Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :List I(Regional Organisations)List II(Years of Origin)(a) Organisation of American States (OAS)(i) 1989(b) North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement(ii) 1948(c) Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)(iii) 1954(d) South East Asian Treaty Organisation(iv) 1994

The correct match is a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii.The Organisation of American States was founded by the Charter of Bogota in 1948 (a-ii).The North American Free Trade Agreement (the paper prints 'North Atlantic') came into force in 1994 (b-iv).The Arab Maghreb Union was created by the Treaty of Marrakesh in 1989 (c-i).The South East Asia Treaty Organisation was set up by the Manila Pact in 1954 (d-iii).Each of the other options misplaces at least two of these dates; the first, for example, gives OAS 1989 and SEATO 1994.

Global Security Concerns Questions and Answers

Q: Who is the author of the book "Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement : What Everyone Needs to Know ?

The author is Daniel L. Byman.Byman, a professor at Georgetown University and a fellow of the Brookings Institution, wrote Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know, published by Oxford University Press in 2015. It explains the origins, ideology and rivalry of the two groups in question-and-answer form.The others are also writers on terrorism but of other books: William McCants wrote The ISIS Apocalypse, Bruce Hoffman wrote Inside Terrorism, and Stuart Gottlieb edited Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism.

Q: CTS is a new branch of terrorism studies which is rooted in critical theory approach to understand terrorism. What is the full form of CTS ?

CTS stands for Critical Terrorism Studies.Critical Terrorism Studies emerged in the mid-2000s, led by scholars such as Richard Jackson, Marie Breen Smyth and Jeroen Gunning, and gained its own journal, Critical Studies on Terrorism, in 2008. Drawing on critical theory, it questions how the label 'terrorism' is constructed, criticises the state-centred bias of orthodox terrorism research, and pays attention to state terrorism.The stem itself rules out the 'Counter Terrorism' expansions, since it describes a branch rooted in critical theory, and 'Critical Tourist terrorism studies' is a made-up phrase.

Q: "The Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) was established by the Secretary-General in 2005 and endorsed by the General Assembly through .........

It was endorsed through the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.Secretary-General Kofi Annan set up the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force in 2005 to coordinate the UN system's work against terrorism. The General Assembly endorsed it when it adopted the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy by consensus on 8 September 2006 (resolution 60/288), which also gave the Task Force the job of helping to implement the strategy.The Security Council and its Counter-Terrorism Committee (set up by resolution 1373 in 2001) are not organs of the General Assembly. The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism was created only in 2017, when the Task Force was moved into it.

Q: UN office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) was established on ........ .

UNOCT was established on 15 June, 2017.The UN General Assembly created the Office of Counter-Terrorism by resolution 71/291, adopted on 15 June 2017, on the proposal of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. It brought the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre under one Under-Secretary-General.11 September 2001 is the date of the al-Qaeda attacks on the United States, which led to Security Council resolution 1373, not to this office. The other two dates are distractors without a link to UNOCT's founding.

Q: 6th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia (HoA) was hosted in which city ?

The 6th Ministerial Conference was hosted in Amritsar.The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process, launched in 2011, brings Afghanistan's neighbours and partners together to support its security and connectivity. India hosted the sixth Ministerial Conference in Amritsar on 3-4 December 2016, where the declaration named terrorism as the main threat to Afghanistan and the region.Kathmandu, Mumbai and Hyderabad have not hosted a Heart of Asia ministerial meeting; earlier conferences were held in Istanbul, Kabul, Almaty, Beijing and Islamabad.

Q: Name the Elite paramilitary force of Iran :

The elite force is The Revolutionary Guard Corps.Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, Sepah-e Pasdaran) was formed in 1979 to protect the Islamic Revolution. It exists alongside the regular army, has its own ground, naval and air forces, controls the Basij militia and the external Quds Force, and holds large economic interests.The other options are generic descriptions rather than names of an elite force: 'Paramilitary Force of Iran' simply restates the stem, and border policing in Iran is a function of the law-enforcement command, not the elite paramilitary body the question asks for.

Q: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

The pair that is not correctly matched is Sendero Luminoso - Bolivian Revolution.Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) is a Maoist insurgent group of Peru, founded by Abimael Guzman, which fought the Peruvian state from 1980. It has nothing to do with Bolivia.The other pairs are correct: the LTTE fought for a separate Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka, HAMAS seeks an independent Palestinian state, and the Irish Republican Army fought for a united Irish republic free of British rule.

Q: Which one of the following is the second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan ?

The second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan is the Tajik.No full census has been taken, but common estimates put the Pashtuns at around 40 per cent of the population, the Tajiks at roughly a quarter, and the Hazaras and Uzbeks next at around a tenth each. Tajiks are Persian (Dari) speakers concentrated in the north and west and in Kabul and Herat; Ahmad Shah Massoud was their best-known leader.The Pashtuns are the largest group, not the second, which makes them the main trap. The Hazaras come third, and the Baloch are a small minority in the south.

Q: Sistan and Baluchestan Province is situated in :

Sistan and Baluchestan Province is in Iran.It is Iran's south-eastern province, with its capital at Zahedan and the port of Chabahar on its coast, where India has developed the Shahid Beheshti terminal. It borders Pakistan's Balochistan province and Afghanistan.Pakistan has a province named Balochistan, which is the usual source of confusion, and Afghanistan has a Nimruz province facing the Sistan basin, but the province named in the question is Iranian. Tajikistan does not border the region at all.

61.

Who is the author of the book "Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement : What Everyone Needs to Know ?

A.William McCants
B.Stuart Gottlieb
C.Daniel L. Byman
D.Bruce Hoffman

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: C

The author is Daniel L. Byman.

Byman, a professor at Georgetown University and a fellow of the Brookings Institution, wrote Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know, published by Oxford University Press in 2015. It explains the origins, ideology and rivalry of the two groups in question-and-answer form.

The others are also writers on terrorism but of other books: William McCants wrote The ISIS Apocalypse, Bruce Hoffman wrote Inside Terrorism, and Stuart Gottlieb edited Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism.

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62.

CTS is a new branch of terrorism studies which is rooted in critical theory approach to understand terrorism. What is the full form of CTS ?

A.Critical Terrorism Studies
B.Counter Terrorism Studies
C.Counter Terrorism Strategic
D.Critical Tourist terrorism studies

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: A

CTS stands for Critical Terrorism Studies.

Critical Terrorism Studies emerged in the mid-2000s, led by scholars such as Richard Jackson, Marie Breen Smyth and Jeroen Gunning, and gained its own journal, Critical Studies on Terrorism, in 2008. Drawing on critical theory, it questions how the label 'terrorism' is constructed, criticises the state-centred bias of orthodox terrorism research, and pays attention to state terrorism.

The stem itself rules out the 'Counter Terrorism' expansions, since it describes a branch rooted in critical theory, and 'Critical Tourist terrorism studies' is a made-up phrase.

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63.

"The Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) was established by the Secretary-General in 2005 and endorsed by the General Assembly through .........

A.UN Security Council
B.UN Office of Counter-Terrorism
C.UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
D.UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: C

It was endorsed through the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan set up the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force in 2005 to coordinate the UN system's work against terrorism. The General Assembly endorsed it when it adopted the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy by consensus on 8 September 2006 (resolution 60/288), which also gave the Task Force the job of helping to implement the strategy.

The Security Council and its Counter-Terrorism Committee (set up by resolution 1373 in 2001) are not organs of the General Assembly. The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism was created only in 2017, when the Task Force was moved into it.

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64.

UN office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) was established on ........ .

A.15 June, 2017
B.11 September, 2001
C.4 March, 2016
D.22 December, 2017

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: A

UNOCT was established on 15 June, 2017.

The UN General Assembly created the Office of Counter-Terrorism by resolution 71/291, adopted on 15 June 2017, on the proposal of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. It brought the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre under one Under-Secretary-General.

11 September 2001 is the date of the al-Qaeda attacks on the United States, which led to Security Council resolution 1373, not to this office. The other two dates are distractors without a link to UNOCT's founding.

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65.

6th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia (HoA) was hosted in which city ?

A.Amritsar
B.Kathmandu
C.Mumbai
D.Hyderabad

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: A

The 6th Ministerial Conference was hosted in Amritsar.

The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process, launched in 2011, brings Afghanistan's neighbours and partners together to support its security and connectivity. India hosted the sixth Ministerial Conference in Amritsar on 3-4 December 2016, where the declaration named terrorism as the main threat to Afghanistan and the region.

Kathmandu, Mumbai and Hyderabad have not hosted a Heart of Asia ministerial meeting; earlier conferences were held in Istanbul, Kabul, Almaty, Beijing and Islamabad.

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66.

Name the Elite paramilitary force of Iran :

A.The Revolutionary Guard Corps
B.Paramilitary Force of Iran
C.Iranian Border Security Force
D.Border Police Force of Iran

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: A

The elite force is The Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, Sepah-e Pasdaran) was formed in 1979 to protect the Islamic Revolution. It exists alongside the regular army, has its own ground, naval and air forces, controls the Basij militia and the external Quds Force, and holds large economic interests.

The other options are generic descriptions rather than names of an elite force: 'Paramilitary Force of Iran' simply restates the stem, and border policing in Iran is a function of the law-enforcement command, not the elite paramilitary body the question asks for.

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67.

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

A.LTTE - Tamil Eelam
B.HAMAS - Independent Palestine
C.IRA - Irish Republic
D.Sendero Luminoso - Bolivian Revolution

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: D

The pair that is not correctly matched is Sendero Luminoso - Bolivian Revolution.

Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) is a Maoist insurgent group of Peru, founded by Abimael Guzman, which fought the Peruvian state from 1980. It has nothing to do with Bolivia.

The other pairs are correct: the LTTE fought for a separate Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka, HAMAS seeks an independent Palestinian state, and the Irish Republican Army fought for a united Irish republic free of British rule.

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68.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List I (Regional Organisations)	List II (Years of Origin)
(a) Organisation of American States (OAS)	(i) 1989
(b) North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement	(ii) 1948
(c) Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)	(iii) 1954
(d) South East Asian Treaty Organisation	(iv) 1994

A.a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv
B.a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii
C.a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i
D.a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

The correct match is a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii.

The Organisation of American States was founded by the Charter of Bogota in 1948 (a-ii).
The North American Free Trade Agreement (the paper prints 'North Atlantic') came into force in 1994 (b-iv).
The Arab Maghreb Union was created by the Treaty of Marrakesh in 1989 (c-i).
The South East Asia Treaty Organisation was set up by the Manila Pact in 1954 (d-iii).

Each of the other options misplaces at least two of these dates; the first, for example, gives OAS 1989 and SEATO 1994.

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69.

Which one of the following is the second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan ?

A.Pashtun
B.Tajik
C.Hazara
D.Baloch

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012, MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

The second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan is the Tajik.

No full census has been taken, but common estimates put the Pashtuns at around 40 per cent of the population, the Tajiks at roughly a quarter, and the Hazaras and Uzbeks next at around a tenth each. Tajiks are Persian (Dari) speakers concentrated in the north and west and in Kabul and Herat; Ahmad Shah Massoud was their best-known leader.

The Pashtuns are the largest group, not the second, which makes them the main trap. The Hazaras come third, and the Baloch are a small minority in the south.

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70.

Sistan and Baluchestan Province is situated in :

A.Pakistan
B.Iran
C.Afghanistan
D.Tajikistan

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: B

Sistan and Baluchestan Province is in Iran.

It is Iran's south-eastern province, with its capital at Zahedan and the port of Chabahar on its coast, where India has developed the Shahid Beheshti terminal. It borders Pakistan's Balochistan province and Afghanistan.

Pakistan has a province named Balochistan, which is the usual source of confusion, and Afghanistan has a Nimruz province facing the Sistan basin, but the province named in the question is Iranian. Tajikistan does not border the region at all.

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