Defence Studies Objective Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Defence Studies MCQs Set 22

(a) Shimla Agreement

(b) Tashkant Agreement

(c) Indo-Soviet Treaty

(d) Panchsheel Agreement

Assertion(A) : In the realm of armaments, one nation’s common sense is another’s high blood pressure.

Reason (R) : Sometimes the excessive competition in arms race brings tensions, fears and conflict amongst nation-states.

Assertion (A) : The concept that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter must be made unacceptable.

Reason (R) : Terrorist survive due to significant support from outside.

Assertion (A) : Terrorism is an act of premeditated violence or threat to use violence.

Reason (R) : It is not like a natural disaster before which we are helpless. It is a means to achieve certain ends.

Assertion (A) : NATO is once again acquiring military and ideological significance. Euro Atlantic Alliance was historically founded on the principles of negation; it was the product of Soviet threat, aligned under a system of values aimed at countering this threat.

Reason (R) : Now in the era of loss of universal western values and a re-assessment of the results of globalization, it is once again the identity of negation of opposing Russian threat, whether real or imaginary.

Assertion (A) : Military activities need to be closely co-ordinated with diplomatic actions as well as keeping communication channels open to all parties.

Reason (R) : There can be no purely military solution to the issues involved, but few political solutions are inevitable without sufficient backing by force.