Assertion (A) : In the domain of arms build-up, one nation-state’s common sense is other nation state’s high blood pressure.
Reason (R) : Arms race is not conducive to security, peace and development in the longrun.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is supportive argument of (A)
Assertion (A) : The political and economic effects of migration are a possible source of insecurity of the state as well as society.
Reason (R) : The degree of instability and insecurity generated will depend on the capacity of social, economic, political and administrative institutions to integrate large number of immigrants.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is a correct explanation of (A)
Assertion (A) : As a responsible scientific and economic power in its own right, India is trying not only to shift its own economy to a ‘Blue’ one ; but also to leverage it a substantial geo-strategic advantage to provide idealeadership to the littoral, states of the Indian Ocean region.
Reason (R) : In pursuing this ‘Blue Economy’ model, India seeks the integration of Ocean-based economic development, along with the norms of social inclusion, environmental sustainability and innovative business models.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the explanation of (A)
Assertion (A) : The natural animosity between a polity and those on its frontiers compels it to seek alliances with those whose relationships with its antagonists are equally hostile.
Reason (R) : In the case of landlocked countries like Nepal and Bhutan, the relationship with India and China are fraught with ambiguity.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct
Assertion (A) : The end of the cold war witnessed a change in forms of community as referents of the security discourse, away from ‘state’ and towards ‘nation’.
Reason (R) : It is perfectly possible for the state to remain secure in a military and political sense, and yet for a significant degree of subjective societal insecurity to exist.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the comprehensive explanation of (A)
Answer: It is a classified Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Answer: Jim O’Neill
Answer: Collective rights are those that belong to particular groups as opposed to the individual members of the group
Assertion (A) : Climate change and energy security are intertwined issues at the forefront of the global challenges today.
Reason (R) : Despite declining stocks and rising prices of fossil fuels, there is no indication of slow down on use of energy from these sources.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct
I. Operation Meghdoot
II. Operation Stapplechase
III. Operation Trishul
IV. Operation All-out
Codes :Answer: II, I, III, IV
Assertion (A) : With increasing water scarcity and climate aberrations such as floods and droughts, awareness is arising for cross-border utilization and management of water. Yet the approach of the South Asian nations has been to look at the water flowing at the border rather than integrated management of resources.
Reason (R) : South Asian nations tend to see cross-border water management to be a bilateral issue rather than regional or multilateral.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct
Assertion (A) : The Globalization of production and technology has internationalized the defence industries.
Reason (R) : The increase in licensing, co-production agreements, joint ventures, corporate alliances and subcontracting institutions of defence have been shifted from state to multinational control with few countries only claiming to have autonomous defence production capacity.
Codes :Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is a supportive argumentation of (A)
Answer: Indeterminate preferences
Answer: Unit Veto system
Answer: Army Ordinance Corps