UGC NET/JRF EXAM, INTERNATIONAL & AREA STUDIES, June-2019* (PAPER-II) 

Total Questions: 39

11. Which one of the following events compelled the French Colonialists to exit from Vietnam?

Correct Answer: C. Tet offensive

12. Johannes Camphuys (1684-91) a Scholarly colonial administrator belonged to

Correct Answer: A. the English Administration

13. Which one of the following South-East Asian Countries was given its independence as early as 1935 by Franklin Roosevelt?

Correct Answer: B. Burma

14. In which year was Indonesia's nationalist organization 'Sarekat Islam' established?

Correct Answer: A. 1911

15. Which one of the regal titles the Thai King, Prajadhipok was conferred with?

Correct Answer: B. Rama V

16. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Decolonization of Africa was one of the turning points in the post-World War II period.
Reason (R): By the sixties, many former African colonies achieved independence and became members of the UN.

In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true

17. Who coined the term 'Third world'?

Correct Answer: A. Alfred Mahan

18. Who among the following American Presidents took the cause of 'Containment of Communism' as his policy?

Correct Answer: B. Harry Truman

19. The Casablanca Conference of January 1943, held during the inter-war period, decided to invade which one of the following countries?

Correct Answer: A. Germany

20. Who among the following is recognized for introducing the concept of 'Nationalism is Group Spirit'?

Correct Answer: B. David Held