DEFENCE & STRATEGIC STUDIES
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. While assessing national power, who among the following propounded that ‘national power implies both the strengths and weaknesses of a nation-state’ ?
(A) Hans J. Morgenthau
(B) Ray S. Cline
(C) Ian Bellany
(D) Henry Kissinger
2. During the Cold War years, who among the following branded the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) as the third bloc ?
(A) Fidel Castro
(B) O. Palme
(C) Indira Gandhi
(D) Henry Kissinger
3. Unchecked illegal migration into Assam through 286 km long porus border with Bangladesh has germinated
(A) Ethnic clashes between ethnic groups and migrants
(B) Paved way of insurgency and growth of a number of insurgent groups
(C) Fighting for ethnic identity
(D) Along with (A), (B) and (C), trans-national threat for India’s security
4. The UN Secretary-General, who presented the idea of ‘An Agenda for Peace’
(A) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
(B) Kofi Annan
(C) Ban Ki Moon
(D) U-Thant
5. Who among the following defined war as a “legal condition which equally permits two or more hostile groups to carry on a conflict by armed forces.” ?
(A) J.U. Nef
(B) H. Nickerson
(C) Quincy Wright
(D) Clausewitz
6. Who among the following said, “Know your enemy, know yourself, then you have not to bother for hundred battles to come” ?
(A) Kautilya
(B) Mao Tse Tung
C) Sun Tzu
(D) W. Gibson
7. Which one of the following is not encompassed in sub-conventional warfare ?
(A) Terrorism
(B) Insurgency
(C) Ethnic violence
(D) Cloud seeding
8. Which one of the following countries is not threatened by China’s Air Defence Identification Zone in the East China Sea ?
(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Taiwan
9. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : No nation enjoys absolute security, it is only relative in the changing global strategic scenario.
Reason (R) : It is due to the efforts of the relative freedom from harmful threats and challenges emanating from internal and external sources.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
10. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Global rules are required to manage responses to issues such as ozone depletion, climate change and international movement of hazardous materials.
Reason (R) : Environmental issues are linked intrinsically to international peace and security issues and require global solutions.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the comprehensive explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
11. Following battles were fought on the Indian soil under different span of times. Arrange these battles in the chronological order of their occurrence with the help of the code given below :
I. Battle of Somnath
II. Battle of Tarain
III. First Battle of Panipat
IV. Battle of Haldighati
Codes :
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) II, III, I, IV
(C) III, IV, II, I
(D) IV, II, I, II
12. Match the following thinkers given in List – I with their works in List – II with the help of the code mentioned as under :
13. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Veto provision of the UN Charter was greatly misused during the Cold War period.
Reason (R) : Restructuring of U.N. is to depolarise and democratise the Security Council.
(A) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(B) Both (A) & (R) are correct, but (A) can not be premise of (R).
(C) Both (A) & (R) are incorrect.
(D) Both (A) & (R) are correct and (A) is proper premise of (R).
14. Match the following Regions (List – I) with the Nation-States (List – II) with the help of the code given below :
15. Match the following Books (List – I) with their Authors (List – II) and choose the correct code :
16. “The treaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water” is related to which of the following ?
(A) Test-ban Treaty
(B) Comprehensive Test-ban Treaty
(C) Partial Test-ban Treaty
(D) Threshold Test-ban Treaty
17. The process that results in the formation of acid rain generally begins with emission into the atmosphere of
(A) Sulphur Dioxide
(B) Nitrogen Dioxide
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Carbon Dioxide
18. Geo-politics is a science of relationship of Politics with Geography through strategy. It, therefore, deals with
(A) Military Geography and Politics separately
(B) Strategy and Politics separately
(C) Defence & Security problems
(D) Use of political power over a given territory
19. Which of the following is not the purpose UNO was established as laid down in article I of the Charter ?
(A) To maintain International Peace & Security
(B) To develop friendly relations among nations
(C) To achieve international co-operation
(D) To offer military assistance to nation-states
20. Arrange the following Republic Day National Awards in order of their seniority and choose the correct code :
(A) Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan Padma Shri
(B) Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan
(C) Bharat Ratna, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan
(D) Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan
21. Which of the following organization has Prime Minister as its chairman ?
(A) DRDO
(B) U.P.S.C.
(C) Nuclear Energy Commission
(D) Political Affairs Committee
22. Which among the following is not a Para-military Force ?
(A) BSF
(B) PAC
(C) CRPF
(D) I.T.B.P.
23. In which one of the following states the Garden Reach Workshop is located ?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Punjab
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Goa
24. Which one of the following countries signed Civil Nuclear Agreement with India in Sept. 2014 ?
(A) Japan
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
25. Karbi Aang Long is a militant outfit that operates in which of the following region of India ?
(A) North-East
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Orissa
26. Teesta River dispute is with which of the following countries ?
(A) Nepal-Bhutan
(B) India-Pakistan
(C) India-Bangladesh
(D) Nepal-Bangladesh
27. ‘Tejas’ is the name given to which of the following war machine ?
(A) Tank
(B) Air Craft
(C) Submarine
(D) Destroyer
28. Which of the following method is most effective in conflict prevention ?
(A) Reduction of force
(B) Cease-fire
(C) CBMs
(D) Flag meetings
29. Which of the following is not the method of resource mobilization during the war ?
(A) Loan
(B) Taxation
(C) Borrowing
(D) Savings
30. “Use of violence to coerce or intimidate the civilian population in order to affect government policy.” – This definition of terrorism was given by
(A) UN
(B) China
(C) US Intelligence Act of 1979
(D) Government of France
31. The ‘Nabhratna’ aircraft was handed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to DRDO in the year
(A) 2013
(B) 2014
(C) 2012
(D) 2011
32. Which is the multilateral treaty proposed by United Nations to regulate international trade in conventional weapons in order to prevent arms trafficking ?
(A) Arms Control Treaty (ACT)
(B) Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
(C) Arms Prohibition Treaty (APT)
(D) Arms Reduction Treaty (ART)
33. Which one of the following countries produces the largest amount of its electricity by nuclear power ?
(A) Britain
(B) France
(C) Sweden
(D) Netherlands
34. The main objective of Mekong-Ganges River Cooperative Project between India and ASEAN is to improve
(A) cultural contacts and tourism
(B) bilateral contacts
(C) technological and scientific relations
(D) economic and social relations
35. Match the following leaders (List – I) with their respective terrorist organizations (List – II) and use the code given below :
36. Choose the appropriate code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :Assertion (A) : With the emergence of nuclear weapons total-war has become a near impossibility because of massive destruction on both sides.
Reason (R) : Human history is full of wars and is conditioned by the contemporary weapon systems.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) do not explain (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false and (A) and (R) are not related.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false and (A) and (R) are related.
37. Arrange the correct chronological sequence of following Arms Control Agreements and use the code given below :
I. SALT-I
II. START-I
III. CTBT
IV. INF Treaty
Codes :
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) I, IV, II, III
(C) III, II, I, IV
(D) II, I, IV, III
38. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Better linkages with the other nation-states would help to influence them.
Reason (R) : Nation-state requires more space to enhance its power.
Codes :
(A) (A) is true, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is not the explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) & (R) are incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect and (R) is correct.
39. Peaceful coexistence policy was proposed by
(A) Kissinger
(B) Nixon
(C) Khrushchev
(D) Brezhnev
40. Match the following agreements (List – I) with the years of their signing (List – II) with the help of the code given below :
41. Which one of the following countries has been expelled from the G-8 group recently ?
(A) Italy
(B) France
(C) Russia
(D) Canada
42. Xinjiang-Tibet Highway passes through which one of the following ?
(A) Pak-occupied Kashmir
(B) Aksai Chin
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Northern Tip of Sikkim
43. Match the following books (in Table – I) with their authors (in Table – II) and choose the correct code :
44. Match the following in respect of Indo-Pakistan Border as given in List – I and List – II with the help of code mentioned as under :
45. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Peace is natural social condition, whereas war is not.
Reason (R) : Violence is sinful or unskilful and non-violence is skilful or virtuous and should be cultivated.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct and (R) is incorrect.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
(C) (A) is incorrect and (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
46. Match the following International theories (List – I) with theorists (List – II) and use the code given below :
47. Dong Feng-21 is one of the following :
(A) Air to Air Missile
(B) Sea to Air Missile
(C) Ballistic Missile
(D) Surface to Air Missile
48. The ‘Look East Policy’ was initiated by India in which of the following year ?
(A) 1989
(B) 1992
(C) 1990
(D) 1991
49. Choose the appropriate code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Indian Constitution is the largest and most detailed document. Which says that Indian President would be Supreme Commander of its armed forces.
Reason (R) : It includes all the provisions of civil-military relationship.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) & (R) are true, but (R) does not explain (A).
(B) Both (A) & (R) are true and (R) explains (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is not.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
50. Where was the ceasefire agreement (2014) between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels signed ?
(A) Moscow
(B) Kiev
(C) Minsk
(D) Oslo
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