UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Why a prolonged war with Iran will constrain the U.S.

Question 1

Under which one of the following U.S. laws may the executive branch waive the mandatory 30-day Congressional review of a foreign military sale by making an 'emergency determination'?

Accepted Answer

Arms Export Control Act

Answer

War Powers Resolution

Answer

National Security Act of 1947

Answer

Foreign Assistance Act

Question 2

Which of the following is/are NOT correctly identified as a component of Iran's so-called 'resistance axis' (proxy network)?

Accepted Answer

4 only

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2 and 3 only

Answer

1, 3 and 4 only

Question 3

The Quds Force, which directs Iran's external operations and its network of regional proxies, is a wing of which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Answer

Artesh (the regular Iranian Army)

Answer

Basij paramilitary force

Answer

Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)

Question 4

The issuance of travel advisories to, and the contingency evacuation of, Indian nationals in the Gulf during a West Asian conflict is operationalised primarily by which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of External Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Home Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Labour and Employment

Answer

Ministry of Defence

Question 5

With reference to the geography and significance of the Strait of Hormuz, which of the following statements is/are NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

3 only

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

3 and 4 only

Question 6

The thesis of 'imperial overstretch' — that a great power's foreign and military commitments can outrun its economic base and drive relative decline — is most closely associated with which one of the following scholars and his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers?

Accepted Answer

Paul Kennedy

Answer

Samuel P. Huntington

Answer

Francis Fukuyama

Answer

John J. Mearsheimer

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Why a prolonged war with Iran will constrain the U.S.

Q1. Under which one of the following U.S. laws may the executive branch waive the mandatory 30-day Congressional review of a foreign military sale by making an 'emergency determination'?

Q2. Which of the following is/are NOT correctly identified as a component of Iran's so-called 'resistance axis' (proxy network)?

Q3. The Quds Force, which directs Iran's external operations and its network of regional proxies, is a wing of which one of the following?

Q4. The issuance of travel advisories to, and the contingency evacuation of, Indian nationals in the Gulf during a West Asian conflict is operationalised primarily by which one of the following?

Q5. With reference to the geography and significance of the Strait of Hormuz, which of the following statements is/are NOT correct?

Q6. The thesis of 'imperial overstretch' — that a great power's foreign and military commitments can outrun its economic base and drive relative decline — is most closely associated with which one of the following scholars and his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers?