth Walz

c) Farid Zakaria

d) E.H. Carr

9. Morgenthau gave how many principles of classical realism?

a) 7

b) 6

c) 8

d) 10

10.  Which one is not a feature of realism?

a) International system is anarchic

b) Non-states are important actors

c) The primary concern of all states is survival

d) The core national interest of all states is power

11.  Who among the following is not an exponent of realism?

a) Spykman

b) Thompson

c) James Robinson

d) Wolfers

12.  Who is known as keynote realist?

a) Reinhold Niebuhr

b) Thompson

c) Spykman

d) Morgenthau

13. Who wrote the book “The Geography of the Power”?

a) Kenneth Waltz

b) Morgenthau

c)  Spykmann

d) Kaplan

14. Who is the chief exponent of neo-realist?

 a) Zakaria

b) Mearsheimer

c) Morgenthau

d) Kenneth Waltz

15. Who wrote the book “Tragedy of Great Power Politics”?

a) Spykman

b) Zakaria

c) Mearsheimer

d) Morgenthau

16. Strategic realism is a theory of International Relations associated with—?

a) Thomas Schelling

b) Zakaria

c) Mearsheimer

d) Spykman

17. Who wrote the book “From Wealth to Power”?

a)  Thucydides

b) Spykman

c) Zakaria

d) Thomas Schelling

18.  Neo-realism is also known as:

a) Strategic realism

b) Neo-Classical realism

c) Structural realism

d) Offensive realism

19. Who among the following thinker is not belong to structural realism:

a) Machiavelli

b) Rousseau

c) Kenneth Waltz

d) Mearsheimer

20. Who gave the theory of offensive realism?

a) Mearsheimer

b) Spykman

c) Zakaria

d) Thomas Schelling

21.  Who is the chief exponent of defensive realism?

a) Morgenthau

b) Zakaria

c) Thomas Schelling

d) Kenneth Waltz

22. Who wrote the book “Man, the State and War”?

a) E.H. Carr

b) Kenneth Waltz

c) Spykman

d) Thomas Schelling

23. Who is not an exponent of neoclassical realism?

a) Zakaria

b) G. Rose

c) Ripsman

d) R. Keohane

Ans: d) R. Keohane

Ans: b) A bipolar balance of power

25. Which historical event significantly contributed to the development of realism as a dominant theory in IR?

a) The Industrial Revolution

b) The Cold War

c) The Peace of Westphalia

d) World War II