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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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Defence & Strategic Studies Model Question :

Time : 2 1/2 hours
Maximum Marks : 150
Paper – III :
Note :
** This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
** All questions are compulsory.

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1. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : International Organizations such as the United Nations now operate with a broader definition of security that is multi-sectoral and encompasses a broader agenda, and not just the military dimension.

Reason (R) : While the focus on military power during the cold war period was understandable, there was an urgent necessity to tackle the non-traditional security (NTS) challenges, including human insecurity, climate change, health care and so on.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not a 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.

2. Match the following leaders in List I with their nick names in List II and use codes given below :
List – I (Leaders) List – II (Nick Names)
a. Benito Mussolini i. Le Grande Charles
b. Adolf Hitler ii. Ike
c. Charles de Gaulle iii. Duce
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower iv. Der Fuehrer
Codes :
a b c d
(1) ii i iv iii
(2) iv iii ii i
(3) i ii iii iv
(4) iii iv i ii

3. Who among the following observed that “Statesmen are actors in a tragedy beyond their making or repair” ?
(1) Robert Jervic
(2) George Kennan
(3) Raymund Arou
(4) J. Nye

4. Which one of the following theorists is associated with the “feminist” school of national security ?
(1) Robert Keohone
(2) Kenneth Waltz
(3) Ann. J. Tickner
(4) Andre Gunder Frank

5. Who among the following scholars stated that the US is enjoying the upper portion of the multilayered cake of world power politics due to its military and economic power ?
(1) J. Nye
(2) S.P. Cohen
(3) H. Kissinger
(4) Kenneth Waltz

6. Match the following thinkers given in List-I with their theories given in List-II. Use the codes given below :
List-I (Thinkers) List-II (Theories)
a. A.T. Mahan i. Red Book
b. Mao Tse Tung ii. Sea Power
c. H. Mekinder iii. Doctrine of Circles
d. Kautilya iv. Geographical Pivot of History
Codes :
a b c d
(1) ii i iv iii
(2) i ii iii iv
(3) ii iii i iv
(4) iv ii iii i

7. Who among the following stated that “the balance of power system was not only inevitable but also an essential stabilizing factor in international relations ?
(1) Kenneth Waltz
(2) E.H. Carr
(3) Hans J. Morgenthau
(4) Trevor Taylor

8. Identify the correct code for the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Internal security problems can endanger national security more critically than external aggression.
Reason (R) : Army must be deployed to check the internal threats.
Codes :
(1) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(2) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.

9. Which one of the following causes resulted in the failure of US – Soviet détente ?
(1) Domestic developments
(2) Proxy wars
(3) Resource scarcity
(4) Technological supremacy

10. Identify the correct code for the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : State policy is the womb in which war is developed.
Reason (R) : War is to be regarded not as an independent thing, but as a political instrument.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(2) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(3) (R) is true but (A) is false and (R) is incorrect explanation of (A).
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.

11. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : The relationship between individual and national security is recognized as being a complex one in which states themselves can pose significant threats to the security of individuals.
Reason (R) : Individual security can not be the basis of security analysis. Because the state cannot be reassembled from individual level attributes.
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 the comprehensive explanation of (A).
12. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Clausewitz argued that war is path of the social & political totality, differing only in its means from peace.
Reason (R) : All wars were the product of the societies that fought there and therefore each age had its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions, and its own peculiar pre-conceptions.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(3) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct.
(4) (A) is not correct and (R) is correct

13. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Terrorism has crossed national frontiers and has acquired international dimensions in various shades and modes.
Reason (R) : International or transnational terrorists do not have any respect for international norms or laws of international system. In addition, some countries sponsor terrorist activities to fulfil their political, strategic & other unstated goals.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(2) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(4) (A) is not correct and (R) is correct.

14. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :
Assertion (A) : Creation of Bangladesh was a big boost for Indian Armed Forces.
Reason (R) : India had gained its morale after the war in a big way.
Codes :
(1) (A) is correct but (R) is false.
(2) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct reason for (A).
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.

15. Arrange the following events in their ascending chronological order and use the code given below :
I. Malegaon Blast
II. Ishrat Jahan Encounter
III. Hijacking of IC-814 & Release of Masood Ajhar
IV. Pathankot Air Base Attack.
Codes :
(1) IV, III, I, II (2) I, II, III, IV
(3) II, I, III, IV (4) IV, II, III, I