LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
AK 27
SIXTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2008
HT 6603 - CONTEM. STRATEGY, CONFLICT & PEACE STUDIES
Date : 16/04/2008
Time : 9:00 - 12:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer any TEN of the following shot notes in TEN lines each.
(10 x 2 = 20)
1. Self – Determination.
2. Trans Regional Power.
3. Low Politic Competition.
4. Total War.
5. Weapons of peace.
6. Merchants of Death.
7. Arbitration.
8. START.
9. Alliance system.
10. Economic Sanction.
11. CTBT.
12. Nuclear Deterrent.
PART – B
Answer any FOUR of the following in ONE page each:
(4 x 10 = 40)
13. Describe ‘National Security’.
14. Critically examine the manifestations of Nationalism.
15. Point out the distinction between total war and limited war.
16. What is decisional pacific settlement?
17. Justify the need for disarmament.
18. Explain the purposes of the UN trusteeship system.
PART – C
Answer any TWO of the following in FOUR pages each:
(2 x 20 = 40)
19. Describe the methods involved in balance of power.
20. Critically examine the causes of war and conditions of peace.
21. Explain the favourable factors that contribute for the effectiveness of disarmament and serious
obstacles of disarmament.
22. What is pacific settlement? Explain its categories.
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