Defence Studies Objective Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Defence Studies MCQs Set 10

Questions
1 Who one amongst the following heads the executive council of the Nuclear Command Authority and monitors the preparedness of India’s Strategic Forces to respond in accordance with the approved Nuclear Doctrine :
1 Prime Minister
2 Defence Minister
3 National Security Advisor
4 Deputy Chairman of the Niti Ayog

Answer: National Security Advisor
2 Who amongst the following stated that “the security studies is of inclusion rather than exclusion, of possibility rather than necessity” :
1 Ken Booth
2 Beverly Crawford
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 K. Subrahmanyam

Answer: Ken Booth

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3 The term ‘Securitization’ is related to which one of the following schools of thought :
1 Indian school of thought
2 Copenhagen school of thought
3 German school of thought
4 Russian school of thought

Answer: Copenhagen school of thought
4 “Freedom from fear and freedom from want” are related with which one of the following :
1 Economic security
2 Technological interdependence
3 Detente
4 Human security

Answer: Human security
5 The term ‘security dilemma’ relates to which one of the following :
1 Sense of insecurity
2 Sense of insecurity due to increase in the size of opponent’s military capability
3 War like situation
4 False sense of security

Answer: Sense of insecurity due to increase in the size of opponent’s military capability
6 Who amongst the following said that he ‘wants to inscribe his name on the pages of history like a lion with its claws :
1 Hitler
2 Mao Tse Tung
3 Musolini
4 Churchill

Answer: Musolini
7 “The capacity to impose one’s will on others by reliance on effective sanctions in case of noncompliance” is related with the concept of which one of the following :
1 National power
2 Non-alignment
3 Interdependence
4 Economic power

Answer: National power
8 Which one of the following periods had been characterized by military confrontation, arms races and security paranoia, and much of the time by a zero-sum out look :
1 Pre-cold war period
2 Cold war period
3 Post-cold war period
4 IST world war period

Answer: Cold war period
9 The security of the individual ‘inseparably entangled with that of the state’ is related with which one of the following concepts :
1 Environmental Security
2 Terrorism
3 Idealist Concept of National Security
4 Societal Security

Answer: Societal Security
10 Which one of the following has been replaced by the Government of India establishing NITI Aayog :
1 Law Commission
2 Finance Commission
3 Planning Commission
4 Human Rights Commission

Answer: Planning Commission
11 Which one of the following is not associated with the concept of ‘Societal Security’ :
1 Barry Buzan
2 Ole Waever
3 Walter Lippmann
4 Jaap de Wilde

Answer: Walter Lippmann
12 Who amongst the following is not a member of the National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister in India :
1 Defence Minister
2 External Affairs Minister
3 Home Minister
4 Chief of the Army

Answer: Chief of the Army
13 The term ‘Detente’ related to which one of the following :
1 Aggravation of tensions
2 Inimical postures
3 Relaxation in military tensions
4 Peaceful march

Answer: Relaxation in military tensions
14 ‘One for all, all for one’ relates to which one of the following :
1 Collective Security
2 Collective Defence
3 Social Security
4 Human Security

Answer: Collective Security
15 Identify the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :

Assertion (A) : A strong defence is the surest way to peace. Weakness invites inimical postures and eventually war in due course.

Reason (R) : Defence preparedness is a necessary venture on the part of nation-states.

Code :
1 Both (A) and (R) are correct
2 (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
3 (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct
4 Both (A) and (R) are not correct

Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct

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