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

Total Questions: 39

21. Under WTO framework, when one country accords a certain trading privileg to another country, it is duty bound to accord that same privilege to every other nation within the WTO. This is called what?

Correct Answer: A. Most Favoured Nation Status

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

Assertion (A): A fundamental shift in America's China policy is underway, as illustrated by the trade war and the Idno-Pacific strategy.
Reason (R) : The enactment of 'Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act' and 'Taiwan Travel Act' showcases the tougher line US toes against China.

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

Correct Answer: B. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct

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

Assertion (A): The concept of energy  security and energy independence refers as much to the securing of steady and reliable supplies of energy resources as it does to obtaining them at reasonable and stable pricesfrom diversified sources  while developing, at the same time the conventional and alternative sources for creating strategic reserve at the domestic level.
Reason (R) : Rising Asian powers such as China and India as well as Japan and South Korea are extending their areas of energy diplomacy and also promoting connectivity projects in Central Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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

Correct Answer: B. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

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

Assertion (A) : The China sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the BRICS pioneered the New Development Bank (NDB) as an effort by the emerging economic powers to make the IMF and the World Bank more accountable and ushering in an alternative development funding paradigm.
Reason (R) : The IMF and the World Bank had been criticised of either ignoring or lacking sensitivity towards the needs and interests of the developing coutries.

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

Correct Answer: D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

25. Which one of the following legally binding regimes pursues the complete cessation of nuclear tests?

Correct Answer: D. NSG

26. Who is the author of the book titled Asia Pacific: Its Role in ine New World Disorder?

Correct Answer: D. NSG

27. Arrange the following works in chronologically ascending order with the heip of the correct code given below:

(a) Unipolar Moment
(b) End of History
(c) Geopolitics: From the Cold War to the 21st Century
(d) Sovereignty as Hypocrisy

Codes:

Correct Answer: C. (c), (b), (a), (d)

28. Arrange the following in ascending chronological order by using the correct code given below:

(a) EAS
(b) BRI
(c) AU
(d) ARF

Codes:

Correct Answer: D. (b), (c), (d), (a)

29. Which .one of the following Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summits, advocated withdrawal of foreign forces from Vietnam?

Correct Answer: A. Cairo Summit, 1964

30. Arrange the following events in ascending order with the help of the given codes:

(a) 9/11 Terror Attack
(b) Withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan
(c) 'OВOR' Initiative
(d) 26/11 Mumbai Attack

Codes: 

Correct Answer: D. (c), (d), (a), (b)