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Socio Peace Studies MCQs : This section focuses on the "Socio Peace Studies". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Socio Peace Studies skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.




Question 1

According to Gandhi is Untouchability is

A. love of mankind
B. crime
C. equality
D. none of these.

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Question 2

Swadesi means

A. globalization
B. decentralization
C. indegenous
D. none of the above

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Question 3

‘There is no way to peace.peace itself is the way’ who told this?

A. dalai llama
B. gandhi
C. buddha
D. tolstoy

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Question 4

Gandhiji's "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati.Who translated it into English?

A. maganlal gandhi
B. mahadev desai
C. pyarelalji
D. sushila nayyar

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Question 5

In February 1933 Gandhiji started the publication of a weekly paper, Harijan, to promotethe anti - untouchability campaign. Its first issue was out on February 11, 1933 from

A. bombay
B. ahmedabad
C. poona
D. nasik

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Question 6

Gandhi’s Book ‘The Satyahrah’ was originally written in

A. english
B. hindi
C. gujarati
D. bengali

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Question 7

Which is the largest democracy in the world

A. brazil
B. india
C. canada
D. china

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Question 8

No –soul theory is attributed to

A. buddhism
B. jainism
C. yoga
D. nyaya

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Question 9

In which language were Buddhist literature written in?

A. sanskrit
B. prakrit
C. hindi
D. pali

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Question 10

Which of the following contain Buddhist teachings?

A. chaityas
B. jatakas
C. tripitakas
D. none of these

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Question 11

What is the meaning of “Buddha“?

A. teacher
B. priest
C. enlightened
D. monks

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Question 12

‘Aryasatya’ enunciated by Buddha has

A. 3 truth
B. 4 truth
C. 5 truth
D. 6 truth

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Question 13

in which clan prince Siddhartha born?

A. sakya
B. koliya
C. maurya
D. gupta

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Question 14

‘ignorance is the root cause of all types of suffering’. This statement is related with

A. jainism
B. buddhism
C. carvaka
D. nyaya

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Question 15

What are the ratnas of Buddhism?

A. buddha
B. sangha
C. dhamma
D. all of these

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Question 16

where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?

A. sarnath
B. bodh gaya
C. kapilavastu
D. rajagriha

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Question 17

Buddha, damma and sangha together are known as

A. triratnas
B. trivarga
C. trisarga
D. trimurthi

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Question 18

“desire is the cause of all suffering”. This statement is related with

A. jainism
B. buddhism
C. carvaka
D. vaisesika

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Question 19

Meditation in Buddhism is

A. dhyana
B. dharana
C. samadhi
D. prathyahara

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Question 20

in Buddhism, the community of monks and nuns is called

A. sangh
B. dhamma
C. guru
D. none of these

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Question 21

The practice of ‘middle way’ is found in

A. buddhism
B. jainism
C. carvaka
D. vaisesika

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Question 22

categorical imperative is a term related with

A. gandhi
B. kant
C. plato
D. aristotle

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Question 23

According to Kant, categorical imperative is

A. rational
B. objective
C. unconditional
D. all of these

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Question 24

Categorical imperative is the idea of the will of the every rational being as a will thatlegislates universal law’. It is concerned with

A. dalai llama
B. gandhi
C. john rawls
D. kant

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Question 25

’kingdom of ends’ is a term related with

A. kant
B. john rawls
C. leo tolstoy
D. none of these

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Question 26

Kants ethical theory is

A. deontological
B. consequentialism
C. utilitarianism
D. none of these

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Question 27

political liberalism is a work by

A. kant
B. john rawls
C. locke
D. gandhi

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Question 28

starting point for Rawls’ thought experiment is

A. original position
B. maximize principle
C. difference principle
D. primary goods

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Question 29

’Difference principle’ is related with

A. john rawls
B. kant
C. hobbes
D. m.k. gandhi

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Question 30

who is the author of ‘war and peace’?

A. gandhi
B. martin luther king
C. leo tolstoy
D. dalai llama

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Question 31

Who is the first Indian to receive Nobel prize for peace

A. m.k. gandhi
B. mother teresa
C. sarojini naidu
D. amartya sen

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Question 32

‘Introductory essay-peace studies’ is written by

A. r.balasubrahmaniam
B. ranabira samaddara
C. t.m.p. mahadevan
D. j.b. kripalani

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Question 33

coercive is a

A. threat system
B. co-operative
C. convergent
D. non-violent resistance

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Question 34

co-operative is a

A. regulated exchange system
B. convergent
C. non-violent resistance
D. threat system

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Question 35

Convergent is

A. non-violent resistance
B. trans-national integration through values
C. co-operative
D. coercive

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Question 36

The Dandi march or salt satyagraha began on 12 th march

A. 1932
B. 1930
C. 1920
D. 1936

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Question 37

Where was Gandhi's first satyagraha in India ?

A. champaran
B. dandi
C. delhi
D. agra

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Question 38

when did Gandhi's All India Harijan Samaj start?

A. 1930
B. 1932
C. 1937
D. 1934

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Question 39

Who called Gandhi as half nakedseditious fakir?

A. jinnah
B. subash chandra bose
C. winston churchill
D. wudro wilson

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Question 40

Who is political guru of Gandhi?

A. gopal krishna gokhale
B. tolstoy
C. ruskin
D. tagore

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Question 41

who is known as frontier Gandhi?

A. khan abdul ghaffer khan
B. tagore
C. gokhale
D. baba amte

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Question 42

The life of mahatma vgandhi is written by

A. louis fischer
B. baba amte
C. tagore
D. joseph lelyveld

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Question 43

Quit India movement is also known as

A. august movement
B. may movement
C. july revolution
D. none of the above

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Question 44

The word tranquil means

A. peace.
B. truth
C. ahimsa
D. quite

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Question 45

Lokasamgraha is a concept in

A. arthashasthra.
B. bagavat githa
C. nyaya sutra
D. tripithaka

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Question 46

Adibhouthika means

A. material
B. divine
C. spiritual
D. none ofthese

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Question 47

Adyatmika means

A. material
B. divine
C. natural
D. spiritual

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Question 48

Adidaivika is related with

A. material
B. natural
C. divine
D. none of these

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Question 49

Fundamental principal of Gandhi’s philosophy of peace is called

A. non-violence
B. truth
C. god.
D. religion

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Question 50

Satyagraha means

A. insistence on non-violence
B. insistence on truth
C. insistence on justice

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Question 51

Buddha called the eight fold path as

A. janana marana chakra
B. samsara chakra
C. middle path
D. bhava chakra

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Question 52

Who says about the ‘causes of quarrel’?

A. kant
B. david hume
C. gandhi
D. thomas hobbes

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Question 53

Which one is not belonged to three definite instincts according to ThomasHobbes?

A. acquisitive
B. possessive.
C. glory
D. just

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Question 54

The primary formulation of Kantian ethics is called

A. categorical imperative
B. utilitarianism
C. consequentialsim
D. none of

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Question 55

A theory of justice is written by

A. marx
B. john rawls
C. kant
D. gandhi

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Question 56

John rawls was an

A. british
B. american
C. german
D. holand

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Question 57

Original position is a thought experiment propounded by

A. kant
B. marx
C. hume
D. john rawls

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Question 58

Who is the advocator of modern tradition of non-violent action for changeaccording to Dalai Llama

A. buddha
B. gandhiji
C. marx
D. hitler

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Question 59

Dalai Llama is

A. chinese monk
B. nepal
C. japan
D. tibetan monk

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Question 60

The root cause of all suffering according to Buddhism

A. vidya
B. four noble truths
C. ashtanga marga
D. ignorance

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Question 61

The doctrine of dependent origination is also called

A. pratityasamutpada
B. arya satya
C. kshanika vada
D. middle path

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Question 62

Which one of the category is not part of eight fold path?

A. wisdom
B. ethical conduct.
C. mental cultivation
D. kshanika vada

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Question 63

Ahimsa means

A. not to injure
B. not to jealous
C. not to desire
D. none of these

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Question 64

Dharma means

A. love
B. way of righteousness
C. himsa
D. karma

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Question 65

Moral autonomy is associated with the work of

A. john rawls
B. immanuel kant
C. locke
D. aristotle

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Question 66

According to kant freedom of action is restricted by

A. theory of justice.
B. original position.
C. veil of ignorance
D. moral

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Question 67

Leviathan is a great work written by

A. thomas hobbes
B. locke
C. plato
D. spinoza

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Question 68

Awareness of a communion identity is called

A. swadeshi
B. swaraj
C. national integration
D. none of these

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Question 69

The one who is mentally and bodily attuned to a specific socio-culturalspace is called

A. outsider
B. insider
C. outspoken
D. none of these

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Question 70

The one who does not experience the socio-cultural-political belonging iscalled

A. insider
B. outsider
C. outclass
D. none of these

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Question 71

Inherent and inalienable value of human being is called

A. human desire
B. fame
C. human dignity
D. none of these

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Question 72

Peoples rule is called

A. aristocracy
B. oligarchy
C. plutocracy
D. democracy

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Question 73

When two warring sides decides to call it quits, it’s called

A. truce
B. amnesty
C. treaty
D. none of these

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Question 74

The First World War held on

A. December 20, 1914
B. December 16, 1914
C. december 24, 1914.

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Question 75

Which one is milestone document in the history of human rights?

A. vedas
B. smritis
C. india constitution
D. universal declaration of human

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Question 76

which one is not included in three kinds of suffering or pain

A. adhyatmika
B. adhiboutika
C. adhidaivika
D. adhidhamma

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Question 77

In democracy supreme power is vested in the

A. governor
B. president
C. people
D. prime minister

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Question 78

Direct democracy is also called

A. pure democracy
B. representative
C. presidential
D. none of these

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Question 79

Indirect democracy is also called

A. pure democracy
B. representative democracy
C. presidential
D. none of

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Question 80

….is a permissive attitude toward those whose opinions differ fromone’s own.

A. amnesty
B. truce
C. tolerance
D. none of these

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Question 81

Doctrine of middle path is a contribution to

A. buddhism
B. jainism
C. samkhya
D. carvaka

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Question 82

Which one is not related to causal wheel of dependent origination?

A. dharmachakra
B. bhavachakra
C. samsara chakra
D. kshanika vada

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Question 83

which year Dalai Llama got Nobel price for peace?

A. 1967
B. 1972
C. 1976
D. 1989

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Question 84

satyagraha is a technique of

A. non –violence,
B. swadwshi
C. sarvodaya,
D. bhoodan

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Question 85

which of the following is not the requirements of satyagraha

A. faith in god
B. honest
C. fearless.
D. atheism

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Question 86

which of the following is not a kind of satyagraha

A. civil disobedience
B. dharna
C. fasting.
D. violence

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Question 87

which one is Gandhi’s ashram

A. sabarmati ashram
B. advaita ashram
C. sivagiri ashram
D. none of

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Question 88

The word ‘demo’ stands for

A. king
B. people
C. justice.
D. none of these.

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Question 89

The word ‘kratos’ meaning

A. rule
B. tyranny
C. injustice,
D. representation

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Question 90

Rawls tries to determine the principles of

A. justice
B. injustice
C. sovereign
D. rights

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Question 91

Thomas Hobbes was belonged to

A. english
B. french
C. america
D. german

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Question 92

Who advocate the state is not the creation of god

A. locke
B. kant.
C. berkeley
D. thomas hobbes

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Question 93

Which one is not the work of Thomas Hobbes?

A. de corpore
B. de cive
C. leviathan.
D. das capital

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Question 94

Thomas Hobbes says man is exclusively

A. selfish
B. just
C. genuine
D. innocent

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Question 95

Individual egoism is the theory of

A. locke
B. hobbes
C. hume
D. spinoza

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Question 96

Who said ‘man was perpetually at war with every other men’ ?

A. hobbes
B. descartes
C. leibniz
D. hegel

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Question 97

kantian ethics refers to

A. utilitarianism.
B. consequentialism.
C. deontological theory
D. all of

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Question 98

In deontology, deon means

A. injustice
B. rule.
C. duty
D. king

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Question 99

Suffering caused by self is called

A. adhiboutika.
B. adyatmika.
C. adhidaivika
D. none of these

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Question 100

Which one is the Vedic kind of peace?

A. adhiboutika.
B. adyatmika.
C. adhidaivika
D. all of these

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Question 101

The suffering caused by extrinsic super natural influence is called

A. adhiboutika.
B. adyatmika.
C. adhidaivika
D. none of these

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Question 102

The concept of nishkama karma is described in

A. bible
B. vedas
C. brahmasutra
D. bhagavat gita

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Question 103

Action without the expectation of result from action is called

A. nishkama karma
B. svadharma
C. ashrama dharma.
D. varna dharma.

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Question 104

The Republic is wriiten by

A. aristotle
B. plato
C. socrates.
D. descartes

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Question 105

The republic is mainly concerned with

A. anger
B. justice.
C. values
D. none of these

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Question 106

which one refers to underlying order in nature as well as order inhuman life and behavior

A. dharma.
B. karma
C. nirvana
D. kaivalya

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Question 107

who adopted the satyagraha marga

A. tagore
B. aurobindo
C. marx
D. gandhi

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Question 108

Bhagavat gita contains in

A. ramayana
B. mahabharatha
C. vedas
D. nyayasutra

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Question 109

Siddhartha Gautama is also known as

A. buddha
B. mahavira
C. gaudapada
D. sankaracharya

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Question 110

Which one is referred by Buddha as middle path?

A. arya satya
B. eight fold path
C. kshanika vada
D. none of these

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Question 111

state of peace and quiet is called

A. tranquility
B. truce
C. armistice
D. treatise

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Question 112

according to kapila three sources of pain is known as

A. trigunas
B. triratnas
C. trividham dhukham
D. none of these

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Question 113

The most fundamental principle of Gandhi’s philosophy of peace is

A. truth
B. non-violence
C. sarvodaya
D. breadlabour

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Question 114

Practical ethics is written by

A. peter singer
B. immanuel kant
C. william lilly
D. g.e. moore.

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Question 115

One world is a work by

A. dalai llama
B. gandhi
C. peter singer
D. immanuel kant

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Question 116

Invitation to Indian philosophy is written by

A. t.m.p. mahadevan
B. dr. s. radhakrishnan
C. aurobindo
D. m.k. gandhi

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Question 117

Theory of satyagraha in Gandhi and his life and thought is a work by

A. j.b. kripalani
B. vinoba bhave
C. jayaprakash narayan
D. dalai llama

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Question 118

First indo-pak war was started in

A. 1947
B. 1962
C. 1956
D. 1972

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Question 119

kargil war was held in

A. 2000
B. 1999
C. 2001
D. 1998

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Question 120

Smiling buddha is related with

A. pokhran -1
B. pokhran-2
C. kirana -1
D. none of these

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Question 121

Indus river treaty is between

A. india and china
B. india and pakistan
C. india and sre lanka
D. pakistan

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Question 122

Which of the following organization led the foundation towards the formation of theInternational society nations?

A. league of nations
B. united nations
C. international un federation
D. international

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Question 123

Which organization is termed as "a Child of War"?

A. un
B. league of nations
C. saarc
D. who

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Question 124

Which of the following place is the headquarters of IMF (International MonetaryFund)?

A. geneva
B. paris
C. washington
D. hague

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Question 125

Who had given the "Fourteen Point" programme for the formation of League ofNations?

A. williamson
B. franklin d. roosevelt
C. sam kutesa
D. woodrow wilson

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Question 126

Which Conference adopted the United Nations Charter on 26th January, 1945?

A. london conference
B. tokyo conference
C. san francisco conference
D. none of

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Question 127

Under whom recommendations the UN General Assembly suspends the UNmembership?

A. judicial body
B. international judicial community
C. security council
D. all of the

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Question 128

In which year did the United Nations come into existence?

A. 1943
B. 1945
C. 1946
D. 1944

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Question 129

Where is the Headquarters of United Nations?

A. geneva
B. berne
C. washington
D. new york

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Question 130

Where is the headquarters of international court of justice?

A. prague
B. geneva
C. the hague
D. new york

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Question 131

Which organ of the UN is charged with maintaining peace and security among countries?

A. general assembly
B. security council
C. trusteeship council
D. international court of justice

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Question 132

Universal declaration on human rights was in

A. 1948
B. 1958
C. i956
D. 1959

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Question 133

The international covenant on civil and political rights was made in

A. 1966
B. 1967
C. 1965
D. 1969

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Question 134

Elimination of structural violence is called

A. positive peace
B. structural peace
C. power peace
D. negative peace

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Question 135

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on

A. October 5, 1896
B. October 3, 1840
C. October 2, 1869
D. October 10, 1880

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Question 136

When was the Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed?

A. March 1, 1932
B. March 10, 1935
C. March 5, 1931
D. March 7, 1937

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Question 137

Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?

A. ahimsa and peace
B. ahimsa and truth
C. truth and peace
D. none of these

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Question 138

Who is the author of kingdom of God is within you?

A. gandhi
B. ruskin
C. leo tolstoy
D. none of these

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Question 139

’mahatma’ means

A. great soul
B. leader
C. prince
D. justice

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Question 140

In what year Gandhi’s India opinion founded?

A. 1890
B. 1904
C. 1896
D. 1894

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Question 141

Who is the author of 'Unto This Last'?

A. john ruskin
B. ruskin bond
C. hermann kallenbach
D. louis fischer

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Question 142

___is opposition to war , violence or militarianism

A. pacifism
B. amnesty
C. truce
D. none of these

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Question 143

Universal declaration of human rights was on

A. 10-Dec-48
B. 11-Dec-48
C. 12-Dec-48
D. 13

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Question 144

___is known as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person isinherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being

A. human rights
B. human desire
C. human duty
D. none of these

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Question 145

Shimla agreement was signed between India and Pakistan on

A. 02-Jul-72
B. 02-Jul-82
C. 02-Jun-62
D. 02-Jun-52

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Question 146

When was the United Nations adopted the Charter of Economic Rights?

A. Dec-80
B. Dec-64
C. Dec-74
D. Dec-76

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