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INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES MCQs
1. The theory of hegemonic stability was proposed by
(A) Stephen Krasner
(B) Robert Gilpin
(C) Immanuel Walterstein
(D) Charles Kindleberger
Ans: D
2. Match the following thinkers with their concepts by using the correct code given below:
List – I (Thinkers) List – II (Concepts)
a. Robert Mundell i. Spill over
b. Adam Smith ii. Theory of Optimum Currency
c. Ernst Haas iii. Hegemony
d. Antonio Gramsci iv. Invisible hand
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: C
3. The Gini coefficient is used to measure one of the following:
(A) Population groups
(B) Stock markets and its impact on the economy
(C) The degree of inequality in the distribution of income in a given society.
(D) Power distribution and income inequality in a given society.
Ans: C
4. The focus of constructivism is on
(A) Power and anarchy in the international system
(B) Ideas and beliefs that inform actors.
(C) Identities and interests in a given milieu.
(D) International institutions and processes.
Ans: B
5. Who among the following, defined War as “organized violence carried on by political units against each other”?
(A) Hedley Bull
(B) Quincy Wright
(C) Carl Von Clausewitz
(D) Raymond Aron
Ans: A
6. Who, among the following, wrote the book “Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making feminist sense of International Politics.”?
(A) P. Darby
(B) C. Weber
(C) C. Enloe
(D) A.J. Paolini
Ans: C
7. Choose the correct answer for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) by using the code given below:
Assertion (A): American Cold Warriors embraced geopolitics as a basis for a national policy.
Reason (R): It was aimed at confronting the Soviet Union and International Communism by introducing politico strategic concepts as containment, domino theory, balance-of-power linkages and linchpin states.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
8. Who among the thinkers given below would you associate with the idea that “the territorial state is vital to the capitalist system and therefore to the operation of the world economy”?
(A) Peter Drucker
(B) E.P. Thompson
(C) Michael Hardt
(D) Peter Taylor
Ans: D
9. Match the following thinkers in Table – I with their seminal works in Table – II on the basis of the correct code given below:
Table – I (Thinkers) Table – II (Works)
a. Clausewitz i. Geographical Pivot of History
b. A.T. Mahan ii. The Command of Air
c. H. MacKinder iii. The Campaign of 1812 in Russia
d. Douhet iv. The Interests of America in Sea Power, Present and Future
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: D
10. Which one of the following has been on the offensive for the end of democratic system in Pakistan as witnessed in 2013 elections in Pakistan?
(A) Tehrik-e-Pakistan Taliban
(B) J.U.D.
(C) L.E.T.
(D) Afghanistan Taliban
Ans: A
11. Which one of the following countries has emerged as the biggest market of personal computers (PCs) in 2013 in the globalised world?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Japan
Ans: B
12. Which among the following are identified as countries of the Golden Triangle?
(A) Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
(B) Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran
(C) Myanmar, India, China
(D) Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
Ans: D
13. Which one of the following is not identified as existential threat to human kind?
(A) Weapons of Mass Destruction
(B) Climate change
(C) International terrorism
(D) Globalisation
Ans: D
14. Which of the following is not a chemical warfare agent?
(A) Tabun
(B) Sarin
(C) Chloropicrin
(D) SARS
Ans: D
15. Who articulated the ‘Atom for Peace’ concept?
(A) D. Eisenhower
(B) W. Wilson
(C) J.F. Kennedy
(D) W. Clinton
Ans: A
16. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): During the cold war period the prevailing Western conception of ‘National
Security’ gradually shifted to ‘International Security’.
Reason (R): As cold war evolved towards the super power détente of 1970s, the prevailing terminology was increasingly that of ‘International Security’.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
Ans: A
17. The Kurds are significant minorities in the following countries of West Asia:
(A) Turkey, Iraq, Oman
(B) Iran, UAE, Jordan
(C) Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia
(D) Turkey, Iran, Iraq
Ans: D
18. The Suez Canal connects the following:
(A) The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
(B) Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
(C) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(D) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Ans: D
19. Match the leaders mentioned in List – I with their countries mentioned in List – II with the help of code given below:
List – I (Leaders) List – II (Countries)
a. Kamal Ataturk i. Iran
b. Golda Meir ii. Tunisia
c. Mohammed Mossadegh iii. Turkey
d. H. Bargiba iv. Israel
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) ii i iv iii
Ans: A
20. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): The Iranian Revolution has served to reconfigure the politics of West Asia.
Reason (R): It marked a crucial moment in the emergence of militant Islam. It reflected the aspirations of Muslims who had felt humiliated and frustrated by their bitter experiences with the West.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
21. ‘Shock and Awe’ tactics were used in one of the following:
(A) Gulf War I
(B) Gulf War II
(C) Global War on Terror (GWOT)
(D) World War II
Ans: B
22. The 1975 Algiers Accord provides for
(A) End of the UN intervention in Iraq
(B) Ceasefire between Egypt and Israel
(C) Agreement between Iraq and Iran to settlement border disputes
(D) To end the Kurdish War
Ans: C
23. Chronologically arrange the Presidents in the post-revolution Iran (1979) in the ascending order by using the correct code given below:
i. Mohammad Khatami
ii. Abolhasan Banisadr
iii. Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
iv. Ali Khamenei
Codes:
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) i iii iv ii
(D) ii iv iii i
Ans: D
24. Turkey became an associate member of the ‘European Common Market’ in the year
(A) 1965
(B) 1963
(C) 1982
(D) 1985
Ans: B
25. With reference to West Asia, choose the odd one out:
(A) Ottoman Empire
(B) Mandate System
(C) Western Colonialism
(D) Apartheid Policy
Ans: D
26. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): China intended to keep away India as member of East Asian Summit (EAS). But India became a member though it does not belong to East Asia.
Reason (R): The ASEAN and Japan strongly supported India’s case to be a member of the EAS.
Codes:
(A) (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (R).
(B) (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
27. Arrange the following events in a chronological ascending order on the basis of code given below:
i. Dr. Mahathir Mohammad became Prime Minister in Malaysia.
ii. Ferdinand Marcos fled to Hawaii from the Philippines.
iii. Sukarno transferred power to Suharto in Indonesia.
iv. Lao People’s Democratic Republic was established.
Codes:
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) i iii ii iv
Ans: B
28. Match List – I (Country) with List – II (Year of Independence) by using the correct code given below:
List – I (Country) List – II (Year)
a. Brunei i. 1957
b. Cambodia ii. 1948
c. Malaysia iii. 1984
d. Myanmar iv. 1953
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: B
29. Establishment of an ASEAN community by 2015 was signed at
(A) Bangkok Declaration of 1967
(B) Phnom Penh Declaration of 2002
(C) East Asia Summit of 2005
(D) Cebu Declaration of 2007
Ans: C
30. Which one of the following is ASEAN’s highest decision-making body?
(A) Foreign Ministers Conference of ASEAN
(B) ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
(C) ASEAN + 3
(D) ASEAN Summit
Ans: D
31. Which one of the following Southeast Asian countries was victimised by terrorist bombings at Valentine Day?
(A) Thailand
(B) Myanmar
(C) Cambodia
(D) Indonesia
Ans: A
32. Name the Southeast Asian country who is inclined in providing physical connectivity between South Asia and Southeast Asia.
(A) Indonesia
(B) Myanmar
(C) Cambodia
(D) Thailand
Ans: B
33. Which one of the following is identified as the largest island of the South-east Asian region?
(A) Luzon
(B) Borneo
(C) Sulawesi
(D) Sumatra
Ans: B
34. India’s Nuclear Doctrine should be revamped because of the following:
(A) China’s strategic, tactical and theatre nuclear capabilities
(B) Pakistan’s efforts for lowering the threshold of using tactical nuclear weapons at theatre level
(C) India’s credible nuclear force requirements vis-à-vis China and Pakistan.
(D) All of the above three
Ans: D
35. Chronologically arrange the following Nigerian Chief Executives in the ascending order on the basis of code given below:
i. Sani Abacha
ii. Olusegun Obasanjo
iii. Shehu Shagari
iv. Ibraham Babangida
Codes:
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: C
36. The Abuja Treaty (1991) resulted in the formation of one of the following:
(A) Gulf Co-operation Council
(B) African Central Bank
(C) African Economic Community
(D) African Monetary Union
Ans: C
37. Match the country mentioned in List – I with their previous names mentioned in List – II by using the correct code given below:
List – I (Country) List – II (Old Names)
a. Benin i. Gold Coast
b. Bourkina Fasso ii. Dahomey
c. Ghana iii. Upper Volta
d. Malawi iv. Nyasaland
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: C
38. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): Most of the weakest States in the world are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa.
Reason (R): These States fail the most basic test of State power; they are unable to maintain domestic order and personal security, civil strife and even civil war become almost routine.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
39. The African Union was formed in one of the following years:
(A) 1995
(B) 2001
(C) 2002
(D) 2004
Ans: B
40. The Berber uprising took place against the Government in which of the following countries?
(A) Algeria
(B) Ethiopia
(C) Cameroon
(D) Nigeria
Ans: A
41. The concept of the Government of National Unity was developed by one of the following countries of Africa:
(A) Nigeria
(B) Tanzania
(C) South Africa
(D) Uganda
Ans: C
42. The Russian Federation today follows the party system in the following way:
(A) Biparty system
(B) Triparty system
(C) Multiparty system
(D) One party system
Ans: C
43. A novel feature of the Russian Federal System is included in Article 72 of the Constitution of 1993 that states:
(A) Ad-hoc Union
(B) Centralisation of powers
(C) Joint jurisdiction of the Federal and State units
(D) Internationalism
Ans: C
44. Which one of the following countries is not a part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
(A) Turkmenistan
(B) Tajikistan
(C) Kyrgyzstan
(D) Uzbekistan
Ans: A
45. How many Former Soviet Republics joined the Commonwealth of Independent States?
(A) 7
(B) 9
(C) 11
(D) 13
Ans: B
46. Match the countries in List – I with their leaders in List – II by using the correct code given below:
List – I (Country) List – II (Leaders)
a. Russia i. Putin
b. Tajikistan ii. Karimov
c. Uzbekistan iii. Niyazev
d. Kazakhstan iv. Nazarbayev
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv i iii ii
Ans: B
47. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): The disintegration of the Soviet Union brought Russia’s decisive retreat from socialism and a turn to capitalism.
Reason (R): The disintegration eliminated its ‘Superpower’ status.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the only explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
48. Which one of the following countries regards Church as a valuable ally in building patriotic loyalty, national pride and ethical values?
(A) Belarus
(B) Ukraine
(C) Georgia
(D) Russia
Ans: D
49. Which Article in the Russian Constitution of 1993 states that ‘no ideology be established as state or an obligatory one’?
(A) Article 3
(B) Article 10
(C) Article 13
(D) Article 15
Ans: C
50. As a multiethnic state, Russia has the following number of ethnic groups:
(A) 70
(B) 90
(C) 140
(D) 185
Ans: D
(A) Stephen Krasner
(B) Robert Gilpin
(C) Immanuel Walterstein
(D) Charles Kindleberger
Ans: D
2. Match the following thinkers with their concepts by using the correct code given below:
List – I (Thinkers) List – II (Concepts)
a. Robert Mundell i. Spill over
b. Adam Smith ii. Theory of Optimum Currency
c. Ernst Haas iii. Hegemony
d. Antonio Gramsci iv. Invisible hand
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: C
3. The Gini coefficient is used to measure one of the following:
(A) Population groups
(B) Stock markets and its impact on the economy
(C) The degree of inequality in the distribution of income in a given society.
(D) Power distribution and income inequality in a given society.
Ans: C
4. The focus of constructivism is on
(A) Power and anarchy in the international system
(B) Ideas and beliefs that inform actors.
(C) Identities and interests in a given milieu.
(D) International institutions and processes.
Ans: B
5. Who among the following, defined War as “organized violence carried on by political units against each other”?
(A) Hedley Bull
(B) Quincy Wright
(C) Carl Von Clausewitz
(D) Raymond Aron
Ans: A
6. Who, among the following, wrote the book “Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making feminist sense of International Politics.”?
(A) P. Darby
(B) C. Weber
(C) C. Enloe
(D) A.J. Paolini
Ans: C
7. Choose the correct answer for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) by using the code given below:
Assertion (A): American Cold Warriors embraced geopolitics as a basis for a national policy.
Reason (R): It was aimed at confronting the Soviet Union and International Communism by introducing politico strategic concepts as containment, domino theory, balance-of-power linkages and linchpin states.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
8. Who among the thinkers given below would you associate with the idea that “the territorial state is vital to the capitalist system and therefore to the operation of the world economy”?
(A) Peter Drucker
(B) E.P. Thompson
(C) Michael Hardt
(D) Peter Taylor
Ans: D
9. Match the following thinkers in Table – I with their seminal works in Table – II on the basis of the correct code given below:
Table – I (Thinkers) Table – II (Works)
a. Clausewitz i. Geographical Pivot of History
b. A.T. Mahan ii. The Command of Air
c. H. MacKinder iii. The Campaign of 1812 in Russia
d. Douhet iv. The Interests of America in Sea Power, Present and Future
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: D
10. Which one of the following has been on the offensive for the end of democratic system in Pakistan as witnessed in 2013 elections in Pakistan?
(A) Tehrik-e-Pakistan Taliban
(B) J.U.D.
(C) L.E.T.
(D) Afghanistan Taliban
Ans: A
11. Which one of the following countries has emerged as the biggest market of personal computers (PCs) in 2013 in the globalised world?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Japan
Ans: B
12. Which among the following are identified as countries of the Golden Triangle?
(A) Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
(B) Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran
(C) Myanmar, India, China
(D) Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
Ans: D
13. Which one of the following is not identified as existential threat to human kind?
(A) Weapons of Mass Destruction
(B) Climate change
(C) International terrorism
(D) Globalisation
Ans: D
14. Which of the following is not a chemical warfare agent?
(A) Tabun
(B) Sarin
(C) Chloropicrin
(D) SARS
Ans: D
15. Who articulated the ‘Atom for Peace’ concept?
(A) D. Eisenhower
(B) W. Wilson
(C) J.F. Kennedy
(D) W. Clinton
Ans: A
16. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): During the cold war period the prevailing Western conception of ‘National
Security’ gradually shifted to ‘International Security’.
Reason (R): As cold war evolved towards the super power détente of 1970s, the prevailing terminology was increasingly that of ‘International Security’.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
Ans: A
17. The Kurds are significant minorities in the following countries of West Asia:
(A) Turkey, Iraq, Oman
(B) Iran, UAE, Jordan
(C) Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia
(D) Turkey, Iran, Iraq
Ans: D
18. The Suez Canal connects the following:
(A) The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
(B) Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
(C) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(D) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Ans: D
19. Match the leaders mentioned in List – I with their countries mentioned in List – II with the help of code given below:
List – I (Leaders) List – II (Countries)
a. Kamal Ataturk i. Iran
b. Golda Meir ii. Tunisia
c. Mohammed Mossadegh iii. Turkey
d. H. Bargiba iv. Israel
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) ii i iv iii
Ans: A
20. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): The Iranian Revolution has served to reconfigure the politics of West Asia.
Reason (R): It marked a crucial moment in the emergence of militant Islam. It reflected the aspirations of Muslims who had felt humiliated and frustrated by their bitter experiences with the West.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
21. ‘Shock and Awe’ tactics were used in one of the following:
(A) Gulf War I
(B) Gulf War II
(C) Global War on Terror (GWOT)
(D) World War II
Ans: B
22. The 1975 Algiers Accord provides for
(A) End of the UN intervention in Iraq
(B) Ceasefire between Egypt and Israel
(C) Agreement between Iraq and Iran to settlement border disputes
(D) To end the Kurdish War
Ans: C
23. Chronologically arrange the Presidents in the post-revolution Iran (1979) in the ascending order by using the correct code given below:
i. Mohammad Khatami
ii. Abolhasan Banisadr
iii. Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
iv. Ali Khamenei
Codes:
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) i iii iv ii
(D) ii iv iii i
Ans: D
24. Turkey became an associate member of the ‘European Common Market’ in the year
(A) 1965
(B) 1963
(C) 1982
(D) 1985
Ans: B
25. With reference to West Asia, choose the odd one out:
(A) Ottoman Empire
(B) Mandate System
(C) Western Colonialism
(D) Apartheid Policy
Ans: D
26. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): China intended to keep away India as member of East Asian Summit (EAS). But India became a member though it does not belong to East Asia.
Reason (R): The ASEAN and Japan strongly supported India’s case to be a member of the EAS.
Codes:
(A) (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (R).
(B) (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
27. Arrange the following events in a chronological ascending order on the basis of code given below:
i. Dr. Mahathir Mohammad became Prime Minister in Malaysia.
ii. Ferdinand Marcos fled to Hawaii from the Philippines.
iii. Sukarno transferred power to Suharto in Indonesia.
iv. Lao People’s Democratic Republic was established.
Codes:
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) i iii ii iv
Ans: B
28. Match List – I (Country) with List – II (Year of Independence) by using the correct code given below:
List – I (Country) List – II (Year)
a. Brunei i. 1957
b. Cambodia ii. 1948
c. Malaysia iii. 1984
d. Myanmar iv. 1953
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: B
29. Establishment of an ASEAN community by 2015 was signed at
(A) Bangkok Declaration of 1967
(B) Phnom Penh Declaration of 2002
(C) East Asia Summit of 2005
(D) Cebu Declaration of 2007
Ans: C
30. Which one of the following is ASEAN’s highest decision-making body?
(A) Foreign Ministers Conference of ASEAN
(B) ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
(C) ASEAN + 3
(D) ASEAN Summit
Ans: D
31. Which one of the following Southeast Asian countries was victimised by terrorist bombings at Valentine Day?
(A) Thailand
(B) Myanmar
(C) Cambodia
(D) Indonesia
Ans: A
32. Name the Southeast Asian country who is inclined in providing physical connectivity between South Asia and Southeast Asia.
(A) Indonesia
(B) Myanmar
(C) Cambodia
(D) Thailand
Ans: B
33. Which one of the following is identified as the largest island of the South-east Asian region?
(A) Luzon
(B) Borneo
(C) Sulawesi
(D) Sumatra
Ans: B
34. India’s Nuclear Doctrine should be revamped because of the following:
(A) China’s strategic, tactical and theatre nuclear capabilities
(B) Pakistan’s efforts for lowering the threshold of using tactical nuclear weapons at theatre level
(C) India’s credible nuclear force requirements vis-à-vis China and Pakistan.
(D) All of the above three
Ans: D
35. Chronologically arrange the following Nigerian Chief Executives in the ascending order on the basis of code given below:
i. Sani Abacha
ii. Olusegun Obasanjo
iii. Shehu Shagari
iv. Ibraham Babangida
Codes:
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: C
36. The Abuja Treaty (1991) resulted in the formation of one of the following:
(A) Gulf Co-operation Council
(B) African Central Bank
(C) African Economic Community
(D) African Monetary Union
Ans: C
37. Match the country mentioned in List – I with their previous names mentioned in List – II by using the correct code given below:
List – I (Country) List – II (Old Names)
a. Benin i. Gold Coast
b. Bourkina Fasso ii. Dahomey
c. Ghana iii. Upper Volta
d. Malawi iv. Nyasaland
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: C
38. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): Most of the weakest States in the world are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa.
Reason (R): These States fail the most basic test of State power; they are unable to maintain domestic order and personal security, civil strife and even civil war become almost routine.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
39. The African Union was formed in one of the following years:
(A) 1995
(B) 2001
(C) 2002
(D) 2004
Ans: B
40. The Berber uprising took place against the Government in which of the following countries?
(A) Algeria
(B) Ethiopia
(C) Cameroon
(D) Nigeria
Ans: A
41. The concept of the Government of National Unity was developed by one of the following countries of Africa:
(A) Nigeria
(B) Tanzania
(C) South Africa
(D) Uganda
Ans: C
42. The Russian Federation today follows the party system in the following way:
(A) Biparty system
(B) Triparty system
(C) Multiparty system
(D) One party system
Ans: C
43. A novel feature of the Russian Federal System is included in Article 72 of the Constitution of 1993 that states:
(A) Ad-hoc Union
(B) Centralisation of powers
(C) Joint jurisdiction of the Federal and State units
(D) Internationalism
Ans: C
44. Which one of the following countries is not a part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
(A) Turkmenistan
(B) Tajikistan
(C) Kyrgyzstan
(D) Uzbekistan
Ans: A
45. How many Former Soviet Republics joined the Commonwealth of Independent States?
(A) 7
(B) 9
(C) 11
(D) 13
Ans: B
46. Match the countries in List – I with their leaders in List – II by using the correct code given below:
List – I (Country) List – II (Leaders)
a. Russia i. Putin
b. Tajikistan ii. Karimov
c. Uzbekistan iii. Niyazev
d. Kazakhstan iv. Nazarbayev
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv i iii ii
Ans: B
47. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): The disintegration of the Soviet Union brought Russia’s decisive retreat from socialism and a turn to capitalism.
Reason (R): The disintegration eliminated its ‘Superpower’ status.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the only explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
48. Which one of the following countries regards Church as a valuable ally in building patriotic loyalty, national pride and ethical values?
(A) Belarus
(B) Ukraine
(C) Georgia
(D) Russia
Ans: D
49. Which Article in the Russian Constitution of 1993 states that ‘no ideology be established as state or an obligatory one’?
(A) Article 3
(B) Article 10
(C) Article 13
(D) Article 15
Ans: C
50. As a multiethnic state, Russia has the following number of ethnic groups:
(A) 70
(B) 90
(C) 140
(D) 185
Ans: D
51. Match List – I (Countries Invaded) with List – II (Soviet Leaders) with codes given below.
List – I List – II
(a) Afghanistan (i) Nikita Krushchev
(b) Georgia (ii) Leonid Brezhnev
(c) Hungary (iii) Yuri Andropov
(d) Czechoslovakia (iv) Vladimir Putin
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: D
52. Sir Creek issue is between
(A) India – China
(B) India – Pakistan
(C) Pakistan – Afghanistan
(D) India – Sri Lanka
Ans: B
53. China conducted a Nuclear Test for Pakistan in the year 1990 at
(A) Chagai Hills
(B) Lop Nor
(C) Chashma
(D) Shihala
Ans: B
54. India’s historic victory on 16thDecember 1971 leading to the birth of Bangladesh was not strategically contingent upon the following:
(A) Fall of Dacca as final objective
(B) 45 towns to be bypassed.
(C) Disruption of communication, command and control centres of the enemy as subsidiary objectives.
(D) Withdrawal of Pakistan army to the Western Frontiers of India- Pakistan borders.
Ans: D
55. Assertion (A): Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq went for Revival of Constitutional Order” in 1985.
Reason (R): By mid-eighties the President was a transformed person and committed to strengthening democracy.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
Ans: A
56. Match the names of the Presidents in List – I with the names of their country in List – II as given below:
List – I List – II
(Presidents) (Country)
(a) Asif Ali Zardari (i) Nepal
(b) Ram Baran Yadav (ii) Maldives
(c) Mohmad Waheed Hassan (iii) Sri Lanka
(d) Mahinda Rajapakse (iv) Pakistan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
Ans: C
57. Bangladesh is concerned about India’s plans to construct the Tipaimukh dam over Barak River in
(A) Tripura
(B) Assam
(C) Manipur
(D) Bhutan
Ans: C
58. Which one of the following is identified as India’s intention in inviting Pakistan and China in the thirteen member regional investors’ meet on Afghanistan?
(A) Fostering regional coordination in the backdrop of plans to withdraw the US led armed forces from Afghanistan in 2014.
(B) The US encouragement for such regional moves.
(C) Appreciating India’s concerns against Pakistan’s ambitions for strategic depth.
(D) Addressing Afghanistan’s domestic concerns.
Ans: A
59. What is not the central purport of Bangladesh Supreme Court judgement in July 2010 setting aside the bulk of Fifth Constitutional Amendment?
(A) Restoring secular character of the Constitution.
(B) Disapproving religious political parties.
(C) Holding martial law administration as unconstitutional ultra-vires even in future.
(D) Retaining provision concerning Islam as State Religion.
Ans: A
60. During the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 between the US and the erstwhile Soviet Union, who said, “We shall bury you”?
(A) John F. Kennedy
(B) Dwight Eisenhower
(C) Lyndon B. Johnson
(D) N. Khrushchev
Ans: D
61. ‘Détente’ means the following:
(A) All-out war
(B) Deterrence through overwhelming power
(C) Pre-emption
(D) Relaxation of military tensions between two or more States.
Ans: D
62. Identify the right code for the
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): While military threats have been reduced in the new world economic order, fears of economic vulnerability have actually increased.
Reason (R): This is because in the modern, hi-tech, globalized economy, States find it increasingly difficult to procure everything they need militarily.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(B) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the appropriate logic for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
Ans: C
63. Match List – I (Authors) with List – II (Books) with the codes which are given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Francis Fukuyama (i) Nuclear Weapons &Foreign Policy
(b) Samuel Huntington (ii) The Paradox of American Power
(c) Henry Kissinger (iii) The End of History and the Last Man
(d) Joseph S. Nye (iv) Who We Are?
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: B
64. Identify the official minorities in the USA from the following:
(A) Indians and Chinese
(B) Afro-Americans and Asians
(C) Mexicans and Vietnamese
(D) Non-Black Americans
Ans: B
65. The Monroe Doctrine stated that
(A) US reserved the right to intervene in armed disputes across the globe.
(B) US would support any anti- Communist State.
(C) US would have the right to protect according to its interests.
(D) US would pursue its interests within its sphere of influence without reference to European powers.
Ans: D
66. “Due process of law” clause of the U.S. Constitution was based on
(A) Common law and Magna Carta
(B) Natural law and People’s law
(C) Divine law and Crown’s powers
(D) Federal law and State laws
Ans: A
67. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Identify the correct code:
Assertion (A): Strategic Realism of Thomas Schelling is focused on Nuclear Statecraft.
Reason (R): The power to hurt is nothing new in warfare, but modern technology enhances the importance of war and threats of war as techniques of influence, not of destruction; of coercion and deterrence, not of conquest and defense, of bargaining and intimidation.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
68. Which one of the following is related to the creation of Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Latin America?
(A) Rerotonga Treaty
(B) Treaty of Tlateloco
(C) Treaty of Pelindaba
(D) Antarctica Treaty
Ans: B
69. Mexico was ruled by a leader whose form was known as developmental dictatorship between (1876-1910). Name the leader:
(A) Alvaro Obregon
(B) Plutarco Elias Calles
(C) Porfirio Diaz
(D) Vicente Fox
Ans: C
70. Identify the meaning of ‘liberation theology’ in Latin America.
(A) Use of Christian precepts to politics.
(B) Ideology using Christianity as the basis of social justice.
(C) Freedom movement based on Christianity
(D) Religion decides State formation
Ans: B
71. Getulio Vargas, known as the ‘Father of the Poor’ is the President of which country?
(A) Argentina
(B) Brazil
(C) Chile
(D) Ecuador
Ans: B
72. Name the Secretary General of the sixth OAS Summit.
(A) Hugo Chavez
(B) Jeanette Sanchez
(C) Jose Miguel Insulza
(D) Fidel Castro
Ans: C
73. Match List – I of Latin American States and List – II with their leaders:
List – I List – II
(States) (Leaders)
(a) Argentina (i) Alvaro Arzu
(b) Brazil (ii) Raul Alfonsin
(c) Nicaragua (iii) Jose Sarney
(d) Guatemala (iv) Daniel Ortega
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: C
74. Identify the correct code from the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Guatemala represented one of the most extreme cases of State repression in twentieth century Latin America.
Reason (R): The militarization of the entire State apparatus led to thousands of people killed, millions displaced and human rights grossly violated.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct and (R) gives the correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is not correct though (R) is true.
(D) (R) is not the correct explanation though (A) is true.
Ans: B
75. Itaipur Dam satisfies the electricity requirements of the following countries:
(A) Peru and Paraguay
(B) Bolivia and Chile
(C) Paraguay and Brazil
(D) Peru and Uruguay
Ans: C
76. Identify the correct code in ascending chronological order for the following:
I. The British grant of independence to Malaya
II. Unu become Prime Minister of Burma
III. American withdrawal from Subic and clark bases
IV. French defeat at Dien Bien Phu
Codes:
(A) III, II, IV, I
(B) II, IV, III, I
(C) II, IV, I, III
(D) I, III, II, IV
Ans: C
77. The ‘Komodo Dragons’ are found in
(A) China
(B) Indonesia
(C) Vietnam
(D) Cambodia
Ans: B
78. ‘Mischief Reef’ was occupied by China in 1995 from the control of
(A) The Philippines
(B) Taiwan
(C) Japan
(D) Vietnam
Ans: D
79. ‘Zaibatsu’ was corporate conglomerates promoted by
(A) China
(B) Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Taiwan
Ans: C
80. Which one of the following countries is not a member of NATO?
(A) Hungary
(B) Belarussia
(C) Czech Republic
(D) Poland
Ans: B
81. The BTC energy pipeline originates from which country?
(A) Armenia
(B) Georgia
(C) Azerbaijan
(D) Kazakhstan
Ans: C
82. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): The Russian Premier and the Chinese President met in 1997 to establish a new ‘strategic partnership’ and also called for the creation of a multipolar world system.
Reason (R): This exercise was to bring about a new Sino- Russian axis to counter US domination in global affairs.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not the right explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
Ans: C
83. Match the leaders mentioned in List – I with the countries mentioned in List – II with the help of code given below:
List – I (Leaders) List – II (Countries)
a. Lukashenko 1. Russia
b. Islam Karimov 2. Belarus
c. Ilham Alier 3. Uzbekistan
d. V. Putin 4. Azerbaijan
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: A
84. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) on the basis of the code given below:
Assertion (A): Niger Delta of Nigeria has rich oil reserves but Nigeria is struck with numerous problems of environmental hazards and environmental injustice.
Reason (R): According to World Bank only one percent of the oil revenues actually reach the population due to misdistribution and corruption.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not the right explanation.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is the right explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is not correct.
Ans: B
85. Match the communities with the respective countries with the help of codes given below:
Communities Countries
a. Yezidis i. Kuwait
b. Ithna Ashari Shi’is ii. Israel
c. Mandaeans iii. Syria
d. Mizrahi iv. Iraq
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: B
86. Which one of the following connects the Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea?
(A) Suez Canal
(B) Lake Tiberias
(C) Strait of Malacca
(D) Bab-el Mandeb
Ans: A
87. Contemporary Iraq is bordered by the following countries:
(A) Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Turkey, Saudi Arabia
(B) Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey
(C) Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Kuwait, Turkey
(D) Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Ans: B
88. “A-Orange” was used by the United States in one of the following wars:
(A) Second World War
(B) Vietnam War
(C) Gulf War-II
(D) Gulf War-I
Ans: B
89. Who, among the following, opined that nuclear weapons provide the glue that has held the Western alliance together?
(A) Richard Nixon
(B) James Schlesinger
(C) Harry Truman
(D) George P. Schultz
Ans: B
90. Who among the following US scholars published his article in Foreign Affairs journal named as “X”?
(A) Heary Kissinger
(B) George F. Kennan
(C) Bernard Broodie
(D) Richard Haas
Ans: B
91. Which one of the following is related to “Obama Care”?
(A) Personal security arrangements for the President Barak Obama
(B) Higher resource allocation for people’s health plan, especially those at lower level.
(C) Special measures for strengthening national security.
(D) Special measures for strengthening welfare administration.
Ans: B
92. The US backing for anti-communist insurgents who sought to overthrow Soviet supported governments was premised on
(A) Reagan doctrine
(B) Truman doctrine
(C) Bush doctrine
(D) Carter doctrine
Ans: A
93. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): The BRIC nations recently have fostered better engagements with the Latin
American countries when on the other hand, the other industrialised countries are gradually loosing their roles in Latin American development.
Reason (R): The BRIC nations do not try to enforce their political values but rather emphasise on mutual benefits and cooperation.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is not the right answer.
Ans: A
94. The ‘Dirty War’ in Latin America took place in
(A) Argentina
(B) Bolivia
(C) Nicaragua
(D) Peru
Ans: A
95. The ‘Merida Initiative’ is an agreement between the following countries:
(A) Brazil and Columbia
(B) US and Mexico
(C) Argentina and Peru
(D) Canada and Chile
Ans: B
96. The strategy which employs threats or limited force to persuade an opponent to stop or undo an action already underway is called
(A) Coercive diplomacy
(B) Persuasive diplomacy
(C) Preventive diplomacy
(D) Defensive defence
Ans: A
97. A sea zone prescribed by the UN Convention on the Law of Seas over which a State has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, stretching from the baseline up to 260 nautical miles water column from its coast is called one of the following:
(A) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
(B) Territorial Waters
(C) Continental Shelf
(D) Archipelagic waters
Ans: A
98. Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of heroine?
(A) Myanmar
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Columbia
(D) Pakistan
Ans: A
99. As part of its Global War on Terror (GWOT), the United States is going to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan in one of the following years:
(A) 2015
(B) 2016
(C) 2014
(D) 2013
Ans: C
100. India and France signed strategic partnership agreement in the year
(A) 1995
(B) 1998
(C) 1996
(D) 2000
Ans: B
List – I List – II
(a) Afghanistan (i) Nikita Krushchev
(b) Georgia (ii) Leonid Brezhnev
(c) Hungary (iii) Yuri Andropov
(d) Czechoslovakia (iv) Vladimir Putin
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: D
52. Sir Creek issue is between
(A) India – China
(B) India – Pakistan
(C) Pakistan – Afghanistan
(D) India – Sri Lanka
Ans: B
53. China conducted a Nuclear Test for Pakistan in the year 1990 at
(A) Chagai Hills
(B) Lop Nor
(C) Chashma
(D) Shihala
Ans: B
54. India’s historic victory on 16thDecember 1971 leading to the birth of Bangladesh was not strategically contingent upon the following:
(A) Fall of Dacca as final objective
(B) 45 towns to be bypassed.
(C) Disruption of communication, command and control centres of the enemy as subsidiary objectives.
(D) Withdrawal of Pakistan army to the Western Frontiers of India- Pakistan borders.
Ans: D
55. Assertion (A): Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq went for Revival of Constitutional Order” in 1985.
Reason (R): By mid-eighties the President was a transformed person and committed to strengthening democracy.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
Ans: A
56. Match the names of the Presidents in List – I with the names of their country in List – II as given below:
List – I List – II
(Presidents) (Country)
(a) Asif Ali Zardari (i) Nepal
(b) Ram Baran Yadav (ii) Maldives
(c) Mohmad Waheed Hassan (iii) Sri Lanka
(d) Mahinda Rajapakse (iv) Pakistan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
Ans: C
57. Bangladesh is concerned about India’s plans to construct the Tipaimukh dam over Barak River in
(A) Tripura
(B) Assam
(C) Manipur
(D) Bhutan
Ans: C
58. Which one of the following is identified as India’s intention in inviting Pakistan and China in the thirteen member regional investors’ meet on Afghanistan?
(A) Fostering regional coordination in the backdrop of plans to withdraw the US led armed forces from Afghanistan in 2014.
(B) The US encouragement for such regional moves.
(C) Appreciating India’s concerns against Pakistan’s ambitions for strategic depth.
(D) Addressing Afghanistan’s domestic concerns.
Ans: A
59. What is not the central purport of Bangladesh Supreme Court judgement in July 2010 setting aside the bulk of Fifth Constitutional Amendment?
(A) Restoring secular character of the Constitution.
(B) Disapproving religious political parties.
(C) Holding martial law administration as unconstitutional ultra-vires even in future.
(D) Retaining provision concerning Islam as State Religion.
Ans: A
60. During the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 between the US and the erstwhile Soviet Union, who said, “We shall bury you”?
(A) John F. Kennedy
(B) Dwight Eisenhower
(C) Lyndon B. Johnson
(D) N. Khrushchev
Ans: D
61. ‘Détente’ means the following:
(A) All-out war
(B) Deterrence through overwhelming power
(C) Pre-emption
(D) Relaxation of military tensions between two or more States.
Ans: D
62. Identify the right code for the
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): While military threats have been reduced in the new world economic order, fears of economic vulnerability have actually increased.
Reason (R): This is because in the modern, hi-tech, globalized economy, States find it increasingly difficult to procure everything they need militarily.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(B) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the appropriate logic for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
Ans: C
63. Match List – I (Authors) with List – II (Books) with the codes which are given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Francis Fukuyama (i) Nuclear Weapons &Foreign Policy
(b) Samuel Huntington (ii) The Paradox of American Power
(c) Henry Kissinger (iii) The End of History and the Last Man
(d) Joseph S. Nye (iv) Who We Are?
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: B
64. Identify the official minorities in the USA from the following:
(A) Indians and Chinese
(B) Afro-Americans and Asians
(C) Mexicans and Vietnamese
(D) Non-Black Americans
Ans: B
65. The Monroe Doctrine stated that
(A) US reserved the right to intervene in armed disputes across the globe.
(B) US would support any anti- Communist State.
(C) US would have the right to protect according to its interests.
(D) US would pursue its interests within its sphere of influence without reference to European powers.
Ans: D
66. “Due process of law” clause of the U.S. Constitution was based on
(A) Common law and Magna Carta
(B) Natural law and People’s law
(C) Divine law and Crown’s powers
(D) Federal law and State laws
Ans: A
67. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Identify the correct code:
Assertion (A): Strategic Realism of Thomas Schelling is focused on Nuclear Statecraft.
Reason (R): The power to hurt is nothing new in warfare, but modern technology enhances the importance of war and threats of war as techniques of influence, not of destruction; of coercion and deterrence, not of conquest and defense, of bargaining and intimidation.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
68. Which one of the following is related to the creation of Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Latin America?
(A) Rerotonga Treaty
(B) Treaty of Tlateloco
(C) Treaty of Pelindaba
(D) Antarctica Treaty
Ans: B
69. Mexico was ruled by a leader whose form was known as developmental dictatorship between (1876-1910). Name the leader:
(A) Alvaro Obregon
(B) Plutarco Elias Calles
(C) Porfirio Diaz
(D) Vicente Fox
Ans: C
70. Identify the meaning of ‘liberation theology’ in Latin America.
(A) Use of Christian precepts to politics.
(B) Ideology using Christianity as the basis of social justice.
(C) Freedom movement based on Christianity
(D) Religion decides State formation
Ans: B
71. Getulio Vargas, known as the ‘Father of the Poor’ is the President of which country?
(A) Argentina
(B) Brazil
(C) Chile
(D) Ecuador
Ans: B
72. Name the Secretary General of the sixth OAS Summit.
(A) Hugo Chavez
(B) Jeanette Sanchez
(C) Jose Miguel Insulza
(D) Fidel Castro
Ans: C
73. Match List – I of Latin American States and List – II with their leaders:
List – I List – II
(States) (Leaders)
(a) Argentina (i) Alvaro Arzu
(b) Brazil (ii) Raul Alfonsin
(c) Nicaragua (iii) Jose Sarney
(d) Guatemala (iv) Daniel Ortega
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: C
74. Identify the correct code from the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Guatemala represented one of the most extreme cases of State repression in twentieth century Latin America.
Reason (R): The militarization of the entire State apparatus led to thousands of people killed, millions displaced and human rights grossly violated.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct and (R) gives the correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is not correct though (R) is true.
(D) (R) is not the correct explanation though (A) is true.
Ans: B
75. Itaipur Dam satisfies the electricity requirements of the following countries:
(A) Peru and Paraguay
(B) Bolivia and Chile
(C) Paraguay and Brazil
(D) Peru and Uruguay
Ans: C
76. Identify the correct code in ascending chronological order for the following:
I. The British grant of independence to Malaya
II. Unu become Prime Minister of Burma
III. American withdrawal from Subic and clark bases
IV. French defeat at Dien Bien Phu
Codes:
(A) III, II, IV, I
(B) II, IV, III, I
(C) II, IV, I, III
(D) I, III, II, IV
Ans: C
77. The ‘Komodo Dragons’ are found in
(A) China
(B) Indonesia
(C) Vietnam
(D) Cambodia
Ans: B
78. ‘Mischief Reef’ was occupied by China in 1995 from the control of
(A) The Philippines
(B) Taiwan
(C) Japan
(D) Vietnam
Ans: D
79. ‘Zaibatsu’ was corporate conglomerates promoted by
(A) China
(B) Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Taiwan
Ans: C
80. Which one of the following countries is not a member of NATO?
(A) Hungary
(B) Belarussia
(C) Czech Republic
(D) Poland
Ans: B
81. The BTC energy pipeline originates from which country?
(A) Armenia
(B) Georgia
(C) Azerbaijan
(D) Kazakhstan
Ans: C
82. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): The Russian Premier and the Chinese President met in 1997 to establish a new ‘strategic partnership’ and also called for the creation of a multipolar world system.
Reason (R): This exercise was to bring about a new Sino- Russian axis to counter US domination in global affairs.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not the right explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.
Ans: C
83. Match the leaders mentioned in List – I with the countries mentioned in List – II with the help of code given below:
List – I (Leaders) List – II (Countries)
a. Lukashenko 1. Russia
b. Islam Karimov 2. Belarus
c. Ilham Alier 3. Uzbekistan
d. V. Putin 4. Azerbaijan
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: A
84. Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) on the basis of the code given below:
Assertion (A): Niger Delta of Nigeria has rich oil reserves but Nigeria is struck with numerous problems of environmental hazards and environmental injustice.
Reason (R): According to World Bank only one percent of the oil revenues actually reach the population due to misdistribution and corruption.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not the right explanation.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is the right explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is not correct.
Ans: B
85. Match the communities with the respective countries with the help of codes given below:
Communities Countries
a. Yezidis i. Kuwait
b. Ithna Ashari Shi’is ii. Israel
c. Mandaeans iii. Syria
d. Mizrahi iv. Iraq
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: B
86. Which one of the following connects the Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea?
(A) Suez Canal
(B) Lake Tiberias
(C) Strait of Malacca
(D) Bab-el Mandeb
Ans: A
87. Contemporary Iraq is bordered by the following countries:
(A) Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Turkey, Saudi Arabia
(B) Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey
(C) Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Kuwait, Turkey
(D) Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Ans: B
88. “A-Orange” was used by the United States in one of the following wars:
(A) Second World War
(B) Vietnam War
(C) Gulf War-II
(D) Gulf War-I
Ans: B
89. Who, among the following, opined that nuclear weapons provide the glue that has held the Western alliance together?
(A) Richard Nixon
(B) James Schlesinger
(C) Harry Truman
(D) George P. Schultz
Ans: B
90. Who among the following US scholars published his article in Foreign Affairs journal named as “X”?
(A) Heary Kissinger
(B) George F. Kennan
(C) Bernard Broodie
(D) Richard Haas
Ans: B
91. Which one of the following is related to “Obama Care”?
(A) Personal security arrangements for the President Barak Obama
(B) Higher resource allocation for people’s health plan, especially those at lower level.
(C) Special measures for strengthening national security.
(D) Special measures for strengthening welfare administration.
Ans: B
92. The US backing for anti-communist insurgents who sought to overthrow Soviet supported governments was premised on
(A) Reagan doctrine
(B) Truman doctrine
(C) Bush doctrine
(D) Carter doctrine
Ans: A
93. Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below:
Assertion (A): The BRIC nations recently have fostered better engagements with the Latin
American countries when on the other hand, the other industrialised countries are gradually loosing their roles in Latin American development.
Reason (R): The BRIC nations do not try to enforce their political values but rather emphasise on mutual benefits and cooperation.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is not the right answer.
Ans: A
94. The ‘Dirty War’ in Latin America took place in
(A) Argentina
(B) Bolivia
(C) Nicaragua
(D) Peru
Ans: A
95. The ‘Merida Initiative’ is an agreement between the following countries:
(A) Brazil and Columbia
(B) US and Mexico
(C) Argentina and Peru
(D) Canada and Chile
Ans: B
96. The strategy which employs threats or limited force to persuade an opponent to stop or undo an action already underway is called
(A) Coercive diplomacy
(B) Persuasive diplomacy
(C) Preventive diplomacy
(D) Defensive defence
Ans: A
97. A sea zone prescribed by the UN Convention on the Law of Seas over which a State has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, stretching from the baseline up to 260 nautical miles water column from its coast is called one of the following:
(A) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
(B) Territorial Waters
(C) Continental Shelf
(D) Archipelagic waters
Ans: A
98. Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of heroine?
(A) Myanmar
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Columbia
(D) Pakistan
Ans: A
99. As part of its Global War on Terror (GWOT), the United States is going to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan in one of the following years:
(A) 2015
(B) 2016
(C) 2014
(D) 2013
Ans: C
100. India and France signed strategic partnership agreement in the year
(A) 1995
(B) 1998
(C) 1996
(D) 2000
Ans: B