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Exam : National Eligibility Test (NET)
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Subject : Defence & Strategic Studies
Date/Year : 10.07.2016 & 28.08.2016

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** This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
** All questions are compulsory.

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1. Which one of the following was the major source of Chandra Gupta’s military administration ?
(1) Indica
(2) Arthashastra
(3) Fa-Hien’s account
(4) Thirukkural

2. Who among the following is known as Machiavelli of India ?
(1) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(2) Ashok the Great
(3) Samudra Gupta
(4) Kautilya

3. Match the following theories in the List-I given below with their proponents in the List-II and use the code below :
List – I (Theories) List –II (Proponents)
(a) Atomic Theory (i) Albert Einstein
(b) Realist Theory (ii) John Dalton
(c) Relativity Theory (iii) S. Freud
(d) Psychoanalysis Theory (iv) Hans. J. Morganthan
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(2) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(3) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(4) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

4. For realists, power is considered as one of the following :
(1) Power is based on economic strength.
(2) Power is a irrational concept.
(3) Power is a ambiguous concept.
(4) Power is a relational as well as a relative concept

5. The concept of “One for All, All for One” relates to which one of the following models of international security :
(1) Democratic peace
(2) Collective security
(3) World government
(4) Disarmed world

6. Which one of the following is not considered as the element of national power ?
(1) National will
(2) Territory
(3) Population
(4) Policy Prescriptions

7. Who among the following thinkers stated that “Non-alignment is the third Bloc” ?
(1) J.L. Nehru
(2) H. Kissinger
(3) M. Breacher
(4) K.P. Mishra

8. Who among the following thinkers stated that “National Security is relative freedom from harmful threats” ?
(1) I. Bellany
(2) J. Mroz
(3) H. Kissinger
(4) A. Wolfers

9. The provisions, deployment and use of military resources in a given strategic environment can be encapsulated as which one of the following ?
(1) Military Alliance
(2) Defence Policy
(3) Strategic Doctrine
(4) Strategic partnership

10. ‘Security Community’ is referred to as one of the following :
(1) A group of states cooperate to manage their disputes and avoid war.
(2) A group of people who become integrated and within a territory develop a sense of community.
(3) A group of states whose primary security concern link together closely.
(4) All of the options given are correct.

11. Which one of the following strategic theories was propounded by Karlvon Clausewitz ?
(1) Push to the Utmost
(2) Expending torrents
(3) Strategic paralysis
(4) Massive Retaliation

12. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) for the code given below :
Assertion (A) : Series of conflicts from the Balkans to Sri Lanka were resolved through the use of force.
Reason (R) : Instead, in case of Karabakh conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan, the key determinants will be a balance of force and interest, which will not necessarily lead to either a full unfreezing of the conflict or fall resolution of it.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the comprehensive explanation of (A).
(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.

13. Which among the following are the conflicting parties in the Nagorno – Karabakhconflict ?
(1) Armenia – Azerbaijan
(2) Georgia – Russia
(3) Ukraine – Russia
(4) Azerbaijan – Russia

14. Arrange the following events in their correct chronological order and use the code given below :
I. The land boundary agreement between India & Bangladesh.
II. SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)
III. New Delhi grant of most favoured nation status to Pakistan.
IV. Pakistan & India joined Shanghai co-operation organization.
Codes :
(1) III, II, I, IV
(2) I, II, III, IV
(3) II, III, I, IV
(4) III, IV, II, I

15. Which one of the following is not a Chinese initiative in the changing geo-political and geo-strategic architecture of the world ?
(1) String of Pearls
(2) New Silk route
(3) Maritime Silk Road
(4) Development for business partnership

16. Who among the following, defined war as “organized violence carried on by political units against each other” ?
(1) Hedley Bull
(2) Quincy Wright
(3) Carl Von Clausewitz
(4) Raymond Aron

17. Re-unification of Crimea with the Russian federation occurred in the year :
(1) 2014
(2) 2013
(3) 2012
(4) 2011

18. Code name of the Indo-French Naval exercise, which was held in 2002 at the coast of Goa was one of the following :
(1) Varun-II
(2) Indra-II
(3) Hope-II
(4) Vijay-II

19. Which one of the following is not associated with India-China regional economic integration processes and regional institutional arrangements ?
(1) BRICS Bank
(2) AIIB
(3) BCIM
(4) PV

20. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : In a war of revolutionary character, Guerrilla operations are a necessary part.
Reason (R) : Guerrilla warfare is in fact a form of warfare of non-conventional nature and not a return to anarchy.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.