Chapter-5 Security in the Contemporary World — Online MCQ Test
POLITICAL SCIENCE · Grade 12 · CBSE(NCERT)
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This chapter covers: traditional security - non-traditional security - terrorism - poverty - health pandemics - deterrence.
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Chapter-5 Security in the Contemporary World — Important Questions & Answers
Which of the following is considered a traditional security threat?
- A. Military invasion and territorial aggression
- B. Pandemic diseases
- C. Climate change
- D. Economic inequality
Answer: A. Military invasion and territorial aggression
Traditional security focuses on military and state-to-state threats like invasion and territorial disputes, as opposed to non-traditional threats.
Traditional security focuses on military and state-to-state threats like invasion and territorial disputes, as opposed to non-traditional threats.
What does 'non-traditional security' primarily concern itself with?
- A. Only nuclear weapons
- B. Issues like poverty, disease, environmental degradation, and terrorism
- C. Naval blockades
- D. Border disputes between nations
Answer: B. Issues like poverty, disease, environmental degradation, and terrorism
Non-traditional security broadens the concept of security beyond military threats to include socio-economic and environmental challenges.
Non-traditional security broadens the concept of security beyond military threats to include socio-economic and environmental challenges.
Terrorism is primarily characterized by:
- A. Use of violence by state armies only
- B. Use of violence by non-state actors to create fear and achieve political objectives
- C. Economic sanctions between countries
- D. Diplomatic disagreements
Answer: B. Use of violence by non-state actors to create fear and achieve political objectives
Terrorism involves deliberate use of violence by non-state actors targeting civilians to instill fear and achieve political, religious, or ideological goals.
Terrorism involves deliberate use of violence by non-state actors targeting civilians to instill fear and achieve political, religious, or ideological goals.
Which of the following is NOT a traditional security concern?
- A. Military alliances
- B. Nuclear deterrence
- C. Poverty and malnutrition
- D. Armed conflict between states
Answer: C. Poverty and malnutrition
Poverty and malnutrition are non-traditional security concerns, while the others are traditional state-centric military security issues.
Poverty and malnutrition are non-traditional security concerns, while the others are traditional state-centric military security issues.
The relationship between poverty and security is best described as:
- A. Unrelated
- B. Poverty directly leads to social instability and can fuel terrorism and conflict
- C. Only affects developed nations
- D. A temporary economic issue
Answer: B. Poverty directly leads to social instability and can fuel terrorism and conflict
Poverty creates social instability, lack of opportunities, and grievances that can be exploited by terrorist groups and lead to conflict.
Poverty creates social instability, lack of opportunities, and grievances that can be exploited by terrorist groups and lead to conflict.
How does the concept of 'human security' differ from traditional security?
- A. It focuses only on military threats
- B. It emphasizes protection of individuals from various threats including poverty, disease, and violence
- C. It ignores state interests
- D. It is only relevant to developing countries
Answer: B. It emphasizes protection of individuals from various threats including poverty, disease, and violence
Human security shifts the focus from state-centric military security to the security and well-being of individuals across multiple dimensions.
Human security shifts the focus from state-centric military security to the security and well-being of individuals across multiple dimensions.
Analyzing the relationship between inequality and terrorism, which is MOST accurate?
- A. Inequality has no connection to terrorist recruitment
- B. Economic and social inequality can create grievances exploited by terrorist organizations for recruitment and radicalization
- C. Only wealthy countries experience terrorism
- D. Terrorism is purely a religious phenomenon unrelated to economic factors
Answer: B. Economic and social inequality can create grievances exploited by terrorist organizations for recruitment and radicalization
Research shows that relative deprivation and inequality create conditions where terrorist groups can recruit by offering identity and purpose to marginalized individuals.
Research shows that relative deprivation and inequality create conditions where terrorist groups can recruit by offering identity and purpose to marginalized individuals.
How does the concept of 'comprehensive security' attempt to address limitations of traditional security approaches?
- A. By focusing only on nuclear weapons
- B. By integrating military, economic, environmental, health, and human security dimensions into a holistic framework
- C. By increasing military spending
- D. By ignoring international cooperation
Answer: B. By integrating military, economic, environmental, health, and human security dimensions into a holistic framework
Comprehensive security recognizes that state security requires addressing multiple interconnected threats across various domains, not just military ones.
Comprehensive security recognizes that state security requires addressing multiple interconnected threats across various domains, not just military ones.
Advanced: How do transnational issues like pandemics and terrorism fundamentally alter the traditional concept of state sovereignty in security matters?
- A. They reinforce absolute state sovereignty
- B. They necessitate shared responsibility, cross-border cooperation, and sometimes supranational coordination that transcends traditional sovereignty limits
- C. Sovereignty remains completely unchanged
- D. Only military issues affect sovereignty
Answer: B. They necessitate shared responsibility, cross-border cooperation, and sometimes supranational coordination that transcends traditional sovereignty limits
Transnational threats require states to collaborate beyond traditional boundaries, sharing intelligence and resources, thereby qualifying absolute sovereignty.
Transnational threats require states to collaborate beyond traditional boundaries, sharing intelligence and resources, thereby qualifying absolute sovereignty.
Advanced: Which represents the most significant conceptual challenge that non-traditional security poses to conventional international relations theory?
- A. It proves realism is entirely correct
- B. It challenges the assumption that the state is the primary security actor and suggests security is multidimensional, requiring multiple actors and interdisciplinary solutions
- C. It has no theoretical implications
- D. It only applies to poor countries
Answer: B. It challenges the assumption that the state is the primary security actor and suggests security is multidimensional, requiring multiple actors and interdisciplinary solutions
Non-traditional security fundamentally questions state-centric IR theory by demonstrating that non-state actors, global forces, and individual vulnerability matter profoundly.
Non-traditional security fundamentally questions state-centric IR theory by demonstrating that non-state actors, global forces, and individual vulnerability matter profoundly.