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Kerala SET Unit 5: International Relations Part III

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1. “ Special Safeguard Mechanism” is a provision related to (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) WTO

B) World Bank

C) IMF

D) European Union

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2. According to Morgenthau, the best means of preserving peace in a society of sovereign nation is (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) National Interest

B) Diplomacy

C) Foreign Trade

D) Autonomy

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3. The UN Secretary General who initiated “Preventive Diplomacy”: (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) Trygve Lie

B) Boutros Boutros Ghali

C) Dag Hammarskjold

D) Kofi Annan

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4. Match List I with List II (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4

B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

C) a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4

D) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2

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5. “ The Fourth Debate in International Relations” refers to: (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) Emergence of Realism

B) Challenges to the established tradition of International relations

C) Application of scientific methods of study

D) Neo–debate

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6. “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed”. It was stated in: (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) U N Charter

B) UNESCO Charter

C) UNICEF Charter

D) Human Rights Charter

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7. Non-member states disappear and align with super powers in: (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) Loose Bi-polar System

B) Tight Bi-polar System

C) Hierarchical System

D) Unit Veto System

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8. Who among the following is associated with “ Structural Realism”? (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) Kenneth Waltz

B) Morgenthau

C) Machiavelli

D) Snyder

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9. The headquarters of UN Human Rights Council is in: (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

A) Paris

B) London

C) Geneva

D) The Hague

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10. “Towards a New Cold War” was written by: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Nom Chomsky

B) Kai Nielson

C) Richard Norman

D) John Rocker

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11. Which one of the following statements is not associated with Idealism? (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) State is natural to man

B) Man and state are not antithetical

C) State is a means to an end

D) State is a ethical institution

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12. The country which is employing the ‘String of Pearls’ strategy against India? (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) China

B) U S A

C) Japan

D) Russia

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13. The Human Development Theorists views development under the notions of: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Freedom

B) Justice

C) Equality

D) Religion

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14. The thinker who argues that order itself is a crucial objective in developing countries: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Lucian Pye

B) Robert Putnam

C) Robert Dahl

D) Huntington

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15. The writer who does not belong to the realist school of thought: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Reinhold Niebuhr

B) Frederick Schuman

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) E. H. Carr

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16. The term Geo Politics was coined by: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Friedrich Ratzel

B) Alfred Mahan

C) Halford Mackinder

D) Rudolf Kjellén

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17. Author of "Tragedy of the Commons”: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Elimer Ostom

B) Garret Hardin

C) Robin Eckersley

D) Burry Bookchin

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18. Which of the following is a state-centric approach to the study of international relations? (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Feminist Approach

B) Marxist Approach

C) Linkage Politics

D) Realism

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19. The existing world order is described as "anarchical society by: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Martin Wight

B) Hedley Bull

C) AJP Groom

D) Frankel

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20. Sanction in International Relations means: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Economic Coercion

B) Diplomatic Pressure

C) Military Threat

D) Political Manipulations

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21. Rostow's Stages of Growth model postulates that economic growth occurs in ----- basic stages. (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Three

B) Four

C) Five

D) Six

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22. The Brundtland Commission is related to: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Disarmament

B) Sustainable Development

C) Protection of Human Rights

D) North- South Dialogue

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23. The International organisation which started a scheme called ‘partnership for peace’ for a group of countries: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) OPEC

B) OAU

C) OAS

D) NATO

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24. Match the following: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1

B) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

C) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3

D) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3

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25. State Human Rights Commission were established under the Human Rights Act of: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) 1948

B) 1972

C) 1993

D) 1995

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26. Good Governance and participatory civil society for Development were stressed in World Bank report of: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) 1992

B) 1997

C) 2000

D) 2003

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27. International Relations between 1648-1945 were characterized by: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Bi-polar system

B) Uni-polar system

C) Multi-polar system

D) None of these

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28. To counter Chinas dominance, trade Ministers of India, Japan and Australia launched SCRI. What is SCRI? (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Switching to Climate Resilience Initiative

B) Supply Chain Resilience Initiative

C) Smart Climate Resilience Initiative

D) Smart Commerce and Trade Resilience Initiative

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29. Who among the following is regarded as the founder of philosophical idealism? (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) Plato

B) Aristotle

C) Socrates

D) Cicero

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30. Which of the following comes under Second Generation Rights? (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Right to Education

B) Environmental rights

C) Freedom of Association

D) Freedom of Religion

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31. Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty (SORT) was signed between: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Reagen and Gorbachev

B) Bush and Yeltzin

C) Bush and Putin

D) Reagen and Yeltzin

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32. UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 was held in (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Paris

B) Stockholm

C) Vienna

D) Rio de generio

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33. “The trouble with the balance of power is not that it has no meaning, but that it has too many meanings”- who said this? (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Morgenthau

B) Iris L Claude

C) Quincy Wright

D) Organski

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34. Match List I with List II: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

C) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

D) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

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35. Assertion (A): Kautilya’s realist approach to interstate relations maintains that the king whose subjects are oppressed would be attacked in preference to one whose subjects are impoverished and greedy.

Reason (R): Kautilya believes that the oppressive king would be deprived of the support of his subjects and so, it would be easy to defeat him.

(KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

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

B) Both A and R are true and 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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36. The chapter of UN Charter which deals with Collective Security: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) V

B) VI

C) VII

D) VIII

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37. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Secretariat of UNO

B) Economic and Social Council of UNO

C) General Assembly of UNO

D) UNESCO

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38. 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 inter-relationship among them.

(KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

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

B) Both A and R are true and 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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39. Who said “Market in China is like a bird in cage”? (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Chou-en-Lai

B) Lio Shao Chi

C) Deng Tsiao Ping

D) Chian-Kai-Shek

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40. Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors): (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

C) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3

D) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1

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41. The ASEAN was established by: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Singapore Declaration

B) Bangkok Declaration

C) Manila Declaration

D) Colombo Declaration

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42. The organ of UNO which is responsible for co- ordinating the work of its specialized Agencies: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Security Council

B) General Assembly

C) Economic and Social Council

D) Secretariat

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43. Match List I with List II: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3

B) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2

C) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3

D) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

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44. Formal end of Cold War took place at: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

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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45. Who among the following is associated with the idea of internal dependency? (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) A. G Frank

B) Cardoso

C) Samir Amin

D) Edward Shills

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46. Who for the first time described Indian Political System as ‘One-party dominance’ to explain Congress Party’s hegemony in India? (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Morris Jones

B) Myron Weiner

C) T. J Nossiter

D) Rajni Kothari

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47. Assertion (A): The Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) encourages state spending and budget deficit to spur growth.

Reason (R): The IMF wants to ensure that money lent to a country is not spent for politically popular purposes but it is spent for purposes without economically profitable motives.

(KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

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

B) Both A and R are true and 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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48. The exponent of Defensive ‘Neo-realism’? (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) John Mearshimer

B) Kenneth Waltz

C) Robert Jervis

D) Robert Cox

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49. The headquarters of SAARC is located in (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) New Delhi

B) Dhaka

C) Islamabad

D) Kathmandu

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50. The Realist theory in International Relations is based on the three assumptions. Which one of the following is not the basic assumption? (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Statesmen desire and pursue their national interests

B) In pursuit of national interests, statesmen take into account moral principles

C) National interests of each state lies in the expansion of its influence.

D) States use their power or influence in the protection and promotion of their interests

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51. Who among the following is regarded as the father of International Law? (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Oppenheim

B) John Austin

C) Hugo Grotius

D) Henry Maine

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52. The Uruguay Round of Talks led to the establishment of: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) APEC

B) NAFTA

C) Group of 77

D) WTO

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53. Assertion (A): The demand for a NIEO called for a restructuring of the world economy to bridge the gap between rich and poor countries of the World.

Reason (R): Very many specific demands have been fulfilled due to the positive response of rich countries

(KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

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 us true

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54. The ‘Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was adopted by the United Nations in the year: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) 1979

B) 2001

C) 1948

D) 1989

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55. The Bangkok Declaration was responsible for the formation of (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

(A) SAARC

(B) ARF

(C) NAFTA

(D) ASEAN

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

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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57. In 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held at: (KERALA SET JULY 2023)

A) Paris

B) Doha

C) Geneva

D) Rio de Janeiro

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58. The term ‘Cold - War’ was coined by: (KERALA SET JULY 2023)

A) Desmond Domelly

B) Bernard Baruch

C) Paul Seabury

D) Frederick .L. Schuman

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59. Assertion (A): Cold war caused arms race which subsequently affected global peace. (KERALA SET JULY 2023)

Reason (R): UN Security Council was effectively maintained international peace and security during Cold war period.

A) A is true and R is false

B) Both A and R are false

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

D) A is false and R is true

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60. Assertion (A): Climate change badly affecting economic growth of the country. (KERALA SET JULY 2023)

Reason(R): Climate change and extreme weather have deep impact on the voting behavior.

A) A is false but R is true

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

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

D) A is true but R is false

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61. Author of ‘Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and Struggle for Recognition’: (KERALA SET JULY 2023)

A) Rajni Kothari

B) Rajiv Bhargava

C) Douglas Murray

D) Francis Fukuyama

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62. European Union was established in: (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

A) 1993

B) 1972

C) 2001

D) 1984

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63. The first phase of cold war started with US military intervention through: (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

A) Suez Canal

B) North Korea

C) Pearl Harbour

D) Berlin Blockade

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64. World Trade Organization is not concerned with: (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

A) Trade and Tariffs

B) Trade related investment measures

C) Investment in knowledge-based industry

D) Trade related intellectual property rights.

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65. The first Asian Relations Conference was held at: (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

A) Manila

B) Tokyo

C) New Delhi

D) Colombo

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66. An exponent of conflict and peace studies: (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

A) Schumpeter

B) Rosa Luxemburg

C) Cardoso

D) Joseph Nye

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67. Who among the following is associated with the idea of internal dependency? (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

A) Cardoso

B) Samir Amin

C) Frank

D) Huntington

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