MAHA SET 2018 Question Paper 2 Defence and Strategic Studies

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Defence and Strategic Studies
Paper II

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Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions, each carrying
Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(50) (2)

1. Who among the following chairs the 1.
meetings of the National Security

Council in India ?
(A)
(A) President
(B)
(B) Prime Minister

(C)
(C) Defence Minister

(D) National Security Advisor (D)

2. Defence and strategic studies is 2.
akin to so many other disciplines,

except :
(A)
(A) Sociology
(B)
(B) History
(C)
(C) Political Science

(D) Astronomy (D)

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3. Who among the following made 3.
the statement that “war is an
instrument of policy by other
means” ? (A)

(A) Carl Von Clausewitz
(B)
(B) Frederick the Great
(C)
(C) J.F.C. Fuller

(D) A. Jomini (D)

4. Kautilya’s concept of Inter-state 4.

relations was based on which of the
following theories ?

(A) Theory of Saptanga (A)

(B) Mandala Theory (B)

(C) Theory of Four Fold Army (C)

(D) Sadgunya Theory (D)

5. Military Industrial Complex 5.
argument was delivered by whom
in his farewell address ?
(A)
(A) President Eisenhower

(B) President J.F. Kennedy (B)

(C) President Ronald Reagan (C)

(D) Henry Kissinger (D)
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6. Non-alignment lost its relevance 6.
after the :

(A) Sino-Indian Conflict, 1962
(A) 1962
(B) Soviet Intervention in
(B) 1979
Afghanistan, 1979

(C) End of Cold War
(C)
(D) Attack on the World Trade
Centre, 2001 (D) 2001

7. The strategy of minimum credible 7.
deterrence is reversed by which one
of the following ?

(A) No first use (A)

(B) First strike (B)

(C) Second strike (C)

(D) No strike (D)

8. Who propounded the theory of 8.
“Expanding Torrent” ?
(A)
(A) J.F.C. Fuller
(B)
(B) Liddle Hart
(C)
(C) Jomini

(D) Clausewitz (D)

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9. Match the following Colonial Powers 9. -I
given in List-I with Colonies in the -II
List-II by using the correct code :
List-I List-II -I -II
(Colonial Powers) (Colonies)
(a) France (i) East Timor (a) (i)
(b) Netherlands (ii) Indo-China (b) (ii)
(c) Portugal (iii) Philippines (c) (iii)
(d) Spain (iv) Indonesia (d) (iv)
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
10. Identify the correct code for the 10. (A)
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as
given below : (R)

Assertion (A) : (A)
Preventive war can be justified
using balance of power logic.
Reason (R) :
(R)
That rationale can also provide a
basis for frequent use of military
force in a war.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are not correct
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (A) (A) (R)
(R) is not always a rationale
of (A) (B) (A) (R)
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is not (R) (A)
correct (C) (A) (R)
(D) (A) is not correct, but (R) is
correct (D) (A) (R)
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11. Identify the correct code for the 11. (A)
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as (R)
given below :
(A)
Assertion (A) :

A state is specifically a political
and geopolitical entity.

Reason (R) : (R)

Because specific cultural groups are
associated with state for political
legitimacy.

Codes :
(A) (A) (R)
(A) (A) is true, (R) is false
(B) (A) (R)
(B) (A) is false, (R) is true

(C) Both (A) and (R) are false (C) (A) (R)

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

12. According to the rationale of the 12.
first use principle, states reserve
the right to use nuclear weapons in
self-defence can be stated as :
(A)
(A) Mutual Assured Destruction
(B)
(B) Nuclear Deterrence

(C) Trident (C)

(D) Nuclear Non-Proliferation (D)

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13. Which is not the objective of 13. CTBT
CTBT ?
(A)
(A) Ban on all kinds of Nuclear

Weapons test explosion

(B) To favour international
(B)
monitoring system to check the

treaty violations

(C) To detect the underground,

atmospheric or underwater
(C)
explosions

(D) To export and import the

Nuclear technology (D)

14. Who among the following stated 14.

that “If you tell a lie big enough

and keep repeating it, people will

eventually come to believe it” ?

(A) Gobbles (A)

(B) John Foster Dulles (B)

(C) Andrew Gramico (C)

(D) Anthony Eden (D)

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15. Which of the following North-East 15.
states of India was first to face the
brow-brunt of ethnic insurgency ?
(A)
(A) Assam
(B)
(B) Nagaland

(C) Manipur (C)

(D) Tripura (D)

16. When did the UN General Assembly 16.
adopted the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
(ATT) on conventional arms ?

(A) 2015 (A) 2015

(B) 2013 (B) 2013

(C) 2011 (C) 2011

(D) 2006 (D) 2006

17. The Armed Forces Special Powers 17.
Act was enacted in Jammu and
Kashmir in the year :
(A) 1985
(A) 1985
(B) 1987
(B) 1987

(C) 1990 (C) 1990

(D) 1992 (D) 1992
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18. A war, which involves many 18.
participants, multiple major powers
to conquer and occupy enemy
territory. Decision makers utilize all
available weapons of warfare and
target both civilian and military
sites. What kind of war is this ?
(A) Civil War (A)

(B) Asymmetric War (B)
(C) Limited War (C)
(D) General War (D)
19. Match the List-I (Books) with 19. -I -II
List-II (Authors) with the help of the
codes given below :
-I -II
List-I List-II
(Books) (Authors)
(a) (i)
(a) Politics Among (i) E.H. Carr
Nations
(b) World Between (ii) Edward (b) (ii)
Two Wars Said
(c) Orientalism (iii) Francis (c) (iii)
Fukuyama
(d) End of History (iv) Hans
(d) (iv)
and The Last Morgenthau
Man
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

(C) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii) (C) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
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20. Identify the correct code for the 20. (A)

Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as
(R)
given below :
(A)
Assertion (A) :

“Power flows from the barrel of a

gun.” (R)

Reason (R) :

Dictum gained popularity due to its

pithiness and vivid imagery, rather

than any profoundity

Codes :
(A) (A) (R)
(A) Both (A) and (R) are not correct
(B) (A) (R)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct
(C) (A) (R) (A)
(C) (A) is not correct, (R) is the

logical explanation of (A)

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

logical explanation of (A)

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21. Who amongst the following 21.
propounded the concept of structural

violence ?
(A)
(A) A.G. Frank
(B)
(B) Kofi Annan
(C)
(C) Johan Galtung

(D) Barry Buzan (D)

22. The concept of Confidence Building 22.

measures germinated from which

one of the following ?
(A) 1975
(A) Conference on Security and

Cooperation in Europe in 1975
(B)
(B) Canberra Commission
(C)
(C) Atlantic Charter

(D) Brundtland Commission (D)

23. Chabahar port is located in : 23.

(A) Iraq (A)

(B) Iran (B)

(C) Afghanistan (C)

(D) Papua New Guinea (D)
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24. Who emphasised that “Pakistan, 24.

Afghanistan and Central Asia

constitute a single region” ?

(A) Shuja Pasha (A)

(B) Wajahat Hussain (B)

(C) Ahmad Rashid (C)

(D) Maleeha Zodi (D)

25. Which year the Nuclear Weapon 25.

Free Zone Treaty in South-East Asia

was opened for signature ?

(A) 1995 (A) 1995

(B) 1996 (B) 1996

(C) 1985 (C) 1985

(D) 1967 (D) 1967

26. SAARC was established in the 26.
year :
(A) 1980
(A) 1980
(B) 1985
(B) 1985
(C) 1990
(C) 1990

(D) 1995 (D) 1995

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27. Match the following Table-I 27. -I -II
(Authors) and Table-II (Works)

by using the correct codes given

below : -I -II

Table-I Table-II

(Authors) (Works) (a) (i)

(a) Alfred Mahan (i) The Art of
(b) (ii)
War

(b) Antoine Henri (ii) The Command
(c) (iii)
Jomini of Air

(c) Carl Von (iii) From Sail to

Clausewitz Steamin (d) (iv)

(d) Giulio Douhet (iv) The Principles

of War

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

(C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

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28. The theory of nuclear deterrence is 28.
useful because :

(A) Helps to avoid war between (A)
states
(B)
(B) Helps to establish peace
between states
(C)
(C) Helps to increase economic
co-operation between states

(D) Helps to improve standard of (D)
living

29. Gorbachev adopted dual policies in 29.
order to make Soviet Union stable
through openness and radical
restructuring in the context of :

(A) Perestroika (A)
(B) Glasnost (B)
(C) Shock therapy (C)
(D) Both (A) and (B) (D) (A) (B)
30. Confidence Building Measures 30. (CBM)
(CBM) were first conceptualised in
the wake of which of the following
conflicts ?
(A) 1965
(A) India-Pakistan War of 1965
(B) 1962
(B) Sino-Indian Conflict of 1962

(C) Vietnam War (C)

(D) Cold War (D)

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31. The following countries were not the 31.
original members of the Association
of South-East Asian Nations :

(A) Indonesia, Malaysia (A)

(B) Philippines, Singapore (B)

(C) Vietnam and Laos (C)

(D) Singapore, Indonesia (D)

32. Who among the following is the 32.
author of the book, “The Clash of
Civilization and the re-making of
World Order” ?
(A)
(A) Francis Fukuyama

(B) Joseph Frankel (B)

(C) Samuel P. Huntington (C)

(D) K. Booth (D)

33. The following is an external deter- 33.
minant of the Defence Budget :

(A) National Interest (A)

(B) Threat Perception (B)

(C) Commitment of Ideology (C)

(D) Technological Capability (D)
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34. Collective Security System is : 34.

(A) Techniques of presentation of (A)
Peace
(B)
(B) Strategy of National Security
(C)
(C) Technique of Balance of Power
(D)
(D) Part of Diplomacy

35. Choose one of the following 35.

countries which is not part of G-4 G-4
Nations who are contesting for
permanent seat in the United
Nations Security Council : (A)

(A) Germany
(B)
(B) Japan
(C)
(C) India
(D)
(D) Mexico

36. The Cuban Missile Crisis is the best 36.

example of :

(A) Brinkmanship (A)

(B) Limited War (B)

(C) Guerilla War (C)

(D) Insurgency (D)

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37. Match the following given in 37.
List-I (Authors) with List-II (Books)
by using the correct code :
-I -II
List-I List-II

(Authors) (Books)

(a) Henry (i) India; (a) (i)

Kissinger Emerging

Power
(b) (ii)
(b) Leo Tolstoy (ii) History of

Warfare
(c) (iii)
(c) Stephen Phillip (iii) Diplomacy
Cohen

(d) J.F.C. Fuller (iv) War and (d) (iv)

Peace

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

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38. The role of Britain has declined in 38.

South Asia ever since it moved from

the east of Suez in :

(A) 1970 (A) 1970

(B) 1971 (B) 1971

(C) 1972 (C) 1972

(D) 1973 (D) 1973

39. Which one of the following is not 39.

correct in respect of collective

security theory ?
(A)

(A) The aggressor is always right
(B)
(B) Aggressor must be stopped
(C)
(C) Wars are prevented by restraint

of military action

(D)
(D) The aggressor is easily identified

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40. The first woman who presided over 40.
the UN General Assembly Session
was :
(A)
(A) Ellonor Roosevelt
(B)
(B) Ms. Angle E. Brooks
(C)
(C) Smt. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
(D)
(D) Margaret Alwa

41. Transfer of Military Technology 41.
affects :

(A) Transfer of arms strategy
(A)
(B) Weapon technology and
national security (B)

(C) Technology and arms trade
(C)
(D) Technological know-how and
arms buildup (D)

42. TRIMS relates to which of the 42. (TRIMS)

following issues ?

(A) Trade (A)

(B) Telecom (B)

(C) Investment (C)

(D) Monetary (D)

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43. Identify the correct code for the 43. (A)
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as
(R)
given below :
Assertion (A) : (A)
States share a common interest in
peace.
(R)
Reason (R) :
Any state that disturbs peace is both
irrational and immoral.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are not correct
(A) (A) (R)
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is not
correct (B) (A) (R)
(C) (A) is not correct, but (R) is
(C) (A) (R)
correct
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct (D) (A) (R)
44. Identify the correct code for the 44. (A)
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as (R)
given below :
(A)
Assertion (A) :
Nuclear fusion is used to generate
electricity.
(R)
Reason (R) :
Nuclear power is not used because
it cannot be controlled.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct (A) (A) (R)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are not correct (B) (A) (R)
(C) (A) is correct, (R) is not correct (C) (A) (R)
(D) (A) is not correct, (R) is correct (D) (A) (R)
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45. Which one country is not a member 45. NAFTA

of NAFTA ?

(A) Cuba (A)

(B) Canada (B)

(C) Mexico (C)

(D) USA (D)

46. Who among the following 46.

distinguished between ‘industrial’

and ‘militant’ societies ?
(A)
(A) E. Durkheim
(B)
(B) Karl Marx

(C) Herbert Spencer (C)

(D) Saint Simon (D)

47. The Architect of India’s Nuclear 47.

Programme was :

(A) Vikram Sarabhai Patel (A)

(B) Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha (B)

(C) Dr. A.P.J. Kalam (C)

(D) C.N.R. Rao (D)
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48. Which of the following is not 48.

the determinant of Defence

Expenditure ?
(A)
(A) Economic Condition
(B)
(B) Geography of the country

(C)
(C) Relations with Neighbours

(D) Non-Cooperation by Opposition (D)

49. Globalisation resulted in : 49.

(A) Financial Integration (A)

(B) Monetary Union (B)

(C) Global Free Trade (C)

(D) Economic Interdependence (D)

50. ‘Inflation’ is a phenomenon which is 50.
associated with :
(A)
(A) Increase in money circulation

(B) Decrease in money circulation (B)

(C) Negative Balance of Payment
(C)
Situation
(D)
(D) Price rise

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