MAHA SET 2015 Question Paper 3 Defence _ Strategic Studies

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DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
Paper III

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

1. The realist image of the state is 1.
represented by which one of the
following ?
(A)
(A) The state is the most important
actor of international politics
and sovereignty is its
distinguished trait
(B)
(B) The state will always seek to
ensure its survival in a perilous
international environment.
(C) The state behaves morally and
(C)
in accordance to what its
population’s values are.
(D) The state is a most important (D)
actor of international politics,
sovereignty is its distinguishing
trait and the state will always
seek to ensure its survival in
a perilous international
environment.

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2. Who wrote the book ‘The Life of 2.

Nelson’ ?

(A) J.F.C. Fuller (A)

(B) A.T. Mahan (B)

(C) Napoleon (C)

(D) Liddell Hart (D)

3. ‘Security dilemma’ refers to which
3.
one of the following ?

(A) Where states help in spreading

instability and conflict between (A)
other states

(B) It is a dilemma a state faces

when constructing national (B)

security plans

(C) A structural notion in which

self help attempts of states to (C)

look after their security needs

tend regardless of intention to

lead to a rise in insecurity

(D) Offensive posture of any nation- (D)

state

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4. Who is known as the father of Air 4.

Warfare as a theorist ?

(A) Mitchell (A)

(B) Douhet (B)

(C) Hitler (C)

(D) J.F.C. Fuller (D)

5. The origin of the state is not based 5.
on :
(A)
(A) Social Contract Theory
(B)
(B) Theory of Divine Origin

(C) The theory of Force (C)

(D) The theory of Economics (D)

6. The NAM is generally traced from 6.
the year 1955 when 29 Asian and

African nations met at :

(A) Rangoon (A)

(B) New Delhi (B)

(C) Bandung (C)

(D) Cairo (D)

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7. The statement ‘War is a continuation 7.
of state policy by different means,’
is related to :
(A)
(A) Fredrick the Great
(B)
(B) Clausewitz
(C)
(C) A. Jomini

(D) J.F.C. Fuller (D)

8. “We believe in non-aggression and 8.
non-interference by one country in
the affairs of another and the growth
of tolerance between them and the
capacity for peaceful coexistence.
We, therefore, endeavour to
maintain friendly relations with all
countries, even though we may
disagree with them in their policies”.
—Jawaharlal Nehru

This statement describes the foreign
policy known as : (A)

(A) Imperialism
(B)
(B) Mercantilism
(C)
(C) Isolationism
(D)
(D) Non-alignment
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9. It is the territory that swallows the 9.

conqueror rather than conquerors

swallowing the territory. The

statement relates appropriately to

which one of the following ?
(A)
(A) Size of territory

(B)
(B) Location of territory

(C)
(C) Topography of territory

(D)
(D) Population of territory

10. Who said, ‘Strength is power, and 10.

happiness is the end ?

(A) Suntzu (A)

(B) Hobbes (B)

(C) Kautilya
(C)

(D) Machiavelli
(D)

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11. Who among the following wrote the 11. ‘Introduction to Strategy’
book named ‘Introduction to
Strategy’ ?
(A)
(A) Ahmed Shehzad
(B)
(B) Dalbir Singh

(C) Liddell Hart (C)

(D) Francis Fukuyama (D)

12. Who wrote the “Command of Air” ? 12.

(A) Dr. Karl Haushofer (A)

(B) A.T. Mahan (B)

(C) Giulio Douhet (C)

(D) Halford MacKinder (D)

13. An agreement by all nations to 13.

automatically punish the aggressor

is referred to as :
(A)
(A) Balance of Power

(B) Common Defence (B)

(C) Deterrence (C)

(D) Collective Security
(D)

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14. In terms of National Power, Diego 14.

Garcia is important because of its :

(A)
(A) Natural Resources

(B)
(B) Size

(C)
(C) Location

(D)
(D) Topography

15.

15. Who is the author of ‘On War’ ?

(A) Karl Haushofer
(A)

(B) Giulio Douhet (B)

(C) Machiavelli (C)

(D) Clausewitz (D)

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16. The ‘Librahan Committee’ is 16.

associated with which one of the
following ?
(A)
(A) Ayodhya issue
(B)
(B) Attack on the Parliament
(C)
(C) Bombay Bomb Blast in 1993
(D)
(D) 26/11 Attack

17. India’s treaty of ‘Peace, Friendship 17.
and Co-operation’ was signed with
USSR in the year :
(A) 1948
(A) 1948
(B) 1962
(B) 1962

(C) 1965 (C) 1965

(D) 1971 (D) 1971

18. Which one of the following will not
18.
encompass the term internal
security ?

(A) State-sponsored and domestic
(A)
terrorism

(B) Insurgencies and Guerilla (B)

warfare
(C)
(C) Non-aggression

(D) Cyber terrorism (D)

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19. Canberra Commission is related 19.

to : (A)

(A) Elimination of nuclear weapons (B)

(B) Mutual and Balanced Force

Reduction in Europe (C)

(C) Climate Change (D)

(D) Security and Cooperation in 20.

Europe

20. “Presslar Amendment” was related

to one of the following : (A)

(A) Nuclear non-proliferation needs
(B)

(B) Proliferation enhancing

measures regarding nuclear

arms
(C)

(C) Environmental pollution
(D)
(D) Nuclear threat reduction

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21. Cyber security threat is an 21.

important component of the one of

the following :
(A)
(A) Psychological warfare

(B)
(B) Chemical warfare

(C)
(C) Information warfare

(D) Nuclear warfare (D)

22. Name the Defence Minister of India 22.

during the Sino-Indian war of

1962 :
(A)
(A) Krishna Menon

(B)
(B) C. Subramaniam

(C)
(C) Jagjivan Ram

(D) R. Venkataraman (D)

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23. India and France signed strategic 23.
partnership agreement in the

year :
(A) 1995
(A) 1995
(B) 1998
(B) 1998
(C) 1996
(C) 1996
(D) 2000
(D) 2000
24. X-45 A
24. What is X-45 A ?
(A)
(A) Drone Plane

(B)
(B) Helicopter

(C) Submarine (C)

(D) Missile (D)

25. U-2 Mission’s plan incident is 25.

associated with :

(A) Gulf war (A)

(B) Cold war (B)

(C) Second World War
(C)

(D) Arab-Israel War
(D)
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26. Which among the following have
26.
been prime motivations to acquire

nuclear capability ?

(A) Power, Security and better (A)

environment
(B)
(B) Prosperity, Survival and Social
(C)
leverage

(C) Strategic deterrence, political

and prestige benefits
(D)
(D) Social cohesiveness
27. WMD
27. What does the category “WMD

include” ? (A)

(A) Explosive weapons
(B)

(B) Machine guns
(C)
(C) Nuclear, Biological and

Chemical Weapons (NBC)

(D) Heavy Artillery (D)

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28. During 1990s cuts in the US defence
28.
expenditure have been argued

mainly because of :

(A) Japan had assumed the peace (A)

keeping responsibilities of the

United Nations
(B)
(B) Military technology has become

less expensive (C)

(C) The United States has returned

to an isolationist foreign policy
(D)
(D) Collapse of the Soviet Union

and Communist Governments of

Eastern Europe

29. Who among the following described 29.
“Plan 1919” as one of the most
remarkable documents in the history
of war ?
(A)
(A) J.F.C. Fuller
(B)
(B) Liddell Hart

(C) Douglas Argill (C)

(D) Marshal Foch (D)

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30. Which one of the following is not 30.
related to the causes of war ?

(A) Human aggressiveness
(A)
(B) Economic imperialism
(B)
(C) Nationalist Expansionism and
(C)
irredentism

(D) Parochialism (D)

31. Who among the following stated that 31. “Geopolitics is a pseudo-science ”
“Geopolitics is a pseudo-science” ?

(A) Barry Buzan (A)

(B) N.J. Spykman (B)

(C) H.J. Morgenthau (C)

(D) S.P. Cohen
(D)

32. “Depleted Uranium” was used in one
32.
of the following wars :

(A) Gulf War
(A)

(B) Iran-Iraq War (B)

(C) Second World War (C)

(D) Falkland War (D)

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33. One direct result of the Gulf War I
33.
was that the United States
succeeded in the following :

(A) Gained control of oil resources (A)
in the Middle East

(B) Liberated Kuwait from Iraqi
control (B)

(C) Brought about peaceful
(C)
relations between Israel and its
neighbours

(D) Obtained overseas colonies in
(D)
the Middle East

34. Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of 34.

Perestroika sought to :

(A) Increase spending of Nuclear
(A)
weapons

(B) Strengthen central planning (B)

(C) Increase production through
(C)
individual enterprise and
liberalisation

(D) Reduce the influence of working
(D)
class
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35. The conflict between Israel and the 35.

Arab Nations since 1948 was often

considered part of the Cold War

primarily because :

(A) The policy of detente evolved (A)

from this conflict

(B) Communist governments were
(B)
established in many Arab

Nations

(C)
(C) The leadership of the Soviet

Union strongly influenced the

policies of Saddam Hussein

(D) The United States supported
(D)
Israel and the Soviet Union

supported Several Arab

Nations

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36. A sea zone prescribed by the UN 36.
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 200 nautical miles
water column from its coast is called
one of the following :
(A)
(A) Exclusive Economic Zone
(B)
(B) Territorial Waters

(C) Continental (C)

(D) Archipelagic waters (D)

37. During the Cold War era, many 37.
Asian and African nations followed
a policy of non-alignment because
they :
(A)
(A) had the same goals and needs
as the Soviet Union

(B) needed the natural resources of (B)
Western European Countries

(C) wished to receive aid from both (C)
the blocs

(D) Were afraid of losing their vote
(D)
in the United Nations

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38. The main reason that the United
38.
States sent troops to Bosnia in 1995

was to try to :

(A) bring a peaceful end to a civil (A)

war
(B)
(B) contain the spread of

Communism (C)

(C) take over the area as a
(D)
protectorate

(D) resettle refugees in North

America
39.

39. For the United States, the breakup

of the Soviet Union has had the

greatest impact on : (A)

(A) Import quotas
(B)

(B) Immigration policies
(C)
(C) Advances in technology

(D) Defence spending (D)

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40. Who among the following said, “We 40.

will wage a thousand years war

against India” ?
(A)
(A) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(B)
(B) Zia-ul-Haq
(C)
(C) Kasim Rizvi
(D)
(D) Ayub Khan

41. The origin of the crisis in Chechenya 41.

was based on which one of the

following ?

(A) Ethnic hatred and territorial
(A)

claims

(B) Military oppression by the (B)

Russians
(C)
(C) External Involvement

(D) Political Instability in Russia (D)

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42. Which one of the following is the best 42.

conflict management approach in

practice ?
(A)
(A) Avoidance
(B)
(B) Domination

(C)
(C) Accommodation

(D) Consensus (D)

43. Which one of the following is not a
43.
part of the Confidence Building

Measures (CBMs) ?

(A) Hotline (A)

(B) People to people dialogues and
(B)
exchanges

(C) Prior notification of military

exercises
(C)

(D) Creation of Information
(D)
Highways

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44. The Cold War developed moving as
44.
a result of which one of the

following ?

(A) United States refusal to send (A)
economic aid to European

Nations

(B) Soviet domination of Eastern (B)

Europe and rivalry with the

West

(C)
(C) Competition between the

superpowers to explore outer

space
(D)
(D) Continuation of the pre-World

War-II balance of power

45. A.Q. Khan Research Laboratories 45.
are associated with :

(A) Cancer Research (A)

(B) Nuclear Research (B)

(C) Aero-space Research (C)

(D) Environmental Pollution (D)

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46. Which Article is common to all 46.
Geneva Conventions of 1949 ?

(A) Article 4 (A)

(B) Article 6 (B)

(C) Article 3 (C)

(D) Article 9 (D)

47. Confidence-building measures
47. Confidence-building Measures
(CBMs) relates to :

(A) Waging war
(A)
(B) Commando operations
(B)
(C) Technique of conflict prevention

and Co-operation (C)

(D) South-South Co-operation (D)

48. Which one of the following is not the 48.
measure of pacific settlement of

disputes ?
(A)
(A) Economic sanctions
(B)
(B) Negotiations
(C)
(C) Mediations
(D)
(D) Good offices

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49. The basic rules of the International 49.

Humanitarian Law have been laid

down in :

(A)
(A) Geneva Conventions and their

Protocols

(B) Preamble of the United Nations (B)

(C) Preamble of the League of
(C)
Nations

(D)
(D) Universal Declaration of

Human Rights 50.

50. “Universal Declaration of Human

Rights” was adopted by UNO on :
(A)
(A) 24 Oct. 1945

(B)
(B) 10 Dec. 1948

(C) 25 Sept. 1951 (C)

(D) 30 July 1970 (D)

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51. Who made the statement “America
51.
invites the indifferent policy of

India” ?
(A)
(A) J.F. Kennedy
(B)
(B) Jimi Carter
(C)
(C) Eisenhower
(D)
(D) Abraham Lincoln

52. The abbreviation IAEA stands for 52. IAEA

which one of the following ?

(A) International Atomic Energy

Agency
(A)

(B) Indian Agricultural and

Environmental Association (B)

(C) International Agency for
(C)
Economic Administration

(D) Indian Atomic Energy
(D)
Association

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53. The approach of ‘Preventive 53.

Diplomacy’ was propounded by :

(A) John F. Kennedy (A)

(B) Dag Hammarskjold (B)

(C) Truman (C)

(D) Boutrous Boutrous Ghali (D)

54. The theory of ‘Eight Pillars of Peace’ 54.

was propounded by :

(A) Sun-tzu (A)

(B) Thomas Hobbes (B)

(C) J.F.C. Fuller (C)

(D) B.H. Liddell Hart (D)

55. Who used the term ‘Third World’ for 55.

the first time ?

(A) K.M. Panikkar (A)

(B) Alfred Levi (B)

(C) Richard Nixon (C)

(D) J.F. Kennedy (D)

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56. The beginning of the collapse of
56.
communism in Eastern Europe is

most closely associated with which

one of the following ?

(A) Fall of the Berlin Wall

(A)
(B) Entry of Warsaw Pact Nations

into the NATO
(B)

(C) Intervention of the NATO in

Yugoslavia (C)

(D) Formation of the European
(D)
Union

57. The ‘Domino theory’ was propounded 57.

towards which country ?

(A) United States (A)

(B) Vietnam (B)

(C) Malaya (C)

(D) India (D)

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58. What agreement exists that controls
58.

export among suppliers to constrain

the proliferation of missile

technology ?

(A) The Geneva Conventions (A)

(B) The Missile Technology Control (B)

Regime
(C)

(C) The United Nations Charter

(D)
(D) START

59.
59. Mediation is a part of :

(A)
(A) Efforts to end of the war

(B) Peace-building (B)

(C) Amicable settlement of dispute (C)

(D) Peace enforcement (D)

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60. The degree to which state cluster in 60.

alliances around the most powerful

members of the state system is

known as : (A)

(A) Unipolarity
(B)

(B) Bipolarity
(C)
(C) Polycentrality

(D) Polarisation (D)

61. Which one of the following South 61.

Asian countries is ahead of rest of
(HDI)
them in regard to Human

Development Index (HDI) ?

(A)
(A) Bangladesh

(B)
(B) Sri Lanka

(C) India (C)

(D) Nepal (D)

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62. Keeping in view the poverty 62.
corruption scenario in Asian
countries, who among the following
said, “corruption is a tax in getting
things done” ?
(A)
(A) Amartya Sen
(B)
(B) Gunnar Myrdal
(C)
(C) Manmohan Singh
(D)
(D) C. Rangrajan
63. Who among the following remarked 63.
that “Climate Change is a bigger
threat than International
Terrorism” ? (A)

(A) M.S. Swaminathan (B)
(B) R.K. Pachori
(C)
(C) David King
(D) M.S. Rajan (D)

64. The origin of the theories of defence
64.
economics could be found in the
writings of which of the following
persons ?
(A)
(A) Karl Marx and E.M. Earle
(B) Adam Smith and Alexander
(B)
Hamilton
(C) Adam Smith and Clausewitz (C)
(D) Karl Marx and Abraham
(D)
Lincoln

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65. Which of the following techniques 65.
could be employed by the enemy as
cyber attack ? (A)

(A) Facebook (B)
(B) Hacking
(C)
(C) Twitter

(D) Blogs (D)

66. Defence planning of a nation-state 66.
broadly focuses on which one of the
following ?
(A)
(A) Availability of weapon systems
(B)
(B) Population
(C)
(C) Threat Assessment

(D) Prevention of war (D)

67. Who among the following called 67.
nuclear weapons as ‘Absolute
‘Absolute Weapon’
Weapon’ in the immediate aftermath
of destruction of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki ?
(A)
(A) H. Kahn
(B)
(B) Bernard Brodie
(C)
(C) H. Kissinger

(D) George P. Shultz (D)

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68. The term ‘Threat without enemies’ 68.

is intertwined with which one of the

following ?
(A)
(A) Environmental security
(B)
(B) Human trafficking
(C)
(C) Energy Crisis

(D) Cyber Crime (D)

69. The term ‘Mobilization’ means : 69.

(A) to acquire
(A)
(B) to procure (B)

(C) to make readily available (C)

(D) to consume (D)

70. The concept is being used by the 70. ‘Cutting edge’
Indian Armed Forces to achieve

cutting-edge technology is related to

which one of the following ?
(A)
(A) Regional Military Association
(B)
(B) Regional Maritime Act

(C) Revolution in Maritime Affairs (C)

(D) Revolution in Military Affairs (D)

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71. Britain emerged as a great power 71.
during 19th century mainly because
of her :
(A)
(A) Agricultural development
(B)
(B) Economic development
(C)
(C) Population development
(D)
(D) Industrial development

72. India’s Multi-Barrel Rocket 72. Multi-Barrel Rocket

Launcher is known as : Launcher’

(A) Bhishma (A)

(B) Pinaka (B)

(C) Vikramaditya (C)
(D) Surya
(D)
73. The discipline of Defence Economics
73.
mostly concentrates on :

(A) Pre-war economy
(A)
(B) Mobilisation of military
resources (B)

(C) Planning, programming and (C)
budgeting of resources for
defence requirements
(D)
(D) Allocation of National
Resources for National Security

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74. SLV-3 is the code name for :
74. SLV-3

(A) India’s Third satellite
(A)
(B) The third stage of operation ‘Sri

Lanka Vijay’ (B)

(C) India’s four stage rocket
(C)

(D) Expansion plan of the Indian
(D)
Navy

75.
75. Which one of the following is not a

dual-use technology ?
(A)

(A) Nuclear technology
(B)

(B) Nano-technology

(C)
(C) Remote sensing technology

(D) Laser Beam Riders (D)

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