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Which nineteenth century German philosopher glorified war, believing only conflict grows civilisation?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Second World War, the British answered German carpet bombing of London with raids of how many bombers?Read the answer and worked solution →At least how many people died immediately in the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1962 episode brought humanity close to total destruction when Soviet missiles were found in Cuba?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is defining peace simply as the absence of war called misleading?Read the answer and worked solution →Caste, class and gender inequality built into society cause hidden injury. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →The practice of untouchability was outlawed by which document?Read the answer and worked solution →The 2011 Census child sex ratio of 919 girls per 1000 boys is called an index of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Negro slavery in the United States lasted until which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Apartheid treated South Africa's Black majority as second-class citizens until which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Communalism is described as the South Asian counterpart of which evil?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body's constitution says that since wars begin in the minds of men, the defences of peace must be built there?Read the answer and worked solution →The Khmer Rouge terror in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 killed about how many people?Read the answer and worked solution →The FLN freed Algeria from French rule in 1962 but then did what?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Gandhi change the meaning of non-violence in a positive direction?Read the answer and worked solution →Inspired by Gandhi, who fought anti-Black discrimination in the USA in the 1960s?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is named as a military dictatorship that uses force against its own people?Read the answer and worked solution →Which post-apartheid country is called a prominent political success story?Read the answer and worked solution →The first approach to peace manages competition among sovereign states through which arrangement?Read the answer and worked solution →What is pacifism?Read the answer and worked solution →Informally, a person who seeks to avoid war is called a dove. What is the opposite?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch structural violenceRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the peace makersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the peace yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the peace termsRead the answer and worked solution →Dove or hawkRead the answer and worked solution →Three roads to peaceRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Peace bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which nineteenth century German philosopher glorified war, believing only conflict grows civilisation?

  1. Friedrich Nietzsche
  2. Immanuel Kant of Berlin
  3. Karl Marx of Trier
  4. Georg Wilhelm Hegel
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Correct answer: A. Friedrich Nietzsche

1. Not all thinkers valued peace. 2. Nietzsche glorified war. 3. Pareto praised those who used force. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 9, Peace._

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In the Second World War, the British answered German carpet bombing of London with raids of how many bombers?

  1. 50-bomber raids
  2. 1,000-bomber raids
  3. 100-bomber raids
  4. 10,000-bomber raids
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Correct answer: B. 1,000-bomber raids

1. Germany carpet-bombed London. 2. Britain sent 1000-bomber raids on German cities. 3. The war ended with atom bombs on Japan. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 9, Peace._

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At least how many people died immediately in the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

  1. 1,20,000
  2. 12,000
  3. 1,02,000
  4. 12,00,000
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Correct answer: A. 1,20,000

1. The USA dropped atom bombs on two Japanese cities. 2. At least 1,20,000 died at once. 3. Nearly 95 per cent were civilians. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 9, Peace._

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