International Relations Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 30)

FATF cannot legally penalise a country directly. Its real leverage is reputational — a public listing that leads banks worldwide to adjust their own risk behaviour toward that country.

As of June 2026, FATF’s Black List holds North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar — Myanmar was added in 2022, and the list hasn’t changed since.

India joined FATF as a full member in 2010, becoming its 36th member alongside the Republic of Korea.

FATF issued the Forty Recommendations in April 1990 — its foundational anti-money-laundering rulebook, later expanded to cover terrorist financing and proliferation financing.

Beyond grants, India extends Lines of Credit through the EXIM Bank, with Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka as its top three LoC recipients.

Bhutan gets India’s largest allocation, ₹2,150 crore in 2025-26, the biggest share of India’s foreign-aid budget.

Japan, the UK, and Germany, India’s three largest bilateral donors at the time, were unaffected by the 2003 restriction.

In 2003, India restricted which bilateral donors it would accept aid from, redirecting 22 smaller donors to NGO and multilateral channels.

Gaza’s ceasefire held from October 2025, but disarmament terms stayed contested and deaths continued to be reported after the truce, showing a ceasefire alone doesn’t end a conflict.

Mediators from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United States, together with the Board of Peace, announced the Hamas disarmament roadmap on 31 July 2026, launching Gaza’s ‘phase two.’

Israel and Hamas signed a phase-one ceasefire agreement on 9 October 2025, based on a 20-point plan, including hostage releases and a partial Israeli withdrawal.

Sudan’s civil war pits the Sudanese army against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and has killed over 150,000 people and displaced more than 10 million since April 2023.

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, starting a war still unresolved as of 2026 despite peace talks.

The G4 proposal delays veto power for new permanent members by 10-15 years after reform, a compromise meant to reduce resistance from existing P5 members.

India’s IMF voting weight is just 2.75%, a key argument behind its push for reform of global financial institutions.

China, the sole Asia-Pacific P5 member, is the main obstacle to India’s permanent-seat ambitions, as UNSC reform requires unanimous P5 ratification.

Jaishankar launched India’s campaign for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat for the 2028-29 term, under the framework ‘SHANTI.’

WWF works on wildlife conservation, habitats and human pressures on nature. Protecting a species often requires protecting its habitat and reducing damaging resource use. Arms control, trade regulation and currency stabilization are different institutional missions.

Review WWF conservation for the institutional distinction.

Greenpeace combines environmental research with public campaigning and peaceful direct action. Direct action can draw attention to deforestation, pollution and climate change. Academic research alone or exclusively private lobbying would omit its visible campaigns. Lending to fossil-fuel companies is not its defining campaign method.

Review Greenpeace campaigning for the institutional distinction.

Human Rights Watch investigates abuses and publishes evidence about human rights conditions. Its current mission describes work in close to 100 countries. The retained option identifies its broad international reporting role. Do not read “nearly every country” as a verified count of current country coverage. Military training, trade adjudication and currency regulation describe different activities.

Review human rights research for the institutional distinction.

Neutrality means not taking sides in hostilities. It supports contact with different parties and efforts to protect people in need. Military alliances would contradict that principle. Political advocacy and trade promotion do not identify the humanitarian principle tested here. Neutrality does not guarantee access or require permanent public silence.

Review humanitarian neutrality for the institutional distinction.

Amnesty researches human rights abuses and campaigns for change. It can document detention, torture and restrictions on peaceful expression. Tariffs, currency stabilization and nuclear development are not descriptions of that mission.

Review Amnesty’s human rights mission for the institutional distinction.

The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) tracks and reports on global renewable-energy policy and market trends.

The International Energy Forum (IEF) is the world’s largest gathering of energy ministers, including both producer and consumer nations.

The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) brings together major economies’ energy ministers to accelerate the clean-energy transition.