UGC NET/JRF EXAM, INTERNATIONAL & AREA STUDIES, June-2020 PAPER-II)

Total Questions: 100

11. The concept of north-south division was popularized by which one of the following leaders?

Correct Answer: B. Willy Brandt

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

Assertion (A): The task of establishing a new world order after the second world war fell on the hands of the US and the Soviet Union.
Reason (R) : The Presidents of the US and the Soviet Union not only coordinated war plans but also laid plans for a postwar settlement.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

13. 'Cherry Blossom' a rocket-powered, humanguided anti-shipping missile was developed during WW II by which country?

Correct Answer: B. Japan

14. Who among the following said, "states appear as imagined and socially constructed communities"?

Correct Answer: B. Benedict Anderson

15. Who among the following stated that 'the end of the Cold War simply ensured that the values and lifestyles of the victors would be diffused throughout the globe much more effectively.'?

Correct Answer: B. D. Reynolds

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

Assertion (A): The end of the Cold War was to make an end to conflicts between the blocs whereby power politics and bipolarity would cease to exist.
Reason (R) : The post-Cold war world provide scope for a multipolar world with emphasis on the cooperative institutions.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

17. Given below are two statements one is labelled 18. as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): The idea of nationalism was a movement from below which grew out of identity and consciousness of larger communities in case of Yugoslavia.
Reason (R) : The possibility that nationalism could be imposed from above with the elites controlling them in order to secure political support is also a feature of nationalism today.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

18. Which of the following typology of states was proposed as a result of state transformation due to globalization?

(a) Post-modern states
(b) Modernizing states
(c) Colonial states
(d) Post-colonial states

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a) and (b) only

19. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATО) was created to:

Correct Answer: B. Strengthen Western Europe's resistance to Soviet influence

20. Which event ended the Thirty years Wars in Europe, and is regarded by many as the key event ushering in the contemporary Intenational System?

Correct Answer: A. The Peace of Westphalia (1648)