Questions on Realism
This article includes 25 Important Questions on Realism that covers the meaning, definition, features and types of realism. These questions are very helpful for CUET and UGC NET examinations.
- Which theory believes that states are the primary actors in International Relations?
a) Liberalism
b) Realism
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
Ans: c) Statism, survival and self-help
3. According to realism, International system is:
a) Diplomatic
b) Democratic
c) Despotic
d) Anarchic
Ans: 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
Ans: c) Morgenthau
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5. Who is known as the father of classical realism?
a) Morgenthau
b) Thucydides
c) Machiavelli
d) Quincy Wright
Ans: a) Morgenthau
6. Classical realism begins with:
a) Morgenthau
b) Thucydides
c) Machiavelli
d) E.H. Carr
Ans: b) Thucydides
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
Ans: 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
Ans: a) Morgenthau
9. Morgenthau gave how many principles of classical realism?
a) 7
b) 6
c) 8
d) 10
Ans: b) 6
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
Ans: b) Non-states are important actors
11. Who among the following is not an exponent of realism?
a) Spykman
b) Thompson
c) James Robinson
d) Wolfers
Ans: c) James Robinson
12. Who is known as keynote realist?
a) Reinhold Niebuhr
b) Thompson
c) Spykman
d) Morgenthau
Ans; c) Spykman
13. Who wrote the book “The Geography of the Power”?
a) Kenneth Waltz
b) Morgenthau
c) Spykmann
d) Kaplan
Ans: c) Spykmann
14. Who is the chief exponent of neo-realist?
a) Zakaria
b) Mearsheimer
c) Morgenthau
d) Kenneth Waltz
Ans: d) Kenneth Waltz
15. Who wrote the book “Tragedy of Great Power Politics”?
a) Spykman
b) Zakaria
c) Mearsheimer
d) Morgenthau
Ans: c) Mearsheimer
16. Strategic realism is a theory of International Relations associated with—?
a) Thomas Schelling
b) Zakaria
c) Mearsheimer
d) Spykman
Ans: a) Thomas Schelling
17. Who wrote the book “From Wealth to Power”?
a) Thucydides
b) Spykman
c) Zakaria
d) Thomas Schelling
Ans: c) Zakaria
18. Neo-realism is also known as:
a) Strategic realism
b) Neo-Classical realism
c) Structural realism
d) Offensive realism
Ans: c) Structural realism
19. Who among the following thinker is not belong to structural realism:
a) Machiavelli
b) Rousseau
c) Kenneth Waltz
d) Mearsheimer
Ans: a) Machiavelli
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20. Who gave the theory of offensive realism?
a) Mearsheimer
b) Spykman
c) Zakaria
d) Thomas Schelling
Ans: a) Mearsheimer
21. Who is the chief exponent of defensive realism?
a) Morgenthau
b) Zakaria
c) Thomas Schelling
d) Kenneth Waltz
Ans: 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
Ans: b) Kenneth Waltz
23. Who is not an exponent of neoclassical realism?
a) Zakaria
b) G. Rose
c) Ripsman
d) R. Keohane
Ans: d) R. Keohane
24. According to realists, what is the most stable form of International Order?
a) A Unipolar World
b) A bipolar balance of power
c) A multipolar world
d) A world governed by international law
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
Ans: d) World War II
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