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Test Booklet Code & Serial No.
A
DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
Signature and Name of Invigilator Seat No.
1. (Signature) ......................................... (In figures as in Admit Card)
(Name) ................................................ Seat No. ..............................................................
2. (Signature) ......................................... (In words)

(Name) ................................................ OMR Sheet No.
JAN - 16318 (To be filled by the Candidate)
Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150
Number of Pages in this Booklet : 40 Number of Questions in this Booklet : 75
Instructions for the Candidates
1. Write your Seat No. and OMR Sheet No. in the space provided 1.
on the top of this page.
2. This paper consists of 75 objective type questions. Each question
will carry two marks. All questions of Paper-III will be compulsory, 2.
covering entire syllabus (including all electives, without options).
3. At the commencement of examination, the question booklet
will be given to the student. In the first 5 minutes, you are
requested to open the booklet and compulsorily examine it as 3.
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Example : where (C) is the correct response.

A B D
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DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
Paper III

III
Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150
Note : This paper contains Seventy Five (75) multiple choice questions. Each
question carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(75) (2)

1. As propounded by Kautilya, which 1.
one of the following was not
identified as the agent of the secret
service to gather intelligence ?
(A)
(A) Grihpatik
(B)
(B) Shasanhar
(C) Kaptik (C)

(D) Mukta (D)

2. Defence and strategic studies is 2.
intertwined largely with which one
of the following ?
(A) A study of the evolution of
warfare (A)
(B) A study of the use of military
(B)
power for political objectives
(C) A study of the use of soft and
hard power for socio-economic (C)
objectives
(D) A study of military policies in
the information age (D)

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3. Who among the following opined 3.

that ‘the great power that

dominated Eurasia would effectively

dominate the world’ ?

(A) Halford Mackinder (A)

(B) N. J. Spykman (B)

(C) Kjellen (C)

(D) Immanuel Kant (D)

4. Which one of the following is not 4.

marked as a principle of Guerrilla

warfare ?
(A)
(A) Surprise and deception
(B)
(B) Mobility

(C)
(C) Offensive action

(D) Deep penetration into enemy’s (D)

front

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5. Who among the following stated that 5.

‘geopolitics was an example of the

fallacy of single factor’ in the

international relations ?
(A)
(A) Henry Kissinger
(B)
(B) Colin Gray

(C)
(C) Hans J. Morgenthau

(D)
(D) Robert Jervis

6. As per Indian Constitution which 6.

one of the following is the supreme

commander of Indian Armed

Forces ? (A)

(A) Defence Minister
(B)

(B) Prime Minister
(C)
(C) President

(D)
(D) Chief of Staff Committee

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7. Defence expenditure of a state is 7.
primarily determined by which of
the following ?
(A)
(A) Foreign policy
(B)
(B) Technology
(C)
(C) Threat perception

(D) Communication (D)

8. Who among the following 8.
emphasized that “security is freedom
of insecurity” ?
(A)
(A) Manning
(B)
(B) Robert S. McNamara
(C)
(C) Barry Buzan

(D) Kenneth Waltz (D)

9. The recent theory suggesting the 9.
movement of the continents relative
to one another is the which one of
the following :
(A)
(A) Continental drift theory
(B)
(B) Kant theory
(C)
(C) Plate tectonics theory

(D) Tetrahedral theory (D)

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10. The origins of detente can be traced 10.

to the lessons of :

(A) Use of atomic weapons in
(A)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

(B) The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
(B)

(C) Nixon’s Visit to China in 1972
(C)

(D) Soviet Intervention in 1979 (D)

11. Neo-realism or structural realism is 11.

a theory of International Relations

first outlined by :

(A) E. H. Carr (A)

(B) Reinhold Niebuhr (B)

(C) Hans J. Morgenthau (C)

(D) Kenneth Waltz (D)

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12. National Interest could be defined 12.

as :

(A) The interest of the majority and
(A)
minority group in a country

(B) The general and continuing

objectives for which a nation (B)

acts

(C) The interest of democratic
(C)
parties

(D)
(D) The interest of ruling parties

13. The Indian Coast Guard comes 13.

under the following :

(A) Prime Minister’s Office (A)

(B) Ministry of Defence (B)

(C) Ministry of Home (C)

(D) National Security Council (D)

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14. Match the States and their Ethnic 14.
groups :
States (i)
(i) Afghanistan
(ii)
(ii) Turkey
(iii)
(iii) Canada
(iv)
(iv) Nigeria
Ethnic Groups
(a)
(a) Kurds
(b)
(b) Quebecois
(c)
(c) Pashtuns
(d)
(d) Yorubas
Codes :
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (c) (b) (d) (a)
(A) (c) (b) (d) (a)
(B) (c) (a) (b) (d)
(B) (c) (a) (b) (d)
(C) (a) (c) (d) (b)
(C) (a) (c) (d) (b)
(D) (d) (a) (c) (b)
(D) (d) (a) (c) (b)
15.
15. Who among the following stated that
‘the central theme of International
relations is not evil, but tragedy’ ?
(A) Barry Buzan (A)

(B) Robert Jervis (B)

(C) Raymond Aron (C)

(D) Stephen Walt (D)

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16. Who among the following defined 16.

war as an ‘organised violence carried

out by political units against each

other’ ?

(A) Quincy Wright (A)

(B)
(B) Raymond Aron

(C)
(C) Headly Bull
(D)
(D) Carl Von Clausewitz

17. The Universal Declaration of Human 17.

Rights implies to which one of the

following ?

(A) Responsibility of prisoners of (A)

war
(B)
(B) Charter of the duties of

indigenous people
(C)

(C) Charter of the declaration of

colonial people (D)

(D) The authoritative statement of

those basic rights to what all are

entitled

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18. NATO stands for :
18.
(A) North Armament Treaty

Organisation
(A)

(B) Noth American Territorial

Organisation (B)

(C) North Atlantic Treaty

Organisation (C)

(D) Northern Alliance Terrorist
(D)
Organisation

19. Who said that “War is a politics with 19.

bloodshed and politics is a war

without bloodshed” ?

(A) Quincy Wright (A)

(B) Evan Luard (B)

(C) Clausewitz (C)

(D) Mao Tse Tung (D)

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20. India conducted first P.N.E. 20.

on :

(A) 18th May 1974 (A)

(B) 11th May 1999 (B)

(C) 13th May 1998 (C)

(D) 25th July 1999 (D)

21. Simla Agreement between India and 21.

Pakistan lays stress on resolution of

their disputes through the :

(A) Bilateral Negotiations (A)

(B) Non-Aligned Movement (B)

(C) Super Power Mediation (C)

(D) United Nations (D)

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22. Who believed that war preserved the 22.

ethical health of nations ?

(A) Harold Mackinder (A)

(B) G.W.F. Hegel (B)

(C) Hobbes (C)

(D) Karl Marx (D)

23. Operation Shakti was conducted by 23.

India in :

(A) 1971 (A) 1971

(B) 1974 (B) 1974

(C) 1998 (C) 1998

(D) 1999 (D) 1999

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24. Arrange the following organization 24.
in ascending chronological order of

their establishment with the help of

the codes given below :

(a) General Agreement on Trade (a)

and Tariff (GATT)

(b) International Monetary Fund
(b)
(IMF)

(c) World Trade Organization (c)

(WTO)
(d)
(d) International Bank of

Reconstruction and Development

(IBRD)

Codes : (A) (d) (b) (a) (c)

(A) (d) (b) (a) (c)
(B) (b) (c) (d) (a)
(B) (b) (c) (d) (a)
(C) (a) (d) (c) (b)
(C) (a) (d) (c) (b)

(D) (c) (a) (b) (d) (D) (c) (a) (b) (d)

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25. India has been involved with Sri 25.

Lankan Ethnic conflict owing to :

(A) Ethnic linkages of Indian
(A)
Tamili

(B) India projecting her image as (B)

a dominant power in South Asia

(C) Goodwill as a Neighbour
(C)

(D) To prevent the intervention of
(D)
outsides

26. Who among the following wrote the 26.

book entitled, “The Study of War” ?

(A) Karl Marx (A)

(B) Mao-Tse-Tung (B)

(C) Ho-Chi-Minh (C)

(D) Quincy Wright (D)

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27. N.M.D. refers to which one of the 27.
following ?

(A) Non-Military Development (A)

(B) Neutralised Military Defence (B)

(C) Nuclear Missile Defence (C)

(D) National Missile Defence (D)

28. Which year India sent its forces 28.
(IPKF) in Sri Lanka ?

(A) 1985 (A) 1985

(B) 1986 (B) 1986

(C) 1988 (C) 1988

(D) 1987 (D) 1987

29. The concept of self-determination 29.
was conceived as :
(A)
(A) Political independence of
colonies (B)

(B) The right of ethnic groups to
formulate the economic policies
(C)
(C) Defence of colonialism
(D)
(D) Political independence of ethnic
or National Communities

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30. SALT-I and II are examples of : 30. I II

(A) Disarmament
(A)
(B) Arms Trade
(B)
(C) Armament Proliferation
(C)
(D) Arms Control (D)

31. According to India, what is the 31.
approximate length of the India-

China border ?
(A) 2000
(A) 2000 kms
(B) 3000
(B) 3000 kms
(C) 4000
(C) 4000 kms

(D) 5000 kms (D) 5000

32. Who among the following opined 32.

that “Climate change will be a bigger

threat than International Terrorism

in the years to come” ?

(A) David King (A)

(B) Colin Gray (B)

(C) Rajendra Pachaury (C)

(D) Sunita Narain (D)

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33. Who among the following stated 33.

that “religion is vitamin for the

masses” ?
(A)

(A) Karl Marx
(B)
(B) Regis Debray

(C)
(C) A. H. Nasutian

(D)
(D) Ho Chi Minh

34. Who set out to make geopolitics a 34.

legitimate area of academic

inquiry ?

(A) Mahan (A)

(B) Mackinder (B)

(C) Haushofer (C)

(D) Machiavelli (D)

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35. Arrange the following events/ 35.

operations in their ascending

chronological order of occurrence

and use the codes given below :
(I)

(I) Operation Rolling Thunder
(II)

(II) Operation Magic Carpet
(III)
(III) Operation Anthropoid

(IV)
(IV) Operation Wrath of God

Codes :

(A) (I) (II) (III) (IV)
(A) (I) (II) (III) (IV)

(B) (II) (III) (IV) (I)
(B) (II) (III) (IV) (I)

(C) (III) (IV) (I) (II) (C) (III) (IV) (I) (II)

(D) (III) (II) (I) (IV) (D) (III) (II) (I) (IV)

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36. Humanitarian intervention :
36.

(i) is a military intervention

carried out in pursuit of
(i)
humanitarian rather than

strategic objectives

(ii)
(ii) presumes the acceptance of such

universal doctrines as human

rights
(iii)

(iii) gets support from the people as

it is fought for a moral cause
(A) (i)
(A) Only (i) is correct

(B) (i) (ii)
(B) Only (i) and (ii) are correct

(C) (ii) (iii)
(C) Only (ii) and (iii) are correct

(D)
(D) All three are correct

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37. Arrange the following military
37.
operations in their ascending
chronological order of their
occurrence and use the codes given
below : (I)

(I) Operation Urgent Furry (II)

(II) Operation Crescent Wind (III)
(III) Operation Spartan Scarpion
(IV)
(IV) Operation Overlord

Codes :
(A) (I) (II) (III) (IV)
(A) (I) (II) (III) (IV)
(B) (II) (III) (IV) (I)
(B) (II) (III) (IV) (I)
(C) (IV) (I) (II) (III)
(C) (IV) (I) (II) (III)
(D) (III) (IV) (I) (II)
(D) (III) (IV) (I) (II)

38. Who among the following is known 38.

as proponent of Revolution in
Military Action (RMA) ?
(A)
(A) Mao Tse Tung
(B)
(B) Andrew Marshall

(C) Mussolini (C)

(D) Henry Kissinger (D)

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39. Which of the following is not a 39.
member of the Nuclear Suppliers

Group (NSG) ?
(A)
(A) China
(B)
(B) Albania
(C)
(C) Germany
(D)
(D) Estonia

40. The first nation to give up all its 40.

nuclear arms was :

(A) Australia (A)

(B) Sweden (B)

(C)
(C) Switzerland
(D)
(D) South Africa

41. Which one of the following is related 41.

to prisoners of war ?

(A) Copenhagen Conference (A)

(B) London Club (B)

(C) Geneva Convention (C)

(D) SAARC Convention (D)

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42. Which one of the following is the 42.
main cause of Jihadi terrorism ?
(A)
(A) Spread of communism

(B) Globalisation (B)

(C) Armament proliferation
(C)

(D) Use of violence in the name of
(D)
Islamic radicalism

43. Who regarded war as the “Midwife 43.

of Change” ?

(A) G. W. F. Hegel (A)

(B) E. H. Carr (B)

(C)
(C) I. V. A. Lenin

(D)
(D) Carl Von Clausewitz

44. The cause of Gulf War 1991 was : 44. 1991

(A) Territory and Natural
(A)
Resources of Kuwait
(B)
(B) Control of Iraq

(C) US action in West Asia (C)

(D) None of the above (D)

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45. Amongst the following which is not 45.
considered as the perpetual cause of
global warming ?
(A)
(A) Desertification
(B)
(B) Deforestation
(C)
(C) Ecology
(D)
(D) Pollution

46. Peace building includes : 46.

(i) reintegrating former combatants
into civilian society (i)

(ii) strengthening the rule of law
through training (ii)

(iii) restructuring local police
(iii)
(iv) impairing respect for human
(iv)
rights and investigation of past
and existing abuses

Codes :

(A) Only (i) and (ii) are correct
(A) (i) (ii)
(B) Only (iii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (iii) (iv)
(C) Only (i) and (iii) are correct (C) (i) (iii)

(D) All four are correct (D)

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47. Association of South East Asian 47.

Nations was established in

Bangkok ................. .
(A) 1962
(A) in 1962
(B) 1961
(B) in 1961
(C) 1963
(C) in 1963
(D) 1964
(D) in 1964

48. One of the fundamental principles 48.

of the defence economics is that :
(A)
(A) All expenditure on defence

forces are wasteful

(B) Till universal and perpetual (B)

peace is established, there is a

need to incur on defence

(C) Defence expenditure must be

adequate to maintain the (C)
security of a Nation-State

(D) Defence expenditure is a

necessary necessity (D)

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49. Who wrote the book “Common 49.

Security : A Program for
Disarmament” ?
(A)
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B)
(B) John F. Kennedy
(C)
(C) Olof Palme

(D) Palmers and Perkins (D)

50. The operational commands in 50.
Indian Air Force are :

(A) 6 (A) 6
(B) 5 (B) 5
(C) 7 (C) 7
(D) 4 (D) 4
51. An arms embargo is an embargo 51.
that doesn’t apply :

(A) To signal disapproval of
(A)
behaviour by a certain actor

(B) To ban the export and import
(B)
and trade activities

(C) To maintain neutral standing
in an ongoing conflict (C)

(D) To limit the resources, an
actor has to inflict violence on (D)
others

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52. International Law is skeptical 52.

because origins of law are in

Western Capitalist tradition.

International Law only reaffirms

claims of the powerful. This is the

view of .................... .

(A)
(A) Radicalism

(B)
(B) Realism

(C)
(C) Liberalism

(D) Neorealism (D)

53. Which amongst the following are 53.

examples of conflict management ?

(A) Arbitration (A)

(B) Third party mediation (B)

(C) Adjudication (C)

(D) All of the above (D)

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54. Most of the UN Peace-Keeping
54.

Operations are implemented by the

UN itself with troops serving under

the UN operational command.

Which of the following regional

organizations have also been

authorized in such operations ?

(A) North Atlantic Treaty

Organisation (A)

(B) Economic Community of West
(B)
African States

(C) Coalition of willing countries to

implement peace-keeping (C)

operations

(D) All of them have been involved
(D)
and can get the UN authorization

to implement peace-keeping

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55. Match the following : 55.

(a) Immanual Kant (a)

(b) Johan Galtung (b)

(c) Woodrow Wilson (c)

(d) V. I. Lenin (d)

(1) Perpetual peace (1)

(2) Liberal internationalism (2)

(3) Structural violence (3)

(4) Non-alignment (4)

(5) Right to self-determination (5)

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (1) (3) (2) (5) (A) (1) (3) (2) (5)

(B) (2) (3) (5) (1) (B) (2) (3) (5) (1)

(C) (3) (1) (2) (4) (C) (3) (1) (2) (4)

(D) (5) (1) (2) (3) (D) (5) (1) (2) (3)

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56. ‘Senkaku island’ in the Pacific Ocean
56.
is a disputed territory between which
of the following countries ?

(A) China and South Korea (A)

(B) Malaysia and Singapore (B)

(C) Japan and China (C)

(D) Taiwan and South Korea (D)

57. The structure of the world system 57.
influences :
(A)
(A) Defence preparedness
(B)
(B) Technological development
(C)
(C) Increase in economic power

(D) Behaviour of states (D)

58. Strategic studies means only the 58.
study of :

(A) Security affairs of the state
(A)
(B) Study of national security in a
(B)
wider context

(C) Defence preparedness of the
country (C)

(D) Defence policy (D)

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59. Which one is not a tangible source 59.

of national power ?

(A) Public support (A)

(B) Geographical size (B)

(C) Industrial capability (C)

(D) Human resources (D)

60. The balance of power principle
60.

usually served to preserve the

existing distribution of power :

(A) Among the great powers (A)

(B) Among the haves and have nots
(B)

(C) Between India and Pakistan
(C)
(D) Among India, China and

Pakistan (D)

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61. Identify the correct code for the 61.
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as
(A) (R)
given below :

(A)
Assertion (A) :

Information warfare is identified as

another new warfare.

Reason (R) :
(R)
Highly capable information systems

are a critical force multiplier and at

the same time a potential cause of

vulnerability.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and

(R) is supportive of (A) (A) (A) (R)

(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is not (R) (A)

correct
(B) (A) (R)
(C) (A) is not correct, but (R) is
(C) (A) (R)
correct

(D) Both (A) and (R) are not correct (D) (A) (R)

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62. Identify the correct code for the 62. (A)
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as
(R)
given below :

Assertion (A) : (A)

Technology alone is insufficient to
(RMA)
bring about a true Revolution in

Military Affairs (RMA).

Reason (R) : (R)

An operational concept is just as

important as technological invention

in bringing about Revolution in

Military Affairs (RMA).

Codes :

(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not

correct (A) (A) (R)

(B) (A) is not correct, but (R) is
(B) (A) (R)
correct
(C) (A) (R)
(C) Both (A) and (R) are not correct

(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct (D) (A) (R)

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63. The Micro Aerial Vehicle family 63.

consisting of Mini, Micro, Nano and

Pico Air Vehicles have dimensions

ranging from :
(A) 500 – 0.15 mm
(A) 500 – 0.15 mm

(B) 1500 – 0.25 mm
(B) 1500 – 0.25 mm

(C) 2500 – 0.35 mm
(C) 2500 – 0.35 mm

(D) 3500 – 0.45 mm (D) 3500 – 0.45 mm

64. Stealth technology is also known 64.

as :
(A)

(A) High definition technology
(B)
(B) Low observable technology

(C)
(C) LO technology

(D) Ideally visible technology (D)

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65. Which one of the following was not 65. 1999
marked by the Kargil Review

Committee as the basis for

reviewing India’s national security

system after the Kargil conflict of

1999 ?
(A)
(A) The Kargil experience

(B) The continuing proxy war by (B)
Pakistan
(C)
(C) The prevailing nuclearized

security environment

(D) The inadequacies of national (D)
security strategy and policy-

making

66. Which amongst the following does 66.

not constitute Micro/Nano Air
Vehicles Missions ?
(A)
(A) Communication Relay
(B)
(B) Electronic Warfare

(C) NBC detection (C) NBC

(D) Minerals detection (D)

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67. Adam Smith’s views about defence 67.
economics may include the

following :

(i)
(i) Military force was necessary to

protect society

(ii) Professional soldiers were
(ii)
necessary

(iii)
(iii) Since defence was for common

good, all should bear the

expenses
(iv)
(iv) Payment was to be made on the

basis of “payment according to

benefit” principle :

Codes :
(A) (i) (ii)

(A) Only (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (i) (iii)
(B) Only (i) and (iii) are correct

(C) (i), (ii) (iii)
(C) Only (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

(D) All four are correct (D)

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68. Choose the correct code : 68.

Assertion (A) :
(A)

India is self-sufficient in its defence

production.
(R)
Reason (R) :
8 DPSU 40
India has 8 DPSU and 40 Ordnance

Factories.

Codes :
(A) (A) (R)
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct

(B) (A) (R)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not correct

(C) (A) (R)
(C) (A) is correct, (R) is not correct

(D) (A) is not correct, (R) is correct (D) (A) (R)

69. Which of the scholars opined that 69.

“Terrorism is theatre” ?

(A) Richard Jarvis (A)

(B) Max Weber (B)

(C) Brian Jenkins (C)

(D) Noam Chomsky (D)

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70. After a decade of being strategic 70.

partners, which year did India and
Vietnam upgraded their relationship
to “Comprehensive Strategic
Partnership” ?
(A) 2016
(A) 2016
(B) 2015
(B) 2015
(C) 2010
(C) 2010
(D) 2007
(D) 2007
71.
71. Concept of massive retaliation was
spelt out by : (A)
(A) N. J. Spikeman
(B)
(B) Karl Haushofer
(C)
(C) John Foster Dulles

(D) Halford Mackinder (D)

72. AGNI-II is : 72. II

(A) Ground to air ballistic missile (A)

(B) Air to air missile (B)

(C) Submarine launched ballistic (C)
missile
(D)
(D) Surface to surface missile

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73. SAARC Convention for the 73.
suppression of terrorism was signed
in the year :
(A) 1987
(A) 1987
(B) 1988
(B) 1988
(C) 1985
(C) 1985
(D) 1986
(D) 1986

74. Which organisation has the largest 74.

free trade area ?

(A) North American Free Trade
(A)
Agreement

(B) South Asian Free Trade (B)

Agreement
(C) ASEAN
(C) ASEAN Free Trade Agreement
(D) SAARC
(D) SAARC Agreement

75. “Indian Space Research Organisation” 75. (ISRO)

(ISRO) is situated at :

(A) Sriharikota (A)

(B) Bengaluru (B)

(C) Pune (C)

(D) Chandikapur (D)

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