Subjective / Written Questions (25)
1. Compare Manu, Kautilya and Sukracharya on the relationship between military organisation and diplomacy. / Manu, Kautilya तथा Sukracharya के military organisation और diplomacy के संबंध की तुलनात्मक समीक्षा कीजिए।
2. Critically examine Kautilya's Saptanga theory as a framework for strategic statecraft. / Kautilya की Saptanga theory को strategic statecraft के framework के रूप में critically examine कीजिए।
3. Contrast Machiavelli's conception of war and policy with Clausewitz's formulation of war as an instrument of policy. / Machiavelli के war-policy विचार और Clausewitz के war-as-policy formulation का contrast कीजिए।
4. Assess Jomini's mass-army strategy, lines of operation and logistics in relation to operational art. / Jomini की mass-army strategy, lines of operation तथा logistics का operational art के संदर्भ में मूल्यांकन कीजिए।
5. Analyse Marx and Engels on war and insurrection, and distinguish their approach from Lenin's conception of war and policy. / Marx-Engels के war/insurrection विचारों को Lenin के war-policy दृष्टिकोण से अलग करके analyse कीजिए।
6. Evaluate Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution and Stalin's United Front strategy as contrasting revolutionary approaches. / Trotsky की permanent revolution और Stalin की United Front strategy को contrasting revolutionary approaches के रूप में evaluate कीजिए।
7. Compare Fuller's and Liddell Hart's ideas on armoured warfare and explain their strategic implications. / Fuller तथा Liddell Hart के armoured warfare विचारों की तुलना करके strategic implications समझाइए।
8. Examine Douhet, Mitchell and Seversky on air power and identify the assumptions underlying strategic bombing. / Douhet, Mitchell तथा Seversky के air-power विचारों और strategic bombing की assumptions का परीक्षण कीजिए।
9. Critically evaluate Mackinder's Heartland theory as a framework for understanding geopolitical competition. / Mackinder की Heartland theory को geopolitical competition समझने के framework के रूप में critically evaluate कीजिए।
10. Compare Mao's guerrilla doctrine with conventional strategic thought and explain the political dimension of People's War. / Mao की guerrilla doctrine को conventional strategic thought से compare करते हुए People's War का political dimension समझाइए।
11. Assess Gandhi's techniques of conflict resolution as a strategic alternative to coercive warfare. / Gandhi की conflict-resolution techniques को coercive warfare के strategic alternative के रूप में assess कीजिए।
12. Explain the distinction between nuclear and conventional deterrence and identify conditions affecting credibility. / Nuclear तथा conventional deterrence में distinction और credibility को प्रभावित करने वाली conditions समझाइए।
13. Trace the evolution of India's defence policy from the British inheritance through 1971 and the subsequent period. / British inheritance से 1971 तथा उसके बाद तक India's defence policy के evolution को trace कीजिए।
14. Analyse the strategic consequences of Partition for the organisation and reconstruction of India's armed forces after 1947. / Partition के बाद Indian armed forces की organisation और reconstruction पर strategic consequences analyse कीजिए।
15. Evaluate the shifts in India's defence policy between 1947–1971 and after 1971 in relation to changing security environments. / 1947–1971 और 1971 के बाद India's defence policy shifts को changing security environment से जोड़कर evaluate कीजिए।
16. Examine the India-China boundary dispute as a strategic problem involving geography, history and military balance. / India-China boundary dispute को geography, history और military balance से जुड़ी strategic problem के रूप में examine कीजिए।
17. Analyse India-Pakistan relations through the interaction of territorial disputes, security perceptions and defence policy. / Territorial disputes, security perceptions और defence policy के interaction से India-Pakistan relations analyse कीजिए।
18. Assess the constitutional and institutional distribution of defence authority among the President, Parliament, Cabinet, Ministry of Defence and National Security Council. / President, Parliament, Cabinet, MoD और NSC के बीच defence authority के constitutional-institutional distribution का assessment कीजिए।
19. Discuss the role of second-line defence forces and evaluate their contribution to India's security architecture. / Second-line defence forces की भूमिका और India's security architecture में उनके contribution का मूल्यांकन कीजिए।
20. Evaluate India's nuclear and missile programme in the context of defence preparedness and strategic autonomy. / Defence preparedness और strategic autonomy के संदर्भ में India's nuclear and missile programme evaluate कीजिए।
21. Analyse civil-military relations in India and explain how institutional control can coexist with military professionalism. / India में civil-military relations और institutional control तथा military professionalism के coexistence को analyse कीजिए।
22. Examine India's defence modernisation and defence production challenges in relation to research and development. / Defence modernisation तथा defence production की challenges को R&D के संदर्भ में examine कीजिए।
23. Identify major internal security challenges arising from socio-economic, political, technological and military factors and assess policy responses. / Socio-economic, political, technological और military factors से उत्पन्न internal security challenges तथा policy responses assess कीजिए।
24. Explain the strategic importance of India's North-Eastern region and evaluate the counter-terrorist approach in the wider national-security framework. / North-East की strategic importance और counter-terrorist approach को national-security framework में evaluate कीजिए।
25. Assess how international law mediates the tension between sovereignty, intervention, asylum, extradition and international security. / Sovereignty, intervention, asylum, extradition और international security के बीच tension को international law कैसे mediate करता है, assess कीजिए।