The League of Nations

Q. Which of the following pairs represent two nation states in the ‘Dream of Worldwide Democratic and Social Republics – The Pact Between Nations’ painted by French artist Frédéric Sorrieu ?

1. United States and Switzerland
   
2. Britain and Italy
3. Spain and Portugal
   
4. Japan and Turkey
   

Q. Which of the following reasons led to the failure of the League of Nations?

1. USA’s Policy of Isolation
2. Lack of Army and members support
3. Benefactor of Winners
4. Rise of Dictatorship in USA

Q. Which of the following was/were the objectives of the League of Nations?

1. Promote International Cooperation
2. Maintain international peace
3. To increase the armpower of the countries
4. Collective security

Q. A cold war is a state of political hostility between countries using measures short of direct military conflict.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which organ of the League of Nations had both permanent and non permanent members?

1. The Assembly
2. The Council
3. The Secretariat
4. Permanent court of International Justice

Q. Which of the following bodies were a part of the League of Nations?

1. Assembly
2. Permanent Court of Justice
3. Civil Rights Court
4. The Secretariat
5. International
   Labour
   Organisation
6. United Nations
7. Council
8. World Health
   Organization

Q. _________ was responsible for the general administrative task of the League of Nations.

1. The Assembly
2. The Council
3. The Secretariat
4. Permanent court of International Justice

Q. Britain and France did not take preventive measures when Hitler rearmed Germany. Why?

1. To avoid another war.
2. Due to natural calamities in Europe.
3. They were unaware of Hitler's existence.
4. To get the colonies of Asia and Africa from Germany.

Q. What was the primary task of the Council of the League of Nations?

1. To settle international disputes
2. Registration and publication of treaties
3. Admitting new members into the organisation
4. Improving global working conditions and standards of living

Q. What is the term used to describe the policy of making concessions to dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict, like in the case of Anglo-French foreign policy of the 1930s with reference to Nazi Germany?

1. Mutual defence agreement
2. Policy of conciliation
3. Policy of concessions
4. Policy of appeasement

Q. Which of the following methods did the League of Nations use to try and control aggression amongst its member countries?

1. Military intervention
2. Total blockade
3. Economic sanctions
4. Secret treaties

Q. When did the the League of Nations emerge as an international peacekeeping organisation?

1. 10 January, 1920
2. 20 January, 1921
3. 20 January, 1920
4. 10 January, 1921

Q. In Oct 1971, which country was awarded with permanent membership of Security Council?

1. Russia
2. America
3. France
4. China

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true about the involvement of the US in the League of Nations?

1. It followed a policy of isolation.
2. The league was the brain child of a US president.
3. It was the most active member of the League.
4. Presence of US weakened the League.

Q. Although the final documents differed greatly, the Treaty of Versailles borrowed several ideas from Woodrow Wilson's declaration of .

1. Fourteen Points
2. Armistice
3. Independence

Q. Select the correctly matched pairs from the following.

1. Security Council - Peace and Security
2. General Assembly - Passes resolutions
3. The Economic and Social Council - International peace
4. The International Court of Justice - The judicial organ of UN

Q. Which major power chose not to officially join the League of Nations?

1. Great Britain
2. Japan
3. Russia
4. USA