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| 1. |
Which one of the following States is not a member of the UN Security Council? |
| A. | U.S.A |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | Brazil |
| D. | China |
| Answer» D. China | |
| 2. |
The so-called 'Red Corridor' terrorism is called |
| A. | Naxal terrorism |
| B. | International terrorism |
| C. | Cross-border terrorism |
| D. | Fundamentalism |
| Answer» B. International terrorism | |
| 3. |
Geostrategy deals with one of the following: |
| A. | Nuclear Weapons |
| B. | Military Hardware |
| C. | Proxy War |
| D. | Terrain |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
'One for all, for one' is a concept intertwined with one of the following: |
| A. | Collective Defence |
| B. | Balance of Power |
| C. | Collective Security |
| D. | Comprehensive Security |
| Answer» D. Comprehensive Security | |
| 5. |
Which one of the following is not a part of the defence policy of a nation state? |
| A. | Provisions and procurement of military resources |
| B. | Deployment of forces |
| C. | Use of forces |
| D. | Declaration of Emergency |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
A State having a preponderance of power, enforces rules and norms in the international system is identified as |
| A. | Great Power |
| B. | Super Power |
| C. | Dictatorship |
| D. | Hegemon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Who was first to conceptualise the limited war? |
| A. | H. Kissinger |
| B. | B. Broodie |
| C. | B.H. Liddell Hart |
| D. | Gen. V.R. Raghavan |
| Answer» D. Gen. V.R. Raghavan | |
| 8. |
Fear of using nuclear weapons against an adversary was largely attributed to one of the following concepts: |
| A. | Total Annihilation |
| B. | Mutually Assured Destruction |
| C. | Death blow to the enemy |
| D. | End of History |
| Answer» C. Death blow to the enemy | |
| 9. |
Which one of the following was not suggested by the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in 1977? |
| A. | Teaching of IHL in a manner suited to international circumstances. |
| B. | Undertaking training of suitable persons for the teaching of IHL and other related laws. |
| C. | Intensifying teaching of IHL in universities. |
| D. | Issuing warning for introducing courses on the principles of IHL in Secondary and similar schools. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is not the fundamental objectives of CBMs as propounded by Helsinki Final Act of 1975: |
| A. | To eliminate the cause of tension. |
| B. | To promote confidence between parties to contribute to stability. |
| C. | To reduce the danger of conflict. |
| D. | To encourage building of military alliances. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Match the following events (Table - I) with their respective core objectives (Table - II) and choose the correct code:Table - I (a) Helsinki Process (b) Stockholm conference (c) START - I (d) INF Treaty Table - II(i) Confidence Building measures(ii) Confidence and security building measures(iii) Strategic Arms Limitation(iv) Reduction of Nuclear ForcesCodes: (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| B. | (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) |
| C. | (iii) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| D. | (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) |
| Answer» B. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) | |
| 12. |
An informal attempt by private individuals or groups to try and resolve an ongoing conflict or Civil War is known as: |
| A. | Track two diplomacy |
| B. | CBMs |
| C. | Track four diplomacy |
| D. | Economic Institution |
| Answer» B. CBMs | |
| 13. |
The concept of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) was designed to avert one of the following: |
| A. | General War |
| B. | Surprised Nuclear Attack |
| C. | Accidental Nuclear War |
| D. | Planned Nuclear Strike |
| Answer» C. Accidental Nuclear War | |
| 14. |
'Internal conflicts have become more prominent in the recent years. Which one of the following statement does not support this conclusion'? |
| A. | Since the end of Cold War 90 percent conflicts were of internal conflicts. |
| B. | Only 5 conflicts were inter-state conflict from 1989 to 1996. |
| C. | In the decade 1989 to 2000 seven wars were state-secured and nine civil wars involved intervention by foreign states. |
| D. | Causalities in internal wars have been less than the interstate wars in the last 20 years. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
A theory based on principle of rational decision to prevent total destruction and also providing alternative to war is known as |
| A. | Dependency Theory |
| B. | Theory of Security Dilemma |
| C. | Deterrence Theory |
| D. | Balance of Power Theory |
| Answer» D. Balance of Power Theory | |
| 16. |
Who wrote the book, 'Necessity of Choice'? |
| A. | K. Subrahmanyam |
| B. | Clausewitz |
| C. | Dr. Henry Kissinger |
| D. | D.K. Palit |
| Answer» D. D.K. Palit | |
| 17. |
Identity by scholar who founded the German school of geopolitics |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Halford Mackinder |
| C. | Carl Haushofer |
| D. | Raymond Aron |
| Answer» D. Raymond Aron | |
| 18. |
The person, for whom the term 'one man boundary force' has been used |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Gen. Erwin Rommel |
| C. | Gen. K. Sunderji |
| D. | Nelson Mandela |
| Answer» B. Gen. Erwin Rommel | |
| 19. |
Which one of the following Arab- Israel conflicts was seen as responsible for the defensive build-up of the Barlev line? |
| A. | Suez Conflict of 1956 |
| B. | Arab-Israel Conflict of 1967 |
| C. | Arab-Israel Conflict of 1973 |
| D. | PLO-Israel Conflict |
| Answer» D. PLO-Israel Conflict | |
| 20. |
In the 21st century strategic environment, pre-dominant elements of National Power does not include |
| A. | Military capability with information dominance |
| B. | Economic, industrial and technological strength |
| C. | National will |
| D. | Enemy character |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Who opined that 'for a saint it is right to see the same in every person - but for a ruler and soldier it is great fault and can be a source of disgrace'? |
| A. | Shukra |
| B. | Kautilya |
| C. | Kissinger |
| D. | Raymond Aron |
| Answer» C. Kissinger | |
| 22. |
Who among the following opined the concept of 'Geographical pivot of History'? |
| A. | Karl Haushofer |
| B. | Halford Mackinder |
| C. | Alexander De Seversky |
| D. | Alfred T. Mahan |
| Answer» C. Alexander De Seversky | |
| 23. |
Who, among the following, propounded the concept of 'Push to Utmost'? |
| A. | Jomini |
| B. | Clausewitz |
| C. | Alfred T. Mahan |
| D. | Douhet |
| Answer» C. Alfred T. Mahan | |
| 24. |
Which one of the following is the oldest theory of the origin of State? |
| A. | Force Theory |
| B. | Evolutionary Theory |
| C. | Divine Origin Theory |
| D. | Patriarchal u0026 Matriarchal Theory |
| Answer» D. Patriarchal u0026 Matriarchal Theory | |
| 25. |
Defence policy of a country aims at |
| A. | Maintaining International Peace |
| B. | Safeguarding Territorial Integrity |
| C. | Preserving Sovereignty |
| D. | Projecting National Image |
| Answer» C. Preserving Sovereignty | |
| 26. |
Which one of the following countries did not contribute to the development of NAM? |
| A. | Egypt |
| B. | Yugoslavia |
| C. | China |
| D. | India |
| Answer» D. India | |
| 27. |
The modern nation-state has come under tremendous challenge from the following: |
| A. | Religion |
| B. | Ethnicity |
| C. | Terrorism |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Who is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces? |
| A. | Defense Minister |
| B. | Prime Minister |
| C. | Chief of the Army |
| D. | President of India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Who among the following propounded 'Mandala Theory' of inter-state relations? |
| A. | Shukra |
| B. | Vishwamitra |
| C. | V.P. Singh |
| D. | Kautilya |
| Answer» D. Kautilya | |
| 30. |
Strategic studies is related with the study of |
| A. | The evolution of warfare. |
| B. | The use of military power for political objectives. |
| C. | The use of military power for military objectives. |
| D. | The military policies in the nuclear age. |
| Answer» C. The use of military power for military objectives. | |
| 31. |
How much space will be required to store the bit map of a 1.3 GB disk with 512 bytes block size? |
| A. | 332.8 KB |
| B. | 83.6 KB |
| C. | 266.2 KB |
| D. | 256.6 KB |
| Answer» B. 83.6 KB | |
| 32. |
The virtual address generated by a CPU is 32 bits. The Translation Look-aside Buffer (TLB) can hold total 64 page table entries and a 4-way set associative (i.e. with 4-cache lines in the set). The page size is 4 KB. The minimum size of TLB tag is |
| A. | 12 bits |
| B. | 15 bits |
| C. | 16 bits |
| D. | 20 bits |
| Answer» D. 20 bits | |
| 33. |
Identify the correct chronological sequence of the following theorists on the basis of the code given as under:Codes: |
| A. | Clausewitz, Jomini, Kautilya, Alfred T. Mahan |
| B. | Kautilya, Jomini, Clausewitz, Alfred T. Mahan |
| C. | Jomini, Kautilya, Alfred T. Mahan, Clausewitz |
| D. | Alfred T. Mahan, Clausewitz, Jomini, Kautilya |
| Answer» C. Jomini, Kautilya, Alfred T. Mahan, Clausewitz | |
| 34. |
Consider a disk queue with request for input/output to block on cylinders98, 183, 37, 122, 14, 124, 65, 67in that order. Assume that disk head is initially positioned at cylinder 53 and moving towards cylinder number 0. The total number of head movements using Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF) and SCAN algorithms are respectively |
| A. | 236 and 252 cylinders |
| B. | 640 and 236 cylinders |
| C. | 235 and 640 cylinders |
| D. | 235 and 252 cylinders |
| Answer» B. 640 and 236 cylinders | |
| 35. |
Consider a pre-emptive priority based scheduling algorithm based on dynamically changing priority. Larger priority number implies higher priority. When the process is waiting for CPU in the ready queue (but not yet started execution), its priority changes at a rate a = 2. When it starts running, its priority changes at a rate b = 1. All the processes are assigned priority value 0 when they enter ready queue. Assume that the following processes want to execute:Process ID P1 P2 P3 P4 Arrival Time 0 1 2 3 Service Time4121 The time quantum q = 1. When two processes want to join ready queue simultaneously, the process which has not executed recently is given priority. The finish time of processes P1, P2, P3 and P4 will respectively be |
| A. | 4, 5, 7 and 8 |
| B. | 8, 2, 7 and 5 |
| C. | 2, 5, 7 and 8 |
| D. | 8, 2, 5 and 7 |
| Answer» C. 2, 5, 7 and 8 | |
| 36. |
Electronic Data Interchange Software consists of the following four layers: |
| A. | Business application, Internal format conversion, Network translator, EDI envelope |
| B. | Business application, Internal format conversion, EDI translator, EDI envelope |
| C. | Application layer, Transport layer, EDI translator, EDI envelope |
| D. | Application layer, Transport layer, IP layer, EDI envelope |
| Answer» C. Application layer, Transport layer, EDI translator, EDI envelope | |
| 37. |
Which of the following is widely used inside the telephone system for long-haul data traffic? |
| A. | ISDN |
| B. | ATM |
| C. | Frame Relay |
| D. | ISTN |
| Answer» C. Frame Relay | |
| 38. |
Active X controls are Pentium binary programs that can be embedded in ________ |
| A. | Word pages |
| B. | URL pages |
| C. | Script pages |
| D. | Web pages |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Which of the following statements are true?I. A circuit that adds two bits, producing a sum bit and a carry bit is called half adder.II. A circuit that adds two bits, producing a sum bit and a carry bit is called full adder.III. A circuit that adds two bits and a carry bit producing a sum bit and a carry bit is called full adder.IV. A device that accepts the value of a Boolean variable as input and produces its complement is called an inverter. |
| A. | I u0026 II |
| B. | II u0026 III |
| C. | I, II, III |
| D. | I, III u0026 IV |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
A graph is non-planar if and only if it contains a subgraph homomorphic to |
| A. | K3, 2 or K5 |
| B. | K 3, 3 and K6 |
| C. | K 3, 3 or K5 |
| D. | K2, 3 and K5 |
| Answer» D. K2, 3 and K5 | |
| 41. |
The document standards for EDI were first developed by large business house during the 1970s and are now under the control of the following standard organisation: |
| A. | ISO |
| B. | ANSI |
| C. | ITU-T |
| D. | IEEE |
| Answer» C. ITU-T | |
| 42. |
Match the following:List - I a. Wireless Application Environment b. Wireless Transaction Protocol c. Wireless Datagram Protocol d. Wireless List - IIi. HTTPii. IPiii. Scriptsiv. UDPCodes: a b c d |
| A. | ii iv i iii |
| B. | iv iii ii i |
| C. | iv iii i ii |
| D. | iii i iv ii |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Let f and g be the functions from the set of integers to the set integers defined byf(x) = 2x + 3 and g(x) = 3x + 2Then the composition of f and g and g and f is given as |
| A. | 6x + 7, 6x + 11 |
| B. | 6x + 11, 6x + 7 |
| C. | 5x + 5, 5x + 5 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 6x + 11, 6x + 7 | |
| 44. |
How many edges are there in a forest of t-trees containing a total of n vertices? |
| A. | n + t |
| B. | n - t |
| C. | n * t |
| D. | nt |
| Answer» C. n * t | |
| 45. |
Big - O estimate forf(x) = (x + 1) log(x2 + 1) + 3x2 is given as |
| A. | O(x log x) |
| B. | O(x2) |
| C. | O(x3) |
| D. | O(x2 log x) |
| Answer» C. O(x3) | |
| 46. |
Which of the following derivations does a top-down parser use while parsing an input string? The input is scanned from left to right. |
| A. | Leftmost derivation |
| B. | Leftmost derivation traced out in reverse |
| C. | Rightmost derivation traced out in reverse |
| D. | Rightmost derivation |
| Answer» B. Leftmost derivation traced out in reverse | |
| 47. |
The process of assigning load addresses to the various parts of the program and adjusting the code and data in the program to reflect the assigned addresses is called _______. |
| A. | Symbol resolution |
| B. | Parsing |
| C. | Assembly |
| D. | Relocation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
_______ is often used to prove the correctness of a recursive function. |
| A. | Diagonalization |
| B. | Communitivity |
| C. | Mathematical Induction |
| D. | Matrix Multiplication |
| Answer» D. Matrix Multiplication | |
| 49. |
What is the value of the postfix expression?a b c d + - * (where a = 8, b = 4, c = 2 and d = 5) |
| A. | -3/8 |
| B. | -8/3 |
| C. | 24 |
| D. | -24 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Given the following statements:S1: If L is a regular language then the language {uv | u ? L, v ? LR} is also regular.S2: L = {wwR} is regular language.Which of the following is true? |
| A. | S1 is not correct and S2 is not correct. |
| B. | S1 is not correct and S2 is correct. |
| C. | S1 is correct and S2 is not correct. |
| D. | S1 is correct and S2 is correct. |
| Answer» D. S1 is correct and S2 is correct. | |