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 :
A
Codes :
(a) and (b)
B
(b) and (d)
C
(b) only
D
(c) only
Question 2Single Answer
Who among the following called Machiavellis's "Prince" the great and true conception of a real political genius with the highest and noblest purpose ?
A
Bentham
B
J.S. Mill
C
Hegel
D
Karl Marx
Question 3Single Answer
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
A
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
B
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
C
(iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
D
(iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Question 4Single Answer
Who among the following considers Marxism to be an ideology rather than a political theory ?
A
Genrmino
B
David Held
C
R.A. Dahl
D
G.H. Sabine
Question 5Single Answer
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
A
Codes :
(a),(b),(c) and (d)
B
(c),(b),(a) and (d)
C
(d),(b),(c) and (a)
D
(b),(d),(a) and (c)
Question 6Single Answer
Who among the following conceived the society as 'a co-operative venture for mutual advantage' ?
A
Rawls
B
Nozick
C
Hayek
D
Gramsci
Question 7Single Answer
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.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are ture 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.
Question 8Single Answer
Who among the following rejected the idea that caste status was the result of divine reward or punishment ?
A
Bipin Chandra Pal
B
M.A. Jinnah
C
Jawaharlal Nehru
D
M.K. Gandhi
Question 9Single Answer
Who among the following said : "Research untutored by theory may prove trivial and theory unsupported by data, futile" ?
A
B. Crick
B
Charles Merriam
C
David Easton
D
R.A. Dahl
Question 10Single Answer
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.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are 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.
Question 11Single Answer
Which of the following constitutes the political elite ?
A
Subalterns and marginalized leaders
B
Rulers and subjects
C
Leader and the followers
D
Oligarchy and Aristocracy
Question 12Single Answer
Who among the following is associated with the initial stages in the growth of comparative politics ?
A
Karl Popper
B
Arthur Bentley
C
E.H. Carr
D
Graham Wallas
Question 13Single Answer
Which branch of comparative politics seeks to examine the formal and informal mechanism by which political attitudes are inculcated ?
A
Political socialization
B
Political communication
C
Political modernization
D
Political development
Question 14Single Answer
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
A
Codes :
(a) and (d)
B
(b) and (d)
C
(a) and (c)
D
(b) and (c)
Question 15Single Answer
Who became the first ever Prime Minister in a Parliamentary government ?
A
William Pitt, the Elder
B
Henry Pelham
C
William Putenny
D
Robert Walpole
Question 16Single Answer
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 :
A
Codes :
(a) and (c)
B
(b) and (D)
C
(b) and (c)
D
(a) and (D)
Question 17Single Answer
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 :
A
Codes :
(a),(b),(d),(c)
B
(b),(a),(c),(d)
C
(d),(c),(a),(b)
D
(c),(d),(b),(a)
Question 18Single Answer
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 :
A
Codes :
(i),(ii),(iii) and (iv)
B
(iv),(i),(iii) and (ii)
C
(ii),(iv),(iii) and (i)
D
(ii),(iii),(iv) and (i)
Question 19Single Answer
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.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are 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.
Question 20Single Answer
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.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are 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.
Question 21Single Answer
In Arthashastra, how many departments of the government find mention ?
A
32
B
33
C
34
D
35
Question 22Single Answer
Who of the following fled Athens for Calchis, 'in order that the Athenians might not commit a second crime against philosophy' ?
A
Socrates
B
Plato
C
Aristotle
D
Euclid
Question 23Single Answer
Who among the following said of Rousseau, "Ardent apostle of Reason, he has done more than most to prepare the way for the age of unreason in which he live" ?
A
Maxey
B
Sabine
C
Wayper
D
Karl Popper
Question 24Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(a) Hobbes (i) defence of sovereignty and assertion of the
claims of political authority over religion
(b) Locke (ii) defence of Individual freedom of thought and
expression
(c) Rousseau (iii) limited form of constitutional government
(d) J.S. Mill (iv) claim that sovereignty has its origin in the
people and remains with the people
A
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
B
(ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
C
(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
D
(i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Question 25Single Answer
Who among the following compares the organisations of civil society to a powerful system of Fortresses and earthworks' standing behind the state ?
A
McLellan
B
Bernstein
C
Lenin
D
Gramsci
Question 26Single Answer
Which one of the following social contract traditions has not been revitalised by John Rawls in his book A Theory of justice ?
A
Hobbes
B
John Locke
C
I.J. Rousseau
D
Immanuel Kant
Question 27Single Answer
Who among the following said that Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero worship is a sure road to degradation and eventual dictatorship ?
A
Jayaprakash Narayan
B
M.N. Roy
C
B.R. Ambedkar
D
Savarkar
Question 28Single Answer
Who said,'therefore, the sword of Brutus is holy. Therefore the Baghanakha of Shivaji is of fair fame. Therefore, the beheading of Charles I is a just deed. Therefore the arrow of William Tell is divine?
A
M.N. Roy
B
Subhas Chandra Bose
C
Aurobindo Ghose
D
V.D. Savarkar
Question 29Single Answer
Which one of the following is not a feature of Easton's intellectual foundation stones of behaviouralism ?
A
Reg-ularities
B
Values
C
Pure Science
D
Stratification
Question 30Single Answer
Which one of the following is not a factor for Fukuyama, leading to the triumph of liberal democracy ?
A
The Struggle for 'recognition'.
B
The logical of science's mastery over nature.
C
The absence of major contradictions in liberal democracy.
D
The trimph of liberalism is more in terms of economics than ideologies.
Question 31Single Answer
Since mid - 1950's the major trends in comparative politics have been in the areas of :
(a) systems theories
(b) culture theories
(c) development theories
(d) class theories
Select the correct answer form the codes given below :
A
Codes :
and (c)
B
(a),(b) and (c)
C
(a),(c) and (d)
D
(a),(b),(c) and (d)
Question 32Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer form the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(Thinkers) (Concepts)
(a) Karl Deutsch (i) Modernisation - amultifaceted process
(b) Huntington (ii) Cirulation of elites
(c) Pareto (iii) The gatekeepers
(d) David Easton (iv) Receptors
A
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
B
(i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
C
(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
D
(ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Question 33Single Answer
Who among the following makes a distinction between system maintenace and system persistence ?
A
Gabriel Almond
B
David Easton
C
Lucian Pye
D
F.W. Riggs
Question 34Single Answer
Arrange the following concepts in order in which they appeared. Use the code given below :
(a) Comparative Federalism
(b) Democratisation : Theory and Practice
(c) The End of History and the last man
(d) The Civic culture : Political attitude and Democracy in five nations
A
Codes :
(c),(d),(b),(a)
B
(b),(a),(c),(d)
C
(a),(c),(d),(b)
D
(d),(c),(b),(a)
Question 35Single Answer
Arrange the following concepts in order in which they appeared. Use the code given below :
(a) Democratic Centralism
(b) Feed-Back System
(c) New Democracy
(d) Due Process of Law
A
Codes :
(d),(b),(a),(c)
B
(b),(d),(c),(a)
C
(d),(a),(c),(b)
D
(a),(c),(d),(b)
Question 36Single Answer
"We are under the Constitution but the constitution is what the judges say it is Besides U.S.A. to which one of the following countries can this be applicable ?
A
Switzerland
B
India
C
U.K.
D
Russia
Question 37Single Answer
Who among the following has written "The Federalist Papers" ?
A
B. Anderson
B
C. Reynoldes
C
James Madison
D
Theodor Andorno
Question 38Single Answer
Who among the following argued that "The belief in the principle of authority is the only reliable means of securing order".
A
Joseph de Maistre
B
Max Weber
C
Friedrich Nietzsche
D
Giovanni Gentile
Question 39Single Answer
Who among the following has argued that the electoral system determines the nature of the party system ?
A
Duverger
B
Mitchels
C
Schumpeter
D
Weber
Question 40Single Answer
Given below are two statements, onw labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A): Political development approach came under criticism in the mid- 1960s.
Reason (R): The approach based on the experiences of the United States and Western Europe had limited relevance in the Third world
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are 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.
Question 41Single Answer
To Kautilya, the concept "rupadarshak" means :
A
Beautician
B
Magistrate
C
Inspector of coins
D
Zamindar
Question 42Single Answer
Plato appropriated the ideas of
A
Heraclitus
B
Parmenides
C
Socrates
D
All the above
Question 43Single Answer
For whom "All existence is simply a matter in motion." ?
A
Plato
B
Hobbes
C
T.H. Green
D
Rousseau
Question 44Single Answer
Rousseau won the prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Academy of Dijon in 1749 on the subject
A
"Has the progress of the sciences and the Arts contribute to corrupt or purify morals ?"
B
"Has the progress of the sciences con-tributed to corrupt morals ?"
C
"Has the development of the sciences contributed to corrupt or purify morals?"
D
None of the above
Question 45Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) : Assertion (A): For Plato, Knowledge is neither perception nor opinion.
Reason (R): Right opinion is knowledge.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C
(A) is true and (R) is false.
D
(A) is false but (R) is true.
Question 46Single Answer
The laws of the dialectic of Marx does not include
A
The law of transformation of quantity into quality and vice-versa.
B
The law of the unity of opposites.
C
The law of the negation of the negation.
D
Dialectic is confined to its operation to the understanding of the past only.
Question 47Single Answer
Who said "Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and of the proletarian revolution"?
A
Marx
B
Lenin
C
Stalin
D
Mao
Question 48Single Answer
Identify the correct sequence of the tenets of Behaviouralism as advocated by David Easton.
(i) Regularities
(ii) Techniques
(iii) Quantification
(iv) Verification
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
A
(i),(ii),(iii),(iv)
B
(i),(ib),(ii),(iii)
C
(i),(iii),(iv),(ii)
D
(i),(ii),(iv),(iii)
Question 49Single Answer
In which place of South Africa did Gandhiji for the first time organize mass protest ?
A
Cape Town
B
Johannesburg
C
Soweto
D
Pretoria
Question 50Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
a. Charles. E. Merriam i. The Governmental process
b. Heinz Eulan ii. What is political philosophy ? and other studies
c. Leo Strauss iii. New aspects of politics
d. D. Truman iv.The behavioural persuasion in politics
A
Codes :
a b c d
iii iv ii i
B
ii iii i iv
C
i ii iii iv
D
iv i iii ii
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Political Science
Question 51Single Answer
Who among the following political thinkers are generally regarded as founders of philosophical approach ?
A
Plato and Aristotle
B
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
C
Jeremy Bentham and J.S. Mill
D
Kant, Hegel
Question 52Single Answer
Which of the following are the characteristics of Weber's ideal bureaucracy ?
1. Staff and line
2. Impersonality
3. Hierarchy
4. Informal organization
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
3 and 4
D
1 and 4
Question 53Single Answer
Which of the following does not figure in Almond and Verba's classification of political cultures ?
A
Cognitive orientation
B
Affective orientation
C
Evaluative orientation
D
Empirical orientation
Question 54Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Dependency is a relationship between the groups of economies those, who condition others and those, who are conditioned by others.
Reason (R): Dependency is dependent on the core periphery relationship of the international political economy.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C
(A) is true but (R) is false.
D
(A) is false but (R) is true.
Question 55Single Answer
Who said "A state is human activity that sucessfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of phusical force within a given territory"?
A
David Easton
B
G.A. Almond
C
Karl Marx
D
Max Weber
Question 56Single Answer
The traditional approaches to the comparative politics neglected the
A
Study of Government
B
Institutional studies
C
Comparison of the constitutions
D
Empirical investigations
Question 57Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(Electoral System) (Countries)
a. First-Past-the-post system i. India
b. Two Rounds of system ii. Egypt
c. List System iii. Brazil
d. Single Transferable vote system iv. Ireland
A
Codes :
a b c d
i ii iii iv
B
iv iii ii i
C
iii iv i ii
D
ii i iv iii
Question 58Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(Books) (Authors)
a. Interest groups in American Society i. H.W. Ehrmann
b. Interest groups of four continents ii. H. Zeigler
c. Anonymous Empire iii. Graham Wallas
d. Human Nature in Politics iv. Samuel Finer
A
Codes :
a b c d
i ii iii iv
B
ii iii i iv
C
iii iv ii i
D
ii i iv iii
Question 59Single Answer
Which one of the following approaches studies, among others, public opinion and people's political choices ?
A
Political Philosophical Approach
B
Institutional Approach
C
Behavioural Approach
D
Legal Approach
Question 60Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(Political Culture) (Countries)
a. Homogeneous culture i. Uganda
b. Elite mass culture ii. U.K.
c. Subject political culture iii. India
d. Parochial culture iv. China
A
Codes :
a b c d
i ii iii iv
B
ii iii iv i
C
iii iv ii i
D
iv iii i ii
Question 61Single Answer
In Hegel's notion the highest possible achievement of Mind as expressed in social life was in
A
The contemporary Prussian State
B
Rome
C
Athens
D
Contemporary Great Britain
Question 62Single Answer
Machiavelli advised the Prince to pursue
A
Moderate behaviour
B
Extreme generosity
C
Perfect strictness
D
Great kindness
Question 63Single Answer
Which is not a part of Rawls' well ordered society ?
A
Stable
B
Efficient
C
Just
D
Equal
Question 64Single Answer
Who among the following wrote, "Laws are the rules of just and unjust; nothing being reputed unjust that is not contrary to some law"?
A
Bentham
B
Hegel
C
Hobbes
D
Rousseau
Question 65Single Answer
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
A
Codes :
d, c, b, a
B
a, c, d, b
C
c, a, b, d
D
b, d, c, a
Question 66Single Answer
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
A
Codes :
a b c d
3 1 2 4
B
1 3 2 4
C
2 4 3 1
D
4 2 1 3
Question 67Single Answer
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
A
Codes :
a b c d
1 2 3 4
B
2 1 3 4
C
2 1 4 3
D
1 3 2 4
Question 68Single Answer
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
A
Codes :
a b c d
1 2 3 4
B
2 3 1 4
C
2 1 4 3
D
4 3 2 1
Question 69Single Answer
Assertion (A): Marx was a revolutionary.
Reason (R): Marx was not concerned about the process of history.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are 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.
Question 70Single Answer
Assertion (A): Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science.
Reason (R): His criticism of Plato's idealism Justifies this claim.
A
Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B
Both (A) and (R) are 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.
Question 71Single Answer
The operational part of the general systems theory in social sciences has been developed first in
A
Psychology
B
Sociology
C
Political Science
D
Anthropology
Question 72Single Answer
Who said, "Functionalism can indeed be interpreted as a conscious alternative to Marxism"?
A
W.G. Runciman
B
Robert K. Merton
C
Oran Young
D
David Easton
Question 73Single Answer
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 ?
A
Rustom
B
Organski
C
Lucian Pye
D
David Apter
Question 74Single Answer
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
A
Lucian Pye : Modernisation Theroy
B
Wallerstein : World System Theory
C
Theda Skocpol : New Institutionalism
D
Karl Deutsch : Communication Theory
Question 75Single Answer
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
A
Pareto : The concept of residues
B
Michels : The concept of mass and mind
C
Mills : The concept of Political formula
D
Gasset : The theory of the masses
Question 76Single Answer
The concept of civic culture developed out of a survey of
A
Mexico, India, Pakistan, U.S.A. and U.K.
B
U.S.A., U.K., Mexico, Germany and Italy.
C
U.S.A., U.K., Australia, Pakistan and India.
D
Australia, Canada, U.S.A., U.K. and France.
Question 77Single Answer
Unequal exchange is the formulation of
A
Samir Amin
B
Amartya Sen
C
Paul Sweezy
D
Andre Gunder Frank
Question 78Single Answer
Duverger's classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in
A
Western Europe
B
All the democracies of the world
C
Party system in the developing world
D
Political party system in the communist world
Question 79Single Answer
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.
A
Codes :
1 and 3 are correct.
B
2, 3 and 4 are correct.
C
1, 3 and 4 are correct.
D
1 and 2 are correct.
Question 80Single Answer
Which one of the following is not a feature of F.M. Marx's guardian bureaucracy ?
A
Custodian of Public interest
B
Competent
C
Authoritarian
D
Corrupt
Question 81Single Answer
Which of the following book is not authored by Karl Marx ?
A
German Ideology
B
Critique of the Gotha Programme
C
Paris Manuscripts
D
Science of Logic
Question 82Single Answer
Who wrote "Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign" ?
A
J. S. Mill
B
M. K. Gandhi
C
Jeremy Bentham
D
Robert Nozick
Question 83Single Answer
Rajni Kothari's book Politics in India is written on the basis of the methodology of
A
Structural functionalism
B
Normative theory
C
Marxism
D
Utilitarianism
Question 84Single Answer
Who is the first modern political thinker who deliberately ignores Aristotle ?
A
Machiavelli
B
Bodin
C
Hobbes
D
Locke
Question 85Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(a) Dictatorshiip of proletariat (i) Gramsci
(b) Communist Party (ii) Marx
(c) Hegemony (iii) Lenin
(d) Polycentricism (iv) Togliatti
A
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
B
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
C
(iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
D
(ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
Question 86Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(a) Twentieth century Jacobinism (i) Gandhi
(b) Voluntary Poverty (ii) Aurobindo
(c) I was born a Hindu but will not die as one (iii) Ambedkar
(d) Integrated theory of evolution (iv) M.N. Roy
A
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
B
(iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
C
(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
D
(iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Question 87Single Answer
Who was the founder of Utilitarianism ?
A
Bentham
B
James Mill
C
David Hume
D
Priestley
Question 88Single Answer
The doctrine of overlapping consensus is advocated by
A
Berlin
B
Barry
C
Nozick
D
Rawls
Question 89Single Answer
Who amng the following first developed the concept of general systems theory ?
A
Ludwig Von Bertallanfy
B
Colin cherry
C
Robert K. Merton
D
Talcott Parsons
Question 90Single Answer
Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of
A
Advanced capitalism
B
Developed socialism
C
Modern totalitarianism
D
Politics of developing countries
Question 91Single Answer
The thinker who synthesized German and English Liberalism was
A
Bosanquet
B
Hobhouse
C
G.D.H. Code
D
T.H. Green
Question 92Single Answer
Which one of the following is not a theorist of Political Realism?
A
Kenneth Waltz
B
Norman Angell
C
Morgenthau
D
Joseph Grecho
Question 93Single Answer
'Hind Swaraj' depends
A
Mazzini's Italy
B
Diseraeli's England
C
Lincoln's USA
D
Bismarck's Germany
Question 94Single Answer
Which one of the following is not one of the indicators of political development ?
A
Capacity
B
Equality
C
Fraternity
D
Differentiation
Question 95Single Answer
The ideal type of federalism is
A
Dual federalism
B
Bargaining federalism
C
New federalism
D
Co-operative federalism
Question 96Single Answer
Independence of executive is the principle of
A
Indian Constitution
B
British Constitution
C
American Constitution
D
Swiss Constitution
Question 97Single Answer
Who says that a proper revolution should be restricted to the political and should not extend to the social ?
A
Che Guevara
B
Regis Debray
C
Crane Brinton
D
Hannah Arendt
Question 98Single Answer
Which of the following Commissions does not have the constitutional status ?
A
Finance Commission
B
Union Public Service Commission
C
National Commission for Scheduled Castes
D
Planning Commission
Question 99Single Answer
Which of the following cases propounded the concept of basic structure of the Indian Constitution ?
A
Golak Nath case
B
Minerva Mills case
C
Keshvananda Bharti case
D
Maneka Gandhi case
Question 100Single Answer
"Swaraj will not be a free gift to the British Parliament, it will be a declaratioin of India's full expression." -Among the following who made this statement
A
Jawaharlal Nehru
B
Radhakrishnan
C
Mahatma Gandhi
D
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Question 101Single Answer
Who among the following defines political science as " the study of the act of human and social control" or the "study of control relationship of wills"?
A
Robson
B
Pollocks
C
Maitland
D
Catlin
Question 102Single Answer
Is the parent science of all the social sciences.
A
Sociology
B
History
C
Philosophy
D
None of these
Question 103Single Answer
Which of the following deals with morality and formulates rules which should influence the behaviour of man while living in society?
A
Philosophy
B
Ethics
C
Sociology
D
None of the above
Question 104Single Answer
Ethics is concerned with man as a man and as such, it is prior to:
A
Society
B
Science
C
Political Science
D
History
Question 105Single Answer
Who among the following prominent writers has given psychological explanations of almost all the political problems?
A
Le Bon
B
Baldwin
C
Graham Wallas
D
All of the above
Question 106Single Answer
Political scientists have borrowed such, ideas as 'cultural relativism', 'social evolution', 'cultural diffusion' from:
A
Anthropology
B
Sociology
C
Philosophy
D
Economics
Question 107Single Answer
Who among the following said that politics has its roots, psychologically, in the study of mental habits and vocational activities of mankind?
A
Barker
B
Plato
C
Bryce
D
Wallas
Question 108Single Answer
Ivor Brown points out that economics deals mainly with and politics is concerned with
A
Wealth, government
B
Business, state
C
Commodities, human beings
D
Production, administration
Question 109Single Answer
Which of the following theories of the origin of the state was accepted by liberalism?
A
Pluralist theory
B
Marxist theory
C
Historical theory
D
Institutional theory
Question 110Single Answer
Which of the following views believes that the state originated with class division and class struggle in society?
A
Liberal view
B
Marxist view
C
Pluralist view
D
Traditional view
Question 111Single Answer
"It is not the consciousness of man which determines the material conditions of life but it is material conditions of life which determine their consciousness" - this statement is given by
A
Gettell
B
Karl Marx
C
C. Galbraith
D
Catlin
Question 112Single Answer
"Politics is that part of social science which treats of the foundations of state and the principles of government". Who made this statement?
A
Willoughby
B
Seeley
C
Paul Janet
D
S.L. Wasby
Question 113Single Answer
Guild and Palmer strongly pleaded that the subject of politics should be:
A
The political parties
B
To secure obedience
C
Negative
D
Power instead of the state
Question 114Single Answer
The Father of modern sociology, A. Comte, portrayed society as a potentially harmonious and ordered structure in which all social classes.
A
worked for social change
B
worked for the common good
C
worked for the individual
D
worked for capitalists
Question 115Single Answer
Socialist states are based on marxian ideology and are known as the:
A
Blue world
B
Green world
C
Red world
D
Yellow world
Question 116Single Answer
Which one of the following pairs is mismatched?
A
Fascism - Mussolini
B
Anarchism - Bakunin
C
Socialism - Thomas Moore
D
Pluralism - Kropotkin
Question 117Single Answer
Who has used the concept of "hegemony"?
A
Laski
B
Maclver
C
Gramsci
D
Marx
Question 118Single Answer
"Politics is struggle for power" was said by
A
Morgenthau
B
Quincy Wright
C
Sprout
D
Thomson
Question 119Single Answer
Kautilya wrote his Arthasastra on the subject of:
A
History
B
Practical politics
C
Religion
D
Science
Question 120Single Answer
Lord James Bryce is considered to be the best advocate of the
A
Experimental method
B
Historical method
C
Observational method
D
Comparative method
Question 121Single Answer
Which among the following are elements of Liberalism ?
I. Individual should have the right to develop his own personality
II. Man is a rational creature
III. Society should not be plural
IV. It believes in constitutionalism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
A
I, II and III
B
II, III and IV
C
l, III and IV
D
I, II and IV
Question 122Single Answer
In which year did Pandita Ramabai open her Sharda Sadan (Home for Learning) ?
A
1889
B
1798
C
1898
D
1857
Question 123Single Answer
Given below are two statements .
Statement I Tagore and Gandhi met for the first time at Shantiniketan
Statement II Tagore and Gandhi met for the first time at Gurukul Kangri
In light of the above statements, choose the answer from the options given below
A
Both statement I and statement II are true
B
Both statement I and statement Il are false
C
Statement I is true, but statement II is false
D
Statement I is false, but statement II is true
Question 124Single Answer
Local Bodies Ombudsman may be established to hear complaints of corruption against local bodies .
This was the view of the
A
Ashok Mehta Committee
B
Balvant Rai Mehta Committee
C
LM Singhvi Committee
D
Second Administrative Reforms Commission
Question 125Single Answer
Who among the following envisaged that liberal democracy as a political apparatus would ensure the accountability of the Governors to the governed ?
A
John Stuart Mill
B
John Locke
C
Jeremy Bentham
D
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Question 126Single Answer
Which theory of Rights claims that Rights are inalienable and cannot be separated or taken away from the individual as they are inharent and prior to society and state ?
A
Theory of Natural Rights
B
Theory of Legal Rights
C
Theory of Contractual Rights
D
Theory of Social Welfare Rights
Question 127Single Answer
Who among the following coined the term Ecofeminism ?
A
Francoise d' Eaubonne
B
Okin
C
Kate Millett
D
Germaine Greer
Question 128Single Answer
Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights-1966
II. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities-2000
III. Convention on the Rights of Child-1989
IV. Optional Protocol on Economic Social Rights-2006
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
A
III and IV
B
I and III
C
I and II
D
I and IV
Question 129Single Answer
Which of the following book is NOT written by Machiavelli ?
A
Art of War
B
The Discourses on Livy
C
Discourses on Inequality
D
The Prince
Question 130Single Answer
Which of the following is NOT written by Mary Wollstonecraft ?
A
A Vindication of the Rights of Men
B
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
C
Thoughts of the Education of Daughters
D
Discourses on Education
Question 131Single Answer
Lohia opined .
l. Freedom and bread are inseparable
II. The removal of inequality from human society was one of the seven revolutions
III. If socialism is to be defined in two words then they are equality and prosperity
IV. The desire for equality in the modern world has become the desire of being similar and not equal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
A
III and IV
B
I and IV
C
II and IV
D
I, II, III and IV
Question 132Single Answer
Who wrote 'Neo-Colonialism : The Last Stage of Capitalism' ?
A
Lenin
B
Nelson Mandela
C
Joseph Nye
D
K Nkrumah
Question 133Single Answer
'Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives .' This was said by .
A
James Rost
B
Keith Davis
C
MP Follett
D
GR Terry
Question 134Single Answer
How many new languages were added by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment, 2003 ?
A
3
B
4
C
2
D
5
Question 135Single Answer
Consider the following movements and arrange them in chronological order .
I. Naxalbari Movement
II. Kheda Movement
III. Champaran Movement
IV. Khilafat Movement
Choose the correct answer from the options given
A
III, II, IV, I
B
I, II, III, IV
C
IV, III, II, I
D
II, III, I, IV
Question 136Single Answer
The rise and growth of the concept of New Public Administrative can be traced to
I. Honey Report on Higher Education for Public Services, 1967
II. Minnowbrook Conference II, 1988
III. Philadelphia Conference on the Theory and Practice of Public Administration, 1967
IV. Public Administration in a Time of Turbulence, 1971
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
A
II, III and IV
B
I, II, III
C
I, II and IV
D
I, III and IV
Question 137Single Answer
Which of the following functions have been laid down in the 12th Schedule of the Constitution of India for Municipalities ?
I. Urban poverty alleviation
II. Planning for economic and social development
III. Roads and bridges
IV. Public safety services
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
A
I, II, III and IV
B
I, II and III
C
I, III and IV
D
I and II
Question 138Single Answer
Which of the following principles are correct with regard to liberal democracy ?
I. Government by consent
II. Public Accountability
III. Suitable for Socialism
IV. Constitutional Government
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
A
I, II and IV
B
I, III and IV
C
II, III and IV
D
I, II and III
Question 139Single Answer
The book 'Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History' was written by .
A
MK Gandhi
B
JL Nehru
C
VD Savarkar
D
MN Roy
Question 140Single Answer
Match List I and List II .
List I List II
(Stages in the Evolution) (Duration)
A. Principles of Administration I. 1938-1947
B. Era of Challenges II. 1948-1970
C. Politics-Administration Dichotomy III. 1887-1926
D. Crisis of Identity IV. 1927-1937
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .
A
A B C D
II III IV I
B
IV I III II
C
I II IV III
D
IV I II III
Question 141Single Answer
Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. Operation Raahat-Yemen
II. Vande Bharat Mission-Sri Lanka
III. Operation Maitri-Nepal
IV. Operation Sukoon-Iraq
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .
A
I and III
B
II and III
C
II and IV
D
I and II
Question 142Single Answer
In which Indian state's assembly election, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) was used for the first time ?
A
Manipur
B
Nagaland
C
Kerala
D
Sikkim
Question 143Single Answer
Who among the following has provided 'Revisionist Theory of Modernity' ?
A
Steven Wilkinson
B
Sudipta Kaviraj
C
Atul Kohli
D
Francine R Frankel
Question 144Single Answer
In which one of the following years, the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme was launched ?
A
2012
B
2013
C
2014
D
2015
Question 145Single Answer
Which among the following are included in Nine Pillars of Digital India ?
l. Information for all
II. Early harvest programme
III. Electronic manufacturing
IV. Connect only metro cities of the country
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .
A
II, III, and IV
B
I, III. and IV
C
I, II, and III
D
I, II, III and IV
Question 146Single Answer
According to Hagel
I. war is not to be regarded as an evil but a virtue
II. war effectively displays the "irony of the divine idea"
III. war destroys selfish egoism of the individual
IV. the State of War, "shows the Omnipotence of the state in its individuality"
V. humanity never needed war and the gun is a chance of invention
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .
A
IV, III, II and I
B
V, III, II and I
C
III, V, I and IV
D
III, I, V and II
Question 147Single Answer
Match List I with List II .
List I List II
(Provisions) (Schedules)
A. Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes I. 5th Schedule
B. List of Official Languages II. 3rd Schedule
C. Provision of Lists (Union, State, Concurrent) III. 7th Schedule
D. Oath needs to be made by the Union and State Ministers IV. 8th Schedule
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .
A
A B C D
IV III II I
B
I, III, II IV
C
I, II, III, IV
D
I, IV, III II
Question 148Single Answer
Arrange the establishment of the following commissions in chronological order .
I. National Commission for Women
II. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
III. National Commission for Protection of child Rights
IV. National Human Rights Commission
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .
A
I, II, IV, III
B
I, II, III, IV
C
IV. III. II. I
D
I. IV, II, III
Question 149Single Answer
Which ones are true about the Passive Resistance and Satyagraha ?
I. Passive Resistance is equivalent to Satyagraha
II. Passive Resistance is not afraid of the physical strength while Satyagraha is afraid of physical Strength
III. Passive Resistance is negative in practice whereas Satyagraha is positive morality
IV. Passive Resistance is weapon of the weaker sections, Satyagraha never desires to terrorise the opponent
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .
A
I and IV
B
I and II
C
III and IV
D
II and III
Question 150Single Answer
Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Swami Vivekananda ?
l. He was the disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhans
II. In 1893, he proceeded to participate in the Chicago Parliament of Religions
III. He never visited USA
IV. He said that Man is not higher than all animals
V. He was the founder member of the Arya Samaj
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .
