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

Total Questions: 100

81. Which of the following countries American President Ronald Regan had described as 'evil empire'?

Correct Answer: A. Soviet Union

82. Match List-I with List-II.

List-I (Russian Leader)List-II (Associated Event)
(a) Vladimir Lenin(i) Brezhnev Doctrine
(b) Joseph Stalin(ii) October Revolution
(c) Nikita Khrushchev(iii) The Doctor’s Plot
(d) Leonid Brezhev(iv) Cuban missile crisis

Codes:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A.(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
B.(iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
C.(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
D.(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
Correct Answer: C.

83. Mikhail Gorbachev is associated with:

A. October Revolution
B. Tsarist rule
C. Glasnost
D. Perestroika

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: D. (c) and (d) only

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

Assertion (A): After successful war ventures in France, England and Poland, Germany had amassed enormous wealth and military power.
Reason (R): In july 1940, Hitler worked out a plan called Barbarossa to attack Soviet political and economic city centers.

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

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

85. Match List-I with List-II.

List-I (Organization)List-II (Head Quarters)
(a) Human Right Council(i) New york
(b) European Union(ii) The Hague
(c) International Court of Justice(iii) Brussels
(d) The United Nations(iv) Geneva

Codes:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A.(ii)(iii)(i)(iv)
B.(iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
C.(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
D.(ii)(i)(iv)(iii)
Correct Answer: B.

86. The founding father of the European Union (EU) was:

Correct Answer: C. Jean Monnet

87. The year 1957 was famous in Russian history because:

(a) Krushchev became President of Russia
(b) Cold War was at its peak
(c) Russia launched its first inter-continental ballistic missile
(d) Russia sent first artifical satellite into orbit around the Earth

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (c) and (d) only

88. The proces of collectivization in Russia led to:

(a) killing of million of peasants
(b) widespread epidemic
(c) economic prosperity
(d) destruction of equipment and livestock

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

 

Correct Answer: D. (a) and (d) only

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

Assertion(A) : Russian Consitution limited the popular Putin to twofive years terms as President.
Reason (R) : Putin simply switched jobs with his protege, Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, who in 2008 was elected president as the candidate of the United Russia political party.

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

Correct Answer: D. (A) is false, but (R) is true

90. Who was bought to power in Georgia after "Rose Revolution" in January, 2004.

Correct Answer: A. Mikheil Saakashvili