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Political Science

Question 1Single Answer
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 :
  1. ACodes :
    (a) and (b)
  2. B(b) and (d)
  3. C(b) only
  4. 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 ?
  1. ABentham
  2. BJ.S. Mill
  3. CHegel
  4. DKarl 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 
  1. ACodes :
    (a)     (b)     (c)     (d)
    (ii)      (iii)     (iv)    (i)
  2. B(i)      (ii)      (iii)     (iv)
  3. C(iii)     (iv)    (ii)      (i)
  4. D(iv)    (i)      (iii)     (ii)
Question 4Single Answer
Who among the following considers Marxism to be an ideology rather than a political theory ?
  1. AGenrmino
  2. BDavid Held
  3. CR.A. Dahl
  4. DG.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
  1. ACodes :
    (a),(b),(c) and (d)
  2. B(c),(b),(a) and (d)
  3. C(d),(b),(c) and (a)
  4. D(b),(d),(a) and (c)
Question 6Single Answer
Who among the following conceived the society as 'a co-operative venture for mutual advantage' ?
  1. ARawls
  2. BNozick
  3. CHayek
  4. DGramsci
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.
  1. ACodes :
    Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. BBoth (A) and (R) are ture but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C(A) is true but (R) is false.
  4. 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 ?
  1. ABipin Chandra Pal
  2. BM.A. Jinnah
  3. CJawaharlal Nehru
  4. DM.K. Gandhi 
Question 9Single Answer
Who among the following said : "Research untutored by theory may prove trivial and theory unsupported by data, futile" ?
  1. AB. Crick
  2. BCharles Merriam
  3. CDavid Easton
  4. DR.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.
  1. ACodes :
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C(A) is true but (R) is false.
  4. D(A) is false but (R) is true. 
Question 11Single Answer
To Kautilya, the concept "rupadarshak" means :
  1. ABeautician
  2. BMagistrate
  3. CInspector of coins
  4. DZamindar
Question 12Single Answer
Plato appropriated the ideas of
  1. AHeraclitus
  2. BParmenides
  3. CSocrates
  4. DAll the above
Question 13Single Answer
For whom "All existence is simply a matter in motion." ?
  1. APlato
  2. BHobbes
  3. CT.H. Green
  4. DRousseau
Question 14Single Answer
Rousseau won the prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Academy of Dijon in 1749 on the subject
  1. A"Has the progress of the sciences and the Arts contribute to corrupt or purify morals ?"
  2. B"Has the progress of the sciences con-tributed to corrupt morals ?"
  3. C"Has the development of the sciences contributed to corrupt or purify morals?"
  4. DNone of the above
Question 15Single 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.
  1. ACodes :
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. BBoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C(A) is true and (R) is false.
  4. D(A) is false but (R) is true.
Question 16Single Answer
The laws of the dialectic of Marx does not include
  1. AThe law of transformation of quantity into quality and vice-versa.
  2. BThe law of the unity of opposites.
  3. CThe law of the negation of the negation.
  4. DDialectic is confined to its operation to the understanding of the past only.
Question 17Single Answer
Who said "Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and of the proletarian revolution"?
  1. AMarx
  2. BLenin
  3. CStalin
  4. DMao
Question 18Single 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 :
  1. A(i),(ii),(iii),(iv)
  2. B(i),(ib),(ii),(iii)
  3. C(i),(iii),(iv),(ii)
  4. D(i),(ii),(iv),(iii)
Question 19Single Answer
In which place of South Africa did Gandhiji for the first time organize mass protest ?
  1. ACape Town
  2. BJohannesburg
  3. CSoweto
  4. DPretoria
Question 20Single 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
  1. ACodes :
    a       b       c        d
    iii       iv       ii        i
  2. Bii        iii       i         iv
  3. Ci         ii        iii       iv
  4. Div       i         iii       ii
Question 21Single Answer
In Hegel's notion the highest possible achievement of Mind as expressed in social life was in
  1. AThe contemporary Prussian State
  2. BRome
  3. CAthens
  4. DContemporary Great Britain   
Question 22Single Answer
Machiavelli  advised the Prince to pursue
  1. AModerate behaviour
  2. BExtreme generosity
  3. CPerfect strictness
  4. DGreat kindness 
Question 23Single Answer
Which is not a part of Rawls' well ordered society ?
  1. AStable
  2. BEfficient
  3. CJust
  4. DEqual 
Question 24Single 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"?
  1. ABentham
  2. BHegel
  3. CHobbes
  4. DRousseau 
Question 25Single 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
  1. ACodes :
    d, c, b, a
  2. Ba, c, d, b
  3. Cc, a, b, d
  4. Db, d, c, a 
Question 26Single 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
  1. ACodes :
    a       b       c        d
    3       1       2       4
  2. B1       3       2       4
  3. C2       4       3       1      
  4. D4       2       1       3 
Question 27Single 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
  1. ACodes :
    a       b       c        d
    1       2       3       4
  2. B2       1       3       4
  3. C2       1       4       3
  4. D1       3       2       4 
Question 28Single 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
  1. ACodes :
    a       b       c        d
    1       2       3       4
  2. B2       3       1       4
  3. C2       1       4       3
  4. D4       3       2       1 
Question 29Single Answer
Assertion (A): Marx was a revolutionary.
Reason (R): Marx was not concerned about the process of history.
  1. ACodes :
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C(A) is true but (R) is false.
  4. D(A) is false but (R) is true. 
Question 30Single Answer
Assertion (A): Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science.
Reason (R): His criticism of Plato's idealism Justifies this claim.
  1. ACodes :
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C(A) is true but (R) is false.
  4. D(A) is false but (R) is true.  
Question 31Single Answer
Which of the following book is not authored by Karl Marx ?
  1. AGerman Ideology
  2. BCritique of the Gotha Programme
  3. CParis Manuscripts
  4. DScience of Logic 
Question 32Single Answer
Who wrote "Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign" ?
  1. AJ. S. Mill
  2. BM. K. Gandhi
  3. CJeremy Bentham
  4. DRobert Nozick  
Question 33Single Answer
Rajni Kothari's book Politics in India is written on the basis of the methodology of
  1. AStructural functionalism
  2. BNormative theory
  3. CMarxism
  4. DUtilitarianism 
Question 34Single Answer
Who is the first modern political thinker who deliberately ignores Aristotle ?
  1. AMachiavelli
  2. BBodin
  3. CHobbes
  4. DLocke
Question 35Single 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
  1. ACodes :
    (a)     (b)     (c)     (d)
    (ii)      (iii)     (i)      (iv)
  2. B(i)      (ii)      (iii)     (iv)
  3. C(iii)     (i)      (ii)      (iv)
  4. D(ii)      (i)      (iii)     (iv) 
Question 36Single 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
  1. ACodes :
    (a)     (b)     (c)     (d)
    (i)      (ii)      (iii)     (iv)
  2. B(iv)    (i)      (iii)     (ii)
  3. C(ii)      (iii)     (i)      (iv)
  4. D(iii)     (i)      (ii)      (iv) 
Question 37Single Answer
Who was the founder of Utilitarianism ?
  1. ABentham
  2. BJames Mill
  3. CDavid Hume
  4. DPriestley
Question 38Single Answer
The doctrine of overlapping consensus is advocated by
  1. ABerlin
  2. BBarry
  3. CNozick
  4. DRawls 
Question 39Single Answer
Who amng the following first developed the concept of general systems theory ?
  1. ALudwig Von Bertallanfy
  2. BColin cherry
  3. CRobert K. Merton
  4. DTalcott Parsons 
Question 40Single Answer
Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of
  1. AAdvanced capitalism
  2. BDeveloped socialism
  3. CModern totalitarianism
  4. DPolitics of developing countries
Question 41Single Answer
The thinker who synthesized German and English Liberalism was
  1. ABosanquet
  2. BHobhouse
  3. CG.D.H. Code
  4. DT.H. Green  
Question 42Single Answer
Which one of the following is not a theorist of Political Realism?
  1. AKenneth Waltz
  2. BNorman Angell
  3. CMorgenthau
  4. DJoseph Grecho
Question 43Single Answer
'Hind Swaraj' depends
  1. AMazzini's Italy
  2. BDiseraeli's England
  3. CLincoln's USA
  4. DBismarck's Germany 
Question 44Single Answer
Which one of the following is not one of the indicators of political development ?
  1. ACapacity
  2. BEquality
  3. CFraternity
  4. DDifferentiation
Question 45Single Answer
The ideal type of federalism is
  1. ADual federalism
  2. BBargaining federalism
  3. CNew federalism
  4. DCo-operative federalism
Question 46Single Answer
Independence of executive is the principle of
  1. AIndian Constitution
  2. BBritish Constitution
  3. CAmerican Constitution
  4. DSwiss Constitution 
Question 47Single Answer
Who says that a proper revolution should be restricted to the political and should not extend to the social ?
  1. AChe Guevara
  2. BRegis Debray
  3. CCrane Brinton
  4. DHannah Arendt  
Question 48Single Answer
Which of the following Commissions does not have the constitutional status ?
  1. AFinance Commission
  2. BUnion Public Service Commission
  3. CNational Commission for Scheduled Castes
  4. DPlanning Commission
Question 49Single Answer
Which of the following cases propounded the concept of basic structure of the Indian Constitution ?
  1. AGolak Nath case
  2. BMinerva Mills case
  3. CKeshvananda Bharti case
  4. DManeka Gandhi case  
Question 50Single 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
  1. AJawaharlal Nehru
  2. BRadhakrishnan
  3. CMahatma Gandhi
  4. DMaulana Abul Kalam Azad 
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