JNUEE 2020 Question Paper M.Phil West Asian Studies

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Exam Date: 08-Oct-2020
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Examination: 1. Course Code - M.Phil.
2. Field of Study - West Asian Studies (WASP)
SECTION 1 - SECTION 1

Question No.1 (Question Id - 4)
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) was established in the year __________.
(A) 1945
(B) 1920
(C) 1980
(D) 1969 (Correct Answer)

Question No.2 (Question Id - 43)
Which country is having the highest per capita income ?
(A) Iran
(B) Egypt
(C) Yemen
(D) Qatar (Correct Answer)

Question No.3 (Question Id - 64)
A convenience sample is chosen by which criterion ?
(A) Random
(B) Ease of collecting data (Correct Answer)
(C) Trial
(D) Unit

Question No.4 (Question Id - 31)
In which year Muslim Brotherhood was created ?
(A) 1927
(B) 1928 (Correct Answer)
(C) 1930
(D) 1931

Question No.5 (Question Id - 87)
In conducting secondary data analysis, the researcher should ask which of the following
question ?

A. Who produced the document ?

B. Why was the document produced ?

C. What information was omitted in the document ?

D. Why was information not included ?

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A) A and B only
(B) A, B and C only
(C) A, C and D only
(D) A, B, C and D (Correct Answer)

Question No.6 (Question Id - 26)
The British troops departed from the Suez Canal Zone in the year __________.
(A) 1948
(B) 1951
(C) 1956 (Correct Answer)
(D) 1967

Question No.7 (Question Id - 56)
Which of the following is/are important for a research proposal ?

A. Design of the study

B. Unit of analysis

C. Intent or objectives of study

D. Source of data collection

(A) A and C only
(B) B and C only
(C) A, B and C only
(D) A, B, C and D (Correct Answer)

Question No.8 (Question Id - 62)
Which of the following refers to an intermediate variable ?
(A) That comes in between two independent variables
(B) Variable collected at short intervals
(C) Comes between two dependent variables
(D) Comes in the causal pathway between independent variable and
dependent variable

(Correct Answer)

Question No.9 (Question Id - 5)
State of Qatar received its independence from Britain in __________.
(A) 1800
(B) 1979
(C) 1971 (Correct Answer)
(D) 2001

Question No.10 (Question Id - 3)
State of Kuwait received its independence from Britain in __________.
(A) 1950
(B) 1961 (Correct Answer)
(C) 1990
(D) 1992

Question No.11 (Question Id - 20)
In which year, Israel was created ?
(A) 1948 (Correct Answer)
(B) 1951
(C) 1962
(D) 1971

Question No.12 (Question Id - 16)
Al Arabia news channel is based in __________.
(A) Turkey
(B) UAE (Correct Answer)
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) Oman

Question No.13 (Question Id - 97)
Hypothesis is formulated after which of the following ?
(A) Collection of data
(B) Literature survey (Correct Answer)
(C) Data analysis
(D) Identification of the research problem

Question No.14 (Question Id - 61)
Which of the following is/are true about oral history ?

A. It includes personal experience of individuals, family and communities.

B. It includes recorded memories.

C. It is a primary source of data.

D. It needs to be substantiated by other primary data sources.

(A) A and C only
(B) B and C only
(C) A, B and C only
(D) A, B, C and D (Correct Answer)

Question No.15 (Question Id - 89)
Cultural studies are done through :
(A) Quantitative technique
(B) Experimental method
(C) Ethnography (Correct Answer)
(D) Phenomenology

Question No.16 (Question Id - 71)
The interview in which questions are not fixed or predetermined is called :
(A) Unstructured interview (Correct Answer)
(B) Personal interview
(C) Structured interview
(D) Telephonic interview

Question No.17 (Question Id - 85)
A graph that uses a circle to represent data is called __________.
(A) Circular Chart
(B) Bar Chart
(C) Pie Chart (Correct Answer)
(D) Histogram

Question No.18 (Question Id - 88)
Interview is useful where ?

A. There is need for highly personalized data.

B. There is need to ask supplementary questions.

C. Respondents have difficulty with written language.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A) A and B only
(B) A, B and C (Correct Answer)
(C) A and C only
(D) A only

Question No.19 (Question Id - 94)
The ‘base determines superstructure’ axiom has been postulated by whom among the
following ?

(A) Thomas Kuhn
(B) David Held
(C) David Harvey
(D) Karl Marx (Correct Answer)

Question No.20 (Question Id - 10)
In which year did the Iraqi revolution took place ?
(A) 1958 (Correct Answer)

(B) 1960
(C) 1962
(D) 1964

Question No.21 (Question Id - 7)
Mecca and Medina, the two holy places are located in __________.
(A) Iran
(B) Syria
(C) Iraq
(D) Saudi Arabia (Correct Answer)

Question No.22 (Question Id - 9)
In 1990, Iraq invaded __________.
(A) Kuwait (Correct Answer)
(B) Syria
(C) Lebanon
(D) Iran

Question No.23 (Question Id - 79)
Which of the following is tool for data collection ?

A. Questionnaire

B. Interview

C. Focus group discussion

(A) A only
(B) A and B only
(C) A and C only
(D) A, B and C (Correct Answer)

Question No.24 (Question Id - 23)
Which city is considered to be holy to the three major Abrahamic religions - Judaism,
Christianity and Islam ?

(A) Jerusalem (Correct Answer)
(B) Baghdad
(C) Cairo
(D) Damascus

Question No.25 (Question Id - 12)
Sykes-Picot agreement was signed between __________.
(A) London and Paris (Correct Answer)
(B) Istanbul and Paris
(C) Cairo and London
(D) Baghdad and Paris

Question No.26 (Question Id - 77)
Which of the following is tested in a research proposal ?
(A) Value
(B) Theory
(C) Information
(D) Hypothesis (Correct Answer)

Question No.27 (Question Id - 40)
Which Country gave the highest Civilian Award to Prime Minister of India ?
(A) Oman
(B) Kuwait
(C) Turkey
(D) Saudi Arabia (Correct Answer)

Question No.28 (Question Id - 48)
Al-Nura University situated in __________.
(A) Qatar
(B) UAE
(C) Saudi Arabia (Correct Answer)
(D) Egypt

Question No.29 (Question Id - 27)
In which year, did Morocco became a French Protectorate ?
(A) 1912 (Correct Answer)
(B) 1900
(C) 1914
(D) 1916

Question No.30 (Question Id - 91)
Objectivity requires __________.
(A) Basing conclusions without any bias and value judgment (Correct
Answer)
(B) Precision
(C) Originality
(D) Specificity

Question No.31 (Question Id - 80)
Deductive method moves from :
(A) Particulate to Particular
(B) General to General
(C) Particular to General
(D) General to Particular (Correct Answer)

Question No.32 (Question Id - 24)
Who Nationalized the Iranian Oil Industry in the 1950s ?
(A) Saddam Hussein
(B) Muhammad Mossadeq (Correct Answer)
(C) Fatel al-SiSi
(D) Rafiq Hariri

Question No.33 (Question Id - 22)
To which country did Journalist Jamal Khashoggi belong ?

(A) Libya
(B) Oman
(C) Saudi Arabia (Correct Answer)
(D) Syria

Question No.34 (Question Id - 30)
The British established its mandate over the territory of Palestine in the year
__________.
(A) 1918 (Correct Answer)
(B) 1926
(C) 1927
(D) 1930

Question No.35 (Question Id - 74)
Positivism is related to :
(A) Use of empirical approaches (Correct Answer)
(B) Qualitative methods
(C) Positive behaviour
(D) Realist school

Question No.36 (Question Id - 55)
A sample is chosen by which of the following methods ?
(A) Random (Correct Answer)

(B) Consensus
(C) Trial
(D) Unit

Question No.37 (Question Id - 19)
The Jewish homeland was created under the __________ Declaration.
(A) Delhi Declaration
(B) Riyadh Declaration
(C) Balfour Declaration (Correct Answer)
(D) Sykes-Picot agreement

Question No.38 (Question Id - 78)
The objective of social science research is which of the following ?
(A) Diagnosis of a problem
(B) Classification of different aspects of a problem
(C) Explanation of a problem (Correct Answer)
(D) Reporting a problem

Question No.39 (Question Id - 83)
Which of the following could be a unit of analysis ?

A. Communities

B. Firms

C. Individuals

D. Country

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A) A only
(B) A, B and D only
(C) A and C only
(D) A, B, C and D (Correct Answer)

Question No.40 (Question Id - 36)
In which year Jordan was de-colonialized ?
(A) 1948
(B) 1946 (Correct Answer)
(C) 1939
(D) 1951

Question No.41 (Question Id - 8)
__________ led to the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
(A) Revolution in Oman
(B) Revolution in Libya
(C) Revolution in Egypt
(D) Revolution in Iran (Correct Answer)

Question No.42 (Question Id - 100)
Soft Power has been postulated by whom among the following ?

(A) David Held
(B) Thomas Kuhn
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Joseph Nye (Correct Answer)

Question No.43 (Question Id - 28)
Iraq was occupied by Great Britain during __________.
(A) World War I (Correct Answer)
(B) World War II
(C) Gulf War

(D) Arab Israel War

Question No.44 (Question Id - 69)
Which one of the following relates to the qualitative methods ?

A. It is based on the understanding that human experience and interaction is too
complex to be reduced to variables.

B. It relies on language based data.

C. It can provide more comprehensive understanding of subject matter of interest.

(A) A only
(B) A and B only
(C) A and C only
(D) A, B and C (Correct Answer)

Question No.45 (Question Id - 65)
Research Methodology should have which of the following ?

A. Research Methods

B. Philosophy underpinning research

C. Literature review

(A) A only
(B) A and B only (Correct Answer)
(C) A and C only
(D) A, B and C

Question No.46 (Question Id - 35)
How many States/Federations are in UAE ?
(A) Six
(B) Seven (Correct Answer)
(C) Five
(D) Eight

Question No.47 (Question Id - 57)
Which of the following is implied for the theory of “Democratic Peace” ?
(A) Democracy always leads to peace
(B) Liberal democracies do not go to war with each other (Correct Answer)
(C) Without democracy there can be no peace
(D) Peace is always achieved through democratic means

Question No.48 (Question Id - 11)
In which year, Iraq became a sovereign state ?
(A) 1932 (Correct Answer)
(B) 1936
(C) 1939
(D) 1941

Question No.49 (Question Id - 21)
In which year, would Doha host Football World Cup ?
(A) 2022 (Correct Answer)
(B) 2023
(C) 2024
(D) 2026

Question No.50 (Question Id - 17)
Salahuddin Ayubi, famous warrior belong to which ethnic group ?
(A) Murra
(B) Kurds (Correct Answer)
(C) Al-Saba

(D) Al-Sheba

Question No.51 (Question Id - 38)
In which year Iranian Islamic Revolution took Place ?
(A) 1990
(B) 1989
(C) 1979 (Correct Answer)
(D) 2011

Question No.52 (Question Id - 33)
In which year Delhi Declaration was signed and where ?
(A) 2005 in Delhi
(B) 2006 in Delhi (Correct Answer)
(C) 2008 in Riyadh
(D) 2004 in Delhi

Question No.53 (Question Id - 13)
Kurds reside mostly in countries as follows :
(A) Egypt, Oman, Israel and Iraq
(B) Turkey, Libya, Syria and Tunisia
(C) Tunisia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Oman
(D) Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria (Correct Answer)

Question No.54 (Question Id - 34)
In which country Ibadiya sect of Islam is surviving ?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Kuwait
(C) Oman (Correct Answer)
(D) Bahrain

Question No.55 (Question Id - 1)
1980–1988 Gulf War was fought between __________.
(A) Morocco and Egypt
(B) Libya and Tunisia
(C) Iraq and Iran (Correct Answer)
(D) Saudi Arabia and Iran

Question No.56 (Question Id - 58)
Who is a prominent figure in subaltern studies in the following ?
(A) Ranajit Guha (Correct Answer)
(B) Romila Thapar
(C) R.S. Sharma
(D) William Kymlicka

Question No.57 (Question Id - 96)
Survey is done through which of the following ?

(A) Questionnaire (Correct Answer)
(B) Laboratory
(C) Field study
(D) Observation

Question No.58 (Question Id - 29)
Colonel Gaddafi, the President of Libya was killed during __________.
(A) Arab Israel War
(B) Arab Spring 2010 – 11 (Correct Answer)
(C) Gulf War
(D) Cold War

Question No.59 (Question Id - 92)
Which of the following is an example of secondary data ?

(A) UN reports
(B) Census Report (Correct Answer)
(C) Newspaper reports (Correct Answer)
(D) Government records

Question No.60 (Question Id - 73)
The world system has a core, and periphery; is argued by which of the following ?
(A) Immanuel Wallerstein (Correct Answer)
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Adam Smith
(D) David Ricardo

Question No.61 (Question Id - 14)
Arab Spring started from __________ in the year 2010.
(A) Tunisia (Correct Answer)
(B) Libya
(C) Egypt
(D) Oman

Question No.62 (Question Id - 84)
Which of the following is a casual hypothesis ?
(A) Intake of healthy food is linked to longevity
(B) Socio-economic status is positively related to an individual’s confidence
(C) Prosperity leads to social harmony (Correct Answer)
(D) Good performance is related to practice

Question No.63 (Question Id - 50)
Who is the first Prime Minister of India who Visited Israel ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) P.V. Narsimha Rao
(C) Narendra Modi (Correct Answer)
(D) Rajiv Gandhi

Question No.64 (Question Id - 67)
Who among the following is a historian ?
(A) Amartiya Sen
(B) Romila Thapar (Correct Answer)
(C) Shrin Ibadi
(D) David Ricardo

Question No.65 (Question Id - 70)
Who among the following emphasized on the cultural aspect of hegemony ?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Max Weber
(C) Antonio Gramsci (Correct Answer)
(D) Niccolo Machiavelli

Question No.66 (Question Id - 76)
“A system of systematically interrelated concepts, definitions and propositions that are
advanced to explain and predict phenomena” is :

(A) Fact
(B) Theory (Correct Answer)
(C) Hypothesis
(D) Generalisation

Question No.67 (Question Id - 66)
Which of the following is associated with multi-dimensional social stratification ?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Max Weber (Correct Answer)
(C) Milton Friedman

(D) Antonio Gramsci

Question No.68 (Question Id - 46)
In which country Al-Azhar-Centre of Islamic learning is located ?
(A) Tunisia
(B) Syria
(C) Egypt (Correct Answer)
(D) Saudi Arabia

Question No.69 (Question Id - 86)
Which of the following is/are measure of an average ?

A. Mean

B. Mode

C. Median

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A) A only (Correct Answer)
(B) A, B and C (Correct Answer)
(C) A and C only
(D) A and B only

Question No.70 (Question Id - 98)
Case Study method is associated with which of the following ?

A. Requirement of a detailed study of a specific subject.

B. Can use both qualitative and quantitative methods.

C. Commonly used in social and educational study.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A) A and B only
(B) A, B and C (Correct Answer)
(C) A and C only
(D) A only

Question No.71 (Question Id - 93)
Focus Group method relates to which of the following ?
(A) Group of individuals with common interest (Correct Answer)
(B) Group of individuals with common perspective
(C) Group of individuals of same age
(D) Groups of people randomly selected

Question No.72 (Question Id - 59)
Which of the following, a researcher can manipulate/control ?

A. Dependent variable

B. Independent variable

(A) A only
(B) B only (Correct Answer)
(C) Both A and B
(D) Neither A nor B

Question No.73 (Question Id - 53)
Which of the following refers to a Hypothesis ?
(A) Tentative relation between variables (Correct Answer)
(B) Evidence from research
(C) Conclusion from an experiment

(D) Theory

Question No.74 (Question Id - 39)
Following cities are in Egypt.

A. Cairo

B. Alexandria

C. Giza

D. Asyut

E. Tripoli

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A) A, B, C & D (Correct Answer)
(B) A, C, D & E
(C) B, C, D & E
(D) C, A, B

Question No.75 (Question Id - 54)
What are the essential qualities of a researcher ?

A. Systematization or theorizing of knowledge

B. Spirit of free enquiry

C. Reliance on observation and evidence

(A) A and C only
(B) B and C only
(C) A and B only
(D) A, B and C (Correct Answer)

Question No.76 (Question Id - 15)
Dictator __________ , was toppled in Egypt during Arab Spring, 2010-11.
(A) Anwar al Sadat
(B) Fateh al-SiSi
(C) Hosni Mubarak (Correct Answer)
(D) Mohammad Morsi

Question No.77 (Question Id - 72)
The Realists in International Relations give primacy to which of the following ?
(A) International cooperation
(B) State survival
(C) Collective regional security (Correct Answer)
(D) International institutions

Question No.78 (Question Id - 99)
If A is preferred to B; and B is preferred to C then transitivity of preferences would imply
which of the following ?

(A) A is preferred to C (Correct Answer)
(B) C is preferred to A
(C) B is preferred to A
(D) C is preferred to B

Question No.79 (Question Id - 95)
Plagiarism could be avoided by giving which of the following ?

(A) Acknowledgement
(B) Citation (Correct Answer)

(C) Web address
(D) Footnote

Question No.80 (Question Id - 2)
In __________ , the six countries formed the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
(A) 1970
(B) 1979
(C) 1990
(D) 1981 (Correct Answer)

Question No.81 (Question Id - 82)
Survey is the method of :
(A) Data Collection (Correct Answer)
(B) Coding
(C) Data Analysis
(D) Data Tabulation

Question No.82 (Question Id - 68)
__________ is the author of ‘Protestant Ethics’ and ‘Spirit of Capitalism’.
(A) David Harvey
(B) Karl Marx
(C) David Held
(D) Max Weber (Correct Answer)

Question No.83 (Question Id - 32)
The below question has been dropped and full marks are awarded.

In which year Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) became the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
?
(A) 2005
(B) 2006
(C) 2007
(D) 2008

Question No.84 (Question Id - 52)
What is the aim of a research design ?
(A) It is a method for data analysis.
(B) It is a technique for data classification.
(C) It is a proposal for data collection to answer the research questions in the
most convincing manner.

(Correct Answer)
(D) It is a research project.

Question No.85 (Question Id - 44)
Which of the following is not an Emirate of the UAE ?
(A) Fallujah (Correct Answer)
(B) Fujairah
(C) Ajman
(D) Ras al-Khaimah

Question No.86 (Question Id - 6)
The famous Sykes–Picot agreement was signed in __________.
(A) 1945
(B) 1916 (Correct Answer)
(C) 1979
(D) 1989

Question No.87 (Question Id - 49)
Who was the first king of Saudi Arabia who visited India in 1955 ?
(A) King Abdullah
(B) King Salman
(C) King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz (Correct Answer)

(D) King Fahad

Question No.88 (Question Id - 41)
In which year Caliphate system was abolished ?
(A) 1924 (Correct Answer)
(B) 1923
(C) 1925
(D) 1914

Question No.89 (Question Id - 47)
In which country Aleppo city is situated ?
(A) Syria (Correct Answer)
(B) Palestine
(C) Jordan
(D) Lebanon

Question No.90 (Question Id - 75)
Epistemology is related to which of the following ?
(A) Study of being
(B) Study of how we go about obtaining knowledge (Correct Answer)
(C) Study of languages
(D) None of the above

Question No.91 (Question Id - 42)
Rasheedi Dynasty belongs to which country ?
(A) Turkey
(B) Algeria
(C) Saudi Arabia (Correct Answer)
(D) Egypt

Question No.92 (Question Id - 51)
A Questionnaire is used in which of the following ?
(A) Experiment
(B) Survey (Correct Answer)
(C) Theory
(D) Lab

Question No.93 (Question Id - 25)
Buthras Buthras Ghali, former UN Secretary General belongs to which country ?
(A) Lebanon
(B) Egypt (Correct Answer)
(C) Iran
(D) Oman

Question No.94 (Question Id - 18)
Which of the following West Asian countries have largest Natural Gas Reserves ?
(A) Libya
(B) Syria
(C) Iran (Correct Answer)
(D) Tunisia

Question No.95 (Question Id - 63)
An objective research should have which of the following qualities ?

A. Value free

B. Reliance on observation and evidence

C. Reliable and trustworthy

(A) A and C only
(B) B and C only

(C) A, B and C (Correct Answer)
(D) A and B only

Question No.96 (Question Id - 45)
President of Iran is elected __________.
(A) By direct vote (Correct Answer)
(B) Chosen by the Shura Council
(C) Appointed by the Supreme Leader
(D) Elected by the Guardian Council

Question No.97 (Question Id - 37)
In which year did Libya introduced monarchy ?
(A) 1951 (Correct Answer)
(B) 1961
(C) 1969
(D) 1979

Question No.98 (Question Id - 60)
Which one of the following is true about the quantitative methods ?
(A) It is based on statistical tools. (Correct Answer)
(B) It is only based on the understanding that human experience and interaction is
too complex to be reduced to variables.

(C) Interest in qualitative methods has increased in terms of language based data.
(D) It can provide more comprehensive understanding of subject matter of interest.

Question No.99 (Question Id - 81)
Which of the following is an example of Primary Data ?
(A) Encyclopedia
(B) Journals
(C) Census report (Correct Answer)
(D) Books

Question No.100 (Question Id - 90)
Scientific methods in social science research means :

A. Application of logical reasoning

B. Reliance on observed evidence

C. Can be tested

D. Can be replicated

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A) A and B only
(B) A, B and C only
(C) A, B and D only
(D) A, B, C and D (Correct Answer)

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