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| Political Science Preliminary
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Correct Option |
1. Non-security issues have taken
priority over force, violence, and military might because of
(a)
Modernization of the world political and communication systems
(b)
Modernization of the world political and economic systems
(c) Trans
nationalization of the world economic and political systems
(d)
Decentralization of the world economic and political systems |
(b) |
2. According to political scientist
Almost all systems of governments perform two basic functions, namely
(a) Import and export functions
(b) Input and output functions
(c) Active and proactive functions
(d) Information and logistic
functions |
(b) |
3. Jhum cultivation by cutting and
burning trees is in practice by indigenous tribes in
(a) Karnataka
(b) North-Eastern States
(c) Orissa
(d) Jammu and
Kashmir |
(b) |
4. Which one of the following is NOT
the characteristic of ‘a six point syndrome’ of totalitarianism propounded
by Friedrich and Brzezinski?
(a) An official ideology
(b) A system
of terroristic policy
(c) A monopoly of means of communication
(d)
A divine right to rule |
(b) |
5. Which one of the following is NOT
a characteristic of Liberal Democracy?
(a) Guarantees of civil
liberties and rights
(b) Government is vested with unfettered powers
(c) The independence of organised groups and interests from government
(d) Regular elections that respect the principle of ‘one person—one
vote; one vote — one value’ |
(b) |
6. ‘Alternative vote of confidence’
is in vogue in one of the democratic political systems. Identify the
country
(a) Switzerland (b) Austria
(c) Germany (d)
France |
(c) |
7. China has moved away from the
policy of statism to market economy, which was propounded by one of the
communist leaders of revolution who said “Market in China is like a bird
in cage”. Identify the person
(a) Chou En Lai (b) Lio Shao Chi
(c)
Deng Tsiao Ping (d) Chiang Kai Shek |
(c) |
8. “Human consciousness postulates
liberty, liberty involves right, rights demand of State”. Who has made
this statement?
(a) Laski (b) Barker
(c) Green (d) Hegel |
(c) |
9. ‘Government of National Unity’ is
a concept developed by which one of the following third world countries?
(a) Nigeria (b) Tanzania
(c) Argentina (d) South Africa |
(d) |
10. Which one of the following is
NOT correct is respect of China?
(a) The Communist Party of China is
organised on the basis of democratic centralism
(b) The Chinese
constitution provides for a uniform judicial system
(c) Mao’s ideas of
‘New Democracy’ have been put into practice
(d) The Chinese
constitution provides for a bicameral legislature |
(d) |
11. Consider the following
statements :
Classical liberalism stands for
1. a state which is
merely a watchman
2. individualism
3. welfarism
4. free market
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 4 |
(d) |
12. Match List I (Acts) with List II
(Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I (Acts) List II (Provisions)
A. The Governments of 1.
Transfer of Power India Act, 1935 from the East India Company to the
British crown
B. The Government of 2. Envisaged India Act, 1919
Dominion status to India
C. The Government of 3. Introduction of India
Act, 1819 Provincial autonomy
D. The Government of 4. Introduction of
India Act, 1858 Diarchy in provinces
5. Introduction of separate
electorate for Muslims and other
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 3 5 4 1
(c) 1 5 4 3
(d) 3 4 2 1 |
(b) |
13. Which of the following Articles
was incorporated in the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly
for the promotion of international peace and security?
(a) Article 51
(b) Article 39
(c) Article 44 (d) Article 265 |
(a) |
14. Consider the following events :
1. Inclusion of Ninth Schedule in the Constitution
2. Passing of
Anti-defection Bill
3. First non-congress government at the Centre
4. Reorganization of the State of Punjab
The correct chronological
sequence of these events is
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b)
4 3 2 1
(c) 1 4 3 2
(d) 2 3 1 4 |
(c) |
15. In India, Public Order is
included in the Constitution as an item in
(a) Union list
(b)
State list
(c) Concurrent list
(d) Both Union and State
list |
(b) |
16. The idea of the Union giving
directions to the States was adopted by the makers of the Indian
Constitution from
(a) The Government of India Act, 1935
(b) The US
Constitution
(c) The Soviet Constitution
(d) The Australian
Constitution |
(a) |
17. What is the implication of the
union government giving ‘Special status’ to state ?
(a) Subsequently
large percentage of the central assistance will be in the form of
grants-in-aid
(b) Current account budgetary deficit will be bridged by
the union government
(c) The extent of loan as a percentage of total
assistance will be higher
(d) The union government bears the entire
expenditure of the state during the period of “Special status” |
(a) |
18. The concept of sustainable
development was popularised by Brundtland Report and the Report of the
World Commission on Environment and Development in
(a) 1991 (b) 1992
(c) 1993 (d) 1995 |
(b) |
19. Which one of the following is
not the feature of French Constitution of 1958 ?
(a) Adoption of
Declaration of Rights of 1789
(b) Favouring strong Presidency
(c)
Limited powers of Parliament
(d) Unicameral legislature |
(d) |
20. Match List I (Development
Approach) with List II (Features) and select the correct answer using the
codes given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Development Approach)
(Features)
A. Blue print approach 1. Utilisation of capital resources
over human resources
B. Learning process 2. Cybernetic process
approach with latitude for change according to needs
C. Production
centred 3. Planning in approach advance for development
D. People
centred 4. Individual as an approach actor who defines the goal
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 1 4 3
2 |
(a) |
21. ‘Crisis of distribution’
referred to in the context of poverty alleviation indicates
(a)
Problem of distribution of fruits of development
(b) Improper
distribution of spoils of power
(c) Inadequate resources to meet the
needs of the country
(d) Injudicious distribution of financial aid to
the poor |
(a) |
22. Which one of the following is
NOT suggested by the Sarkaria Commission on the selection of Governor?
(a) That a politician from the ruling party at the Centre is not
appointed
(b) That a detached figure not too intimately connected with
the local politics of the state is not appointed
(c) That consultation
with the Chief Minister regarding appointment of a Governor be mandatory
(d) That Governor remains a mere figure head and should not function
as an agent or representative of the centre |
(b) |
23. Article 30 of the Indian
Constitution deals with the
(a) Freedom of conscience
(b) Right to
propagate religion
(c) Right of minorities to establish and manage
educational institutions
(d) Cultural and educational rights of the
majority community |
(c) |
24. In Indian Constitution, the
power to issue a writ of ‘Habeas Corpus’ is vested only in
(a) The
Supreme Court
(b) The High Courts
(c) The Subordinate Courts
(d) The Supreme Court and the High Courts |
(d) |
25. Which one of the following is
NOT an input function of political system?
(a) Political communication
(b) Political recruitment
(c) Interest articulation
(d) Rule
adjudication |
(d) |
26. Which one of the following pairs
is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Aristotle : State is a magnified
individual
(b) Hegel : State is a march of God on earth
(c) Marx :
Modern state is an instrument of class exploitation
(d) Gandhi : State
represents violence in concentrated form |
(a) |
27. Under which Article of the
Indian Constitution has the state been empowered to protect and improve
the environment, forests and wildlife?
(a) Article 43A (b) Article 48A
(c) Article 44 (d) Article 46 |
(b) |
28. Identify the two among these who
sought to define underdevelopment in terms of neocolonial dependency mode
:
1. A.G. Frank 2. Celso Furtado
3. E.W. Weidner 4. Gunnar Myrdal
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1 and
2 (b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 4 |
(a) |
29. ‘With the causes of exploitation
of class by class removed, with the abolition of classes, the State will,
therefore, inevitably wither away’
To which theory of the origin of
State is the above statement applicable?
(a) Divine right theory
(b) Social contract theory
(c) Evolutionary theory
(d) Marxist
theory |
(d) |
30. Pluralists believe that
(a)
State is morally superior to all associations
(b) Power of the State
is absolute, internally and externally
(c) State is also one of the
associations of society
(d) Society and State are coeval and
co-extensive |
(c) |
31. Which one of the following
statements can be associated with the concept of rights?
(a) One’s
realization of his best self must involve as its logical result the
realization by others of their best selves
(b) Adequate opportunities
must be laid open to all
(c) One is entitled to all those conditions
of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at
his best
(d) The very difference in the nature of men require
mechanisms for the expression of their wills that give to each its due
hearing |
(c) |
32. Match List I (Theorists) with
List II (Statements) and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists:
List I List II
(Theorists) (Statements)
A.
Duguit 1. ‘Where there is no law, there is no freedom’
B. Locke 2.
‘Law is the command of the Sovereign’
C. MacIver 3. ‘It is not the
State which creates law but it is the law which creates the State. Laws
are merely the expressions of social reality’
D. Austin 4. ‘The State
is both the child and the parent of law’
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4
1 3 2
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 4 2 3 1
(d) 3 1 4 2 |
(d) |
33. In 1989, the 64th and 65th
Amendment Bills (Nagarpalikas and Panchayats) were not passed and the
Amendment Act could not come in force at that time because
(a) Lok
Sabha was dissolved in November, 1989
(b) Lok Sabha could not pass the
Bill for lack of required majority
(c) Rajya Sabha could not pass the
Bill due to lack of the required majority
(d) The President sent the
Bill for reconsideration |
(a) |
34. Who believed that
“Irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to be
oligarchic”?
(a) Aristotle (b) Robert Mitchels
(c) Harold Laski
(d) Max Weber |
(b) |
35. Which one of the following
statement is NOT true with regard to Non-Government Organizations?
(a)
They have come to play increasingly constructive role in the developmental
process
(b) They have to redefine their role in accordance with the
changing times
(c) The government has to change the bureaucratic
attitude towards the Non-Government Organisations
(d) The government
should affiliate Non-Government Organisations to its respective
departments in order to have better control over their functioning
|
(d) |
36. According to Antonio Gramsci,
civil society is primarily geared to the generation of
(a) coercion
(b) exploitation
(c) consent (d) dissent |
(c) |
37. Which concept of democratic
participation has a coalitional thrust?
(a) Liberal (b) Populist
(c) Consociational (d) Totalitarian |
(c) |
38. “Democracy is an institutional
arrangement for arriving at political decisions and not an end in itself”.
This argument is put forth by
(Scholar) (Book)
(a) Joseph
Schumpeter : Capitalism Socialism and Democracy
(b) Carole Pateman :
Participation and Demo- cratic
(c) Milton Friedman : Capitalism and
Freedom
(d) Robert Nozick : Anarchy, State and Utopia |
(a) |
39. Which of the following
procedures is/are used in the implementation of Minority Representation
under the scheme of Proportional Representation?
1. Hare scheme of
single transferable vote
2. List system
3. Limited vote plan
4. commutative vote system
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below :
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 and
4 |
(a) |
40. Match List I (Statements) with
List II (Thinkers) and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists:
List I List II
(Statements) (Thinkers)
A.
‘The highest moral law 1. J.S. Mill is that we should unremittingly work
for the good of mankind.’
B. ‘It is important to give 2. Mahatma
Gandhi the freest scope possible to uncustomary things in order that it
may in time appear which of these are fit to be converted into custom.’
C. ‘Where the need for 3. Sir Aurobindo immediate liberty is urgent
and it is a present question of national life or death on the instant,
revolt is the only course.’
Codes:
A B C
(a) 3 2 1
(b) 2 1
3
(c) 3 1 2
(d) 2 3 1 |
(b) |
41. Match List I (Characteristic
Features) with List II (Political Ideology) and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Characteristic Features) (Political Ideology)
A. Formation of the
natural, 1. Guild socialism harmonious, organic communities for the free
development of the individual and the abolition of the main source of
coercion,— State.
B. Formation of self- 2. Democratic governing
autonomous socialism associations of people that will work on cooperative
basis to establish partnership between group and State.
C. Combination
of human 3. Syndicalism fellowship, just social system, common ownership
and mutual service.
D. A system of 4. Anarchism revolutionary tactics
using non-political methods to create an economic federation.
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 2 3 4
1 |
(a) |
42. The scientific method does NOT
emphasise on
(a) empiricism (b) values
(c) facts (d)
objectivity |
(b) |
43. A socialist theory does NOT
stand for
(a) State control on the means of production
(b)
Production to be based on social necessity
(c) Social service motive
(d) Free and open competition |
(d) |
44. “Everything for the State;
noting against the State, nothing outside the State” sums up the
philosophy of
(a) Marxism (b) Fascism
(c) Fabian Socialism (d)
Guild Socialism |
(b) |
45. The chief modus operandi of
cultural imperialism is
(a) Annexation (b) Plunder
(c) Trade (d)
Hegemony |
(c) |
46. Match List I (Authors) with List
II (Books) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
A. Simone de Beauvoir
1. The Second Sex
B. Betty Friedan 2. Sexual Politics
C. Kate
Millet 3. Feminine Mystique
D. Sheila Rowbothom 4. Woman’s
Consciousness, Man’s World
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b)
1 4 3 2
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 1 3 4 2
(* : Option is
doubtful) |
(-) |
47. “A party-less regime is a
conservative regime, an anti-party regime is a reactionary regime.” Who
made this statement?
(a) K.C. Wheare
(b) Carl J. Friedrich
(c)
Sartori
(d) Samuel Huntington |
(b) |
48. The theory of sovereignty is
historically associated with the rise of
(a) Feudalism (b) Absolute
monarchy
(c) Democracy (d) Decolonisation |
(b) |
49. Which of the following
characteristics correctly explain the Marxist perspective of the nature of
State?
The State
1. arose out of class contradictions.
2. is
the most powerful instrument of exploitation.
3. represents organised
violence by the proletariat.
4. Symbolises transformation of
intra-state efficacy.
5. expresses social divisiveness as a persistent
reality.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 3, 5 and 6 (b) 1, 4 and 5
(c) 1, 2 and 6 (d) 2, 3 and
4 |
(c) |
50. The thinker who based politics
on Psychology, and Psychology on Physics and Geometry was
(a)
Montesquieu (b) Rousseau
(c) Thomas Hobbes (d) Bentham |
(c) |
51. Match List I (Prime Ministers)
with List II (Their Concept of Bureaucracy) and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Prime
Ministers) (Their Concept of Bureaucracy)
A. Jawaharlal Nehru 1.
Neutral bureaucracy
B. Indira Gandhi 2. Committed bureaucracy
C.
Morarji Desai 3. Social justice based bureaucracy
D. V.P. Singh 4.
Development-oriented bureaucracy 5. Representative bureaucracy
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 5 3
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 1 3 5 2
(d) 4 2 1
3 |
(d) |
52. The advocates of deliberative
democracy emphasise
(a) Parliamentary sovereignty
(b) Judicial
autonomy
(c) Executive supremacy
(d) Popular
participation |
(d) |
53. Which one of the following
statements is true?
(a) Local government derives its authority from,
and is subordinate to, State government
(b) Local government is
independent of State government
ü(c) Local government derives its
authority from the Constitution
(d) Local government performs
functions of national interest |
(c) |
54. Which one of the following
countries has a disciplined multi-party systems?
ü(a) France during V
Republic
(b) India
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Italy |
(a) |
55. National League for Democracy is
(a) A ruling party of Indonesia
ü(b) An opposition party of
Myanmar
(c) A ruling party of Bhutan
(d) An opposition party of
Indonesia |
(b) |
56. Which constitution is called a
‘tailor-made’ Constitution?
(a) Constitution of Fourth Republic of
France
(b) Constitution of Fifth Republic of France
(c)
Constitution of United Germany
(d) Constitution of U.S.A. |
(b) |
57. The policy of protective
discrimination seeks to promote
(a) Formal equality
(b)
Substantive equality
(c) Inequality
(d) Meritocracy |
(b) |
58. Which one of the following
statements in regard to Presidential form of Government is NOT correct?
(a) Member of the Cabinet are not representatives of the people since
they do not have definite programme of their own to implement
(b) The
Members of the Cabinet are responsible to the President for all their
actions
(c) Real Executive is the legislature
(d) There is no gap
between theory and practice |
(c) |
59. The Unitary State is stronger
than a Federal one because all powers of government are concentrated in
the hands of one single set of authorities. Hence there is
(a) Absence
of conflict of authority and responsibility
(b) Absence of
simplification of governmental organisation
(c) Overlapping of
jurisdiction
(d) Duplication of functions |
(a) |
60. Match List I (Political
Thinkers) with List II (Ideas) and select the correct answer using the
codes given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Political Thinkers)
(Ideas)
A. Machiavelli 1. Wanted a stable mercantile bourgeois State
in England
B. Hobbes 2. Wanted the creation and consolidation of a
national Monarchy in Italy
C. Locke 3. Wanted a socialist revolution
and overthrow of capitalism
D. Marx 4. Wanted to rationalise the
Glorious Revolution
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 3 1 4 2 |
(a) |
61. In which of the following
federal systems decentralisation is implemented under the ‘grass roots’
doctrine?
(a) Canada (b) Australia
(c) India (d) U.S.A |
(c) |
62. Match List I (Thinkers) with
List II (Statements) and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists:
List I List II
(Thinkers) (Statements)
A.
Edmund Burke 1. ‘It is not the nation which generates the State. Rather it
is the State which creates the nation.’
B. Mussolini 2. ‘State is a
partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in
every virtue and in all perfection.’
C. Hegel 3. ‘The State is a
divine will, in the sense that it is mind present on earth, unfolding
itself to be the actual shape and organisation of a world.’
D. Locke
4. ‘The State acts as a nightwatchman whose services are only called upon
when orderly existence is threatened.’
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1
3 4
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 3 1 2 4 |
(a) |
63. Match List I (Scholars) with
List II (Views on Bureaucracy) and select the correct answer using the
codes given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Scholars) (Views on
Bureaucracy)
A. Hegel 1. Legal-rational view of bureaucracy
B.
Marx 2. Bureaucracy as an instrument of exploitation
C. Max Weber 3.
Reformist view of bureaucracy
D. Balow 4. Bureaucracy as a link
between civil society and State 5. Bureaucracy as an instrument of social
change
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 3 5 2
(b) 4 2 1 3
(c) 1 2
5 3
(d) 4 3 1 2 |
(b) |
64. Which of the following duties
have been prescribed by the Indian Constitution as Fundamental Duties?
1. To defend the country
2. To pay income tax
3. To preserve
the rich heritage of our composite culture
4. To safeguard public
property
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
Codes :
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1,
3 and 4 |
(d) |
65. Consider the following
statements :
1. The President has the right to address and send
messages to the Council of Ministers to elicit specific information.
2. The President can direct that any matter on which decision has been
taken by a Minister should be placed before the Council of Ministers.
3. The President can call for information relating to proposals for
legislation.
4. All decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to
the administration of the Union must be communicated to the President.
Which of these statements are correct?
Codes :
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
(d) |
66. Proclamation of emergency by the
President of the India can be made on the written advice of the Cabinet
only. This provision has been added
(a) after 44th Constitutional
Amendment
(b) after 42nd Constitutional Amendment
(c) by the
Constituent Assembly in the Constitution of India
(d) by the Supreme
Court of India in 1975 |
(a) |
67. Vote on account means
(a) A
proposal passed by Rajya Sabha on account
(b) A Proposal submitted by
Finance Minister before presenting the budget
(c) To bring a proposal
related to the speech of the President before the joint session of the
Parliament
(d) If the budget is not passed before 1st April, the
Parliament is authorised to sanction any grant in advance to meet the
expenses |
(d) |
68. Consider the following
statements :
1. Members of Rajya Sabha are not associated with the
Parliamentary Standing committee on Public Undertakings.
2. Railway
Convention Committee is an ad hoc parliamentary Committee.
3.
Department of Women and Child Development is one of the three Departments
of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Which of these statements
is/are correct?
Codes :
(a) 2 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 only |
(d) |
69. Which one of the following cases
prompted the Indian parliament to enact 24th Constitution Amendment Bill?
(a) Golaknath case
(b) Shankari Prasad case
(c) Keshvananda
Bharati case
(d) Shah Bano case |
(a) |
70. In which case did the Supreme
Court pronounce the judgement for the first time that the ‘basic
structure’ of the Constitution cannot be amended by Parliament?
(a)
Shankari Prasad vs. Union of India 1952
(b) Golaknath vs. State of
Punjab, 1967
(c) Keshvananda vs. State of Kerala, 1973
(d) Minerva
Mills vs. Union of India, 1980 |
(c) |
71. Consider the following
statements on Zonal Councils in India
1. Zonal Councils were set up
under the provisions of the States Reorganization Act.
2. Zonal
Councils discuss various issues of common interest in the field of
planning, river waters, inter-state transport.
3. They enable the
centre and states to co-operate in evolving uniform policies in social and
economic matters.
4. Their decisions are binding on Centre as well as
on State governments.
Which of these statements are correct?
Codes
:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2,
and 4 |
(a) |
72. Which one of the following is
NOT a characteristic of a ‘Theocratic State’?
(a) The religious
authority should prevail over political authority
(b) Government posts
are filled up on the basis of one’s position in the religious hierarchy
(c) Religious rules and precepts take precedence over political rules
and regulations
(d) Its authority is based on popular
consent |
(d) |
73. Who among the following
championed the cause of socialist ideas in the Indian National Congress
before independence?
(a) Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(b) Pt.
Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(d) Jamnalal
Bajaj |
(b) |
74. Match List I (Authors) with List
II (Books) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
A. F.A. Hayek 1.
Political Liberalisation
B. John Rawls 2. The Constitution of Liberty
C. C.B. Macpherson 3. The Real World of Democracy
D. Milton
Friedman 4. Capitalism and Freedom
D. Milton Friedman 4. Capitalism
and Freedom
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 3 4
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c)
2 3 1 4
(d) 4 1 3 2 |
(a) |
75. Among the following, identify
the most powerful and largest number of pressure groups in India
(a)
Institutional groups
(b) Public interest groups
(c)
Non-associational groups
(d) Associational groups |
(a) |
76. The organizational approach to
the ‘Elite Theory’ is represented by
(a) Vilfred Pareto
(b)
Gaetano Mosca
(c) Robert Michaels
(d) C. Wright Mills |
(c) |
77. Role of the pressure group is
confined to the welfare of
(a) All sections of society within a state
(b) Its members only
(c) Mankind
(d) Weaker sections of
society |
(b) |
78. Who among the following is an
acclaimed analyst on political parties?
(a) Walter Lippman (b) Maurice
Duverger
(c) H.J. Laski (d) James Bryce |
(b) |
79. Consider the following
statements
A municipal corporation’s income (revenue) is derived from
1. local taxes.
2. grants from state and central governments.
3. contributions and donations of local people.
4. devolution of
fiscal powers by a federal constitution.
5. tax sharing between state
government and the municipal corporation concerned.
Which of these
statements are correct?
Codes :
(a) 1, 2 and 5 (b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3, 4 and 5 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 5 |
(d) |
80. 73rd Amendment to the
Constitution of India provides for
(a) Two tiers of Panchayati Raj
institutions at the village and district levels
(b) Two tiers of
Panchayati Raj institutions at the village and block levels
(c) Two
tiers of Panchayati Raj institutions at the block and district levels
(d) Three tiers of Panchayati Raj institutions at village, block and
district levels |
(d) |
81. Communalism in Indian context
means
(a) Serving the community in a befitting manner
(b) Using
communal identity for political gains
(c) A group of people bound by
ethnic feelings
(d) Creating friendly relations with the other
communities |
(b) |
82. The best form of federalism
suited for countries like India is
(a) Centralised federalism
(b)
Bargaining federalism
(c) Cooperative federalism
(d) Conflicting
federalism |
(c) |
83. In which year did India become a
party to the International convention on Biological Diversity?
(a)
1992 (b) 1993
(c) 1994 (d) 1995 |
(a) |
84. As per the 2001 Census, the
minimum standards of literacy are
(a) a person aged 12 years and above
who can read and understand any language
(b) a person aged 18 years
and above, who can read, speak and write in any language
(c) a person
aged 7 years and above who can both read and write with understanding in
any language
(d) a person aged 21 years and above, who can read, speak
and write any language |
(c) |
85. Who among the following was
considered to be a forerunner of backward class movement?
(a) Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar
(b) Jotirao Phule
(c) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(d) Ram
Manohar Lohia
Directions : The following 15 (fifteen) items consist of
two statements, on labelled as the ‘Assertion (A)’ and the other as
‘Reason (R)’. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select
the answers to these items using the codes given below :
Codes :
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct
explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT
the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is
false but R is true |
(b) |
86. Assertion (A) : Systems theory
is criticized for its alleged ideological basis in favour of Status quo.
Reason (R) : Systems theory is criticized for its alleged ideological
basis in favour of Status quo. |
(c) |
87. Assertion (A) : There has been a
growing demand from review of centre-state relationships.
Reason (R) :
The states have no adequate resources to take up developmental projects.
|
(a) |
88. Assertion (A) : Bureaucracy as
an instrument of exploitation in the state, exploits the affairs of the
community in such a manner as to promote and sustain its private ends.
Reason (R) : It is the bureaucracy which determines the fate of a
political system of a given society. |
(c) |
89. Assertion (A) : Article 14 of
the Indian Constitution does not lay down that all laws must be of
universal application.
Reason (R) : State has power to classify
persons for legitimate purpose and on reasonable grounds. |
(d) |
90. Assertion (A) : Indian
socialists emphasized on labour intensive cottage industry,
decentralization and eradication of the caste system.
Reason (R) :
Indian socialists were deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi. |
(a) |
91. Assertion (A) : Collective
responsibility of the Cabinet signifies unity and coordination among
members of the Council of Ministers.
Reason (R) : It is the
prerogative of the Prime Minister to select or drop a member of the
Cabinet. |
(b) |
92. Assertion (A) : Judicial Review
is a process to restrain the executive or the legislature from exercising
power which may not be sanctioned by the Constitution.
Reason (R) :
The source of the power of judicial review in India is Article 13(2) of
the Constitution. |
(a) |
93. Assertion (A) : Judicial
activism emerged in India as an extra constitutional development through
judicial pronouncements and judgements.
Reason (R) : Judicial activism
fills the gap, since the existing law is not clear or pronounced.
|
(a) |
94. Assertion (A) : Reservation of a
State Bill for the assent of the President is a discretionary power of the
Governor.
Reason (R) : The President of India can disallow or return a
Bill passed by a State legislature for reconsideration. |
(b) |
95. Assertion (A) : Sarkaria
Commission recommended that consultation between the Centre and Chief
Ministers on important appointments be certainly made.
Reason (R) :
This could be achieved through amending Article 165 of the Indian
Constitution. |
(c) |
96. Assertion (A) : Pressure Groups
involve in politics and policy making process in India through direct and
indirect means.
Reason (R) : They aspire to come to power to achieve
their goals. |
(c) |
97. Assertion (A) : Development
administration signifies action-oriented and target-oriented programmes
suitable for developing countries.
Reason (R) : The success of rural
development plans acts as a strong impetus for initiating other
developmental plans. |
(b) |
98. Assertion (A) : A social
movement is a particular form of collective behaviour in which the motive
to act springs from the attitude of members and the challenges of the
society.
Reason (R) : Social Groups and movements embrace interest
groups and political parties to achieve their goals. |
(b) |
99. Assertion (A) : Decision-making
theory-directs attention not to states as metaphysical abstractions, but
instead seeks to highlight the behaviour of decision-makers.
Reason
(R) : Decision-making theory identifies a large number of relevant
variables and suggests possible inter-relationships among them. |
(a) |
100. Assertion (A) : In assessing
power today, technology, education and economic growth and becoming more
important than military might.
Reason (R) : Sources of power are never
static and are always in a state of flux. (a) |
(a) |
101. The most outstanding
contemporary advocate of libertarianism is
(a) Rawls (b) Habermas
(c) Dworkin (d) Nozick |
(d) |
102. All-India Kisan Congress, later
on known as All-India Kisan Sabha, was formed in
(a) Lucknow Session
of Indian National Congress in 1936
(b) Surat Session of Indian
National Congress in 1906
(c) Lahore Session of Indian National
Congress in 1929
(d) None of the above |
(a) |
103. Generally Non-governmental
Organisations in India are registered under
(a) Registration Act, 1860
(b) Registration Act, 1871
(c) Registration Act, 1960
(d)
Registration Act, 1948 |
(a) |
104. In which year was the Human
Rights Protection Law passed in India?
(a) 1986 (b) 1987
(c) 1993
(d) 1995 |
(c) |
105. The ideal of internationalism
involves
(a) Total abandonment of nationalism
(b) Partial
abandonment of nationalism
(c) Adequate recognition of cultural
distinctiveness of nations
(d) Derecognition of cultural
distinctiveness |
(b) |
106. Match List I (Author) with List
II (Phrase) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
(Authors) (Phrase)
A. Hayes 1. “Of all
the evils I hate, I think I hate nationalism most”
B. Organsko 2. “An
organised self interest of the whole people”
C. Rabindranath 3. “As a
belief Tagore nationalism has been a curse and nothing but a curse”
D.
Victor Golancz 4. “To believe that nationalism will vanish because it is
dangerous or the nations will wither away because there are other ways of
organising mankind is false”
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 3 2 4 1 |
(d) |
107. Match List I (Authors) with
List II (Books) and select the correct answer using the codes given below
the Lists:
List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
A. John Rawls 1.
Spheres of Justice
B. Morten Kaplan 2. The Mirage of Social Justice
C. Federick Hayek 3. System and Process in International Politics
D. Michael Walzer 4. A Theory of Justice
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 2 3 4 1 |
(a) |
108. Marxian view treats
international politics as an extension of class war in
(a) global
perspective
(b) national perspective
(c) societal perspective
(d) None of the above |
(b) |
109. Consider the following
statements :
1. System theory is the result of the behavioural
revolution in Social Science.
2. There is a universally acceptable
definition of a system.
3. System theory aims at the unification of
Science and Scientific analysis.
Which of these statements is/are
correct?
Codes :
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 3
only |
(b) |
110. Who among the following
justified the absolute power of sovereign on the basis of an original and
irrevocable agreement of the people to surrender their natural rights to
its authority?
(a) Hobbes (b) Rousseau
(c) Austin (d)
Laski |
(a) |
111. The correct sequence in Game
theory is
(a) Game–choice–player–equilibrium
(b)
payoffs–strategies–systems–game
(c) payoffs–choice–player–game
(d)
systems–equilibrium–game–player |
(a) |
112. Which one of the following
statements is NOT correct?
(a) Diplomacy is an instrument of foreign
policy
(b) Major international agreements are usually negotiated by
foreign ministers
(c) Diplomats do not play now as great a role in
international negotiations as they once did
(d) Diplomats now get
greater latitude than they enjoyed in 19th Century |
(d) |
113. The idea of ‘World Systems
Theory’ signifying the arrival of international capitalist order was
predicted in the 1970s. Identify the scholar who advanced this idea
(a) Samuel P. Huntington
(b) Andre Gunder Frank
(c) George
Wallerstein
(d) Cardoso |
(c) |
114. Neo-Marxists view the economic
globalisation as
(a) Equalitarian process
(b) Development process
(c) Hierarchical process
(d) Uneven Hierarchical process |
(c) |
115. Which aspect of imperialism
does the dependency theory emphasize?
(a) Economic (b) Political
(c) Cultural (d) Strategic |
(a) |
116. Which one does NOT contribute
to the formation of International Government?
(a) Expansion of
international trade
(b) Establishment of international organisation
(c) Inter-state rivalry
(d) Means of communication |
(c) |
117. S. Finer has designated the
interest groups as
(a) Invisible governments
(b) Unofficial
government
(c) Government within the government
(d) Anonymous
empire |
(d) |
118. Marxism believes that
(a)
the real is the rational and the rational is the real
(b) social
relations are rooted in the material conditions
(c) economic relations
can be understood in the light of the progress of human mind
(d) it is
human consciousness that determines the social life of man |
(b) |
119. According to Keohane and Nye,
the internationalisation of the world economy had led the major
industrialised nations to a pattern of
(a) complex interdependence
(b) complex dependence
(c) dependence
(d)
interdependence |
(a) |
120. Consider the following
statements :
The major functions of political parties are
1. Rule
2. Interest aggregation
3. Political socialization
4.
Regulation of the behaviour of the people
Which of these statements
are correct?
Codes :
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1
and 4 |
(b) | |
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