UPSC Internal Security – Chapter 1: Internal Security – Concepts, Threats and India's Security Architecture (20 MCQs)

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UPSC Internal Security – Chapter 1: Internal Security – Concepts, Threats and India's Security Architecture (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: Internal Security. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

Under the Seventh Schedule, "police" is listed in the:

Correct Answer: B [State List]

Explanation:

List II, Entry 2.

2.  

Which Article makes it the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance?

Correct Answer: B [Article 355]

Explanation:

Article 355 casts on the Union the duty to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure constitutional government there.

3.  

The deployment of the Union's armed forces in any State in aid of the civil power was placed in the Union List by the:

Correct Answer: C [42nd Amendment]

Explanation:

List I Entry 2A (1976).

4.  

Which of the following Union Ministers is NOT a member of the Cabinet Committee on Security as constituted in 2024?

Correct Answer: D [Minister of Law and Justice]

Explanation:

The Law Minister is not on the CCS; its members are the PM and the Defence, Home, Finance and External Affairs Ministers.

5.  

The National Security Council of India is chaired by the:

Correct Answer: A [Prime Minister]

Explanation:

The Prime Minister chairs the NSC; the NSA and the Ministers of Defence, Home, External Affairs and Finance are among its members.

6.  

The National Security Advisory Board, one tier of India's National Security Council system, consists mainly of:

Correct Answer: B [eminent experts from outside the government]

Explanation:

The NSAB is a group of eminent national security experts from outside the government, such as retired officials and academics.

7.  

Which body is the highest decision-making body on matters of defence and security in India?

Correct Answer: D [Cabinet Committee on Security]

Explanation:

The Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by the Prime Minister, takes the final decisions on defence and national security matters.

8.  

The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) reports to the:

Correct Answer: C [Cabinet Secretariat]

Explanation:

R&AW, India's external intelligence agency, is placed under the Cabinet Secretariat rather than under any line ministry.

9.  

The National Crime Records Bureau, which compiles crime statistics for India, functions under the Ministry of:

Correct Answer: D [Home Affairs]

Explanation:

The NCRB is an attached office of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the nodal ministry for internal security.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. Public order is in the State List.
2. The National Security Council is a statutory body.
3. The Central Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation is in the Union List.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 3 only]

Explanation:

Public order is List II Entry 1 and the Central Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation is List I Entry 8; the NSC is not statutory.

11.  

Assertion (A): The Union sends Central Armed Police Forces to States facing serious disturbances.

Reason (R): Article 355 makes it the duty of the Union to protect every State against internal disturbance.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Both are true and R explains A: the Article 355 duty to protect States against internal disturbance is the basis for sending CAPFs.

12.  

The Second Administrative Reforms Commission's 8th report was titled:

Correct Answer: A [Combating Terrorism]

Explanation:

The Second ARC's 8th report (2008) was titled 'Combating Terrorism: Protecting by Righteousness'.

13.  

Which of the following works under the Ministry of Finance?

Correct Answer: C [Enforcement Directorate]

Explanation:

Department of Revenue.

14.  

The 2001 Group of Ministers on reforming the national security system was headed by:

Correct Answer: B [L.K. Advani]

Explanation:

Home Minister L.K. Advani headed the Group of Ministers whose 2001 report recommended reforms in intelligence, border management, internal security and defence management.

15.  

The idea of four kinds of threats to a State – internal, external, externally aided internal and internally aided external – is commonly traced to:

Correct Answer: C [Kautilya's Arthashastra]

Explanation:

Kautilya's Arthashastra, a treatise on statecraft, is commonly cited for classifying threats as internal, external, externally aided internal and internally aided external.

16.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Kargil Review Committee
2. National Security Council
3. NIA Act
4. First Chief of Defence Staff

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [2-1-3-4]

Explanation:

1998, 1999, 2008, 2020.

17.  

Who heads the National Security Council Secretariat?

Correct Answer: A [National Security Adviser]

Explanation:

The National Security Adviser heads the National Security Council Secretariat and is the Council's key official.

18.  

Which Article of the Constitution deals with restriction of Fundamental Rights while martial law is in force in any area?

Correct Answer: A [Article 34]

Explanation:

Article 34 deals with restriction of Part III rights while martial law is in force in any area.

19.  

India's first National Security Adviser was:

Correct Answer: C [Brajesh Mishra]

Explanation:

Brajesh Mishra, then Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Vajpayee, became India's first National Security Adviser in November 1998.

20.  

The 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case was investigated by a Special Investigation Team of the:

Correct Answer: D [Central Bureau of Investigation]

Explanation:

A CBI Special Investigation Team, headed by D.R. Karthikeyan, investigated the assassination.

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