CXC Multiple Choice Practice (Regional Integration)

The main reason for the origin of the Caribbean Community is:

• a) The need for economic cooperation

• b) The formation of Carifta

• c) The existence of one type of people

• d) The maintenance of the University of the West Indies.

The first Heads of Government Conference was held in:

• a) August, 1962

• b) May, 1961

• c) July, 1963

• d) July, 1974.

The four countries that attended the first Heads of Government Conference were:

• a) Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada and Barbados

• b) Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago

• c) Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Belize

• d) Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and St. Lucia.

Carifta came into being on:

• a) May 1, 1968

• b) July 1, 1968

• c) August 1, 1968

• d) May 1, 1971.

After the inception of Carifta, three functional institution were set up except:

• a) The Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Secretariat

• b) The Caribbean Development Bank

• c) The More Developed Countries

• d) The Caribbean Examination Council

The supreme policy-making body of Caricom is

• a) The Heads of Government Conference

• b) The foreign affairs ministers

• c) The Standing Committee of Ministers of Education

• d) The Common Market of Ministers.

One of the following is NOT a common service of Caricom

• a) British West Indian Airways

• b) University of the West Indies

• c) The West Indies Shipping Service

• d) Caribbean Examination Council

The Caribbean Community is essentially a:

• a) Federation of Islands

• b) Pragmatic approach to realism

• c) Political entity

• d) Law-making institution.

The Caribbean Development Bank is situated in:

• a) Barbados

• b) Guyana

• c) Jamaica

• d) Antigua

The difference between the MDC’s and the LDC’s is

• a) One of a degree of economic development

• b) One of a degree of political development

• c) One of a degree of social development

• d) One of a degree of educational development.