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Kerala SET Unit 5: International Relations Part I

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

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

(Kerala SET July 2024)

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true but (R) is false

D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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2. ASEAN emerged as a reaction against ----- Expansion. (Kerala SET July 2024)

A) Communist

B) American

C) Capitalist

D) European

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3. Assertion (A): Decision Making Theory directs attention not to states as metaphysical abstractions, but instead seeks to highlight the behaviour of decision makers.

Reason (R): Decision Making Theory identifies a large number of relevant variables and suggests possible interrelationships among them.

(Kerala SET July 2024)

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true but (R) is false

D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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4. Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty (SORT) was signed by: (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Bush and Gorbachev

B) Bush and Yeltsin

C) Bush and Putin

D) Reagan and Gorbachev

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5. The term ‘Nairobi Package’ is related to the affairs of: (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) UNEP

B) FAO

C) WTO

D) European Union

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6. The first meeting of BRICS was held in: (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Brazil

B) India

C) China

D) Russia

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7. What is the correct chronological order of the following: (Kerala SET January 2024)

START I
INF TREATY
CTBT
NPT

A) 2, 4, 3, 1

B) 4, 2, 3, 1

C) 4, 2, 1, 3

D) 4, 3, 2, 1

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8. The ASEAN was established by: (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Bangkok Declaration

B) Singapore Declaration

C) Manila Declaration

D) Colombo Declaration

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9. The author of the report entitled ‘North-South; A Programme for survival’: (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Willy Brandt

B) Brundt land

C) Wangari Maathai

D) Barbara Ward

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10. Who conceived the international system as ‘Analytical entity’? (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Zimmerin

B) Morton Kaplan

C) Weiner

D) Wallerstein

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11. Annapolis conference was held to solve: (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) North Korea–South Korea Conflict

B) Brexit issue of Britain

C) Israeli-Palestine conflict

D) Iran Nuclear issues

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12. Which of the following comes under second generation rights? (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Right to Education

B) Environmental Rights

C) Freedom of Association

D) Freedom of Religion

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13. Which Round of talks led to the establishment of WTO? (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Tokyo Round

B) Doha Round

C) Uruguay Round

D) Geneva Round

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14. "Politics Among Nations" was written by: (BHU MA 2017)

(1) K. J. Holstai

(2) Hans Morgenthau

(3) Frederick Hartman

(4) None of these

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15. Who among the following is a proponent of the Theory of Underdevelopment? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Max Weber

B) David Apter

C) Amartya Sen

D) Samir Amin

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16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is from (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Burma

B) Mauritius

C) South Korea

D) China

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17. Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was first signed in (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) 1966

B) 1968

C) 1970

D) 1971

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18. Ronald Reagan an actor became the President of (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Mexico

B) U S A

C) France

D) U K

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19. Which one of the following approaches or model of International politics does not give importance to the role of State as an actor? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Realist Model

B) Non-Realist Model

C) Pluralist Model

D) Dependency Model

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20. Apartheid was policy of the: (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) State of Israel

B) State of West Africa

C) State of South Africa

D) State of North Africa

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21. Modern State System is believed to have started with: (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) End of Second World War

B) Versailles Treaty

C) End of Cold War

D) Peace of Westphalia

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22. Emmanuel Kant and John Locke provide the philosophical basis for (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Realism

B) Liberalism

C) Post Modernism

D) Behaviouralism

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23. Balance of power is based on: (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Realist Paradigm

B) Liberal Paradigm

C) Marxist Paradigm

D) Post Modernism

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24. The author of the book “The End of History and the Last Man” is (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Fukuyama

B) Huntington

C) Kissinger

D) Christine Faire

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25. Watergate Scandal resulted in the resignation of (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) President Johnson

B) President Nixon

C) President Carter

D) President Reagan

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26. NATO was formed in (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) 1948

B) 1949

C) 1950

D) 1951

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27. When was the USSR disintegrated? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) April 1990

B) December 1991

C) January 1992

D) February 1993

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28. Who gave the idea of ‘Peaceful Co-existence’? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Nikita Khrushchev

B) Leonid Brezhnev

C) Molotov

D) Stalin

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29. The dependency theory emphasized on close cooperation (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Between the advanced and the Third World countries

B) Among the Third World countries

C) Among countries of a region

D) Among the advanced countries

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30. The Marxists perceive international politics as: (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) A struggle for power between the bourgeois and socialist systems with the hope of inevitable triumph of international proletarianism

B) A struggle for power between two nations or group of nations that can be managed by maintaining balance of power

C) Interactions among States that can be peacefully settled

D) Interactions among States guided and molded by leaders of those States

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31. Central feature of Immanuel Wallenstein’s work is: (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Under development

B) Nation

C) Regional systems

D) World system

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32. Who used the term ‘Cold War’ first? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Bernard Brouch

B) Hans J Morgenthau

C) C K Webster

D) Karl Duetch

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33. Decision making theorists focus on (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Foreign policy decisions made by a State

B) Impact of domestic politics on foreign policy decisions

C) Specific decision makers who speak and act in the name of a state

D) Actual or objective environment that influence foreign policy decisions

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34. Who declared “nothing against the state, nothing above it”? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Mussolini

B) Stalin

C) Hitler

D) Hobbes

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35. Which of the following country was the first to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) USA

B) France

C) Canada

D) Britain

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36. Which of the following is the chief coordinating body of UN for industrial development? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) IFAD

B) UNIDO

C) IMO

D) ICAO

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37. Some of the features of Developing countries are given below: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

1. Dependence on agriculture

2. Population pressure and underemployment

3. Low level of technology

4. Lack of resources

Select the incorrect feature/features using the code below:

A) 2 only

B) 4 only

C) 1 and 3 only

D) 3 and 4 only

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38. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was replaced by: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) World Bank

B) Asian Development Bank

C) World Trade Organisation

D) International Finance Corporation

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39. Which of the following place is the headquarters of ASEAN? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Manila

B) Jakarta

C) Kuala Lumpur

D) Bangkok

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40. Who made the Atoms for Peace speech in the UN General Assembly in 1953? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Roosevelt

B) Truman

C) Nixon

D) Eisenhower

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41. In international politics, Richard C. Synder is associated with: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Decision making approach

B) General System theory

C) Idealist approach

D) Game theory

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42. Which of the following event(s) is/are known for the application of Collective Security measures? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

1. Gulf War 1990

2. Soviet intervention in Afghanistan 1979

3. Arab-Israel war 1967

4. Congo crisis 1960

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A) 4 only

B) 3 only

C) 1 and 4 only

D) 1 and 2 only

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43. Which of the following is a limitation on national power? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Disarmament

B) Military preparedness

C) Population

D) Leadership

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44. Identify the correct chronological sequence of the following events (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

1. Suez crisis

2. Korean War

3. Truman doctrine

4. Panchsheel Agreement between India and China

A) 2, 3, 1, 4

B) 3, 2, 4, 1

C) 2, 4, 3, 1

D) 3, 1, 4, 2

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45. Which of the following country withdrew from the NATO in 1966? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Britain

B) Denmark

C) Spain

D) France

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46. Count Folke Bernadotte was appointed by the UN General Assembly as a Mediator to settle the dispute of: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Korea

B) Rwanda

C) Cambodia

D) Palestine

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47. Which one of the following was employed during the Suez and Congo Crises? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Preventive diplomacy

B) Shuttle diplomacy

C) Gunboat Diplomacy

D) Warrior diplomacy

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48. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was opened for signature in: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) March 1968

B) May 1968

C) July 1968

D) September 1968

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49. Marshall Plan was introduced in: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) August 1947

B) June 1947

C) July 1948

D) September 1948

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50. The Judges of the International Court of Justice are elected for a term of: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Five years

B) Six years

C) Seven years

D) Nine years

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51. Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis is written by: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Martin Patchen

B) James Robinson

C) David Singer

D) Graham T. Allison

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52. Which one of the following is written by Morton Kaplan? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Systems and Process in International Politics

B) The Nature of Human Conflict

C) Action and Reaction in World Politics

D) Theory and International System

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53. Who among the following is a neo-realist? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Machiavelli

B) Kenneth Waltz

C) Morgenthau

D) George Kennan

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54. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): According to Morgenthau’s realism, a foreign policy based on any other considerations except the national interest is bound to meet failure

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

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true but(R) is false

D) (A) is false but(R) is true

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55. Who is the author of the Report entitled, ‘North-South: A Programme for Survival’? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Willy Brandt

B) Brundtland

C) Wangari Maathai

D) Barbara Ward

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56. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below. (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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57. How many goals are envisaged in ‘Millennium Development Goals-2000’ approved by General Assembly of UN? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) 7

B) 8

C) 9

D) 10

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58. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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59. Formal end of Cold War took place at (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) London Summit of NATO, 1990

B) Camp David Agreement of 1990

C) Algiers Conference of 1991

D) Brussels Conference of 1991

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60. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established by (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Bangkok Declaration

B) Singapore Declaration

C) Manila Declaration

D) Colombo Declaration

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61. What is the correct chronological order of the following (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

1. START I

2. INF Treaty

3. CTBT

4. NPT

A) 2, 4, 3, 1

B) 4, 2, 3, 1

C) 4, 2, 1, 3

D) 4, 3, 2, 1

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62. Who said “The trouble with the Balance of Power is not that it has no meaning but that it has too many meanings” (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Morgenthau

B) Quincy Wright

C) Inis L Claude

D) E. H. Carr

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63. Universal Periodic Review (UPR) refers to – (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) A process by which a review of human rights records of all member states of UN is done.

B) A procedure which publicly report on human rights situations in specific countries.

C) A device that monitors implementation of international human rights treaties.

D) An arrangement to support for the meetings of Human Rights Council.

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64. Which of the following three countries include the ‘ASEAN Plus Three’ Group? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Japan, China, Russia

B) China, India, Japan

C) China, Japan, South Korea

D) China, Russia, India

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65. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty drawn at: (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972

B) UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992

C) World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002

D) UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, 2009

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66. Arrange the following reports of Kofi Annan in chronological order (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

1. Inventing in the UN : For a stronger organization Worldwide.

2. Renewing the UN : A Programme for Reform

3. In Larger Freedom : Report for Reforms of ECOSOC.

4. Strengthening the UN : An Agenda for further change.

A) 2, 1, 4, 3

B) 2, 4, 3, 1

C) 4, 2, 1, 3

D) 4, 3, 2, 1

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67. Whose idea was ‘Common European House’? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Gorbachev

B) Fidel Castro

C) Henry Kissinger

D) Margaret Thatcher

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68. South Africa joined as a member of ‘BRICS’ in the year (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) 2010

B) 2011

C) 2012

D) 2013

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69. Who of the following served as the Acting Secretary General of the UN? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Dag Hammarskjold

B) U Thant

C) Kurt Waldheim

D) Perez de Cueller

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70. Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty (SORT) was signed by (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Bush and Gorbachev

B) Bush and Yeltzin

C) Bush and Putin

D) Reagen and Gorbachev

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71. Which one of the following relates to ‘direct people to people interaction’? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Track II Diplomacy

B) Track III Diplomacy

C) Track IV Diplomacy

D) Track V Diplomacy

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72. Which of the following is correctly matched? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Mexico Women’s Conference - 1975

B) Copenhagen Women’s Conference - 1985

C) Nairobi Women’s Conference - 1993

D) Beijing Women’s Conference - 1996

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73. The jurisdiction of International Court of Justice are (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Original, Voluntary and Compulsory.

B) Voluntary, Advisory and Appellate

C) Negotiation, Advisory and Appellate

D) Voluntary, Compulsory and Advisory

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74. ‘The Hague Code of Conduct’ relates to (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Control over ozone depleting chemicals.

B) Limit underground nuclear weapons tests.

C) The transfer of missiles and parts

D) The prohibition of bacteriological weapons.

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75. Which among the following are the immunities offered to a diplomat? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

1. Inviolability of correspondence

2. Exemption from direct taxes

3. Inviolable right of passage

4. Inviolability of domestic access

A) All the above

B) 1, 2 & 3

C) 2, 3 & 4

D) 1, 3 & 4

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76. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below. (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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77. Arrange the names of UN Secretary Generals in Chronological Order. (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

1. Boutros Boutros Ghali

2. Dag Hammarskjold

3. Kurt Waldheim

4. Ban Ki moon

A) 2, 3, 1, 4

B) 3, 4, 1, 2

C) 1, 3, 2, 4

D) 4, 3, 2, 1

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78. Identify the term of the president of UN General Assembly (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) One Year

B) Five years

C) Two Years

D) None of the above

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79. In which year NOTA was introduced in Indian Elections? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) 2013

B) 2014

C) 2009

D) 2010

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80. Identify the country which is not a member of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Singapore

B) UK

C) USA

D) Saudi Arabia

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81. The term ‘blue helmets’ is related to (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Red Cross

B) Human Right Watch

C) UN Peace Keeping

D) Medecins Sans Frontiers

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82. The term ‘Fourteen points of Peace’ is associated with (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) John F Kennedy

B) Franklin Roosvelt

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) Winston Churchil

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83. In which year the ‘Kyoto Protocol’ was signed (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) 1997

B) 2001

C) 1996

D) 2000

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84. Which organ of the UN exercise control over the specialized agencies under UN? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) General Assembly

B) Security Council

C) Secretariat

D) Economic and Social Council

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85. In which year the Arab Springs started? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) 2002

B) 2014

C) 2011

D) 1999

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86. Arrange the following events in chronological order (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

1. Kellogg-Briand Pact

2. Treaty of Westaphalia

3. Atlantic Charter

4. Geneva summit

A) 4,1,3,2

B) 2,3,1,4

C) 1,2,4,3

D) 3,4,2,1

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87. Identify the correct statement about Game Theory. (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Game theory is a game of chance

B) Game theory is game of strategy

C) Game theory is an irrational game

D) Game theory is about a singular model

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88. In which year the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) was signed? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) 2003

B) 1993

C) 2013

D) None of the above

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89. Identify the subject matter of the 3rd Article of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty

B) The right to marry and to found a family

C) The right to life, liberty and security of person

D) The right to take part in the government of his country

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90. Who delivered the ‘Four Freedoms Speech’? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

B) John F Kennedy

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

D) Abraham Lincoln

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91. In which year the United Nations Organisation passed the ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) 1950

B) 1965

C) 1946

D) 1952

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92. What was the subject matter of third Geneva Convention? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

1. Wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces in the sea

2. Protection of civilian persons in times of war

3. Treatment of Prisoners of war

A) 2 only

B) 1 only

C) 3 only

D) 1&2 only

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93. Who is the founder of Amnesty International? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Peter Benenson

B) Sean MacBride

C) Nelson Mandela

D) Martin Ennals

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94. Which among the following country was not a member of League Council (League of Nations)? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) France

B) USA

C) Italy

D) Japan

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95. Who wrote the book “End of History and the Last Man”? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Condoleezza Rice

B) Barry Buzan

C) Quincy Wright

D) Francis Fukuyama

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96. Which country among the following hosted the BRICS summit in 2017? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) South Africa

B) Russia

C) Brazil

D) China

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97. ‘The Fortaleza Declaration’ is related to the affairs of: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) OECD

B) WTO

C) BRICS

D) ASEAN

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98. According to Keohane and Nye, the internationalisation of the world economy has led the major industrialist nations to a pattern of: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Complex interdependence

B) Complex dependence

C) Dependence

D) Interdependence

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99. Regional Economic Integration under globalisation is intense in the (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) USA, European Community, Canada and Japan

B) USA, China and Europe

C) India, Europe and USA

D) Nigeria, South Africa, European Community, USA

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100. In his realist theory of international politics, Morgenthau’s autonomy of political sphere denotes: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Autonomy of the state in international sphere

B) Autonomy of the decision makers vis-a-vis the legislature

C) Autonomy of the political action in complete disregard to other standards of thought

D) Autonomy of the policy makers vis-a-vis other agencies or organs of government

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