1 Chronologically arrange the international human rights treaties in the ascending order using the codes given below according to date of adoption.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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2 Under which theoretical persuasion would Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry be placed

Republican Liberalism

Sociological Liberalism

Structural Liberalism

Interdependent Liberalism

3 The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 originated first in which one of the following countries

UK

Indonesia

France

USA

4 Who among the following scholars stated that "brute force succeeds when it is used, whereas the power to hurt is most successful when held in reserve. It is the threat of damage... that can make someone yield or comply".

Barry Buzan

Ashley Tellis

Thomas Schelling

George Kennan

5 Who among the following strategic thinkers articulated the idea of "Push to the utmost' in waging a war

Carl Von Clausewitz

Quincy Wright

Liddell Hart

A. Jomini

6 Which one of the following treaties legitimised satellite travel access over any point on Earth in 1967

C.W. Convention

B.W. Convention

Sea-Bed Treaty

Outer Space Treaty

7 Match List-I (Theorists) with List-II (Theories) using the codes given below
List-I List-II
Peter Katzenstein Post-structuralism
Richard Ashley Post-colonialism
Edward Said Dependency
A.G. Frank Social Constructivism

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8 Which of the following statements are true for Post-structuralism using the codes given below
All knowledge reflects the interests of the observer
Knowledge and Power are intimately related
Decolonising strategies are those that problematise
IR is constructed around the exclusionary premise of an imagined Western subject.

Codes

and are correct

and are correct

and are correct

and are correct

9 Who among the following stated that "internal challenges are like lurking hood of a snake..... either crippled or brought under full control"

Carl Von Clausewitz

Kautilya

J.F. Kennedy

J.L. Nehru

10 According to Carl Von Clausewitz, "War is never an isolated act", and involved a "Holy Trinity". Which one of the following is excluded from his concept of "Holy Trinity"

The armed force

The state

The population

Technology

11 Identify the correct code for the Assertion and Reason as given below
Assertion Today Americans, Indians and Pakistanis share the dubious distinction of being nuclear weapons states. All have awesome power to destroy.
Reason They urgently need to seek a better future and, at the same time, require to ensure that their actions never lead to Armageddon.
Codes

is correct, but is not correct

is not correct, but is correct

Both and are correct

Both and are not correct

12 The convention on the prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and their Destruction was signed on

March 10, 1972

April 10, 1972

January 10, 1972

December 10, 1972

13 The Chemical Weapons Convention was adopted by the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on

September 1992

September 1993

April 30, 1997

January 1993

14 Match the following operations given in List-I with their respective year of occurrence in List-II and use the code given below.
List I List-II
(operations) (year)
Operation Brass Tacks 1993
Operation Searchlight 2011
Operation Swan 1971
Operation Jeronimo 1986

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15 Which one of the following is not termed as dual use technologies being used for national security

Optical sensors

Microelectronic chips

Nano systems

CTF

16 Which one of the following missiles is designed and produced as a joint venture and named after two rivers

Nag

BrahMos

Sagarika

Prithvi SS-150/250/350

17 Identify the correct code for the Assertion and Reason as given below
Assertion States aspiring to be leaders of Islam, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and potentially Indonesia, compete for influence in the Muslim world.
Reason No one of them is in a strong position to mediate conflicts within Islam; and no one of them is able to act authoritatively on behalf of Islam in dealing with intra-state conflicts or regime changes, especially in West Asia.

Codes

Both and are not correct

Both and are correct, but is not a comprehensive dicourse of

is correct, but is not correct

is not correct, but is correct

18 Match the authors mentioned in List-I with their books mentioned in List-II with the help of codes given below
List-I List-II
(Authors) (Books)
Gamal Abdel Nasser Revolt on the Nile
Muammar Gaddafi Nutuk (The Speech)
Anwar Sadat Philosophy of Revolution
Kamal Ataturk Green Book

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19 The phrase "The Revolt in the Desert" is referred to which one of the following

Democratic upheaval that shook the Arab world in recent past

Palestinians struggle against Israel

The Arab uprising led by the Sharif of Mecca against the Ottoman Empire during World War I

Nasser's action of nationalising the Suez Canal

20 Match the List-I (leaders) with List-II (countries) and give correct answer with the help of the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Leaders) (Countries)
Ahmad Ben Bella Soudi Arab
Boutros-Boutros-Ghali Israel
Moshe Dayan Algeria
Ibn Abdel Aziz Feisal Egypt

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21 Which one of the following non-state actors is involved in illicit natural oil resource exploitation and trade in West Asia

Hisbullah

ISIS

Hamas

Al Qaeda

22 Chronologically arrange in the ascending order the following events in Vietnam by using the codes given below
The Sino-Vietnam war
Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated
The US-Vietnam Peace Agreement in Paris
Vietnam Joined ASEAN

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23 In which year did Sukarno launch the "confrontation" campaign against Malaysia

1960

1963

1964

1959

24 Which one of the following countries is not a party to claim the area in the South China Sea

Japan

Vietnam

Malaysia

China

25 Match the companies involved in oil exploration in South China Sea as given in List-I with their respective country of origin in List-II with the help of the code mentioned below.
List-I List-II
(Companies) (Country)
Bright Oil and Fosun Australia
Harvest Natural Resources Canada
Talisman USA
Roc China

Codes









26 Who succeeded Suharto as President of Indonesia in 1998

Megawati Sukarnoputri

B.J. Habibe

Abdur rahman Wahid

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

27 Identify the correct code for the Assertion and Reason
Assertion South East Asia's economic success has been achieved at the expense of its environment.
Reason There is also a type of air pollution specific to South East Asia called haze problem, pollution is caused by deliberately set fires to clean land for plantations to grow cash crops.

Codes

Both and are true but is not the correct explanation of

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

is true, but is false

is false, but is true

28 The tenure of Dr. Mahathir Mohammed as Prime Minister of Malaysia lasted for

20 years

23 years

21 years

22 years

29 In which year did Thaksin Shinawatra become the Prime Minister of Thailand

2002

2000

2001

2003

30 Arrange the following events in ascending chronological order with the help of codes given below Events
UDI Declaration
The Congo crisis
Rwanda Genocide
Aparthes Policy officially introduced in South Africa Codes









31 The new Asia-Africa Strategic Partnership Summit 2015, was held in one of the following capitals

Kampala

Jakarta

Mogadishu

Kuwait City

32 Match the authors mentioned in List-I with their books mentioned in List-II with the help of codes given below
List-I List-II
(Authors) (Books)
Kwame Nkrumah The Land of Conflict
Jomo Ken yatta Freedom and Socialism
Nelson Mandela Africa Must Unite
Julius Nyerere No Easy Road to Freedom

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33 Who among the following is the author of the book "Things Fall Apart"

Wole So Yinko

Chinya Achebe

M Coetzee

Ben Okri

34 Match the List-I (countries) with List-II (their old names) and give correct answer with the help of the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Countries) (Old names)
Ethiopia Dahomy
Ghana Nyasaland
Malawi Abyssinia
Benin Gold Coast

Codes









35 Match the List-I (colonies) with List-II (colonial powers) by using the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Colonies) (Colonial Powers)
Nigeria Spain
Niger Portugal
Equatorial Guinea France
Guinea Bissau Britain

Codes









36 Arrange the following events in the ascending chronological order with the help of codes given below Events
Partition of Africa
Decolonization of Africa
The formation of the African Union
The establishment of the OAU

Codes









37 Identify the appropriate code for the Assertion and Reason as given below
Assertion The two Abrahamanic religions today do not co-exist peacefully in many parts of Africa.
Reason One such country is Nigeria that is half Christian and half Muslim. Since the 1960s Islamization has increased in Northern and Central parts of Nigeria, where Islamic law and Sharia has been enforced.
Codes

Both and are true but is not the correct explanation of

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

is true, but is false

is false, but is true

38 Match the ethnic hotspots given in List-I with countries in List-II by using the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Ethnic hotspots) (Country)
Transdnestria Moldora
Chechnya Georgia
Ossetiya Russia
Nagerno-karabakh Azarbijan

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39 Identify the correct code in descending chronological order of the reign of following Soviet leaders
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Yuri Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko

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40 Klaipeda is a strategically important port of Russia located in which of the following seas

Caspian Sea

Baltic Sea

Black Sea

Sea of Azov

41 Which one of the following faiths is predominantly Russian

Islam

Buddhism

Orthodox Christianity

Catholicism

42 Match the events given in List-I with year of their occurrence given in List-II by using the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Events) (Years)
Russo-Japanese war 1941
Great Patriotic war 1905
War in Afghanistan 1979
Global war on terrorism 2001

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43 Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Identify the correct code
Assertion The Ukraine is in political turmoil for the past nearly two years that has led to various political, economic and strategic implications.
Reason The leadership in Ukraine is indecisive, swinging between the E.U. and Russia, but the East and the West shall never meet.

Codes

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are false

is true, but is false

44 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Identify the correct code
Assertion The Commonwealth of independent states has little in common and no wealth except Russia.
Reason Commonness in sharing the economy, communication and transport corridors and security and defence linkages stand disconnected among the member states leading to their disorientation.

Codes

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

is true, but is false

is false, but is true

45 Match the writers given in List with their works in List -II by using the codes given below
List I List II
(Writers) (Writings)
Maxim Gorky Anna Karenina
Fyodor Dostoyevsky Idiot
Mikhail Sholokhov And Quiet Flows the Don
Leo Tolstoy Mother

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46 Identify the correct code for the Assertion and Reason as given below
Assertion There are challenges to peace from across India's land, sea and aero-space frontiers, from terrorism and violence, and from scarcities created by rapidly depleting resources.
Reason These dynamic challenges call for special measures to ensure a comprehensive, integrated system of security with five components territorial security, internal security, energy security, economic security and cyber security.

Codes

Both and are correct

Both and are not correct

is correct, but is not correct

is not correct, but is correct

47 Chronologically arrange the Heads of Government of Sri Lanka in an ascending order, using the codes given below
Dudley Senanayake
Mahinda Rajpakse
D.B. Wijetugna
Chandrika Kumaratunga

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48 Match the rivers given in List-I with the countries they pass through given in List-II by using the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Rivers) (Countries)
Indus China, Myanmar
Irawati India, Pakistan
Brahmaputra India, Bangladesh
Meghna Bangladesh

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49 Who succeeded Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhury to the Pakistan Supreme Court

Anwar Zaheer Jamali

Sajad Ali Shah

Abdul Hameed Dogar

Nasir-ul-Mulk

50 When the US Central Intelligence Agency detected India's preparations for a nuclear test in December 1995, name the US diplomat who persuaded India not to test

Frank Wisner

Strobe Talbott

Robert Gates

Henry Kissinger

51 Who among the following warned America in the 1980s that the war in Afghanistan was creating a "Frankestein Monster" composed of Afghan Pashtun Islamists, Muslim extremists from around the world, and Pakistan's ISI

Strobe Talbott

Jaswant Singh

Bill Clinton

A.B. Vajpayee

52 How many administrative divisions are there in Bangladesh









53 Which one of the following is the first political party in Nepal

The Gorkha Dal

Nepal Goodwill Party

Nepali National Congress

Praja Parishad

54 Match List I (events) with List II (country) by using the codes given below
List I List II
(Events) (Country)
Operation Raahat Nepal
Operation Maitri Yemen
Operation Blue Star India
Operation Desert Storm Iraq

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55 Match List (Secretary of State) with their respective President of the USA in List by using the codes given below
List I List II
(Secretary of State) (President)
Frank B. Kellogg Millard Fillmore
Daniel Webster Woodrow Wilson
Elihu Root Calvin Coolidge
Robert Lansing Theodore Roosevelt

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56 Which US Secretary of State confronted and denounced "Cultural Relativism" at the Vienna Human Rights Conference between the West and a coalition of Islamic and Confucian states

Henry Kissinger

Warren Christopher

Condoleezza Rice

Hillary Clinton

57 Identify the correct code for the Assertion and Reason as given below
Assertion In many important respects, the United State's relative power will decline at an accelerating pace. Some of the US structure of power will flow to other nations; some (and some of its soft power as well) will find its way into the hands of non-state actors like multinational corporations.
Reason It is of a civilization in decline, its share of world political, economic, and military power going down relative to that of other civilizations.

Codes

is correct, but is not correct

Both and are correct

Both and are not correct

is not correct, but is correct

58 Arrange in chronological ascending order the US secretaries of Defence According to their years in office using the codes given below
Robert McNamara
George C. Marshall
Casper Weinberger
Charles E. Wilson

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59 Who among the following predicted that "the situation between Ukraine and Russia is ripe for the outbreak of security competition"

Henry Kissinger

Samuel P. Huntington

John Mearsheimer

S. P. Cohen

60 Which, among the following ethnic groups constitutes the single largest in the US

Greek Americans

German -Americans

Maxican -Americans

Cuban -Americans

61 Match the following given in List (US Presidents) with List -II (Domestic Policy/ Programmes) with the help of the codes given below
List-I List-II
(US Presidents) (Domestic Policy/Programmes)
W. Wilson War on Poverty
H. Hoover War on Cancer
R. Nixon The New Freedom
L. B. Johnson Boulder -Canyon Project

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62 Identify the place among the following with the worst rate of homelessness in the US.

New York

IOWA

Hawaii

Utah

63 Point out the dominant religion in Latin America as given below

Liberation Theology

Catholic Christianity

Protestants

Judaism

64 Match the following Personalities given in List I with their respective Countries in List II with the help of the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Personalities) (Countries)
Diego Rivera Colombia
Patricio Aylwin Guatemala
Pablo Escobar Chile
Rigoberta Menchu Mexico

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65 Chronologically arrange the end of dictatorships in Latin America in an ascending order and use the codes as given below
Argentina
Chile
Guatemala
Nicaragua
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66 Which one of the following relates to the Estrada Doctrine propounded by Genaro Estrada

Ideals of trade policy

Ideals of foreign policy

Ideals of domestic policy

Ideals of diplomacy

67 By 2012, which 3 states were headed by women Presidents

Panama, Mexico, Peru

Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil

Chile, Colombia, Uruguay

Paraguay, Nicaragua, Honduras

68 As part of economic reforms, who for the first time, abolished the Mexican 'ejido system'

Miguel de la Madrid

Felipe Calderon

Carlos Salinas

Pena Nieto

69 Banana Wars refer to one of the following events

War between Germany and US

War between Spain and US

War between South America and the Caribbean states

US intervention in Latin America

70 Identify the correct code for the Assertion and Reason as given below
Assertion The Mexican President undertook a conflict of interest investigation as a part of anti corruption measures triggered by revelations that he benefited from government contracts.
Reason The President tried to re-establish his credibility and popularity which had been severely affected by scandals and public anger over rising number of crimes.

Codes

is correct, but is not correct

is not correct, but is correct

Both and are correct

Both and are incorrect

Read the following paragraph and answer the following questions from 71 to 75

In the geo-economic perspective, a trade deficit is intrinsically undesirable not because of its domestic employment effects, but because the state becomes dependent on the imports of goods and money and therefore vulnerable to foreign threats.

For economic hawks the post-cold war era has not meant the end of the fundamentally antagonistic basis of inter-state relations. States are seen as continuing to measure their relative military power against that of other states, and continue to want to minimise their strategic dependence on resources controlled by other states. Under this logic also, economic interdependence is not something to be welcomed, because the more intertwined the economic destinies of states are, the less individual states are in a position to dominate outcomes.

There are particular concerns with the possibilities of economic dependencies within the global market and security of supply generally, particularly when they relate to products such as oil, whose levels of production and distribution can be manipulated for political purposes. Geoeconomic thinking encourages the idea that international trade is a zero-sum conflict and emphasizes factors that relate to the "threat" of relative economic decline vis-a­vis other countries, rather than a concern with the national welfare effects of absolute economic performance.

At the centre of this perspective is a continuing adherence to the idea of the state as the focus of analysis, and of trade and financial movements being seen in almost zero-sum terms. It is the health of the state and its economic and political structures that is the cause for analytical concern, rather than the existential well-being of the human-beings who compose the state's population. In relation to international politics, it is a perspective with significant policy implications, since it promotes economic confrontation and protectionism. It would weaken the security of states with transitional economies in the world by denying them to exploit their relative advantages in order to achieve sustainable economic growth. In addition, it would place additional obstacles in the way of developing states attempting to close the gap with the west, thereby perpetuating poverty and injustice.

71. What is the geoeconomic perspective in the relationship between economics and security that has become important

It makes trade deficit necessarily avoidable.

It resolves balance of payment problems and lends credence to less export and more import.

It over shadows domestic employment and increase in outside work force.

It gives the state a tangible ability to use its economic capacity as an instrument of policy to deal with foreign threats and internal challenges.

72. Under which one of the following logics, economic interdepence is not desirable

Geoeconomics has created a more peaceful basis of inter-state relations.

Role of military is relatively not recognised.

States are involved to measure their relative military power, alongwith their willingness to minimize their strategic dependence on resources controlled by other states.

Economic behaviour is not related to the destinies of individual states.

73. When does geoeconomic thinking support the possibilities of economic dependencies

It encourages international trade as zero-sum conflict.

Diminishing return is channelized.

Security of supply is not threatened.

National welfare is ensured.

74. Trade and financial movements are seen in almost zero-sum terms for which one of the following factors

The state remains strong, along with its economic and political structures.

Well-being of the population remain in jeopardy.

Public fear increases.

Public order is overtaken by law and order.

75. Which one of the following is not identified as the implications of geoeconomic perspective in the realm of international politics

Economic confrontation and protectionism remain unavoidable.

Security of the states and transitional economies in the world are seriously weakened.

Relative advantages of sustainable economic growth are very often denied.

The obstacles of removing poverty and injustices in the developing world are finally disappearing.