MAHA SET 2015 Question Paper 2 Defence _ 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 question
carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(50) (2)

1. Which of the following is not 1.
considered as a fundamental

objective of National Security ?
(A)
(A) To safeguard the territory

(B) To maintain military capability (B)

(C) To preserve sovereignty (C)

(D) To maintain international
(D)
peace

2. Who is known as the ‘Father of 2.

Modern War’ ?
(A)
(A) Karl Von Clausewitz
(B)
(B) Napoleon
(C)
(C) Nicolo Machiavelli

(D) Adolf Hitler (D)

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3. The primary purpose of the US 3.
President Richard Nixon’s policy of

ditente was to :

(A)
(A) expand United States military

involvement in South-East Asia

(B) assure an adequate supply of oil
(B)
from the Middle East
(C)
(C) ease tensions between the

United States and the Soviet

Union
(D)
(D) maintain a favourable balance
4.
of trade with China

4. The primary form of threat to

National Security is :
(A)

(A) Territorial threat
(B)
(B) Cyber threat
(C)
(C) Ideological threat

(D) Economic threat (D)

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5. The core of National Interest for any 5.

country at any given time is :

(A) Security
(A)

(B) Nativity
(B)

(C) Productivity
(C)

(D) Culture
(D)

6. The statement, “An attack on one
6.
shall be considered an attack on all”

summarizes the model of alternative

security known as :

(A)
(A) Colonialism

(B)
(B) Non-alignment

(C) Appeasement (C)

(D) Collective security (D)

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7. Which one of the following is not a 7.

tangible determinant of national

power ?
(A)
(A) Geographical extent and

territory (B)

(B) Military capability
(C)

(C) Economic powers
(D)
(D) National Will

8.
8. Etymology of the word security—

“Secura” means :
(A)

(A) Without war
(B)

(B) Without fear

(C)
(C) Without freedom

(D) Without care (D)

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9. The strategic defence initiative (SDI) 9. (SDI)
was conceived during the

incumbency of one of the following

US Presidents :

(A) Richard Nixon (A)

(B) Ronald Reagon
(B)
(C) Bill Clinton
(C)
(D) Jimmy Carter

10. National interest as defined/ (D)

determined by Realists relies
10.
heavily on :

(A) Depending on its people’s (A)

priorities

(B) States prioritize national
(B)
interests insofar as they

guarantee the state’s survival

(C) As homologous to regional
(C)
interests
(D)
(D) By its degree of economic

profitability

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11. Which one of the following is a 11.

diabolical instrument of violence ?

(A) Terror
(A)

(B) Threat
(B)

(C) Atom bomb
(C)

(D) Abuse
(D)

12. The period of first golden age of
12.
classical balance of power may be

considered between :

(A) 1648-1789
(A) 1648-1789

(B) 1618-1786
(B) 1618-1786

(C) 1815-1914
(C) 1815-1914

(D) 1861-1920 (D) 1861-1920

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13. Which headline concerning the 13.

Soviet Union refers to a Cold War (headline)

event ?
(A)

(A) Yeltsin Assumes power
(B)
(B) Trotsky Forms Red Army

(C)
(C) Germany Invades USSR

(D) Warsaw Pact formed (D)

14. Which one of the following countries 14.

is not a member of the Nuclear

club ?
(A)
(A) Britain

(B)
(B) Brazil

(C) Russia (C)

(D) China (D)

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15. As part of its Global War on Terror 15.

(GWOT), the United States was

supposed to withdraw its forces from

Afghanistan is one of the following

years :

(A) 2015
(A) 2015

(B) 2016
(B) 2016

(C) 2014 (C) 2014

(D) 2013 (D) 2013

16. The statement, “The art of correct 16.

distribution of troops as great art of

war,” is related to which one of the

following principles of war ?
(A)
(A) Offensive Action

(B)
(B) Economy of Force

(C)
(C) Concentration of Force

(D) Administration (D)

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17. Which one of the following is not a 17.

principle of War ?

(A)

(A) Surprise

(B)
(B) National interest

(C)
(C) Mobility

(D)
(D) Offensive action

18. Which one of the following is not 18. Weapons of Mass

considered as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Destruction (WMD) ?

(A)
(A) Nuclear weapon

(B)
(B) Chemical weapon

(C)
(C) Bunker buster

(D) Biological weapons (D)

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19. Which one of the following is 19.

the country of origin of ‘Phalcon

Radar’ ?

(A)
(A) Israel

(B)
(B) Germany

(C)
(C) USA

(D) India (D)

20. Which one of the following states 20.

is not a signatory to the Nuclear

Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) ?

(A)
(A) Japan

(B)
(B) Britain

(C)
(C) Canada

(D) Israel (D)

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21. What is thought to be the extreme 21.

eventuality of the Cold War ?

(A)
(A) Hungary Crisis

(B)
(B) Korea Crisis

(C) Suez Canal Crisis (C)

(D) Gulf Crisis
(D)

22. When the existence of the League
22.
of Nations came formally to an

end ?
(A)

(A) 10 Aug., 1945
(B)

(B) 1 Nov., 1945

(C)
(C) 1 Aug., 1946

(D)
(D) 26 Oct., 1945

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23. In conceptualising the pillars of 23.

sustainable development, which one

of the following is not included ?
(A)

(A) Economic growth
(B)

(B) Social progress
(C)

(C) Protection of environment and

natural resources
(D)
(D) Feminism

24.
24. Articles 39-51 of the United Nations

Charter are related to :

(A)
(A) General Assembly

(B)
(B) Security Council

(C) International Court of Justice (C)

(D) World Health Organisation (D)

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25. The Suez Canal connects the
25.
following :

(A) The Atlantic Ocean and the (A)

Mediterranean Sea
(B)
(B) Pacific and Atlantic Ocean

(C)
(C) Black sea and Mediterranean

Sea
(D)

(D) Red sea and Mediterranean Sea

26.
26. ‘Friendship for progress’ initiation

between the Latin American nations

was given by the American

President : (A)

(A) H. Truman
(B)

(B) J.F. Kennedy
(C)

(C) Munro

(D)
(D) Barak Obama

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27. How many countries constitute 27.

Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) ?

(A) 46 (A) 46

(B) 43 (B) 43

(C) 44 (C) 44

(D) 45 (D) 45

28. The statement ‘Europe’s time has 28.

finished’, was made by :

(A) Thomas Schelling (A)

(B) Kathre in Voltage (B)

(C) Eric Fisher (C)

(D) M. Kaplan (D)

29. Which one of the following Oceans 29.

was known as a British lake ?

(A) Arctic Ocean (A)

(B) Atlantic Ocean (B)

(C) Indian Ocean (C)

(D) Pacific Ocean (D)

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30. Global warming is a source of major 30.

insecurity because :

(A) The global temperature will
(A)
decrease

(B) Population will become scarce (B)

(C) The food production will go
(C)
down significantly

(D) The global temperature will (D)

increase
31.
31. The headquarters of the

International Atomic Energy

Agency is located in : (A)

(A) Vienna
(B)

(B) New York

(C)
(C) London

(D) Paris (D)

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32. Who among the following is 32.

associated with the realist theory of

International Relations ?
(A)

(A) Woodrow Wilson
(B)

(B) Hans J. Morganthau
(C)

(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D)
(D) John Foster Dallas

33.
33. The US World Trade Centre was

destroyed by the terrorists on :

(A)
(A) 11th September, 2001

(B)
(B) 11th September, 2002

(C)
(C) 11th September, 2000

(D)
(D) 11th September, 1998

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34. Who among the following thinkers 34. “Sub-limited Nuclear War”

propounded the concept of “Sub-

limited Nuclear War” ?
(A)

(A) H. Kissinger
(B)

(B) Andre Beaufre
(C)

(C) Richard Haas

(D)
(D) Liddle Hart

35.
35. Arbitration is a technique of settling

international disputes through :

(A)
(A) Amicable means

(B)
(B) Coercive means

(C)
(C) Revolutionary means

(D)
(D) Electronic techniques

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36. In which review conference NPT was 36. NPT

indefinitely extended ?

(A) Second (A)

(B)
(B) Fifth
(C)
(C) Fourth
(D)
(D) Third
37.
37. The treaty of Anti-Ballistic Missile

was signed in the year :
(A) 1972
(A) 1972
(B) 1971
(B) 1971
(C) 1973

(C) 1973
(D) 1969

(D) 1969
38.
38. International law is :
(A)
(A) Criminal Law

(B)
(B) A Civil Law

(C) A Military Law (C)

(D) A Law among states (D)

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39. The US President Bill Clinton had 39.
supported the North American Free
(NAFTA)
Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
primarily as a way to which one of
the following ?

(A) Normalize trade relations with (A)
Cuba
(B)
(B) Stimulate economic growth in
the United States
(C)
(C) Restrict the flow of drugs into
the United States
(D)
(D) Increase the United States
trade deficit 40.

40. Who among the following scholars
stated that the US is enjoying the
upper portion of the multi-layered
cake of world power politics due to
its military and economic power ?
(A)
(A) J. Nye
(B)
(B) S.P. Cohen

(C) Henry Kissinger (C)

(D) Richard Haas (D)

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41. ‘AWACS’ is a system which is : 41. ‘AWACS’

(A) Satellite based
(A)

(B) Missile based
(B)

(C) Aircraft carrier based
(C)

(D) Aircraft based

(D)
42. Heavy water means :

42.
(A) Water treated with chlorine

(A)
(B) Water which does not form

lather easily with soap
(B)

(C) Water used as a moderator in
(C)
nuclear reactors

(D)
(D) Distilled water

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43. Which one of the following countries 43.

is not a part of the Shanghai

Co-operation Organization ?

(A)
(A) Turkmenistan

(B) Tajikistan
(B)

(C) Kyrgyzstan
(C)
(D) Uzbekistan

44. The growth of modern technologies (D)

in the age of Globalisation resulted
44.
in :

(A) a decrease in the population of
(A)
the world

(B) increasing interdependence (B)

among nations

(C) a growing need for unskilled (C)
labour
(D)
(D) a sharp decline in the need for

oil and coal

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45. Which one of the following countries 45.

has emerged as the biggest market

of personal computers (PCs) in

(A)
2013 ?

(A) USA (B)

(B) China
(C)

(C) India
(D)
(D) Japan
46.
46. Which one of the following

sub-Saharan African countries

supplies about 10% of India’s total 10%

oil import ?
(A)

(A) Gabon
(B)
(B) Nigeria

(C)
(C) Sudan

(D) Angola (D)

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47. The SAFTA Agreement was signed 47. (SAFTA)

during the 12th SAARC Summit

held in :

(A) Colombo
(A)

(B) Kathmandu
(B)

(C) New Delhi
(C)

(D) Islamabad
(D)

48. Which South-East Asian country is
48.
looking at India’s overhauling of

aircrafts supplied by Soviet

Russia ?

(A)
(A) Malaysia

(B)
(B) Indonesia

(C) Vietnam (C)

(D) The Philippines (D)

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49. Indian policy of self-reliance in 49.

defence was launched in :

(A) 1965
(A) 1965

(B) 1964
(B) 1964

(C) 1963
(C) 1963

(D) 1972
(D) 1972

50. In which year Defence Research and
50.
Development Organisation was

established by India ?

(A) 1960
(A) 1960

(B) 1962
(B) 1962

(C) 1958 (C) 1958

(D) 1980 (D) 1980

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