UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — INDIAN NAVY COMPLETES MAIDEN COMMAND OF COMBINED TASK FORCE 154

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Under UNCLOS, a violent attack for private ends on a merchant ship within the territorial sea of a coastal State is not piracy, and enforcement against it rests primarily with that coastal State.
  2. UNCLOS confines its piracy provisions to the high seas, so they do not apply in any State's exclusive economic zone.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q2. With reference to dispute settlement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A State Party may, by written declaration, accept more than one forum for settling disputes, such as both the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the International Court of Justice.
  2. Disputes relating to activities in the international seabed Area fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of a specialised chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
  3. Where the parties to a dispute have not accepted the same procedure, the dispute goes by default to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q3. With reference to the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Its headquarters is in Bahrain, which also hosts the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.
  2. Its operations are authorised by UN Security Council resolutions, in the same way as UN peacekeeping missions.
  3. Command of its individual task forces is held by different member navies over time, rather than permanently by the lead nation.
  4. Membership is restricted to States bordering the Persian Gulf.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 3 and 4 only