Question for DSE Haryana PGT (Political Science) - Quiz / Questions / MCQ in English

I go to Madurai by —– Vaigai Express

Have the car stolen!

The payment was collected by the hardworking salesman.

I had to stop all my work to complete this project.

They have published the names of all the successful candidates.

The online shopping site lowered the prices.

Who taught you to drive a truck ?

We shall invite Suresh.

Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky.

The partners will celebrate their triumph tomorrow. 

Why did break the vase?

Mariam was writing a note to her boss.

The baby really enjoys that music.

The weather disrupted the final match.

The management committee is required to publish a report every year. 

Preeti ran the race in record time.

I shall have written the full thesis by December

One must keep one’s promises.

I read the story in one night.

We must take care of the old.

'ऋ' अर् में बदलता है -

निम्न में कौनसा नासिक्य व्यंजन है - 

निम्न में से उत्क्षिप्त व्यंजन है -

निम्न में से अल्प प्राण नहीं है -

तालव्य व्यंजन है-

'अ' स्वर का उच्चारण स्थान क्या है -

निम्लखित मे कंट- तालव्य स्वर कौनसे है ?

जो धातु या शब्द के अंत में जोड़ा जाता है उसे कहते है ?

प्रख्यात में प्रयुक्त उपसर्ग है -

'साखी' शब्द का तत्सम रूप है -

किस क्रम में वृत्तमुखी स्वर नहीं है -

उपसर्ग का प्रयोग होता है -

'पंडित दूध पीता है' इस वाक्य में कारक है -

 'ने' किस कारक का चिह्न है -

'वह जहाँ चाहे, जाये; मुझे क्या लेना-देना।' यह कैसा वाक्य है -

व्याकरण के नियमानुसार किस वाक्य में पदक्रम सही है -

'अधिकरण' कारक का चिह्न है - 

स्वर होते हैं -

निम्नलिखित में से  वर्त्स्य  है -

'दित्व' का प्रयोग किस शब्द में नहीं हुआ है ?

What is the name of the new Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission to Venus planned for 2025?

Who launched the ‘Global Specs 2030’ initiative?

Which state is the host of the 28th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG)?

What is the range of the Agni-I missile, capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads?

The E-Jagriti platform is an initiative of which ministry?

Which company developed the New Glenn rocket?

Which Indian city was selected as the ‘City of Literature’ by UNESCO in 2025?

What is the name of the new high-speed rail project connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad, completed in 2025?

Which Indian city was designated as the ‘Yoga Capital of India’ in 2025?

Which Indian organization developed the ‘Agnibaan’ rocket launched in 2025?

Which organization released the ‘Global Innovation Index 2025’?

What is the name of the new anti-drone system inducted by the Indian Army in 2025?

Which country launched the world’s first 6G satellite in 2025?

Which Indian city was selected as the host for the 2025 International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

Who was appointed as the new Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in 2025?

Which state is hosting the National SARAS Mela 2025?

Which country ranks second in the number of satellites in orbit, as of 2025?

For which tribe was a Van Dhan Vikas Kendra set up by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration?

Who are referred to as Girmitiyas, recently mentioned by the Prime Minister?

Which two organizations jointly developed the C-FLOOD platform?

Which ministry launched the WAVEX Startup Challenge 2025?

Abdal-Kuri Island, recently in the news, is located in which ocean?

Which organization launched the enhanced Certificate of Origin (eCoO) 2.0 system?

Which G7 country announced recognition of Palestine in September 2025?

The Didayi tribe is primarily found in which state?

Exercise Maitree is a joint military drill between India and which country?

Which ministry launched the Udyam Sakhi Portal?

Where was the maiden Exercise Aarogya Setu organized by the Indian Army?

Which city reported a surge in Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases in August 2025?

Which ministry released the ‘UDISE Plus’ Report in 2025?

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘CLEANLINESS’ each of the which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in the same sequence?

Team A has scored more goals than Team B
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the second, the third, the sixth and the eight letters of the word FRAGMENT using each only once, which of the following will be the third letter of that word ? If no such word can be formed, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give ‘Y’ as the answer.

How many such letters are there in the word ORIENTAL each of which is as far away from the beginning of the word as when they are arranged alphabetically?

How many such pairs of letters in the word CREDIT each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

How many meaningful words can be made from the letters ‘LMEA’ using each letter only once in each word?

If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the seventh and the eighth letters of the word TEMPORAL, which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If more than one such word can be made, give ‘Y’ as the answer and if no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer.

If the letters of the word HANDOVER are arranged alphabetically from left to right how many letters will remain at the same position?

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EXCURSION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?

If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the third, the sixth and the eighth letters of the word DEVIATION first letter of that word is your answer? If more than one such word can be made formed your answer is ‘A’  and if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘B’.

If each alternate letter beginning with the first in the word WORKING is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and each of the remaining letters is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet, which of the following will be the fourth from the right and after the replacement ?

How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SHIFTED’ each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between in the English alphabet?

Statement: Is common currency a necessary ingredient for Europe’s growth ?
Arguments :
I. Yes, A common currency will enable entire Europe to market itself as one .
II. No, Similar experiments by Latin America countries have not affected their economies .

If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the fifth, the sixth, the tenth and the eleventh letters of the word EXCEPTIONAL using each letter only once, first letter of that word is your answer. If no such word can be made formed your answer is ‘X’  and if more than one such word can be formed your answer is ‘Y’.

How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters RAE using each letter only once in each word?

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word WONDERS, each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabet?

If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word from the second, the fifth, the seventh and the eighth letters of the word PHYSICAL, using each letter only once, second letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such word can  be formed your answer is M. if no such word can be formed your answer is N.

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word JUSTIFY, each of which have as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?

If the alphabets are assigned values as A=3, D=6, G=8, I=2, L=4 and T=5 then what is the sum of values of all the alphabets in the word DIGITAL?

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EDUCATION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?

Which letter in this alphabet is the eighth letter to the right of the letter and which is tenth letter to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet ?

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word MEASURE each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters LMAE using each letter only once in each word?

If each consonant in the word EXPLORATION is replaced by previous the alphabet and each vowel replaced by alphabet  following it in the English alphabetic series, and then the order of the alphabets thus formed is reversed, which of the following from the right?

If the letters in the word AMONGST are arranged in the English alphabetical order, the position of how many letters will remain unchanged?

How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ACRS using each letter only once in each word?

How many such pairs of letters there in the word, UNWANTED, each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabets?

How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters EIND using each letter only once in each word?

How many such pairs of letters are  there in the word, ‘TROUBLE’, each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabet?

How many such pairs of letters there in the word DOUBTS each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabet?

For Plato which of the following statements is not true ?

(a) Ideas are substances.
(b) Ideas are essences of all things.
(c) Ideas are reflections of things.
(d) Ideas are universal.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

Who among the following called Machiavellis's "Prince" the great and true conception of a real political genius with the highest and noblest purpose ?

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                 List-II
(Authors)                      (Books)
(a) Quentin Skinner    (i) Philosophy and Human Sciences
(b) Michael Sandel     (ii) The Foundations of Modern Political Thought
(c) Giovanni Sartori    (iii) Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
(d) Charles Taylor       (iv) Democratic Theory 

Who among the following considers Marxism to be an ideology rather than a political theory ?

Arrange the following works of Isaiah Berlin in chronological order of his publications. Select the correct answer form the codes given below:
(a) Concepts and Categories : Philosophical Essays
(b) Four Essays on Liberty
(c) Vico and Herder : Two Studies in the History of Ideas
(d) Karl Marx : His Life and Environment

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): For Rousseau a thinking man is a depraved animal.
Reason (R): Common emotions give value to life.

Who among the following rejected the idea that caste status was the result of divine reward or punishment ?

Who among the following said : "Research untutored by theory may prove trivial and theory unsupported by data, futile" ?

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): For Fukuyama, liberal democracy may constitute the end point of mankind's ideological evolution.
Reason (R): The earlier forms of government were characterised by grave defects and irrationalities that led to their eventual collapse.

Which of the following constitutes the political elite ?

Who among the following is associated with the initial stages in the growth of comparative politics ?

Which branch of comparative politics seeks to examine the formal and informal mechanism by which political attitudes are inculcated ?

Who among the following contended that political development is administrative and legal development ?Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
(a) R.R. Rostow
(b) Talcott Parsons
(c) Sorokin
(d) Max Waber

Who became the first ever Prime Minister in a Parliamentary government ?

Who among the following were associated with institutional approach ?
(a) Carew Hunt
(b) Herman Finer
(c) Roy C. Macridis
(d) Carl Friedrich
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

Arrange the following revolutions in the sequence in which they took place :
(a) Chinese Revolution
(b) Cuban Revolution
(c) Bolshevik Revolution
(d) Puritan Revolution
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

Identify the correct sequence of the following input functions ?
(i) Political communication
(ii) Political socialization and recruitment
(iii) Interest aggregation
(iv) Interest articulation
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): Iron law of oligarchy established that ultimate decision-making in all democratic organizations including the political parties is done by few leaders or a small elite group.
Reason (R): Decision making is very complex process which necessarily involves the role of few who function on behalf of many. 

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): Military is predominant in non-western democracies.
Reason (R): Social fragmentation and cleavages largely contribute to political instability.

Identify the correct chronological order of the formation of the following political parties in India :

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Consider the following statement and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Statement I : The only mode of initiating a proposal for amendment is to introduce a bill in either house of the Union Parliament.
Statement II : If there is a disagreement between the two Houses of Parliament regarding the passage of a bill, the deadlock may be resolved by a joint session of the two Houses.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                                                   List-II
(a) 36^th Constitutional Amendment Act         (i)  Transparency in judicial
                                                                                       appointments
(b) 61^th Constitutional Amendment Act         (ii)  Declaration of Sikkim as a full
                                                                                      fledged state
(c) 97^th Constitutional Amendment Act         (iii)  Lowering of voting age from 21
                                                                                   to 18  years
(d) 99^th Constitutional Amendment Act         (iv)  Formation and functioning of
                                                                                cooperative societies

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                               List-II
(a) Granville Austin  (i) 'Quasi federal'
(b) K.C. Wheare       (ii)  'Federation with strong centralising tendency'
(c) Appleby              (iii) 'Cooperative federalism'
(d) Ivor Jennings      (iv)  'Extremely federal'

Match List-I with List-II and identify the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                                                List-II
(Acts)                                                            (Provision)
(a) Government of India Act, 1858           (i) Introduction of bicameral legislature
                                                                         for the   first time 
(b) Indian councils 1861                         (ii) Complete imperial control by Secretary
                                                                        of Act, State for India
(c) Indian Councils Act, 1909                 (iii) Inclusion of non-official members in the
                                                                       Executive Council of Governor General for
                                                                       the  first time
(d) Government of India Act, 1919           (iv) Separate representation of Muslim
                                                                              community

Which of the following statements about the Writ of Haeas Corpus is correct ?

Assertion (A): In the first three general elections, India produced a 'one party dominance' model, which is different from one party system.
Reason (R): Till 1967, the Congress party had exclusive control over governmental power both at the Centre and also in most of the states of India.

Arrange the following Speakers of Lok Sabha of India in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
I. Dr. Balram Jakhar
II. Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon
III. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
IV. Bali Ram Bhagat

Which of the following High Courts have Bench/Benches ?

According to Peter Self, the study of public administration developed as an offishoot of which one of the following ?

Which one of the following is not a part of the underlying ideas of traditional or mechanistic theory of organization ?

Which one of the following key components of 'governance' was not identified by OECD, while laying down conditions for receiving economic assistance ?

Cybernetics means :

Who among the following thinkers advocated 'effective communication' as a basic prerequisite for the attainment of organizational goals ?

Taking an extreme view of the distinction between public and private administration, who said that all organizations share public and private features ?

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): Some departments are concerned not only with purely administrative work but some authority to make rules and regulations is also delegated to them by the legislature.
Reason (R): John M Pfiffner prefers single head of the department under certain circumstances.

What is common among Duncan Black, Anthony Dowas, James Buchanan and Kenneth Arrow ?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                                                         List-II
(Books)                                                                    (Author)
(a) An Introduction to Administrative Law      (i)  Frank J.Goodnow
(b) Justice and Administrative Law                  (ii) A.V.Dicey
(c) Comparative Administrative Law              (iii) James Hart
(d) Introduction to the Study of the                (iv)  W.A. Robson
Law of the Constitution  
             

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the Committees/Commissions/Reports ?

Who among the following declared that the state is retreating in the face of the superior power of globalization ?

Who among the following argued that 'realism is likely to remain the single most useful instrument in our intellectual toolbox' ?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                                           List-II
(Scholar)                                                 (Statement)
(a) McLean and McMillan          (i)      It is not so much the absolute power of a
                                                             state as its power position in relation to other
                                                             states that counts
(b) Morgenthau                           (ii)      Defined power as the capacity to impose
                                                            one's will on others by reliance on effective
                                                           sanctions in the case of non-compliance.
(c) George Schwarzerberger    (iii)     Defined power as man's control over the
                                                               minds and actions of other men.
(d) Van Dyke                                 (iv)    Power is the ability to make people do what
                                                             they would not otherwise have done.

Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that

Which of the following has not been incorporated into Indian law, either fully or partially ?

Which of the following statements is not correct regarding International Criminal Court ?

In which year the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                                          List-II
(Committee of General      (Issues related to Committee)
Assembly of UN)      
(a) First Committee        (i)      Economic and financial
(b) Second Committee   (ii)    Disarmament and international security
(c) Third Committee       (iii)    Special political and decolonisation
(d) Fourth Committee     (iv)    Social, humanitarian and cultural

Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): End of Cold War signified a shift from ideological politics in International relations.
Reason (R): Religious fundamentalism is posing a threat to security.

In Hegel's notion the highest possible achievement of Mind as expressed in social life was in

Machiavelli  advised the Prince to pursue

Which is not a part of Rawls' well ordered society ?

Who among the following wrote, "Laws are the rules of just and unjust; nothing being reputed unjust that is not contrary to some law"?

Arrange the following works of Rousseau chronologically, using the codes given below :
a. The Social Contract
b. A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
c. Emile
d. A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :  
List-I                                                 List-II
a. On Liberty                                 1.      Amartya Sen
b. Lectures on the Principles    2.      T.H. Green of Political Obligation
c. Idea of Justice                           3.      Robert Nozick
d. Anarchy, State                          4.      J.S. Mill and Utopia

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :  
List-I                                                                       List-II
a. Justice as one person, one duty,           1.     Plato one class one work
b. Justice as fairness                                      2.     Aristotle
c. Justice as Proportionate equality            3.     Rawls
d. Justice as the interest of the strong        4.   Thrasymachas

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :  
List-I                                        List-II
a. Perpetual peace              1.Plato
b. Golden Mean                   2.Kant
c. Analogy of the cave       3.Aristotle
d. Fortune as woman        4.Machiavelli

Assertion (A): Marx was a revolutionary.
Reason (R): Marx was not concerned about the process of history.

Assertion (A): Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science.
Reason (R): His criticism of Plato's idealism Justifies this claim.

The operational part of the general systems theory in social sciences has been developed first in

Who said, "Functionalism can indeed be interpreted as a conscious alternative to Marxism"?

Who among the following started that a developing society in order to reach the goals of development would have to pass through the stages of political unification, industrialization, national welfare and abundance ?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

The concept of civic culture developed out of a survey of

Unequal exchange is the formulation of

Duverger's classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in

Which of the following statements are correct about the President of America ?
1. He is the head of the State and also the head of the Government.
2. All executive powers are vested in him.
3. He is bound by the advice of his cabinet.
4. He has the power to dissolve the legislature.

Which one of the following is not a feature of F.M. Marx's guardian bureaucracy ?

Which of the following Committee was appointed by the Government of India to Identify the creamy layer among Backward Classes in India ?

Who described Indian Politics as "Politics of Scarcity" ?

Which Congress President during British Raj intiated the idea of a Planning Commission ?

Which of the following statements are correct about Indian Government ?
(i) Rajya Sabha represents the local interests of the States.
(ii) A member of Rajya Sabha must be a resident of the State from which he is elected.
(iii) Number of seats allotted to a State has to be proportionate to its population.
(iv) The term of a member of Rajya Sabha is same as that of Senator in the US.

Who of the following was the first Satyagrahi of the Individual Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhiji in October 1940 ?

Who prefers to characterize the Indian federalism as "bargaining federalism" ?

Who was the Chairman of Mandal Commission ?

When was the Inter-State Council set up in India ?

When were the Lok Sabha rules amended to provide for Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees ?

Which one of the following Acts/Reports created the Federal court in India ?

The Book 'Introduction to Public Administration' was authored by

The concept of 'Informal Organisation' was profounded by

'Clect' is the sub-system of Riggs' Primatic society

'Jacksonian Theory' is also called

Which of the four major issues of Public Administration were debated in the Minnowbrooke Conference, 1968 ?

Who said, 'Successful Management involves Management by Objectives" ?

In which book of the following, Robert Dahl explained the Theory of Decision Making ?

Which Committee recommended "Unified Grading Structure" for the British Civil Service ?

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Find the correct answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A): Adequate measures must be taken by the Government to ensure the stoppage of the practice of corruption.
Reason (R): Corruption leads to decline of democratic process.

Match the followingThe Office of Ombudusman was set up in these countries in the following years :
(Countries)                       (Years)
a. Sweden                       1.1967
b. Finland                        2.1809
c. New Zealand              3.1978
d. United Kingdom        4.1919
                                           5.1962
Select the correct answer :

In the post Soviet era Russia's outlook at global level is marked by

Who of the following has coined the term under-development ?

The Policy of containment formulated by the U.S. aimed at

The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 adopted the programme for

Match List-I with List-II and select correct answer from the codes given below :  
List-I                                        List-II
a. Morton Kaplan              1. Perestroika and Glasnost
b. Andre Gunder Frank    2. Theory of Realism
c. Hans J. Morgenthau     3. Systems Theory
d. Mikhail Gorbachev       4. Dependency Theroy

The principle of reciprocity within WTO frmework envisages

What is the correct chronological order of the events listed below ?
i. U.S. Policy of Containment of the Soviet Union.
ii. Dissolution of the former Soviet Union.
iii. Iran-Iraq War.
iv. US War on terrorism in Afghanistan.
Choose the right answer from the codes given below :

The dictum, 'Imperialism is the highest stage of Capitalism' was propounded by

Hans Blix was head of U.N. body for

Nagorno Karabakh is a disputed territory between