1. Althuser is commonly referred to a: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

2. In the name of 'War on Terror', the US attacked on (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

3. Assertion (A): Conflicts are common among the states.

Reason (R): Regionalisation may take either the path of integration or the path of co-operation.

In the context of above two statements, which among the following is correct? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

4. Assertion (A): Rational choice theorists dismissed the importance of liberty and culture.

Reason (R): They believed in actor's interest and that these are pursued rationally.

In the context of above two statements, which among the following is correct? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

5. Assertion (A): Dependency theory is based on "core" and "periphery" division of the world.

Reason (R): Because core prospers all the expenses of periphery

In the context of the above two statements which among the following is correct? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

6. Assertion (A): Balance of power believes that no state becomes too strong to dominate other state.

Reason (R): Disturbance in balance of power leads to destabilization of world order.

In the context of the above two statements which among the following is correct? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

7. Assertion (A): With onset of globalization, the traditional state system has lost its relevance.

Reason (R): This has been replaced by corporate state system.

In the context of the above two statements which among the following is correct? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

8. Which article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is/are most closely connected to the right to stay alive? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

9. The ultimate goal of the Brettonwoods Agreement was (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

10. Oslo Accord was signed between (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

11. There are _____________ treaties dealing with the aspects of terrorism by the UN. (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

12. Which one of the following countries recently joined UNSC as a non-permanent member? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

13. The first SAARC summit was held in the year 1985. In which of the following places the summit was held? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

14. Who among the following wrote the book "Globalization and its Discontents"? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

15. Which among the following is the correct order of BRICS summit uptil 2012? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

16. Which among the following cities is proposed as the head quarters of the BRICS Development Bank? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

17. Major consequences of European Union coming into existence are (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

1)      Common Currency

2)      Single Foreign Policy

3)      Single European Market

4)      Single Taxation

Choose the correct answer by selecting the codes given below:

18. The Polluters Pay Principle (P3) was adopted at (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

19. The new cold war started with (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

20. Mastricht treaty refers to (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

21. Feminist theorists in International relations point out that history and structure of, and knowledge about International relations are all (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

22. Which one of the following instruments is used to (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

(a)   convert the opinion of the people at home, and

(b)   to reach out to the people of foreign countries to win friends and influence people?

23. Which of the following are intangible elements of power? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

(i) Physical geography

(ii) Natural character

(iii) Natural Resources

(iv) Diplomacy

24. According to Joseph Frankel the study of International relations should included (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

25. United Nations Atomic Energy Commission was created in 1946 by the resolution in the U.N. (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

26. One among the following has termed third world countries as 'Soft States'? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

27. Who is the Author of ‘Globalisation and its discontents’? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

28. The realist theory of democracy as acritique of the classical democracy was formulated by (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

29. What is a human right? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

30. ASEAN came into existence on (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

31. Which of the following is not related to disarmament? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

32. Assertion (A): Rich and Poor Nations have been replaced by North and South Countries.

Reason (R): Struggle of the third world countries for economic independence and justice is known as North South conflict.

(KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

33. Which country is not the member of Eurasian Union (EaU)? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

34. The chief exponent of conflict and peace studies is in INRs (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

35. Who among the following is associated with systems theory in INR? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

36. Globalisation means (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

37. Which among the following is not the purpose and functions of IMF? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

38. Assertion (A): Rio-Declaration was concerned about the green economy in the context of sustainable development.

Reason (R): Rio-Declaration came at a time when poverty was too sharp, and was affecting development.

In the above context, which among the following is true? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

39. Who has criticized bureaucracy for creating ‘red tapism’? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

40. Assertion (A): Globalization has helped in redefining the government as “an entrepreneurial government”.

Reason (R): It was apart of reinventing government interms of less power and part of creating new public management.

(KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

41. Assertion (A): Kant believed that if more countries become democratic it would lead to world peace.

Reason (R): Democratic countries have fewer chances of fighting with each other.

(KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

42. Which among the following were called “Wilsonianism”? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

43. Assertion (A): Without the power no state in International relation sustain themselves.

Reason (R): Power is seen as the ultimate goal of the State.

(KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER II)

44. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer code. (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER II)

45. Match the following: (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER II)

46. Who among the following is the Exponent of Neo-Realism in INRs? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER II)

47. Which among the following agreement that laid the foundations for the creation of the IMF and the World Bank? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER II)

48. The seeds of realism could be traced to the writings of political philosophers like (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

1.      Thucydides

2.      Chanakya

3.      Machiavelli

4.      Manu

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

49. Any regulation or limitation having to do with armed power is treated as a measure of disarmament, who among the following has made this statement? (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

50. Identify the correct sequence of Secretary Generals of the UN (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

1.      U. Thant

2.      Boutros Boutros Ghali

3.      Trygve Lie

4.      Kofi Annan

Codes:

51. Who among the following said that Collective Security is a machinery for joint action in order to prevent or counter any attack against an established international order. (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

52. Who among the following used the word Cold War for the first time? (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

53. Questions are matching type. Match List I with List II and select the correct code. (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

54. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

55. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

56. Select the correct combination of peace keeping operations of UN (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

1.      Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus

2.      Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka

3.      Support Mission in Haiti

4.      Operation Burundi

Select the correct combinations of codes given below:

57. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answers from the codes given below: (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

58. Which one of the following Articles specifies the guidelines for composition of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)? (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

59. Assertion (A): In Kaplan’s System theory, Nation-States are the main actors in international politics.

Reason (R): The roles of the Nation States remain stationary in international system.

Codes:

(KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

60. The promotion of international peace and security is mentioned in (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

61. What does the term NSDL stands for (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

62. What term do we use to describe the model that deals with a conflict situation where all the rivals are to benefit in different degrees? (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

63. Match the following: (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

64. Which one of the following does not signify globalisation? (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

65. When did India make surgical strikes against terrorists in POK? (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

66. Where did the Security Council met for the first time? (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

67. Who was not the exponent of Dependency theory? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

68. Which one of the following is not the criterian for understanding under development? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

69. What is declared as the ‘Open Conscience of the World’? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

70. The Limited Test Ban Treaty was signed in the year (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

71. The word “Third World” was first coined and first used by (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

72. Regional Economic Integration refers to  (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

73. SALT – II treaty was signed by (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

74. In which year did America sign a Mutual Defence Agreement with Pakistan? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

75. Which of the following convention is related to the Air space (territory)? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

76. Recruitment to the defence forces during the war time is an example of (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

77. Realism explains international relations in terms of  (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

78. Match the Following List. (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

79. Match the Following List. (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

80. Assertion (A): Nations adopted the principles of collective security in place of Balance of power.

Reason (R): The First World War indicates the failure of Balance of power.

Codes:

(KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

81. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of the bipolar system? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

82. Given below are two statements one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

Assertion (A): Efforts at disarmament stops at arms control.

Reason (R): Without arms States are vulnerable.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

Codes:

83. “The great national problems of a country cannot be solved by speeches but blood and iron is required for their solutions”. These thoughts were of (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

84. The Kyoto protocol (treaty) was signed in the year (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

85. The chicken model and the prisoners dilemma model are used in the (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

86. The cyclone Hudhud hit the coast of which State? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)cli

87. Which of the following countries have joined European Union in 2007? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

88. National interest implies what “the States seek to protect or achieve in relation to each other”. Who said this? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

89. Assertion (A): According to Morgenthau’s Realism, a foreign policy based on any other consideration except national interest is bound to meet failure.

Reason (R): Morgenthau does not precisely define national interest.

Codes:

(KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

90. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list. (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

91. In 1944, ‘The Children of Light’ and ‘The Children of Darkness’ discussion was initiated by ___________ in international relations. (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

92. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as a multi-functional regional organisation? (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

93. Who introduced the game theory into international politics? (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

94. Expand ICBMs (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

95. The Secretariat of INTERPOL is located in (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

96. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

Assertion (a): Chemical weapons are much easier to produce than nuclear weapons and they are found in the arsenal of most States.

Reason (R): Star wars (SDI) is a programme started by former Soviet Union.

In the context of the above statements, which of the following is true?

97. “Know the enemy and know yourself” is written by (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

98. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below.  (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

99. COMCASA stands for (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

100. _____________ said, “any regulation or limitation having to do with armed power is treated as a measure of disarmament”. (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)