MH SET 2015: 6 September, Paper II, Defence and Strategic Studies
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DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
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Defence and Strategic Studies
Paper II
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Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions, each question
carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(50) (2)
1. Which of the following is not 1.
considered as a fundamental
objective of National Security ?
(A)
(A) To safeguard the territory
(B) To maintain military capability (B)
(C) To preserve sovereignty (C)
(D) To maintain international
(D)
peace
2. Who is known as the ‘Father of 2.
Modern War’ ?
(A)
(A) Karl Von Clausewitz
(B)
(B) Napoleon
(C)
(C) Nicolo Machiavelli
(D) Adolf Hitler (D)
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3. The primary purpose of the US 3.
President Richard Nixon’s policy of
ditente was to :
(A)
(A) expand United States military
involvement in South-East Asia
(B) assure an adequate supply of oil
(B)
from the Middle East
(C)
(C) ease tensions between the
United States and the Soviet
Union
(D)
(D) maintain a favourable balance
4.
of trade with China
4. The primary form of threat to
National Security is :
(A)
(A) Territorial threat
(B)
(B) Cyber threat
(C)
(C) Ideological threat
(D) Economic threat (D)
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5. The core of National Interest for any 5.
country at any given time is :
(A) Security
(A)
(B) Nativity
(B)
(C) Productivity
(C)
(D) Culture
(D)
6. The statement, “An attack on one
6.
shall be considered an attack on all”
summarizes the model of alternative
security known as :
(A)
(A) Colonialism
(B)
(B) Non-alignment
(C) Appeasement (C)
(D) Collective security (D)
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7. Which one of the following is not a 7.
tangible determinant of national
power ?
(A)
(A) Geographical extent and
territory (B)
(B) Military capability
(C)
(C) Economic powers
(D)
(D) National Will
8.
8. Etymology of the word security—
“Secura” means :
(A)
(A) Without war
(B)
(B) Without fear
(C)
(C) Without freedom
(D) Without care (D)
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9. The strategic defence initiative (SDI) 9. (SDI)
was conceived during the
incumbency of one of the following
US Presidents :
(A) Richard Nixon (A)
(B) Ronald Reagon
(B)
(C) Bill Clinton
(C)
(D) Jimmy Carter
10. National interest as defined/ (D)
determined by Realists relies
10.
heavily on :
(A) Depending on its people’s (A)
priorities
(B) States prioritize national
(B)
interests insofar as they
guarantee the state’s survival
(C) As homologous to regional
(C)
interests
(D)
(D) By its degree of economic
profitability
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11. Which one of the following is a 11.
diabolical instrument of violence ?
(A) Terror
(A)
(B) Threat
(B)
(C) Atom bomb
(C)
(D) Abuse
(D)
12. The period of first golden age of
12.
classical balance of power may be
considered between :
(A) 1648-1789
(A) 1648-1789
(B) 1618-1786
(B) 1618-1786
(C) 1815-1914
(C) 1815-1914
(D) 1861-1920 (D) 1861-1920
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13. Which headline concerning the 13.
Soviet Union refers to a Cold War (headline)
event ?
(A)
(A) Yeltsin Assumes power
(B)
(B) Trotsky Forms Red Army
(C)
(C) Germany Invades USSR
(D) Warsaw Pact formed (D)
14. Which one of the following countries 14.
is not a member of the Nuclear
club ?
(A)
(A) Britain
(B)
(B) Brazil
(C) Russia (C)
(D) China (D)
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15. As part of its Global War on Terror 15.
(GWOT), the United States was
supposed to withdraw its forces from
Afghanistan is one of the following
years :
(A) 2015
(A) 2015
(B) 2016
(B) 2016
(C) 2014 (C) 2014
(D) 2013 (D) 2013
16. The statement, “The art of correct 16.
distribution of troops as great art of
war,” is related to which one of the
following principles of war ?
(A)
(A) Offensive Action
(B)
(B) Economy of Force
(C)
(C) Concentration of Force
(D) Administration (D)
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17. Which one of the following is not a 17.
principle of War ?
(A)
(A) Surprise
(B)
(B) National interest
(C)
(C) Mobility
(D)
(D) Offensive action
18. Which one of the following is not 18. Weapons of Mass
considered as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Destruction (WMD) ?
(A)
(A) Nuclear weapon
(B)
(B) Chemical weapon
(C)
(C) Bunker buster
(D) Biological weapons (D)
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19. Which one of the following is 19.
the country of origin of ‘Phalcon
Radar’ ?
(A)
(A) Israel
(B)
(B) Germany
(C)
(C) USA
(D) India (D)
20. Which one of the following states 20.
is not a signatory to the Nuclear
Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) ?
(A)
(A) Japan
(B)
(B) Britain
(C)
(C) Canada
(D) Israel (D)
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21. What is thought to be the extreme 21.
eventuality of the Cold War ?
(A)
(A) Hungary Crisis
(B)
(B) Korea Crisis
(C) Suez Canal Crisis (C)
(D) Gulf Crisis
(D)
22. When the existence of the League
22.
of Nations came formally to an
end ?
(A)
(A) 10 Aug., 1945
(B)
(B) 1 Nov., 1945
(C)
(C) 1 Aug., 1946
(D)
(D) 26 Oct., 1945
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23. In conceptualising the pillars of 23.
sustainable development, which one
of the following is not included ?
(A)
(A) Economic growth
(B)
(B) Social progress
(C)
(C) Protection of environment and
natural resources
(D)
(D) Feminism
24.
24. Articles 39-51 of the United Nations
Charter are related to :
(A)
(A) General Assembly
(B)
(B) Security Council
(C) International Court of Justice (C)
(D) World Health Organisation (D)
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25. The Suez Canal connects the
25.
following :
(A) The Atlantic Ocean and the (A)
Mediterranean Sea
(B)
(B) Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
(C)
(C) Black sea and Mediterranean
Sea
(D)
(D) Red sea and Mediterranean Sea
26.
26. ‘Friendship for progress’ initiation
between the Latin American nations
was given by the American
President : (A)
(A) H. Truman
(B)
(B) J.F. Kennedy
(C)
(C) Munro
(D)
(D) Barak Obama
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27. How many countries constitute 27.
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) ?
(A) 46 (A) 46
(B) 43 (B) 43
(C) 44 (C) 44
(D) 45 (D) 45
28. The statement ‘Europe’s time has 28.
finished’, was made by :
(A) Thomas Schelling (A)
(B) Kathre in Voltage (B)
(C) Eric Fisher (C)
(D) M. Kaplan (D)
29. Which one of the following Oceans 29.
was known as a British lake ?
(A) Arctic Ocean (A)
(B) Atlantic Ocean (B)
(C) Indian Ocean (C)
(D) Pacific Ocean (D)
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30. Global warming is a source of major 30.
insecurity because :
(A) The global temperature will
(A)
decrease
(B) Population will become scarce (B)
(C) The food production will go
(C)
down significantly
(D) The global temperature will (D)
increase
31.
31. The headquarters of the
International Atomic Energy
Agency is located in : (A)
(A) Vienna
(B)
(B) New York
(C)
(C) London
(D) Paris (D)
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32. Who among the following is 32.
associated with the realist theory of
International Relations ?
(A)
(A) Woodrow Wilson
(B)
(B) Hans J. Morganthau
(C)
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D)
(D) John Foster Dallas
33.
33. The US World Trade Centre was
destroyed by the terrorists on :
(A)
(A) 11th September, 2001
(B)
(B) 11th September, 2002
(C)
(C) 11th September, 2000
(D)
(D) 11th September, 1998
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34. Who among the following thinkers 34. “Sub-limited Nuclear War”
propounded the concept of “Sub-
limited Nuclear War” ?
(A)
(A) H. Kissinger
(B)
(B) Andre Beaufre
(C)
(C) Richard Haas
(D)
(D) Liddle Hart
35.
35. Arbitration is a technique of settling
international disputes through :
(A)
(A) Amicable means
(B)
(B) Coercive means
(C)
(C) Revolutionary means
(D)
(D) Electronic techniques
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36. In which review conference NPT was 36. NPT
indefinitely extended ?
(A) Second (A)
(B)
(B) Fifth
(C)
(C) Fourth
(D)
(D) Third
37.
37. The treaty of Anti-Ballistic Missile
was signed in the year :
(A) 1972
(A) 1972
(B) 1971
(B) 1971
(C) 1973
(C) 1973
(D) 1969
(D) 1969
38.
38. International law is :
(A)
(A) Criminal Law
(B)
(B) A Civil Law
(C) A Military Law (C)
(D) A Law among states (D)
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39. The US President Bill Clinton had 39.
supported the North American Free
(NAFTA)
Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
primarily as a way to which one of
the following ?
(A) Normalize trade relations with (A)
Cuba
(B)
(B) Stimulate economic growth in
the United States
(C)
(C) Restrict the flow of drugs into
the United States
(D)
(D) Increase the United States
trade deficit 40.
40. Who among the following scholars
stated that the US is enjoying the
upper portion of the multi-layered
cake of world power politics due to
its military and economic power ?
(A)
(A) J. Nye
(B)
(B) S.P. Cohen
(C) Henry Kissinger (C)
(D) Richard Haas (D)
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41. ‘AWACS’ is a system which is : 41. ‘AWACS’
(A) Satellite based
(A)
(B) Missile based
(B)
(C) Aircraft carrier based
(C)
(D) Aircraft based
(D)
42. Heavy water means :
42.
(A) Water treated with chlorine
(A)
(B) Water which does not form
lather easily with soap
(B)
(C) Water used as a moderator in
(C)
nuclear reactors
(D)
(D) Distilled water
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43. Which one of the following countries 43.
is not a part of the Shanghai
Co-operation Organization ?
(A)
(A) Turkmenistan
(B) Tajikistan
(B)
(C) Kyrgyzstan
(C)
(D) Uzbekistan
44. The growth of modern technologies (D)
in the age of Globalisation resulted
44.
in :
(A) a decrease in the population of
(A)
the world
(B) increasing interdependence (B)
among nations
(C) a growing need for unskilled (C)
labour
(D)
(D) a sharp decline in the need for
oil and coal
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45. Which one of the following countries 45.
has emerged as the biggest market
of personal computers (PCs) in
(A)
2013 ?
(A) USA (B)
(B) China
(C)
(C) India
(D)
(D) Japan
46.
46. Which one of the following
sub-Saharan African countries
supplies about 10% of India’s total 10%
oil import ?
(A)
(A) Gabon
(B)
(B) Nigeria
(C)
(C) Sudan
(D) Angola (D)
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47. The SAFTA Agreement was signed 47. (SAFTA)
during the 12th SAARC Summit
held in :
(A) Colombo
(A)
(B) Kathmandu
(B)
(C) New Delhi
(C)
(D) Islamabad
(D)
48. Which South-East Asian country is
48.
looking at India’s overhauling of
aircrafts supplied by Soviet
Russia ?
(A)
(A) Malaysia
(B)
(B) Indonesia
(C) Vietnam (C)
(D) The Philippines (D)
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49. Indian policy of self-reliance in 49.
defence was launched in :
(A) 1965
(A) 1965
(B) 1964
(B) 1964
(C) 1963
(C) 1963
(D) 1972
(D) 1972
50. In which year Defence Research and
50.
Development Organisation was
established by India ?
(A) 1960
(A) 1960
(B) 1962
(B) 1962
(C) 1958 (C) 1958
(D) 1980 (D) 1980
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