Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

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Part-1 of Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

According to Gandhi is Untouchability is….

  1. Love of mankind
  2. Crime
  3. Equality
  4. None of these.

Answer: A

Swadesi means….

  1. Globalization
  2. Decentralization
  3. Indigenous
  4. None of the above

Answer: C

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

  1. Dalai llama
  2. Gandhi
  3. Buddha
  4. Tolstoy

Answer: B

—is opposition to war , violence or militarianism

  1. Pacifism
  2. Amnesty
  3. Truce
  4. None of these

Answer: A

The word tranquil means

  1. Peace.
  2. Truth
  3. Ahimsa
  4. Quite

Answer: D

Universal declaration of human rights was on

  1. 10 December 1948
  2. 11 December 1948
  3. 12 December 1948
  4. 13 December 1948

Answer: A

Lokasamgraha is a concept in

  1. Arthashasthra.
  2. Bagavat githa
  3. Nyaya sutra
  4. Tripithaka

Answer: B

Adibhouthika means

  1. Material
  2. Divine
  3. Spiritual
  4. None of these

Answer: C

Adyatmika means

  1. Material
  2. Divine
  3. Natural
  4. Spiritual

Answer: D

Adidaivika is related with

  1. Material
  2. Natural
  3. Divine
  4. None of these

Answer: C

Fundamental principal of Gandhi’s philosophy of peace is called

  1. Non-violence
  2. Truth
  3. God
  4. Religion

Answer: A

Satyagraha means

  1. Insistence on non-violence
  2. Insistence on truth
  3. Insistence on justice

Answer: B

Gandhi adopted —as the moral equivalent to war and conflict

  1. Himsa
  2. Satyagraha
  3. Fasting
  4. Dharnna

Answer: B

The term civil disobedience was coined by

  1. Gandhi
  2. Tolstoy
  3. Marx
  4. Henry david thoreau

Answer: D

Refusal to obey laws and government is called

  1. Ahimsa
  2. Himsa
  3. Swaraj
  4. Civil disobedience

Answer: D

Buddha called the eight fold path as

  1. Janana marana chakra
  2. Samsara chakra
  3. Middle path
  4. Bhava chakra

Answer: C

Who says about the ‘causes of quarrel’?

  1. Kant
  2. David hume
  3. Gandhi
  4. Thomas hobbes

Answer: D

Which one is not belonged to three definite instincts according tThomas Hobbes?

  1. Acquisitive
  2. Possessive.
  3. Glory
  4. Just

Answer: D

The primary formulation of Kantian ethics is called

  1. Categorical imperative
  2. Utilitarianism
  3. Consequentialsim
  4. None of them

Answer: A

A theory of justice is written by

  1. Marx
  2. John Rawls
  3. Kant
  4. Gandhi

Answer: B

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Part-2 of Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

John Rawls was an ……..

  1. British
  2. American
  3. German
  4. Holand

Answer: B

Original position is a thought experiment propounded by ……..

  1. Kant
  2. Marx
  3. Hume
  4. John Rawls

Answer: D

Who is the advocator of modern tradition of non-violent action for change according to Dalai Llama ………

  1. Buddha
  2. Gandhiji
  3. Marx
  4. Hitler

Answer: B

Dalai Llama is ……..

  1. Chinese monk
  2. Nepal
  3. Japan
  4. Tibetan monk

Answer: D

The root cause of all suffering according to Buddhism ……..

  1. Vidya
  2. Four noble truths
  3. Ashtanga marga
  4. Ignorance

Answer: D

The doctrine of dependent origination is also called ……..

  1. Pratityasamutpada
  2. Arya satya
  3. Kshanika vada
  4. middle path

Answer: A

Gandhi called his form of disobedience as ……..

  1. Himsa
  2. Sathyagraha
  3. Fasting
  4. Dharnna

Answer: B

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

  1. wisdom
  2. Ethical conduct.
  3. mental cultivation
  4. Kshanika vada

Answer: D

Ahimsa means ……..

  1. Not to injure
  2. Not to jealous
  3. Not to desire
  4. None of these

Answer: A

Dharma means ……..

  1. Love
  2. Way of righteousness
  3. Himsa
  4. Karma

Answer: B

Moral autonomy is associated with the work of …..

  1. John Rawls
  2. immanuel kant
  3. Locke
  4. Aristotle

Answer: B

According to Kant freedom of action is restricted by….

  1. Theory of justice.
  2. Original position.
  3. Veil of ignorance
  4. Moral

Answer: D

Leviathan is a great work written by …….

  1. Thomas hobbes
  2. Locke
  3. Plato
  4. Spinoza

Answer: A

Awareness of a communion identity is called ……

  1. Swadeshi
  2. Swaraj
  3. National integration
  4. None of these

Answer: B

The one who is mentally and bodily attuned to a specific socio-cultural ……..

  1. Space is called
  2. Outsider
  3. Insider
  4. Outspoken

None of these

Answer: B

The one who does not experience the socio-cultural-political belonging is called ……

  1. Insider
  2. Outsider
  3. Outclass
  4. None of these

Answer: B

Inherent and inalienable value of human being is called ……

  1. Human desire
  2. Fame
  3. Human dignity
  4. None of these

Answer: C

Peoples rule is called

  1. Aristocracy
  2. Oligarchy
  3. Plutocracy
  4. Democracy

Answer: D

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

  1. Truce
  2. Amnesty
  3. Treaty
  4. None of these

Answer: A

The First World War held on ……

  1. December 20, 1914
  2. December 16, 1914
  3. December 24, 1914.

Answer: C

______is known as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being ……

  1. Human rights
  2. Human desire
  3. Human duty
  4. None of these

Answer: A

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

  1. Vedas
  2. Smritis
  3. India constitution
  4. Universal declaration of human

Answer: D

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

  1. Adhyatmika
  2. Adhiboutika
  3. Adhidaivika
  4. Adhidhamma

Answer: D

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Part-3 of Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

In democracy supreme power is vested in the

  1. Governor
  2. President
  3. People
  4. Prime minister

Answer: C

Direct democracy is also called

  1. Pure democracy
  2. Representative
  3. Presidential
  4. None of these

Answer: A

Indirect democracy is also called

  1. Pure democracy
  2. Representative democracy
  3. Presidential
  4. None of them

Answer: B

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

  1. Amnesty
  2. Truce
  3. Tolerance
  4. None of these

Answer: C

Gandhi said – is a peaceful form of civil disobedience

  1. Satyagraha
  2. Himsa
  3. Aparigraha
  4. None of these

Answer: A

Doctrine of middle path is a contribution to

  1. Buddhism
  2. Jainism
  3. Samkhya
  4. Carvaka

Answer: A

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

  1. Dharmachakra
  2. Bhavachakra
  3. Samsara chakra
  4. Kshanika vada

Answer: D

which year Dalai Llama got Nobel price for peace?

  1. 1967
  2. 1972.
  3. 1976.
  4. 1989

Answer: D

Satyagraha is a technique of

  1. Non –violence,
  2. Swadwshi
  3. Sarvodaya,
  4. Bhoodan

Answer: A

Which of the following is not the requirements of satyagraha

  1. Faith in God
  2. Honest
  3. Fearless.
  4. Atheism

Answer: D

Which of the following is not a kind of satyagraha

  1. Civil disobedience
  2. Dharna
  3. Fasting.
  4. Violence

Answer: D

Which one is not suit for satyagrahi?

  1. Resisting injustice
  2. Respect opponent
  3. Self Sacrifice
  4. killing

Answer: D

Satyagraha is a force against

  1. Violence
  2. Tyranny
  3. Injustice
  4. All of these

Answer: D

Which one is Gandhi’s ashram

  1. Sabarmati ashram
  2. Advaita ashram
  3. Sivagiri ashram
  4. None of them

Answer: A

The word ‘demo’ stands for

  1. King
  2. People
  3. Justice.
  4. None of these.

Answer: B

The word ‘kratos’ meaning

  1. Rule
  2. Tyranny
  3. Injustice,
  4. Representation

Answer: A

Rawls tries to determine the principles of

  1. Justice
  2. Injustice
  3. Sovereign
  4. Rights

Answer: A

Thomas Hobbes was belonged to

  1. English
  2. French
  3. America
  4. German

Answer: A

Who advocate the state is not the creation of god

  1. Locke
  2. Kant.
  3. Berkeley
  4. Thomas Hobbes

Answer: D

Which one is not the work of Thomas Hobbes?

  1. De Corpore
  2. De Cive
  3. Leviathan.
  4. Das Capital

Answer: D

Thomas Hobbes says man is exclusively

  1. Selfish
  2. Just
  3. Genuine
  4. Innocent

Answer: A

Individual egoism is the theory of

  1. Locke
  2. Hobbes
  3. Hume
  4. Spinoza

Answer: B

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Part-4 of Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

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

  1. Hobbes
  2. Descartes
  3. Leibniz
  4. Hegel

Answer: A

Kantian ethics refers to

  1. Utilitarianism.
  2. Consequentialism.
  3. Deontological theory
  4. All of them

Answer: C

In deontology, deon means

  1. Injustice
  2. Rule.
  3. Duty
  4. King

Answer: C

Suffering caused by self is called

  1. Adhiboutika.
  2. Adyatmika.
  3. Adhidaivika
  4. None of these

Answer: B

Which one is the Vedic kind of peace?

  1. Adhiboutika.
  2. Adyatmika.
  3. Adhidaivika
  4. all of these

Answer: D

The suffering caused by extrinsic super natural influence is called

  1. Adhiboutika.
  2. Adyatmika.
  3. Adhidaivika
  4. None of these

Answer: C

The concept of Nishkama Karma is described in

  1. Bible
  2. Vedas
  3. Brahmasutra
  4. Bhagavat gita

Answer: D

Action without the expectation of result from action is called

  1. Nishkama karma
  2. Svadharma
  3. Ashrama dharma.
  4. Varna dharma.

Answer: A

The Republic is written by

  1. Aristotle
  2. Plato
  3. Socrates.
  4. Descartes

Answer: B

The republic is mainly concerned with

  1. Anger
  2. Justice.
  3. values
  4. None of these

Answer: B

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

  1. Dharma
  2. Karma
  3. Nirvana
  4. Kaivalya

Answer: A

Who adopted the satyagraha marga

  1. Tagore
  2. Aurobindo
  3. Marx
  4. Gandhi

Answer: D

Bhagavat Gita contains in

  1. Ramayana
  2. Mahabharatha
  3. Vedas
  4. Nyayasutra

Answer: B

Siddhartha Gautama is also known as

  1. Buddha
  2. Mahavira
  3. Gaudapada
  4. Sankaracharya

Answer: A

Which one is referred by Buddha as middle path?

  1. Arya satya
  2. Eight fold path
  3. Kshanika vada
  4. None of these

Answer: B

State of peace and quiet is called

  1. Tranquility
  2. Truce
  3. Armistice
  4. Treatise

Answer: A

According to Kapila three sources of pain is known as

  1. Trigunas
  2. Triratnas
  3. Trividham dhukham
  4. none of these

Answer: C

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

  1. Truth
  2. Non-violence
  3. Sarvodaya
  4. Breadlabour

Answer: B

According to Gandhi the universal human value of ahimsa ought to be cultivated in ——-levels

  1. International
  2. Personal
  3. National
  4. All of these

Answer: D

Holding onto truth is called

  1. Satyagraha
  2. Truth
  3. Non-violence
  4. Means

Answer: A

Truth force is called

  1. Sarvodaya
  2. Eight fold path
  3. Satyagraha
  4. Four noble truth

Answer: C

To prevent conflicts caused by religious bigotry, Gandhi suggested

  1. Sarva dharma samabhav
  2. Sarvodaya
  3. Swaraj
  4. Swadeshi

Answer: A

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Part-5 of Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

Practical ethics is written by

  1. Peter singer
  2. Immanuel kant
  3. William lilly
  4. G.E. Moore.

Answer: A

One world is a work by

  1. Dalai llama
  2. Gandhi
  3. Peter Singer
  4. Immanuel Kant

Answer: C

Invitation to Indian philosophy is written by

  1. T.M.P. Mahadevan
  2. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
  3. Aurobindo
  4. M.k. Gandhi

Answer: A

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

  1. J.b. Kripalani
  2. Vinoba Bhave
  3. Jayaprakash Narayan
  4. Dalai Llama

Answer: B

First Indo-Pak war was started in…..

  1. 1947
  2. 1962
  3. 1956
  4. 1972

Answer: A

Shimla agreement was signed between India and Pakistan on

  1. 2 July 1972
  2. 2 July 1982
  3. 2 June 1962
  4. 2 June 1952

Answer: A

Kargil war was held in

  1. 2000
  2. 1999.
  3. 2001
  4. 1998

Answer: B

Smiling Buddha is related with

  1. Pokhran -1
  2. Pokhran-2
  3. Kirana -1
  4. None of these

Answer: A

Indus river treaty is between

  1. India and china
  2. India and Pakistan
  3. India and Sre Lanka
  4. Pakistan

Answer: B

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

  1. League of Nations
  2. United Nations
  3. International un federation
  4. International

Answer: A

Which organization is termed as “a Child of War”?

  1. UN
  2. League of Nations
  3. SAARC
  4. WHO

Answer: B

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

  1. Geneva
  2. Paris
  3. Washington
  4. Hague

Answer: C

Who had given the “Fourteen Point” programme for the formation of LEAGUE of NATIONS?

  1. Williamson
  2. Franklin d. Roosevelt
  3. Sam Kutesa
  4. Woodrow Wilson

Answer: D

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

  1. December 1980
  2. December 1964
  3. December 1974
  4. December 1976

Answer: C

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

  1. London conference
  2. Tokyo conference
  3. San Francisco conference
  4. None of them

Answer: C

Under whom recommendations the UN General Assembly suspends the UN membership?

  1. Judicial body
  2. International judicial community
  3. Security Council
  4. all of the

Answer: C

In which year did the United Nations come into existence?

  1. 1943
  2. 1945
  3. 1946
  4. 1944

Answer: B

Where is the Headquarters of United Nations?

  1. Geneva
  2. Berne
  3. Washington
  4. New York

Answer: D

Where is the headquarters of international court of justice?

  1. Prague
  2. Geneva
  3. The Hague
  4. New York

Answer: C

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

  1. General Assembly
  2. Security Council
  3. Trusteeship Council
  4. International Court of Justice

Answer: B

Universal declaration on human rights was in

  1. 1948.
  2. 1958
  3. i956
  4. 1959

Answer: A

The international covenant on civil and political rights was made in

  1. 1966.
  2. 1967.
  3. 1965
  4. 1969

Answer: A

Part – 6 of Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

Elimination of structural violence is called

  1. Positive Peace
  2. Structural Peace
  3. Power peace
  4. Negative Peace

Answer: A

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on

  1. October 5, 1896
  2. October 3, 1840
  3. October 2, 1869
  4. October 10, 1880

Answer: C

When was the Gandhi – Irwin Pact signed?

  1. March 1, 1932
  2. March 10, 1935
  3. March 5, 1931
  4. March 7, 1937

Answer: C

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

  1. Ahimsa and peace
  2. Ahimsa and truth
  3. Truth and peace
  4. None of these

Answer: B

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

  1. Gandhi
  2. Ruskin
  3. Leo Tolstoy
  4. None of these

Answer: C

’Mahatma’ means

  1. Great soul
  2. Leader
  3. Prince
  4. Justice

Answer: A

In what year Gandhi’s India opinion founded?

  1. 1890
  2. 1904
  3. 1896.
  4. 1894

Answer: B

Who is the author of ‘Unto This Last’?

  1. John Ruskin
  2. Ruskin Bond
  3. Hermann Kallenbach
  4. Louis Fischer

Answer: A

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

  1. Maganlal gandhi
  2. Mahadev desai
  3. Pyarelalji
  4. Sushila nayyar

Answer: B

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

  1. Bombay
  2. Ahmedabad
  3. Poona
  4. Nasik

Answer: C

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

  1. English
  2. Hindi
  3. Gujarati
  4. Bengali

Answer: C

Which is the largest democracy in the world

  1. Brazil
  2. India
  3. Canada
  4. China

Answer: B

No –soul theory is attributed to

  1. Buddhism
  2. Jainism
  3. Yoga
  4. Nyaya

Answer: A

In which language were Buddhist literature written in?

  1. Sanskrit
  2. Prakrit
  3. Hindi
  4. Pali

Answer: B

Which of the following contain Buddhist teachings?

  1. Chaityas
  2. Jatakas
  3. Tripitakas
  4. None of these

Answer: C

What is the meaning of “Buddha“?

  1. Teacher
  2. Priest
  3. Enlightened
  4. Monks

Answer: C

‘Aryasatya’ enunciated by Buddha has

  1. 3 truth
  2. 4 truth
  3. 5 truth
  4. 6 truth

Answer: B

In which clan prince Siddhartha born?

  1. Sakya
  2. Koliya
  3. Maurya
  4. Gupta

Answer: A

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

  1. Jainism
  2. Buddhism
  3. Carvaka
  4. Nyaya

Answer: B

What are the ratnas of Buddhism?

  1. Buddha
  2. Sangha
  3. Dhamma
  4. All of these

Answer: D

Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?

  1. Sarnath
  2. Bodh Gaya
  3. Kapilavastu
  4. Rajagriha

Answer: B

Buddha, damma and sangha together are known as

  1. Triratnas
  2. Trivarga
  3. Trisarga
  4. Trimurthi

Answer: A

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Part – 7 of Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

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

  1. JAINISM
  2. Buddhism
  3. Carvaka
  4. Vaisesika

Answer: B

Meditation in Buddhism is

  1. Dhyana
  2. Dharana
  3. Samadhi
  4. Prathyahara

Answer: A

in Buddhism, the community of monks and nuns is called

  1. Sangh
  2. Dhamma
  3. Guru
  4. None of these

Answer: A

The practice of ‘middle way’ is found in

  1. Buddhism
  2. Jainism
  3. Carvaka
  4. Vaisesika

Answer: A

categorical imperative is a term related with

  1. Gandhi
  2. Kant
  3. Plato
  4. Aristotle

Answer: B

According to Kant, categorical imperative is

  1. Rational
  2. Objective
  3. Unconditional
  4. All of these

Answer: D

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

  1. Dalai llama
  2. gandhi
  3. John Rawls
  4. Kant

Answer: D

’kingdom of ends’ is a term related with

  1. Kant
  2. John Rawls
  3. Leo Tolstoy
  4. None of these

Answer: C

KANTS ethical theory is

  1. Deontological
  2. Consequentialism
  3. Utilitarianism
  4. None of these

Answer: A

Political liberalism is a work by

  1. Kant
  2. John Rawls
  3. Locke
  4. Gandhi

Answer: B

Starting point for Rawls’ thought experiment is

  1. Original Position
  2. Maximize Principle
  3. Difference Principle
  4. Primary Goods

Answer: A

’Difference principle’ is related with

  1. John Rawls
  2. Kant
  3. Hobbes
  4. M.k. Gandhi

Answer: A

Who is the author of ‘war and peace’?

  1. Gandhi
  2. Martin Luther King
  3. Leo Tolstoy
  4. Dalai Llama

Answer: C

Who is the first Indian to receive Nobel prize for peace

  1. M.k. Gandhi
  2. Mother Teresa
  3. Sarojini Naidu
  4. Amartya Sen

Answer: B

‘Introductory essay-peace studies’ is written by

  1. R.balasubrahmaniam
  2. Ranabira Samaddara
  3. T.m.p. Mahadevan
  4. J.b. Kripalani

Answer: B

Coercive is a

  1. Threat system
  2. Co-operative
  3. Convergent
  4. Non-violent resistance

Answer: A

co-operative is a

  1. Regulated exchange system
  2. Convergent
  3. Non-violent resistance
  4. Threat system

Answer: A

Convergent is

  1. Non-violent resistance
  2. Trans-national integration through values
  3. Co-operative
  4. Coercive

Answer: B

The Dandi march or salt satyagraha began on 12 th march

  1. 1932
  2. 1930
  3. 1920
  4. 1936.

Answer: B

The salt march was also called

  1. white flowing river
  2. white revolution
  3. white era
  4. salt river

Answer: A

Civil disobedience is also known as

  1. Non-violent resistance
  2. Tax- resistance
  3. Nanak
  4. Swaraj

Answer: A

Gandhi- Irwin pact was made in

  1. 1931
  2. 1930
  3. 1932
  4. 1934

Answer: A

Part – 8 of Peace and Conflict Studies MCQs

When did Gandhi start Tolstoy farm in south Africa?

  1. 1911
  2. 1914.
  3. 1904.
  4. 1910

Answer: D

Where was Gandhi’s first satyagraha in India ?

  1. Champaran
  2. Dandi
  3. Delhi
  4. Agra

Answer: A

When did Gandhi’s All India Harijan Samaj start?

  1. 1930
  2. 1932
  3. 1937
  4. 1934

Answer: B

Where is Wardha Ashram situated?

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Gujarat
  3. Raj As Than
  4. Odisha

Answer: A

When did Gandhi start the weekly called Harijan?

  1. 1904
  2. 1914
  3. 1934
  4. 1933

Answer: D

Who called Gandhi as half Nakedseditious fakir?

  1. Jinnah
  2. Subash Chandra Bose
  3. Winston Churchill
  4. Wudro Wilson

Answer: C

Who is political guru of Gandhi?

  1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  2. Tolstoy
  3. Ruskin
  4. Tagore

Answer: A

When did Gandhi publish HInd Swaraj?

  1. 1905
  2. 1909
  3. 1911
  4. 1916

Answer: B

Who is known as frontier Gandhi?

  1. Khan Abdul Ghaffer Khan
  2. Tagore
  3. Gokhale
  4. Baba Amte

Answer: A

The life of mahatma vgandhi is written by

  1. Louis Fischer
  2. Baba Amte
  3. Tagore
  4. Joseph Lelyveld

Answer: A

Martin Luther King was influenced by the non- violent teachings of

  1. Mandela
  2. Nehru
  3. Gokhale
  4. Gandhi

Answer: D

Who is the chief exponent of two nation theory?

  1. Gandhi
  2. Nehru
  3. Gokhale
  4. Jinnah

Answer: D

Quit India movement is also known as

  1. August movement
  2. May movement
  3. July revolution
  4. None of the above

Answer: A

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