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Question 101. From a critical perspective, how does postcolonialism relate to security studies?

Postcolonialism highlights the consequences for analysis of Eurocentrism and promises better social
Postcolonialism identifies the multiple ways in which security studies expresses the point of view o
Postcolonialism holds out the possibility of more plural, enabling and transformative understandings
All of the above

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Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Answer: (d).All of the above

Question 102. Graeme Turner argues that novels are of specific value to post-colonial studies. What is the rationale he offers for this argument?

That there have been too many political science theories based purely on the works of academics
That because stories and novels are generated by culture they therefore produce meanings and signifi
Novels and stories are more enjoyable to read than works of theory so post-colonial studies will gar
Turner didn't have access to academic works when he was writing

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Answer: Option B. -> That because stories and novels are generated by culture they therefore produce meanings and signifi
Answer: (b).That because stories and novels are generated by culture they therefore produce meanings and signifi

Question 103. What is the concept of negritude?

It seeks to study the experiences of blacks in colonial powers
It linked black people across Africa, the Caribbean and the USA around a set of humanist values that
It was introduced to post colonial studies by Franz Fanon
It was introduced to post colonial studies by Edward Said

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Answer: Option B. -> It linked black people across Africa, the Caribbean and the USA around a set of humanist values that
Answer: (b).It linked black people across Africa, the Caribbean and the USA around a set of humanist values that

Question 104. Which of the following best describes Eurocentrism?

Eurocentrism is a style of analysis in which European societies are compared to non-European societi
The assessment and evaluation of non-European societies is couched in terms of the cultural assumpt
Eurocentrism describes studies or scholarly work that only consider European political or economic s
All of the above

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Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Answer: (d).All of the above

Question 105. World-traveling is a post-colonial methodology associated with which group?

African, male scholars who were educated in the United States
Indian scholars who had spent years abroad studying the cultures of those in other countries
Feminist scholars with Latin American backgrounds
Academics who had been to more than twenty countries.

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Answer: Option C. -> Feminist scholars with Latin American backgrounds
Answer: (c).Feminist scholars with Latin American backgrounds

Question 106. According to anthropologists which social philosophy, dominant during the Revolution, dictated that only the of economic laws would the government should not interfere in any person's personal interests?

Economic independence of the state
Rights of Man
laissez faire
Enclosure

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Answer: Option C. -> laissez faire
Answer: (c).laissez faire

Question 107. According to anthropologists who gave the role of the "peasant poet"

John Clare
John
Robert Burns
both a and c

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Answer: Option D. -> both a and c
Answer: (d).both a and c

Question 108. What are the Millennium Development Goals?

Set, time-limited development targets
Quantifiable targets across 8 areas of development
Aimed at eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2015
All of the options given are correct

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Answer: Option D. -> All of the options given are correct
Answer: (d).All of the options given are correct

Question 109. Which statement is about inventions during the Industrial Revolution are true?

Power-driven machinery
Primary source of power
Industrial Revolution
both a and c

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Answer: Option D. -> both a and c
Answer: (d).both a and c

Question 110. According to anthropologists what served as the inspiration for Percy by she Shelley's poems to the working classes A Song Men of England