INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Which one of the following is not the legal basis of modern statehood ?
(1) Territoriality
(2) Sovereignty
(3) Population
(4) Fusion of domestic and international divide
2. While drawing the distinction between the Western and Eastern nationalism, who among the following opined that ‘the former was original, institutional, liberal and good, the latter was reactive, envious, ethnic, racist and generally bad’ ?
(1) Winston Churchill
(2) Hans Kohn
(3) Robert S. McNamara
(4) Jimmy Carter
3. Which among the following, advocated the idea of democratic norms of peaceful resolution of conflict ?
(1) Defensive Realism
(2) Offensive Realism
(3) Republican Realism
(4) Neo Realism
4. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : We are living through a time when the nation state continues to be one of the central issues in International Relations.
Reason (R) : The voice of nationalism resounds stronger than ever as people grapple with social change and fragmentation of social identity.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(3) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
(4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
5. Match List – I (Authors) with List – II (Writings) with the help of the code given below :
6. Who, among the following stated that ‘world systems need not physically include the whole world’ ?
(1) J.E. Spero
(2) Immanuel Wallerstein
(3) Robert Cox
(4) Robert Gilpin
7. Who among the following argued on nation-states awareness that ‘diplomacy is bargaining’ ?
(1) H. Kissinger
(2) Klaus Knorr
(3) Thomas C. Schelling
(4) Bernard Brodie
8. Chronologically arrange the following UN actions in the ascending order by using the codes given below :
(a) Security Council Resolution sanctioning UN engagement in Somalia.
(b) Security Council Resolution functioning ‘no fly zone’ over Bosnia.
(c) Security Council Resolution sanctioning UN inspection of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
(d) Security Council Resolution sanctioning US action in Afghanistan.
Codes :
(1) (a), (b), (d), (c)
(2) (b), (c), (a), (d)
(3) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(4) (d), (a), (c), (b)
9. Match the following authors given in List – I with their books in List – II by using the code mentioned as under :
10. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : During the Cold War era, the Korean war had proved that great power rivals occasionally prefer to test each other’s strength and resolution with limited rather than unlimited commitments to violence.
Reason (R) : Evidently, most important among these was a willingness to settle for goals representing a comprehensive degree of compromise with the enemy, and thus readiness to keep contact and to enter into and maintain dialogue.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(3) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(4) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
11. Proponents of which international political economy theory see international economy as an arena of conflict between the national interests rather than an arena of cooperation ?
(1) Capitalism
(2) Mercantilism
(3) Marxism
(4) Realism
12. Which one of the following is not identified as the attributes of the WTO ?
(1) WTO system is aimed at attempting to create more straight-forward negotiations for global free trade.
(2) Developing countries voluntarily sign up to become members of the WTO.
(3) The credibility of the WTO is wholly dependent on keeping the USA and the European Union (EU) on board and engaged as active participants.
(4) The USA and the EU do not have any significant hold on the policy output of the WTO.
13. In a globalized world, National Security of states is not affected by which one of the following trends ?
(1) National borders are as much barriers as carriers of transnational organised violence.
(2) Inter-state conflicts are being supplanted by intra-state and trans-state conflicts mostly located in the developing world.
(3) States no longer have a monopoly on the means of mass destruction.
(4) Security of societies across the North-South divide remains intact.
14. Arrange the following regional organizations in ascending chronological order of their formation/establishment and use the code given as under :
I. Creation of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
II. Creation of ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
III. Establishment of an ASEAN community
IV. ASEAN plus three.
Code :
(1) I, II, III, IV
(2) I, II, IV, III
(3) III, IV, I, II
(4) IV, III, II, I
15. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : The regulation of both global trade and global finance is oriented today towards a system of market self-regulation.
Reason (R) : Evidently, the regulatory system typically follows the perceived needs of the world’s most powerful economies at any particular time.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(4) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
16. Who among the following opined that ‘armaments are not a cause of international tension; they are a symptom’ ?
(1) Fredrick L. Schuman
(2) J.D. Singer
(3) M. Howard
(4) Alfred Zimmerman
17. Disarmament is not premised on which one of the following ?
(1) War is inevitable.
(2) Armaments are a necessary and permanent aspect of human survival in this imperfect world.
(3) One or the other major power will not give up its military designs and reform.
(4) The very terrors implicit in modern weapons make war today unthinkable.
18. Arrange the following wars in the ascending chronological order of their occurrence by using the code given as under :
I. The Spanish Civil War
II. The First Crimean War
III. The Russo-Japanese War
IV. The Spanish – American War
Codes :
(1) I, II, III, IV
(2) II, IV, III, I
(3) III, I, II, IV
(4) IV, III, I, II
19. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : One serious question of instability arises from the disparity between offense and defence.
Reason (R) : The state of military technology puts a heavy premium on striking the first blow.
Codes :
(1) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(2) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not a comprehensive explanation of (A).
20. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Military forces are only the reflections of political hostility. They are not the sources or origins of tensions and conflict among nations.
Reason (R) : To attempt control of military forces before removing the political sources of friction or threat is to put the cart before the horse.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(3) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
21. Who among the following scholars emphasized that ‘J.L. Nehru’s idealism was the realism of the future’ ?
(1) Hans J. Morgenthau
(2) S.P. Cohen
(3) K. Subrahmanyam
(4) George Perkovich
22. Which of the following countries of SAARC have concluded strategic partnership agreement with India ?
(1) Afghanistan
(2) Maldives
(3) Bangladesh
(4) Sri Lanka
23. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Evidently India’s foreign policy-makers have had a broad understanding of national security that automatically seemed to include the neighbouring countries and the Indian Ocean region.
Reason (R) : India as the strongest power in South Asia should be in a position to make concessions to its smaller neighbours, and at the same time, the geo-strategic and geo-economic significance of the Indian Ocean be properly understood for tackling India’s growing security and economic concerns.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(3) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are not correct and (R) is not the explanation of (A).
24. Arrange the following agreements and events between India and Nepal in their ascending chronological order and use the code given as under :
I. Signing of three MoUs between India and Nepal, including the reconstruction, Line of Credit (LOC) and road infrastructure in Terai region of Nepal.
II. Commencement of the 10th Indo-Nepalese joint military exercise ‘Surya Kiran’.
III. Treaty of Perpetual Peace and security signed between the British India and Nepal.
IV. Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship.
Codes :
(1) I, II, III, IV
(2) II, III, IV, I
(3) III, IV, I, II
(4) IV, II, III, I
25. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : China-India strategic partnership of 2015, is neither strategic nor partnership.
Reason (R) : ‘Strategic’ implies existence of wide ranging strategic convergences on overall security and stability and ‘Partnership’ implies that both China and India by joint and shared endeavours could work effectively towards shared interests and benefits.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct through (R) is not the supportive logic of (A), given the intense strategic distrust them.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(4) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
26. Who among the following opined that ‘peace must precede, not follow, disarmament, and freedom must precede peace’ ?
(1) Raymond Aron
(2) Salvador de Madariaga
(3) George P. Shultz
(4) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
27. ‘Triple transformation’ of peace keeping refers to which of the following ?
(1) Sovereignty, equality, non-interference
(2) Regional, national, local participation
(3) Quantitative, qualitative, normative changes
(4) Great power, middle power, small power relations
28. What does solidarist international society norm signifies in global affairs ?
(1) Financial Aid
(2) Non-intervention
(3) Responsibility to protect
(4) Regional cooperation
29. Chronologically arrange the following UN Peace operations by using the correct codes given below :
(a) UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(b) UN Integrated Office in Burundi
(c) UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone
(d) UN Mission in Liberia
Codes :
(1) (d), (a), (b), (c)
(2) (c), (b), (a), (d)
(3) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(4) (a), (d), (c), (b)
30. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reasons (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : The ability of nuclear weapons’ threats to serve diplomacy constructively is likely to remain an open question that historians and security experts will long continue to debate.
Reason (R) : Today, incentives to go nuclear far exceed the disincentives in certain parts of the globe.
(1) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(2) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the explanation of (A).
31. Quaker mediators are officially known by which of the following names ?
(1) Society of Women Activists
(2) Society of Friends
(3) Society of Workers
(4) Society of Environment Activists
32. ‘Majapahit’ was known as the central power of 14th century Southeast Asia, identify in which one of the following countries it was located ?
(1) Indonesia
(2) Burma
(3) Cambodia
(4) Thailand
33. Identify one of the following countries where the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League (AFPFL) was organised ?
(1) China
(2) Cambodia
(3) Burma
(4) Vietnam
34. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reasons (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Five principles (Panchsheel) adopted by India and China in 1954 were incorporated in the ten-point declaration of Bandung Conference in 1955.
Reason (R) : Nehru firmly believed that the fight for the independence of India will not be complete as long as neighbouring countries of Southeast Asia were still under foreign yoke.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(2) (A) is correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(4) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
35. Match List – I (organisations) with List – II (years related to their establishment) by using codes given below. Identify the right code :
36. Which Central Asian country’s air base was the principal support base for the US in its operations in Afghanistan ?
(1) Tajikistan
(2) Uzbekistan
(3) Kazakhstan
(4) Turkmenistan
37. Chronologically arrange the following with the help of the codes given below in the CIS region :
(a) Community of Democratic Choice
(b) Black Sea Economic Cooperation
(c) Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
(d) Central Asian Commonwealth
Codes :
(1) (d), (b), (c), (a)
(2) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(3) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(4) (a), (c), (d), (b)
38. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reasons (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : There is a growing concern about the vulnerability of Central Asian Countries due to proliferating Chinese influence in the region.
Reason (R) : Inability of the Russian Federation coupled with US inactiveness is the reason for this vulnerability. More concerns emanate from inability of Central Asian Countries to protect themselves from Chinese intrusions.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
(4) (A) is correct, but (R) is not the right explanation of (A).
39. Who among the following stated that ‘security is development and without development there can be no security’ ?
(1) Robert S. McNamara
(2) W. Wilson
(3) Bill Clinton
(4) Jimmy Carter
40. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : The Common wealth of independent states has nothing in common and no wealth to keep its unity strong.
Reason (R) : Member countries are unique in their diversity with varying degree of demography and natural resources that keep them divided.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(4) (R) is not the right explanation of (A).
41. In which country was set up a Transitional Government on the basis of a Global and Allinclusive Agreement of 2003 ?
(1) Democratic Republic of Congo
(2) Kenya
(3) Nigeria
(4) Gabon
42. Which one of the following used ‘Steam-Roller tactics’ in the Sinai region during the Arab-Israel war of 1967 ?
(1) Israel
(2) Egypt
(3) Syria
(4) Jordan
43. The idea of ‘shuttle diplomacy’ is closely associated with which of the following peace agreements ?
(1) Middle-East Peace Accord
(2) Peace Accords in Africa
(3) Peace accords in Latin America
(4) Peace accords in Southeast Asia
44. Chronologically arrange the following events of Africa in the ascending order by using the correct codes given below :
(a) East Africa Community
(b) Common Market Protocol
(c) Preferential Trade Area
(d) Economic Community of West African States
Codes :
(1) (d), (c), (a), (b)
(2) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(3) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(4) (b), (a), (d), (c)
45. When was the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights adopted by the OAU members ?
(1) August 1978
(2) August 1980
(3) June 1981
(4) December 1991
46. Chronologically arrange the following in the ascending order by using the correct codes :
(a) Argentina
(b) Chile
(c) Peru
(d) Mexico
Codes :
(1) (c), (a), (b), (d)
(2) (b), (d), (a), (c)
(3) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(4) (c), (b), (a), (d)
47. Chronologically arrange the following events of military coups in Latin America in the ascending order with the help of given codes :
(a) South American Community of Nations
(b) Latin American Free Trade Association
(c) American Common Market
(d) Central American Integration System
Codes :
(1) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(2) (c), (b), (d), (a)
(3) (a), (d), (c), (b)
(4) (d), (b), (a), (c)
48. Which one of the following is marked as stagnant in the context of EU-India strategic partnership ?
(1) Shared commitment to democracy
(2) Rule of law and pluralism
(3) Multilateralism in international relations
(4) Stumbling blocks for bilateral strategic cooperation
49. In which one of the following years the United States annexed the Philippines through the Treaty of Paris ?
(1) 1860
(2) 1898
(3) 1901
(4) 1911
50. Match List – I (Authors) with List – II (Writings) with the help of the code given below :
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