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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. |
Choose the appropriate code of Assertion A and Reason R as given below :Assertion A : Collective security arrangements attempt to safeguard the collective interest of all states.Reason R : The collective security implies a willingness of all states to oppose any state committing aggression.Codes : |
| A. | A is true but R is not true. |
| B. | Both A and R are true. |
| C. | Both A and R are not true. |
| D. | A is true but R is not related to A |
| Answer» D. A is true but R is not related to A | |
| 2. |
Choose the appropriate code for the Assertion A and Reason R as given below :Assertion A : Surgical strikes of military camps and hot pursuits of terrorists across the Line of Control (LoC) are to be realized as most potent strategy that India could opt for while curbing cross-border terrorism.Reason R : The strategy of limited war seems fit for India's current needs of combating militancy and cross-border terrorism, without escalating into a full scale war with Pakistan.Codes : |
| A. | A is correct, but R is not correct. |
| B. | Both A and R are correct, but R is the explanation of A. |
| C. | Both A and R are not correct. |
| D. | A is not correct, but R is correct. |
| Answer» C. Both A and R are not correct. | |
| 3. |
The concept of confidence building measures originated during one of the following : |
| A. | Helsinki Conference of 1975 |
| B. | Treaty of Versailes |
| C. | NPT negotiations |
| D. | Formation of MTCR |
| Answer» B. Treaty of Versailes | |
| 4. |
Armed conflict within the state between two rival groups is called as one of the following : |
| A. | Ideological conflict |
| B. | Insurgency |
| C. | Civil War |
| D. | Rebellion |
| Answer» D. Rebellion | |
| 5. |
An international system where there is an existence of just one highest power or hegemon, is known as |
| A. | Multipolarity |
| B. | Unipolarity |
| C. | Bipolarity |
| D. | Tripolarity |
| Answer» C. Bipolarity | |
| 6. |
In colloquial sense the term 'disarmament' is quite inclusive and it means |
| A. | Removal of all military establishment |
| B. | Banning of particular weapon system |
| C. | Implementation of particular accord |
| D. | Global destruction of weaponary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
An agreement to suspend hostilities in order to negotiate for peace is called |
| A. | Amnesty |
| B. | Armistice |
| C. | Military Peace |
| D. | Appeasement |
| Answer» C. Military Peace | |
| 8. |
The term Arms-reduction implies to one of the following : |
| A. | Mutually agreed levels of arms between two or more nation states |
| B. | International accord to limit the impact of war. |
| C. | Installation of fail-safe devices |
| D. | Implementation of conventional rules |
| Answer» B. International accord to limit the impact of war. | |
| 9. |
Which one of the following is not needed for creating a strong military industrial base in India ? |
| A. | Identify select private sector industry houses and establish dialogue with them. |
| B. | Identify pilot projects with highprobability of success. |
| C. | Overcoming infrastructural shortfalls, coupled with investment in R u0026 D. |
| D. | Foreign investment with little denial |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Which one of the following is not included in the essentials of 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA) ? |
| A. | Combination of national and military vision |
| B. | Integration of national and military philosophy, doctrine and organisation |
| C. | Integration of technology, strategy and ever changing tactics |
| D. | Concentration of force |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Which one of the following is not identified as the impact of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs'(RMA) for future wars ? |
| A. | Unattainability of total strategic and tactical surprise |
| B. | Need to avoid nuclear war |
| C. | Increasing costs of weapon systems |
| D. | Easy sustenance of the armed forces |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Globalization improved living conditions but also enhanced inequality between the North and the South. As a result of Globalization, which one of the following regions constitutes the highest, telephone traffic per person per year ? |
| A. | Asia, Europe, America |
| B. | Oceania, North America, Europe |
| C. | Europe, Asia, Oceania |
| D. | Africa, Asia, Europe |
| Answer» C. Europe, Asia, Oceania | |
| 13. |
If economic globalization trends continue, the world will probably have approach of |
| A. | Multipolar system |
| B. | Unipolar system |
| C. | Multipolar economy |
| D. | Single economy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Who among the following personalities said that 'Information is a weapon in the modern day and age ? And that is a serious concern for |
| A. | Shannen Coffin |
| B. | S. Pitroda |
| C. | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam national security'. |
| D. | G.W. Bush |
| Answer» C. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam national security'. | |
| 15. |
In the light of globalization, sovereignty has been redefined, which is presented by one of the following terms : |
| A. | Absolute |
| B. | Limited |
| C. | Sacrosanct |
| D. | Plural |
| Answer» D. Plural | |
| 16. |
Who among the following, had compared guerrillas to fish and the people support to water ? |
| A. | A.H. Nasution |
| B. | Giap |
| C. | Mao |
| D. | Che Guevara |
| Answer» D. Che Guevara | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is an external determinant of a defence budget ? |
| A. | National Interest |
| B. | Threat Perception |
| C. | Commitment to constitutional ideology |
| D. | Technological competence |
| Answer» C. Commitment to constitutional ideology | |
| 18. |
Revolution in space technology is known as |
| A. | Black revolution |
| B. | Yellow revolution |
| C. | Blue revolution |
| D. | White revolution |
| Answer» D. White revolution | |
| 19. |
In a globalised world, which one of the following areas could be identified as India's limited technological successes ? |
| A. | Information Technology |
| B. | Pharmaceutical Industry |
| C. | Design and manufacturing technology |
| D. | Agro-technologies |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which of the following is an example of 'unproductive expenditure of the Govt.' ? |
| A. | Education |
| B. | Health |
| C. | Defence |
| D. | Transport |
| Answer» D. Transport | |
| 21. |
Which one of the following Pakistani groups of hackers defaced the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Website just after India's May 1998 nuclear explosive ? |
| A. | Milworm |
| B. | AIC |
| C. | Silver Lords |
| D. | G-Force Pakistan |
| Answer» B. AIC | |
| 22. |
From the services view-point, which one of the following is not seen as major shortfalls of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India ? |
| A. | Lack of pro-active initiatives and long-term planning |
| B. | Performance shortfalls and cost over-runs of military hardware development |
| C. | Prolonged development period causing technological obsolescence of the weapon. |
| D. | National will |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
'States are motivated by morality and values'. This statement is related to one of the following : |
| A. | Realist perspective |
| B. | Idealism |
| C. | Liberalism |
| D. | Constructivism |
| Answer» C. Liberalism | |
| 24. |
Which of the following is not a key element of security paradigm ? |
| A. | Political process |
| B. | Institutional network |
| C. | Societal cohesiveness |
| D. | Arms Aid |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Which one of the following is not included as part of India's traditional Defence policy ? |
| A. | Non-aggressive defence orientation |
| B. | Non-provocative defence orientation |
| C. | Forget and forgive approach |
| D. | Offence is the best way of Defence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Which one of the following is not included in the determinants of National Power ? |
| A. | Critical Mass |
| B. | Economic Capability |
| C. | Military Capability |
| D. | Societal Rivalry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Who among the following, opined that 'weak have one weapon, the errors of those, who think-they are strong ? |
| A. | A. Hitler |
| B. | Suntzu |
| C. | Kautilya |
| D. | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Answer» D. Napoleon Bonaparte | |
| 28. |
Which one of the following thinkers is associated with the balance of power theory ? |
| A. | Kenneth Waltz |
| B. | Henry Kissinger |
| C. | Morgethau |
| D. | Inis Claude |
| Answer» D. Inis Claude | |
| 29. |
Non-alignment stands for one of the following core principles : |
| A. | Avoidance of economic alliance |
| B. | Keep aloof from international events |
| C. | Not to be part or join military alliances |
| D. | To keep away from the activities of international organization |
| Answer» D. To keep away from the activities of international organization | |
| 30. |
Which of the following commands would return process_id of sleep command? |
| A. | Sleep 1 and echo $? |
| B. | Sleep 1 and echo $# |
| C. | Sleep 1 and echo $× |
| D. | Sleep 1 and echo $! |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Possible thread states in Windows 2000 operating system include: |
| A. | Ready, running and waiting |
| B. | Ready, standby, running, waiting, transition and terminated |
| C. | Ready, running, waiting, transition and terminated |
| D. | Standby, running, transition and terminated |
| Answer» C. Ready, running, waiting, transition and terminated | |
| 32. |
Who said that 'Geopolitcs' is a pseudo-science ? |
| A. | Hans J. Morgethau |
| B. | Stephen P. Cohen |
| C. | Henry Kissinger |
| D. | Joseph Nye |
| Answer» B. Stephen P. Cohen | |
| 33. |
Which one of the following is not seen as the possible outcomes of a Limited War ? |
| A. | Stalemate |
| B. | Limited Victory |
| C. | Limited Defeat |
| D. | Absence of psychological restraints |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Which statement is not true about process O in the Unix operating system? |
| A. | Process O is called init process. |
| B. | Process O is not created by fork system call. |
| C. | After forking process 1, process O becomes swapper process. |
| D. | Process O is a special process created when system boots. |
| Answer» B. Process O is not created by fork system call. | |
| 35. |
Arrange the following events in the chronological order they have occurred. Use the correct code given as under : |
| A. | Use of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Yom Kippur War, Jasmine Revolution, Battle of Ten Kings. |
| B. | Battle of Ten Kings, Use of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Yom Kippur War, Jasmine Revolution. |
| C. | Yom Kippur War, Use of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Battle of Ten Kings, Jasmine Revolution |
| D. | Jasmine Revolution, Yom Kippur War, Use of Nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Battle of Ten Kings. |
| Answer» C. Yom Kippur War, Use of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Battle of Ten Kings, Jasmine Revolution | |
| 36. |
Find the correct chronological sequence of Geo-political theories. |
| A. | Theory of Organic State - Heartland Theory - Sea Power Theory - Rimland Theory |
| B. | Rimland Theory - Heartland Theory - Sea Power Theory - Theory of Organic State |
| C. | Theory of Organic State - Sea Power Theory - Heartland Theory - Rimland theory |
| D. | Sea Power Theory - Rimland Theory - Heartland Theory - Theory of Organic State |
| Answer» D. Sea Power Theory - Rimland Theory - Heartland Theory - Theory of Organic State | |
| 37. |
In respect of International Politics, the decade of 1990's is marked by one of the following syndromes : |
| A. | US primacy and ethnic strifes |
| B. | Terrorism |
| C. | Low intensity conflicts |
| D. | Failed and weak states problems |
| Answer» B. Terrorism | |
| 38. |
New International Economic Order was related to one of the following : |
| A. | First World Countries |
| B. | Second World Countries |
| C. | Third World Countries |
| D. | G-20 Countries |
| Answer» D. G-20 Countries | |
| 39. |
Which is the main factor of rise of fundamentalism in Afghanistan ? |
| A. | Poverty |
| B. | Domestic Unrest |
| C. | Taliban |
| D. | Illiteracy |
| Answer» D. Illiteracy | |
| 40. |
Simplest way of deadlock recovery is |
| A. | Roll back |
| B. | Preempt resource |
| C. | Lock one of the processes |
| D. | Kill one of the processes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following treaties aim at arms control and disarmament between USA and the (Former) Soviet Union ? |
| A. | SALT - I u0026 II |
| B. | Chemical Weapons Convention |
| C. | Open Skies Treaty |
| D. | N.P.T. |
| Answer» B. Chemical Weapons Convention | |
| 42. |
Which one of the following is not listed in the Principles of War ? |
| A. | Offensive Action |
| B. | Surprise |
| C. | Selection and Maintenance of Aim |
| D. | Defensive Action |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
A group using violence, normally against non-combatants with a view to cause fear, intimidation and use of immoral means is known as |
| A. | Nationalists |
| B. | Idealists |
| C. | Outlaws |
| D. | Terrorists |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Translation Look-aside Buffer (TLB) is |
| A. | a cache-memory in which item to be searched is compared one-by-one with the keys. |
| B. | a cache-memory in which item to be searched is compared with all the keys simultaneously. |
| C. | an associative memory in which item to be searched is compared one-by-one with the keys. |
| D. | an associative memory in which item to be searched is compared with all the keys simultaneously. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Which one of the following regions of China is linked with the Islamic fundamentalism ? |
| A. | Tibet |
| B. | Aksai Chin |
| C. | Xinjiang |
| D. | Shanghai |
| Answer» D. Shanghai | |
| 46. |
To place a sound into a word document, following feature of windows is used: |
| A. | Clip board |
| B. | Task switching |
| C. | C Win App |
| D. | OLE |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Choose the correct option in a given codes :(i) Defence and strategic studies centres around the management of military force in inter and intra-State relations.(ii) Defence and strategic studies centres around the management of military force in inter andintra-State relations with national security as its core.(iii) Defence and strategic studies centres around the management of military force.(iv) Defence and strategic studies centres around security calculus.Codes : |
| A. | (i) is correct and (ii), (iii), (iv) are incorrect. |
| B. | (ii) is correct and (i), (iii), (iv) are incorrect. |
| C. | (iii) is correct and (i), (ii), (iv) are incorrect. |
| D. | (iv) is correct and (i), (ii), (iii) are incorrect. |
| Answer» C. (iii) is correct and (i), (ii), (iv) are incorrect. | |
| 48. |
Which of the following set of activities encompass the process of the drug trafficking ? |
| A. | Cultivation, manufacture and sale of illegal drugs |
| B. | Purchase, packing and distribution of illegal drugs |
| C. | Manufacturing of illegal drugs |
| D. | Distribution and sales of illegal drugs |
| Answer» B. Purchase, packing and distribution of illegal drugs | |
| 49. |
Match the following from List - I u0026 List - II with the help of the codes given as under :List - I (a) Politico Religious (b) Anticolonial (c) Melting pot (d) Vociferous List - II (Type of Nationalism) (Region)(i) USA(ii) Europe(iii) Middle East and North Africa(iv) Asia-South and South EastCodes : (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) |
| B. | (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) |
| C. | (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) |
| D. | (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
In windows 2000 operating system all the processor-dependent code is isolated in a dynamic link library called |
| A. | NTFS file system |
| B. | Hardware abstraction layer |
| C. | Microkernel |
| D. | Process Manager |
| Answer» C. Microkernel | |