UPSC Civil Services 2015 Prelims General Studies Paper II

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PASSAGE - 3
Many people in India feel that if we cut our defence expenditure on weapon-building, we can create a climate of peace with our neighbours, subsequently reducing the conflict or creating a nowar situation. People who proclaim such ideas are either the victims of war or the propagators of false argument.

Question : 23 of 80

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With reference to the above passage, which of the following is the most valid assumption?

Building of weapons systems by us has instigated our neighbours to wage wars against us.
The greater spending on weapon- building by us would lessen the possibility of armed conflict with our neighbours.
It is necessary to have state of the art weapons systems for national security.
Many people in India believe that we are wasting our resources on weapon-building.

Validate

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