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MCQ On International Law of Sea
MCQ On International Law of Sea
A- Liberum
B- Clausum
C- Both
16 17 18 19
6 7 8 9
Polling options
1: A73 2: B74 3: C75 4: D 77
a) Rocks are the islands that are less than 10 square miles
b) Rocks are the islands that do not have any maritime zone
c) Rocks are the islands which cannot sustain human habitation or
economic life of their own and according to article 121 (3) have no
Exclusive Economic Zone or continental shelf
d) Rocks are the small islands that can sustain human habitation
Question 3
When coastal States do enforce their criminal jurisdiction over foreign vessels in
their ports?
a) Innocent passage is the passage that does not involve any criminal
activity
b) A vessel's passage is considered 'innocent' where it is not prejudicial
to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State
c) Innocent passage concerns only vessels of the same nationality with
the coastal State
d) Innocent passage concerns only the passage of merchant vessels
and not of warships
Question 5
What kind of rights do coastal States enjoy over their continental shelf?
a) The coastal State enjoy ipso facto and ab initio sovereign rights over
its continental shelf for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural
resources
b) The coastal State may exercise sovereign rights over its continental
shelf only upon its declaration
c) The coastal State exercise sovereign rights over its continental shelf
for the purpose of exploiting its fishing resources
d) The coastal State may exercise only limited rights over its continental
shelf and only upon the consent of its neighbouring States
Question 7
Do third States enjoy any fishing rights within the Exclusive Economic Zone of
another State?
a) When the coastal State cannot harvest the 'total allowable catch', the
coastal State is to give other State access to that surplus with priority to be
given to developing and land-locked States
b) Third States may never have access to fisheries within another
State's EEZ
c) The coastal State is to give access to fisheries within its EEZ only to
neighbouring States
d) Third States are free to fish within another EEZ, except from certain
designated areas
Question 8
a) All States may exercise jurisdiction over foreign vessels on the high
seas
b) States may exercise jurisdiction over foreign vessels on the high
seas only in cases of criminal activity that concerns them
c) The flag State is to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over its vessels on
the high seas, with the exception of specific cases, such as piracy
d) The flag State is the only State to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over
its vessels on the high seas with no exception
Question 9
When does an illegal act of violence on the high seas fall short of qualifying as
piracy?
What is the 'equitable result' in the law and practice of maritime delimitation?
B. Kingston, Jamaica
D. Negril, Jamaica
2. How many countries are binding with the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law
of the Sea treaty?
A. 154 Countries
3. When was the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty open for
signature?
A. 8 December 1982
B. 9 December 1982
C. 10 December 1982
D. 11 December 1982
4. When was the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty came into
force?
A. 18 November 1994
B. 14 December 1994
C. 1 November 1994
D. 14 November 1994
5. Which of the following is not the part of the provision of the Law of the Sea
Convention?
A. Navigation
D. Coral Protection
II. Foreign vessels have no right of passage within internal waters without
permission.
Which of the above is/are correct about internal waters provision of the Law of the
Sea Convention?
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
II. Foreign vessels have no right of passage within internal waters without
permission.
Which of the above is/are correct about territorial waters provision of the Law of the
Sea Convention?
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
II. The countries that coming within the ambit of continental Shelf can enforce laws
only in four areas, i.e. Pollution, taxation, customs and immigration.
Which of the above is/are correct about continental Shelf provision of the Law of the
Sea Convention?
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
1: A Iceland and UK
3: C Germany an UK
4: D None
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