Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: US Hegemony in World Politics

Question:

Look at the following cartoon and answer the question that follow:

Sometimes International System dominated by a sole super power is called:

Options:

Multipolar System

Presidential System

Unipolar System

Co-operation System

Correct Answer:

Unipolar System

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (3) - Unipolar System

The collapse of the Soviet Union left the world with only a single power, the United States of America. Sometimes, the international system dominated by a sole superpower, or hyper-power, is called a ‘unipolar’ system. This appears to be a misapplication of the idea of the ‘pole’ derived from physics. It may be more appropriate to describe an international system with only one centre of power by the term ‘hegemony’.