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(1) India signed a number of agreements with UAE. Which one of the following is one of them :
(1) Environmental Protection
(2) To eliminate sea pollution
(3) Civil-Nuclear cooperation
(4) Cyber security
Answer: Cyber security
(2) North-South corridor is a transport corridor that connects :
(1) Russia-China-India
(2) Russia-Iran-India
(3) Russia-Turkmenistan-India
(4) India-Pakistan-Afghanistan
Answer: Russia-Iran-India

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(3) Who among the following has authored “The Permanent Revolution” ?
(1) Mao-Tse-Tung
(2) Gorbachev
(3) Putin
(4) L. Trotsky
Answer: L. Trotsky
(4) Which one of the following countries is related to the “Necklace of Diamonds” strategy ?
(1) China
(2) Russia
(3) Japan
(4) India
Answer: India
(5) A major factor that continues to contribute to terrorist activities in the Middle East is :
(1) a decrease in crude oil prices in the world market
(2) the Palestinian effort to desert their homeland
(3) the presence of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan
(4) the overwhelming terrorist onslaughts by the ISIS
Answer: the Palestinian effort to desert their homeland
(6) The big dam built by China on Brahmaputra river is known as –
(1) Yang Po Hydropower Project
(2) Zangbo Hydropower Project
(3) Zam Hydropower Project
(4) Yarlung Hydropower Project
Answer: Zam Hydropower Project
(7) ‘Zero-Sum’ game refers to which one of the following ?
(1) Win-Win situation for both
(2) Loss for both sides
(3) Winner takes all
(4) Neither a victory nor a loss for either
Answer: Neither a victory nor a loss for either
(8) Who described the concept of National Security as an Ambiguous symbol ?
(1) Frank Traeger
(2) Walter Lippmann
(3) Arnold wolfers
(4) Michael Loun
Answer: Arnold wolfers
(9) Under the UN Charter, a security regime based on the principle that an act of aggression by any state will be met by a collective response from the rest is called :
(1) Comprehensive Security
(2) Common Security
(3) Collective defence
(4) Collective Security
Answer: Collective Security
(10) Who, among the following Indian Army Generals, was the first to be bestowed with the rank of “Field Marshal” :
(1) Gen. K.M. Cariappa
(2) Gen. J.N. Chaudhary
(3) Gen. S.H.F.J. Maneckshaw
(4) Gen. T.N. Raina
Answer: Gen. S.H.F.J. Maneckshaw
(11) Who, among the following, is known as the father of India’s space Programme ?
(1) Homi Jahangir Bhabha
(2) C. V. Raman
(3) Vikram Sarabhai
(4) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Answer: Vikram Sarabhai
(12) Identify the correct code for Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :

Assertion (A) : No military strategist before Clausewitz had developed a systematic account of why things are destined to go wrong. A general whose plans depend on the perfect coordination of all his troops and equipment is likely to face a military disaster.

Reason (R) :The final modification made by Clausewitz is that whatever the course of battle, “in war, the result is never final.”

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not a comprehensive interpretation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are not correct
(3) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct
(4) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not a comprehensive interpretation of (A)
(13) Which one of the following Indian Army contingent had the privilege to march at the Moscow’s Red square to mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany :
(1) Gorkha Batallion
(2) Grenadiers
(3) Rajput Batallion
(4) Kumaon Regiment
Answer: Grenadiers
(14) Arrange the progress of India’s space application and related events in the ascending chronological order and use the code given below :

(i) Launch of the communication satellite GSAT - 14 by GSLV - DS, powered by indigenously developed cryogenic engine.

(ii) First successful launch of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)

(iii) Establishment of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS)

(iv) Development of the solid fuelled Satellite Launch Vehicle - 3 (SLV - 3)

Codes :
(1) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(2) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(3) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(4) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
Answer: (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(15) Who among the following, was the first Defence Minister of India ?
(1) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(2) Sardar Baldev Singh
(3) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(4) Krishna Menon
Answer: Sardar Baldev Singh

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