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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The mean-end analysis process centers around the detection of differences between the current state and goal state. Once such a difference is isolated, an operator that can reduce the difference must be found. But perhaps that operator cannot be applied to the current state. So a sub-problem of getting to a state in which it can be applied is set up. The kind of backward chaining in which operators are selected and then sub goals are set up to establish the precondition of operators is called |
| A. | backward planning |
| B. | goal stack planning |
| C. | operator subgoaling |
| D. | operator overloading |
| Answer» D. operator overloading | |
| 2. |
If h* represents an estimate of the cost of getting from the current node N to the goal node and h represents actual cost of getting from the current node to the goal node, then A* algorithm gives an optimal solution if |
| A. | h* is equal to h |
| B. | h* overestimates h |
| C. | h* underestimates h |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 3. |
The compiler converts all operands upto the type of the largest operand is called |
| A. | Type Promotion |
| B. | Type Evaluation |
| C. | Type Conversion |
| D. | Type Declaration |
| Answer» B. Type Evaluation | |
| 4. |
Match the following with respect to programming languages:List - I a. Structured Language b. Non-structured Language c. Object Oriented Programming Language d. Interpreted Programming Language List - IIi. JAVAii. BASICiii. PASCALiv. FORTRAN Codes: a b c d |
| A. | iii iv i ii |
| B. | iv iii ii i |
| C. | ii iv i iii |
| D. | ii iii iv i |
| Answer» B. iv iii ii i | |
| 5. |
Match the following style rules for reusability:List - I a. Keep methods coherent b. Keep methods small c. Keep methods consistent d. Provide uniform coverage List - IIi. Write a method to get the last element of a listii. Maintain parallel structure when possibleiii. Breaking a method into smaller partsiv. Performs a single function or a group of closely related functions.Codes: a b c d |
| A. | iv iii ii i |
| B. | ii i iv iii |
| C. | iii iv ii i |
| D. | ii iii iv i |
| Answer» B. ii i iv iii | |
| 6. |
Match the following with respect to relationship between objects and classes:List - I a. State diagram b. Object diagram c. Class diagram d. Instance diagram List - IIi. Useful for both abstract modelling and for designing actual programii. Describes object classesiii. Useful for documenting test casesiv. Describing the behaviour of a single class of objects.Codes: a b c d |
| A. | iv i ii iii |
| B. | ii iii iv i |
| C. | iii iv ii i |
| D. | ii iv i iii |
| Answer» B. ii iii iv i | |
| 7. |
Match the following:List - I a. Data coupling b. Stamp coupling c. Common coupling d. Content coupling List - IIi. Module A and Module B have shared dataii. Dependency between modules is based on the fact they communicate by only passing of dataiii. When complete data structure is passed from one module to anotheriv. When the control is passed from one module to the middle of anotherCodes: a b c d |
| A. | iii ii i iv |
| B. | ii iii i iv |
| C. | ii iii iv i |
| D. | iii ii iv i |
| Answer» C. ii iii iv i | |
| 8. |
Given a flow graph with 10 nodes, 13 edges and one connected components, the number of regions and the number of predicate (decision) nodes in the flow graph will be |
| A. | 4, 5 |
| B. | 5, 4 |
| C. | 3, 1 |
| D. | 13, 8 |
| Answer» C. 3, 1 | |
| 9. |
The following Linear Programming problem has:Max Z = x1 + x2Subject to x1 - x2 = 03x1 - x2 = -3and x1, x2 = 0 |
| A. | Feasible solution |
| B. | No feasible solution |
| C. | Unbounded solution |
| D. | Single point as solution |
| Answer» C. Unbounded solution | |
| 10. |
Which one of the following is not considered as fundamental objective of National Security? |
| A. | To preserve national sovereignty. |
| B. | To protect territorial integrity. |
| C. | To maintain International peace and stability. |
| D. | To maintain national political stability |
| Answer» D. To maintain national political stability | |
| 11. |
Which group of the following countries comprise the 'Golden Triangle'? |
| A. | Bangladesh - Bhutan - Nepal |
| B. | Sri Lanka - Maldives - Bangladesh |
| C. | Myanmar - Thailand - Laos |
| D. | China - Vietnam - Myanmar |
| Answer» D. China - Vietnam - Myanmar | |
| 12. |
Choose the right code of Assertion and Reason.Assertion A : Pakistan has been advocating the necessity of strategic depth in Afghanistan to hide its territorial ambitions and its aim of expanding its strategic frontiers towards Western and Central Asian regions.Reason R : Secure Western borders and a subservient Afghanistan will enable Pakistan to deploy most of its armed forces against India.Codes : |
| A. | Both A and R are not correct. |
| B. | Both A and R are correct, but R is the logical extension of A. |
| C. | A is correct, R is not correct. |
| D. | A is not correct, R is correct logical conclusion of A. |
| Answer» C. A is correct, R is not correct. | |
| 13. |
If the primal Linear Programming problem has unbounded solution, then it's dual problem will have |
| A. | feasible solution |
| B. | alternative solution |
| C. | no feasible solution at all |
| D. | no bounded solution at all |
| Answer» D. no bounded solution at all | |
| 14. |
CTBT aims at: |
| A. | Creating Nuclear Weapon Free Zone |
| B. | Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests |
| C. | Banning creation of Nuclear Weapon Free World |
| D. | Banning production and test of Anti-personnel mines. |
| Answer» C. Banning creation of Nuclear Weapon Free World | |
| 15. |
Who was the Chairman of Kargil Review Committee? |
| A. | K. Subrahmanyam |
| B. | Gen. V.P. Malik |
| C. | J.N. Dixit |
| D. | M.K. Narayanan |
| Answer» B. Gen. V.P. Malik | |
| 16. |
'Coup de etat' represents : |
| A. | Peaceful change of government by voting |
| B. | Voluntary resignation of the Head of a State. |
| C. | Change of government by a judicial decision. |
| D. | Sudden overthrowing of a government by Military. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Choose the appropriate code of Assertion and Reason.Assertion A : Security essentially implies the absence of real, potential or perceived threats and challenges whether stemming from external or internal sources.Reason R : The threat perceptions are largely diverse to preclude a common approach.Codes : |
| A. | A is correct, R is not correct. |
| B. | A is not correct, R is correct. |
| C. | A and R both are not correct. |
| D. | A is correct and R is the logical explanation of A. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Arrange the following Arms Control Agreements in correct chronological order: |
| A. | NPT - Treaty of Tlatelolco - CTBT - Treaty of Rerotonga |
| B. | Treaty of Tlatelolco - NPT - Treaty of Rerotonga - CTBT |
| C. | Treaty of Tlatelolco - Treaty of Rerotonga - CTBT - NPT |
| D. | CTBT - Treaty of Rerotonga - NPT - Treaty of Tlatelolco |
| Answer» C. Treaty of Tlatelolco - Treaty of Rerotonga - CTBT - NPT | |
| 19. |
Arrange the following terrorism related events in correct chronological order: |
| A. | 26/11, 9/11, GWOT, Operation Jeronimo |
| B. | GWOT, Operation Jeronimo, 9/11, 26/11 |
| C. | 9/11, GWOT, 26/11, Operation Jeronimo |
| D. | Operation Jeronimo, GWOT, 26/11, 9/11 |
| Answer» D. Operation Jeronimo, GWOT, 26/11, 9/11 | |
| 20. |
Identify the correct chronological order of the following military thinkers: |
| A. | Sun Tzu - Machiavelli - Clausewitz - Douhet |
| B. | Machiavelli - Sun Tzu - Douhet - Clausewitz |
| C. | Douhet - Sun Tzu - Clausewitz - Machiavelli |
| D. | Clausewitz - Sun Tzu - Machiavelli - Douhet |
| Answer» B. Machiavelli - Sun Tzu - Douhet - Clausewitz | |
| 21. |
Identify the following wars in the order they were fought : |
| A. | Gulf War II - Vietnam War - Boer War - Russo-Japan War |
| B. | Boer War - Russo-Japan War - Vietnam War - Gulf War II |
| C. | Vietnam War - Boer War - Gulf War II - Russo-Japan War |
| D. | Russo-Japan War - Boer War - Gulf War II - Vietnam War |
| Answer» C. Vietnam War - Boer War - Gulf War II - Russo-Japan War | |
| 22. |
Which one of the following is in correct chronological order in terms of their inception: |
| A. | ASEAN - UN - NAM - SAARC |
| B. | UN - NAM - ASEAN - SAARC |
| C. | SAARC - NAM - UN - ASEAN |
| D. | NAM - SAARC - UN - ASEAN |
| Answer» C. SAARC - NAM - UN - ASEAN | |
| 23. |
Identify the following events in a chronological order : |
| A. | Tashkent Agreement - Panchsheel Agreement - Shimla Agreement (Indo-Pak) - Lahore Declaration |
| B. | Shimla Agreement (Indo-Pak) - Lahore Declaration - Panchsheel Agreement - Tashkent Agreement |
| C. | Panchsheel Agreement - Tashkent Agreement - Shimla Agreement (Indo-Pak) - Lahore Declaration |
| D. | Lahore Declaration - Shimla Agreement (Indo-Pak) - Tashkent Agreement - Panchsheel Agreement |
| Answer» D. Lahore Declaration - Shimla Agreement (Indo-Pak) - Tashkent Agreement - Panchsheel Agreement | |
| 24. |
Identify the correct sequence of the following India's Defence Ministers in terms of their tenures in chronological order : |
| A. | Jagjivan Ram, George Fernandes, V.K. Krishna Menon, Sardar Baldev Singh |
| B. | Sardar Baldev Singh, Jagjivan Ram, V.K. Krishna Menon, George Fernandes |
| C. | Sardar Baldev Singh, V.K. Krishna Menon, Jagjivan Ram, George Fernandes |
| D. | V.K. Krishna Menon, Sardar Baldev Singh, George Fernandes, Jagjivan Ram |
| Answer» D. V.K. Krishna Menon, Sardar Baldev Singh, George Fernandes, Jagjivan Ram | |
| 25. |
Choose the appropriate code of Assertion and Reason.Assertion A : Population pressures and increased per capita consumption of resources have made water a natural resource issue of 21st century.Reason R : Today fresh water on the planet earth is only three percent.Codes : |
| A. | Statement A and R both are incorrect. |
| B. | A is not correct, R is correct. |
| C. | A and R both are correct, but R is not the cause of A. |
| D. | A is correct, but R is not correct. |
| Answer» D. A is correct, but R is not correct. | |
| 26. |
Choose the appropriate code of Assertion and Reason.Assertion A : The United Nations will continue to expand its duties and powers.Reason R : UN intervention cannot be justified when a government falls into anarchy and civil war.Codes : |
| A. | Statement A is correct, R is not correct. |
| B. | Reason R is correct, A is not correct. |
| C. | Statement A and R both are incorrect. |
| D. | Statement A and R both are correct. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Choose the appropriate code of Assertion and Reason.Assertion A : Today National Security means the ability of a nation to protect its internal values from external threats, no matter what form the latter may take or what quarter they appear from.Reason R: The danger lies in the 'hidden hand' and not the 'foreign hand'.Codes: |
| A. | Both A and R are correct, but R is not the logical conclusion of A. |
| B. | A is correct, R is not correct. |
| C. | A is correct, R is the logical explanation of A. |
| D. | Both A and R are correct and R is the logical conclusion of A. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Choose the appropriate code of Assertion and Reason.Assertion A : Terrorism is not a purposeless violence. It is not like nature act of earthquake or tsunami before which we are helpless.Reason R : Terrorists and those who support them have specific goals; terrorist violence is the means to attain those goals.Codes: |
| A. | Both A and R are not correct. |
| B. | Both A and R are correct. |
| C. | A is correct, R is the logical explanation of A. |
| D. | A is not correct, R is not the logical explanation of A. |
| Answer» D. A is not correct, R is not the logical explanation of A. | |
| 29. |
Match the following from List - I and List - II by choosing correct code:List - I (a) 'Steam Roller' tactics (b) 'Shock and Awe' tactics (c) 'Blitzkrieg' tactics (d) 'Web Defence' tactics List - II (Tactics) (Wars / Users)(i) Arab-Israel War 1967 / Israel(ii) Gulf War II / USA (iii) World War II / Germany (iv) World War II / Soviet UnionCodes : (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| B. | (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) |
| C. | (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) |
| D. | (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) |
| Answer» B. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) | |
| 30. |
Identify the correct sequence of the following thinkers as per their period in history in chronological order: |
| A. | A.T. Mahan - Mao Tse Tung - Kautilya - Henry Kissinger |
| B. | Mao Tse Tung - Kautilya - A.T. Mahan - Henry Kissinger |
| C. | Kautilya - Mao Tse Tung - A.T. Mahan - Henry Kissinger |
| D. | Kautilya - A.T. Mahan - Mao Tse Tung - Henry Kissinger |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Choose the correct code of Assertion and Reason:Assertion A : The concept that 'one man's terrorist as another's freedom fighter' must be made unacceptable'. Reason R : Terrorists survive due to significant support from outside.Codes : |
| A. | Both A and R are correct. |
| B. | A is correct, R is not correct. |
| C. | Both A and R are not correct. |
| D. | A is not correct, R is correct. |
| Answer» B. A is correct, R is not correct. | |
| 32. |
Match the military thinkers with their respective domain of doctrines on the basis of following List - I and List - II:List - I (a) Carl Haushofer (b) A.T. Mahan (c) Douhet (d) Mao Tse Tung List - II(i) Sea power(ii) Air power(iii) Geopolitics(iv) Guerilla WarfareCodes : (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) |
| B. | (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) |
| C. | (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) |
| D. | (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) |
| Answer» B. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) | |
| 33. |
Match the following on the basis of List - I and List - II. Use the codes given below:List - I (Country) (a) India (b) USA (c) Soviet Union (d) UK List - II (Year of first nuclear test)(i) 1952(ii) 1949(iii) 1945(iv) 1974Codes :(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) |
| B. | (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) |
| C. | (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) |
| D. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| Answer» B. (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) | |
| 34. |
Swat Valley is situated in the area of: |
| A. | India - Myanmar border |
| B. | Pakistan - Iran border |
| C. | Pakistan - Afghanistan border |
| D. | India - Nepal border |
| Answer» D. India - Nepal border | |
| 35. |
Match the following from List - I and List - II by choosing correct code:List - I (a) Barlev Line (b) Maginot Line (c) LAC (d) LOC List - II(i) India-Pakistan(ii) India-China(iii) France(iv) IsraelCodes : (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| B. | (iii) (ii) (iv) (i) |
| C. | (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) |
| D. | (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) |
| Answer» D. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) | |
| 36. |
Match the signatory nations and concluded accords by choosing correct code:List - I (a) India-Pakistan (b) US-USSR (c) India-USSR (d) Egypt-Israel List - II(i) Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace, Cooperation Friendship and(ii) Camp David Accord(iii) SALT-I u0026 SALT-II(iv) Shimla AgreementCodes : (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) |
| B. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| C. | (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) |
| D. | (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) |
| Answer» B. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) | |
| 37. |
Which one of the following is not a member country of SAARC? |
| A. | Pakistan |
| B. | Myanmar |
| C. | Bhutan |
| D. | Maldives |
| Answer» C. Bhutan | |
| 38. |
'Jasmine Revolution' is related to: |
| A. | Green revolution |
| B. | Floriculture |
| C. | Democratic awakening in the Islamic world |
| D. | Environmental movement |
| Answer» D. Environmental movement | |
| 39. |
'Missile for Nuke' programme is referred to: |
| A. | Transfer of missile technology by North Korea in the exchange of nuclear technology by Pakistan. |
| B. | Missile technology transfer by China to Pakistan. |
| C. | Reduction in inter-continental Ballistic Missiles by USA and USSR. |
| D. | Nuclear Threat Reduction (NTR). |
| Answer» B. Missile technology transfer by China to Pakistan. | |
| 40. |
'Operation Jeronimo' is related to: |
| A. | Killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan |
| B. | Killing of Col. M. Gaddafi |
| C. | Killing of Benazir Bhutto |
| D. | Killing of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat |
| Answer» B. Killing of Col. M. Gaddafi | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following is located in South China Sea? |
| A. | Spartley Island |
| B. | Vanuatu Island |
| C. | Coco Island |
| D. | Vitilevu Island |
| Answer» B. Vanuatu Island | |
| 42. |
The terms 'Golden Crescent' and 'Golden Triangle' are related to: |
| A. | Fake currency business |
| B. | Proliferation of small arms |
| C. | Narco trafficking |
| D. | All of the above activities of organised crime |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
'Armed Forces Special Powers Act' was enacted by India in the following year: |
| A. | 1965 |
| B. | 1958 |
| C. | 1971 |
| D. | 1999 |
| Answer» C. 1971 | |
| 44. |
The military operation launched by independent India to liberate Hyderabad from Nizam's rule in September 1948 was named as |
| A. | Operation Polo |
| B. | Operation Green Hunt |
| C. | Operation Vijay |
| D. | Operation Blue Star |
| Answer» B. Operation Green Hunt | |
| 45. |
After Tsunami-induced problems in Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant, which one of the following countries has not stopped the expansion of nuclear power for peaceful purposes? |
| A. | India |
| B. | USA |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» B. USA | |
| 46. |
Which of the following is not the consequence of the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal? |
| A. | US support for India's emergence as a potential super power. |
| B. | Separation of India's civil and defence nuclear facilities. |
| C. | International inspection of nuclear facilities. |
| D. | Nuclear Supplier Group's unhindered support for India. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Which one of the following is not an element of National Power of a modern nation-state? |
| A. | Critical Mass |
| B. | National Will |
| C. | Economic Capability |
| D. | Social Movement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Which one of the following is not an arms control agreement? |
| A. | NATO |
| B. | SALT |
| C. | NPT |
| D. | PBAT |
| Answer» B. SALT | |
| 49. |
Which one of the following is not implied in the assumptions of Deterrence Theory? |
| A. | Decision-makers are rational. |
| B. | The treat of destruction from warfare is large. |
| C. | Alternatives to war are available. |
| D. | Open economy can defuse the threat of war. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Who propounded the concept of 'Geographical Pivot of History'? |
| A. | Alexander de Seversky |
| B. | Carl von Clausewitz |
| C. | Halford Mackinder |
| D. | Alfred T. Mahan |
| Answer» D. Alfred T. Mahan | |