Sciences Po and Grandes Ecoles Entrance Practice · Contemporary Issues

Contemporary Issues, International Institutions and Climate

27 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

Practise Contemporary Issues, International Institutions and Climate now

Random questions from this topic, one at a time. You see the answer and the explanation straight after each one.

All 27 questions

  1. At which United Nations climate conference was the Paris Agreement adopted?
  2. What is the main temperature goal of the Paris Agreement?
  3. Which agreement of 1997 set binding emission targets for industrialised countries?
  4. Which international treaty of 1987 led to the phase-out of the substances that damage the ozone layer?
  5. On what date did the United Kingdom formally leave the European Union?
  6. What does the Schengen Area allow?
  7. After Croatia joined in January 2023, how many EU member states use the euro?
  8. Which treaty of 1949 created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
  9. Which of these countries is not a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council?
  10. Which of these countries is not a member of the G7?
  11. Which organisation replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1995?
  12. What is a main task of the International Monetary Fund?
  13. Which court, based in The Hague, settles legal disputes between states?
  14. Which treaty reformed the institutions of the European Union and came into force in 2009?
  15. In which German city is the European Central Bank located?
  16. What does Gross Domestic Product measure?
  17. What is inflation?
  18. Which measure ranges from 0 to 1 and is widely used to compare income inequality between countries?
  19. How many Sustainable Development Goals did the United Nations adopt in 2015 in its 2030 Agenda?
  20. Which political scientist introduced the concept of soft power?
  21. What does the principle of subsidiarity mean in the European Union?
  22. Which European regulation, in force since 2018, protects personal data?
  23. What is the role of the IPCC?
  24. In which city is the headquarters of UNESCO located?
  25. What does demographic ageing mean?
  26. Roughly how many children per woman are needed for a population to replace itself without migration in a developed country?
  27. Since about 2007, what share of the world's population has lived in cities?

Keep practising

More Sciences Po and Grandes Ecoles Entrance Practice topics

All Sciences Po and Grandes Ecoles Entrance Practice practice →

Ready for the full Sciences Po and Grandes Ecoles Entrance Practice test?

Take a mock testSciences Po and Grandes Ecoles Entrance Practice hub