ugcnetonline.in NET International & Area Studies Model Question Paper : University Grants Commission

Name of the Organization : University Grants Commission
Type of the Exam : UGC National Eligibility Test NET
Subject : International And Area Studies
Year : 2014
Document Type : Model Question Paper

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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. In zero-sum game, which one of the following occurs ?
(A) When one actor wins the other loses
(B) When no actor gains, anything
(C) Both the actors win
(D) Each actor gains only a little

2. Who introduced the geopolitical idea of “Zomia” ?
(A) CA Bayle
(B) Leo Panitch
(C) S.V. Schaik
(D) W.V. Schendel

3. Who among the following stated that “Geopolitics is a Pseudo-science” ?
(A) Barry Buzan
(B) N.J. Spikman
(C) H.J. Morgenthan
(D) S.P. Cohen

4. In which year the UN World Summit on international responsibility to protect populations from genocide, ethnic cleaning and similar atrocities was convened
(A) 2001
(B) 2003
(C) 2005
(D) 2009

5. “Depleted Uranium” was used in one of the following wars :
(A) Gulf War
(B) Iran-Iraq War
(C) Second World War
(D) Falkland War

6. Which one of the following is not a natural disaster ?
(A) Cyclone
(B) Air crash
(C) Cloud burst
(D) Volcano eruption

7. Which one of the following is not intertwined with the strategic partnership of India and France ?
(A) Civil nuclear energy
(B) Defence cooperation
(C) Counter terrorism
(D) Climate change

8. Who opined that the (UN) Secretary General wears many hats, most being of his own design ?
(A) Anthony Parsons
(B) J.G. Merills
(C) Thomas Franck
(D) Kofi Annan

9. Which article of Japanese post World War II constitution places restrictions on the use of military force ?
(A) Article 3
(B) Article 5
(C) Article 7
(D) Article 9

10. The global financial crises of 2008 originated in
(A) U.K.
(B) Iceland
(C) U.S.A.
(D) France

11. Which country is identified as the world’s poorest country ?
(A) Bahamas
(B) Barbados
(C) Haiti
(D) Mexico

12. Who among the following coined the term ‘Cyberspace’ ?
(A) Liddell Hart
(B) Linus Pauling
(C) W. Gibson
(D) H. Kissinger

13. Financial help of IMF is given to countries on the basis of which one of the following criteria ?
(A) The value of the collateral offered
(B) The sovereign guarantees along with two sureties
(C) The agreement of the needy country to a programme of actions to correct external and internal imbalances.
(D) The non-availability of support from international private leaders.

14. Which one of the following is not a chemical warfare agent ?
(A) Tabur
(B) Sarin
(C) Chloropicrin
(D) Anthrax

15. Which one of the following functions/powers of the U.N Security Council concerning peace keeping in conflict ridden areas, has not been specifically provided in the U.N. Charter and is held as innovation ?
(A) Peace keeping : persuasive role
(B) Peace keeping : operations
(C) Peace keeping : using coercive authority
(D) Peace keeping through regional organizations

16. In which year did Russia and India sign the Agreement on Cooperation in the use of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes ?
(A) 2005
(B) 2010
(C) 2011
(D) 2012

17. Match the following use codes given below :
List – I (Books) List – II (Authors/Editors)
a. The Politics of the Developing Areas i. M.S. Rajan (ed.)
b. The Anarchical Society : A study of order in World Politics ii. Gabriel A. Almond and James Coleman (ed.)
c. International and Area Studies in India iii. Edward W. Said
d. Orientalism iv. Headley Bull
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii ii iv i
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) ii iv i iii

18. With which of the following countries India has had mutually most beneficial river water agreement ?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Bhutan

19. Who among the following, propounded the doctrine that war between capitals and communist states was not inevitable and that interbloc competition could be peaceful ?
(A) Leonid Brezhnev
(B) Nikita Khrushchev
(C) Andrei Gromyko
(D) Y. Andropov

20. The strategy to prevent the expansion of Soviet influence by encircling itwith military alliances backed with the threat of nuclear retaliation by the United States was known as
(A) Strategy of Annihilation
(B) Strategy of Attribution
(C) Strategy of Massive Retaliation
(D) Strategy of Containment