POLITICAL SCIENCE
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Which one of the following factors is not responsible for the decline of Political Theory ?
(A) Positivism
(B) Historicism
(C) Moral Relativism
(D) Ideological Pluralism
2. Neo-liberalism does not believe in
(A) Deregulation
(B) Debureaucratisation
(C) Disinvestment
(D) Statisation
3. Who said, ‘Taxation equals forced labour’ ?
(A) John Rawls
(B) Hayek
(C) Nozick
(D) Berlin
4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
5. Who defined an ideology as ‘a set of ideas by which men posit, explain and justify the ends and means of organized social action, irrespective of whether such action aims to preserve, amend, uproot or rebuild a given social order’ ?
(A) de Tracy
(B) Martin Seliger
(C) D. McLellan
(D) J. Larrain
6. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : All Political Philosophers are political theorists.
Reason (R) : All Political Theorists are not necessarily Political Philosophers.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the right 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.
7. Who said that Labour power equals the brain, muscle, and nerve of the Labourer ?
(A) Lenin
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Marx
(D) Jayaprakash Narayan
8. The reappearance of Plato is found in the
(A) Utopia of Sir Thomas More
(B) City of the Sun of Campanella
(C) New Atlantis of Bacon
(D) All the above
9. Which one of the statements is not correct in respect of Aristotle ?
(A) Men are by nature unequal.
(B) There is subordination of inferior to superior.
(C) Women are, by nature, subordinated to men.
(D) Slavery is justified because it does not secure the best conditions for the slave.
10. Who did help to humanize J.S. Mill’s revised version of Utilitarianism ?
(A) James Mill
(B) Mrs. Harriet Taylor
(C) Priestley
(D) Hutcheson
11. For Hobbes, ‘Felicity’ means
(A) Pleasure
(B) A continued success in obtaining those things which a man from time to time desires.
(C) Empathy
(D) None of the above
12. ‘The “natural” man will be one in whom strong conscience and stead fast reason have successfully harmonized self-love and sympathy’.
Who advocated this ?
(A) Hobbes
(B) Rousseau
(C) Bentham
(D) Locke
13. Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding was a refutation of
(A) Hobbes’ Leviathan
(B) Priestley’s Essay on Government
(C) Bentham’s Fragment on Government
(D) Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha.
14. The Politics of Society must be based on two principles as (i) ‘Treat others as self’ and (ii) ‘help the other persons in
need’. Whose saying is this ?
(A) Rammohan Roy
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Aurobindo
(D) Savarkar
15. Identify the correct sequence of M.N. Roy’s activities/events in ascending order :
(i) Formed “The League of Radical Congressman’.
(ii) Founded “The Indian Renaissance Movement”.
(iii) Expelled from “Comintern” (iv) Founded a weekly, “The Independent India”.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(C) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
16. Who among the following was elected as U.S. President for the fourth term ?
(A) George Washington
(B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(C) Theodore Roosevelt
(D) Andrew Jackson
17. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes :
Assertion (A) : Democratic values command widespread acceptance within liberal democracies as an ideal, but at the same time citizens have become more critical of the working of the core institutions of representative democracy.
Reason (R) : The declining faith in government represents a deflation of the political culture, reducing the capacity of the political system to achieve shared goals.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (R).
(B) Both(A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
18. Which of the following countries has a simple constitution-amending procedure ?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) U.K.
(C) India
(D) France
19. In reference to Presidential system which President of U.S.A. said, “for the folly of just one man may spell disaster for the whole nation.” ?
(A) Jimmy Carter
(B) Barrack Obama
(C) George W. Bush
(D) Woodrow Wilson
20. Which one of the following statements about the U.S. President is not correct ?
(A) No U.S. President has ever been impeached.
(B) Richard Nixon’s impeachment failed by one vote.
(C) The House of Representatives has the power to initiate impeachment proceedings.
(D) The case is tried by the Senate with the Chief Justice presiding.
21. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
22. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
23. Who among the following has adopted the ‘Political-conflict approach’ in the analysis of revolution ?
(A) Thdeda Skocpol
(B) Alexis de Tocqueville
(C) Charles Tilly
(D) Emile Durkheim
24. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes below :
25. Which of the following thinkers defined modernization in terms of three conditions :
(i) An innovative social system
(ii) Differentiated, flexible social structure
(iii) Social basis for skill and knowledge, in technologically advanced world.
(A) C.E. Black
(B) David E. Apter
(C) Samuel P. Huntington
(D) S.N. Eisenstadt
26. Which of the following statements are correct about the Swiss Political System ?
1. The Centre in Switzerland is more powerful than that of the U.S.A.
2. Swiss Government has right to military intervention in case of secession.
3. The residuary powers belong to the units.
4. Swiss political system is unitary.
Codes :
(A) 1, 2, 4
(B) 2, 3, 4
(C) 1, 2, 3
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4
27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
28. Which one is not the attribute of one party system ?
(A) Sectarian (Exclusive, regional, class, ideological) support.
(B) Closed, Authoritarian, Direct action, Repressive organization.
(C) Diffused, National integration, Community building, Mobilisation.
(D) Comprehensive, Clientele oriented, Pragmatic support.
29. Which of the following, according to Lucian Pye, are the crises of Political development ?
1. Crisis of Identity
2. Crisis of Legitimacy
3. Crisis of Leadership
4. Crisis of Integrity
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1, 2
(B) 2, 3
(C) 3, 4
(D) 1, 4
30. Match List-I with List-II. Select correct answer from the codes given below :
31. Who made the following statement in the Constituent Assembly in connection with the Amendment Procedure of the Constitution of India ?
‘That while we want this Constitution to be solid and as permanent as a structure we can make it, nevertheless there is no permanence in Constitutions. … If you make anything rigid and permanent, you stop the Nation’s growth, the growth of a living, vital organic people’.
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
32. Which of the following Articles cannot be suspended during National Emergency ?
(A) Articles 14 and 15
(B) Articles 19 and 20
(C) Articles 21 and 22
(D) Articles 20 and 21
33. Who among the following called Jayaprakash Narain, Ram Manohar Lohia and other Socialists as Japanese agents during 1942 movement ?
(A) Communist Party of India
(B) Akali Dal
(C) Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh
(D) Muslim League
34. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes.
Assertion (A) : Caste system was an epitome of the traditional society, a ‘closed system’, where generation after generation of
individuals did similar kinds of work and lived more or less similar kinds of lives.
Reason (R) : Caste system encapsulated within it the features of a social structure and normative religious behaviour, and even
provided a fairly comprehensive idea about the personal lives of individuals living in the Hindu Caste Society.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is false.
35. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes.
Assertion (A) : Over the years, the Supreme Court of India has failed to demonstrate a commitment to preserving constitutional liberty, and expanding and protecting human rights.
Reason (R) : The Supreme Court has played and continues to play a critical role in shaping India’s constitutional democracy far
beyond that which the drafters of the Constitution envisaged or what courts in other countries play.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
36. Which one of the following is not applicable to Public Interest Litigation ?
(A) Constitutional obligation of the Judiciary towards the marginalised sections of society.
(B) Locus standi.
(C) Public spirited citizens can move the court on behalf of the poor.
(D) Judiciary overlooks a strict construction of procedural formalities in entertaining petitions.
37. Which among the following pertains to the sixty first Constitutional Amendment ?
(A) Ninth Schedule
(B) Defection
(C) Amendment of Article 368
(D) Lowering of voting age
38. The Sikhs got special electorates in which of the following Acts ?
(A) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(B) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(C) Government of India Act, 1919
(D) Government of India Act, 1935
39. Which of the following Committees of the Constituent Assembly was chaired by Jawaharlal Nehru ?
(A) Steering Committee
(B) Union Powers Committee
(C) Committee on Fundamental Rights and Minorities
(D) Provincial Constitution Committee
40. Who among the following developed the concept, ‘derivative discourse’ ?
(A) Ashish Nandy
(B) Partha Chatterjee
(C) Ashutosh Varshney
(D) Sudipta Kaviraj
41. MNREGA is not associated with which of the following ?
(A) Providing Employment Opportunities
(B) Reduction of poverty
(C) Preventing Distress Migration
(D) Agrarian crises
42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
43. Who among the following first initiated the study of State Politics in India ?
(A) Iqbal Narain
(B) Paul R. Brass
(C) Stanley Kochanak
(D) Myron Weiner
44. Which one of the following was the largest Opposition party in the Eighth Lok Sabha (1984) ?
(A) Bhartiya Janata Party
(B) Communist Party of India
(C) Telugu Desam Party
(D) National Lok Dal
45. With which of the following States, was the Programme, Janmabhoomi associated ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Andhra Pradesh
46. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
47. Which of the following is concerned with the substantive functions of the Government ?
(A) Staff Agency
(B) Line Agency
(C) Auxiliary Agency
(D) Staff and Auxiliary Agencies
48. Who among the following termed the four different bases of organization as four Ps ?
(A) Luther Gulick
(B) L.D. White
(C) Henry Fayol
(D) Herbert Simon
49. The chief reason for delegation of authority from headquarters to field officers is to
(A) facilitate decision-making at the local level.
(B) inculcate skills in the field officers.
(C) control the field office.
(D) decongest the headquarters.
50. Which of the following are the characteristics of development administration ?
1. Change-orientation
2. Client orientation
3. Citizen-participative orientation
4. Ecological perspective
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
51. Domicile qualification for public services was first prescribed by
(A) The United States of America
(B) U.K.
(C) India
(D) France
52. Which one of the following is the Cadre-controlling authority for the Indian Police Service ?
(A) The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(B) The Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)
(D) Cabinet Secretary
53. The process of transferring funds from one budget head to another of the same department where there is a need for more expenditure is called
(A) transfer
(B) re-allocation
(C) re-appropriation
(D) sectoral allocation
54. Promotion generally means
1. Change in position
2. Change in duties
3. Change in title
4. Change in pay
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
55. Which of the following statements are correct ?
1. Panchayati Raj is mentioned in the Constitution as a Directive Principle.
2. Sadiq Ali Committee was appointed to report on the working of the Panchayat system in India.
3. G.V.K. Rao Committee was appointed by the Planning Commission.
4. Local Government figures in State List.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1, 3 and 4
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
56. Who among the following has termed bureaucracy as “an organization that cannot correct its behaviour by learning from its
errors” ?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) M. Crozer
(C) Max Weber
(D) C.N. Parkinson
57. Who is the Chairperson of the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) ?
(A) Cabinet Secretary
(B) Secretary for Home Affairs
(C) Personnel Secretary
(D) Finance Secretary
58. Of all the controls over Public Administration the one which is more continuous and self-corrective is
(A) controlled by the Legislature
(B) controlled by the Executive
(C) controlled by the Judiciary
(D) controlled by the Media
59. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : A few years back, the Government of India started what is known as “filejumping experiment”.
Reason (R) : Hierarchical structure causes inordinate delay in the disposal of work.
Codes :
(A) 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.
60. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Planning Commission in India is neither a Statutory Body nor a Constitutional Body.
Reason (R) : It was established by an Act of Parliament.
Codes :
(A) 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.
61. With which liberal thinker would you associate “Democratic Peace Theory” ?
(A) Michael Doyle
(B) James Rosenau
(C) Richard Falk
(D) Michael Walzer
62. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Regimes represent an important feature of globalization.
Reason (R) : The onset of détente, the loss of hegemonic status by the USA and the growing awareness of environmental problems sensitized social scientists.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the right 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.
63. Who said, “Power in International Politics is like the weather. Everyone talks about it, but few understand it” ?
(A) Hans J.Morganthau
(B) Henry Kissinger
(C) Joseph Nye
(D) Susan Strange
64. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
65. Chronologically arrange the arms control and disarmament agreements in an ascending order.
1. Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty (SORT) – 2002
2. Chemical Weapons Convention – 1993
3. Open Skies Treaty – 1992
4. Ottawa Landmine Convention – 1997
Codes :
(A) 4, 1, 3, 2
(B) 1, 4, 2, 3
(C) 3, 2, 4, 1
(D) 2, 3, 1, 4
66. Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : The Post-Cold War period is a multi polar moment in an uni polar world.
Reason (R) : America remains the world’s pre eminent actor, but it is also stretched militarily, in debt financially, divided domestically and unpopular internationally.
Codes :
(A) 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.
67. With which Doctrine is “Containment” associated ?
(A) Dulles Doctrine
(B) Truman Doctrine
(C) Nixon Doctrine
(D) Roosevelt Doctrine
68. Which country has the world’s largest reserves of natural gas, the second largest coal reserves, and the eighth largest oil reserves ?
(A) Iran
(B) USA
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) Russia
69. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
70. Which countries were identified as the “Axis of Evil” by President Bush in his State of Union Speech in 2002 ?
(A) Russia, China, Iran
(B) Iran, Iraq, Syria
(C) Cuba, Venezuela, Russia
(D) Iraq, Iran, North Korea
71. When was the UN Peace building Commission established ?
(A) January 2003
(B) December 2004
(C) December 2005
(D) January 2006
72. As part of a regional initiative, India initiated the 2004 Tokyo Agreement. Name the organization which emerged as a result.
(A) BRICS
(B) ARF
(C) ReCAAP
(D) IOR-ARC
73. Name the military strategist who stated that all war is based on deception and praised it as the ‘divine art of subtlety and secrecy.’
(A) Clausewitz
(B) Kautilya
(C) Sun Tzu
(D) Machiavelli
74. Name the person who headed the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) to Iraq in 2002 ?
(A) Kofi Annan
(B) Hans Blix
(C) David Petraeus
(D) Colin Powell
75. Which among the following States least influences India’s Foreign Policy ?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) West Bengal
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
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