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Political Science & International Relations MCQs
1. Which among the following statements is not correct?
(A) Post-behavioural political theory inter-relates value and fact.
(B) Post-behavioural political theory is ethnocentric.
(C) Post-behavioural political theory is tied to action and relevancy.
(D) Post-behavioural political theory is change oriented.
Ans: B
2. Positive liberalism does not believe in
(A) Welfare State
(B) Nanny State
(C) State as a moral agency
(D) Minimal State
Ans: D
3. Marx does not believe in
(A) Human consciousness determines social existence
(B) Ideas are the reflections of the interplay of material forces
(C) The base determines the superstructure
(D) Matter is active and dynamic
Ans: A
4. Rawlsian concept of justice is based on
(A) Distributive principle
(B) Agreement principle
(C) Difference principle
(D) Joint method principle
Ans: C
5. The term ‘Ideology’ was first used in the year
(A) 1789
(B) 1792
(C) 1795
(D) 1797
Ans: D
6. Satyavir Ki Katha, translated into Gujarati by Gandhiji was from
(A) The Prince
(B) Dialogues of Plato
(C) The Social Contract
(D) War and Peace
Ans: B
7. Who adopted communism to Asiatic form?
(A) M.N. Roy
(B) Mao – Tse – Tung
(C) Lenin
(D) Trotsky
Ans: B
8. Which one among the following statements is correct?
(A) Platonic justice is a legal concept.
(B) The Greek word for Justice is dikaisune.
(C) Platonic justice meant true in word and deed and paying one’s debts to Gods and men.
(D) Platonic Justice consists in conformity to the laws and institutions laid down by the Sovereign for his benefit and enforced by his power.
Ans: B
9. Locke’s view on ‘state of nature’ is
(A) Pre-social
(B) Pre-political
(C) Pre-social and pre-political
(D) Social and Political
Ans: B
10. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) The Prince deals with providing requirements for the maintenance of political instability in the Republics.
(B) The Discourses expounds the requirements for the maintenance of political instability in principalities.
(C) The Prince is concerned with the qualities of Princes; the Discourses place a greater emphasis on the civic demands on citizens.
(D) None of the above.
Ans: C
11. Who said: “Human nature is an ensemble of social relations”?
(A) Gandhiji
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Aurobindo
(D) Mao
Ans: B
12. Aurobindo is mainly famous because of his
(A) Political Ideology
(B) Revolutionary Activities
(C) Life Divine
(D) Association with Mother
Ans: C
13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Platonic justice represents a disposition to do the right thing.
Reason (R): It is good to be unjust but bad to suffer injustice.
(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.
Ans: C
14. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(Authors) (Books)
(a) Friedrich Hayek (i) The Politics
(b) John Rawls (ii) Idea of Justice
(c) Amartya Sen (iii) The Road to Serfdom
(d) Plato (iv) A Theory of Justice
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Ans: B
15. What is the correct sequence of the following in the Aristotle’s Theory of Causation?
(i) Material cause
(ii) Formal cause
(iii) Final cause
(iv) Efficient cause
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Ans: D
16. Who said that the structural– functional approach was weak in change, the social process approach was weak in politics and the comparative history approach was weak in theory?
(A) Huntington
(B) Paul F. Kress
(C) Jean Blondel
(D) Samir Amin
Answer: (S)
17. Who among the following interpreted functionalism as an alternative approach to Marxism?
(A) Paul F. Kress
(B) Nicholson and Reynolds
(C) W.G. Runciman
(D) Morton Kaplan
Ans: C
18. Which one of the following has tried to give an essentially engineering orientation to human behaviour?
(A) Input-output analysis
(B) Structural–functional approach
(C) Communications theory
(D) Behavioural approach
Ans: C
19. The characteristics of Almond’s political system mostly resemble those of the political system(s) of
(A) United States of America
(B) Scandinavian countries
(C) Developing countries
(D) Latin American countries
Ans: A
20. Who among the following identifies political development with the “institutionalisation of political organisations and procedures”?
(A) Huntington
(B) Lucian Pye
(C) Organski
(D) Almond
Ans: A
21. Which one of the following approaches/theories was first started as a critique of democracy and socialism?
(A) Elite theory
(B) Structural–functional approach
(C) Communications theory
(D) Game theory
Ans: A
22. Who among the following divided the non-competitive party system into one-party authoritarian, one party pluralistic and one-party totalitarian?
(A) Alan Ball
(B) La Palombara and Myron Weiner
(C) Harry Eckstein
(D) James Jupp
Ans: B
23. In which of the following forms of Government is the second chamber as indispensable part of legislature?
(A) Presidential
(B) Parliamentary
(C) Unitary
(D) Federal
Ans: D
24. Which one of the following books has a chapter on ‘Politics in India’?
(A) The Civic Culture Revisited
(B) Politics and Government
(C) Political Development and Social Change
(D) Comparative Politics Today
Ans: D
25. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Form of Government) (Name of the Country)
(a) Parliamentary, Federal, Republican (i) The United Kingdom
(b) Presidential, Federal, Republican (ii) India
(c) Parliamentary, Unitary, Monarchical (iii) France
(d) Parliamentary cum- Presidential, Unitary, Republican (iv) The United States of America
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Ans: D
26. In which country all courts including all levels of the State Courts have the power of Judicial review?
(A) India
(B) Switzerland
(C) America
(D) Australia
Ans: C
27. The Indian Federal System differs from the American Federal System in respect of the following:
(1) Representation of the States in the Upper House of the Federal Legislature.
(2) Existence of a Written Constitution.
(3) Vesting of Residuary Powers.
(4) Dual Citizenship
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes
(A) (1) and (2)
(B) (3) and (4)
(C) (1), (2) and (3)
(D) (4) only
Ans: B
28. Which one of the following is the most important characteristic of a Parliamentary Government?
(A) Majority Rule
(B) Rule of Law
(C) Direct election of Member of Parliament
(D) Collective responsibility of the Executive to the Legislature
Ans: D
29. Which one of the following federal systems was taken as a model by K.C. Wheare for judging other federal systems?
(A) Australian federal system
(B) American federal system
(C) Swiss federal system
(D) Canadian federal system
Ans: B
30. 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): Presidential system is suitable for meeting crises.
Reason (R): The President has a fixed tenure.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true 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 true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans: B
31. The Constituent Assembly was setup under the
(A) Cripp Mission
(B) Cabinet Mission Plan
(C) Wavell Plan
(D) Nehru Report
Ans: B
32. Who said the following? ‘India’s Constitution was born more in fear and trepidation than in hope and inspiration’
(A) Paul Brass
(B) Myron Weiner
(C) K.C. Wheare
(D) Jennings
Ans: A
33. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution shields legislation from being declared unconstitutional and void?
(A) Art. 15 B
(B) Art. 51 A
(C) Art. 31 B
(D) Art. 29 A
Ans: C
34. Which of the following Amendments to the Indian Constitution has made Right to Education a Fundamental Right?
(A) 92nd
(B) 94th
(C) 93rd
(D) 91st
Ans: C
35. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) First Proclamation of Emergency was declared in 1962.
(B) Second Proclamation of Emergency was declared in 1971.
(C) Third Proclamation of Emergency was declared in 1975.
(D) Second and Third Proclamations of Emergency were revoked in 1978.
Ans: D
36. The power of Supreme Court of India to decide the dispute between the Centre and the States falls under its
(A) Advisory Jurisdiction
(B) Appellate Jurisdiction
(C) Original Jurisdiction
(D) Advisory and Appellate Jurisdiction
Ans: C
37. Who tried to period Indian politics in terms of the tussle between a “demand polity” and a “command polity”?
(A) Rajni Kothari
(B) Partha Chatterjee
(C) Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph
(D) Myron Weiner
Ans: C
38. Caste based reservations are labeled as
(A) Affirmative Action
(B) Positive Discrimination
(C) State Intervention
(D) Society Egalitarianism
Ans: B
39. Which of the following was headed by Raja Dhare and Nam Devdhasal?
(A) Dalit Tiger
(B) Bheem Shakti
(C) Dalit Panther
(D) Dalit Elephant
Ans: C
40. Lloyd and Susanne Rudolf saw the State in India as ‘Polymorphous’. What does it mean?
(A) Creature of manifold forms and orientation
(B) Creature of multiple layers
(C) Hybrid creature
(D) Constantly changing creature
Ans: A
41. Who is the author of ‘Political Economy of Development in India’?
(A) Amartya Sen
(B) Subipta Kaviraj
(C) Pranab Bardhan
(D) Hanza Allavi
Ans: C
42. In order to ensure free and fair elections and to conduct all elections to the Panchayats, the power is vested with
(A) Chief Election Commissioner of India
(B) Chief Minister of the State
(C) State Election Commission
(D) Chief Secretary of the State
Ans: C
43. Assertion (A): The President of India is the Constitutional Head of the State.
Reason (R): All powers are vested in the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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.
Ans: A
44. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(a) Emergence of Muslim League (i) 1940
(b) Lucknow Pact (ii) 1906
(c) Motilal Nehru Report (iii) 1916
(d) Two-Nation Theory (iv) 1928
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Ans: B
45. What is the correct sequence of the following Presidents of India? Use the code given below:
(i) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(ii) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(iii) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
(iv) R. Venkataraman
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Ans: B
46. Consider the following statements: In the area of organizational principles
(1) In working out organizational principles, Gulick was influenced by Fayol’s fourteen principles.
(2) Urwick warns against the ‘use of committees for the purpose of administration’
(3) Gulick gives no regard to the bases on which work may be divided.
(4) Fayol believed in the principle of ‘unity of command’.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: D
47. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(a) Frederick Herzberg (i) The Need Hierarchy
(b) Abraham Maslow (ii) The existence of ‘Clects’
(c) Fred W. Riggs (iii) Motivator – Hygiene Approach
(d) M.P. Follett (iv) Concept of Partnership
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: A
48. According to Chester I. Barnard which one of the following is not correct about an order to be authoritative?
(A) It should conform to the purpose of the organization.
(B) It should be intelligible.
(C) It should be motivating monetarily.
(D) It should be feasible.
Ans: C
49. According to Mooney, conferring of specified authority by a higher authority is
(A) Decentralization
(B) Delegation
(C) Deconcentration
(D) Disintegration
Ans: B
50. Who defined development administration as “Action-oriented, goal-oriented administrative system”?
(A) Fred W. Riggs
(B) Dwight Waldo
(C) Robert Dahl
(D) Edward Weidner
Ans: D
(A) Post-behavioural political theory inter-relates value and fact.
(B) Post-behavioural political theory is ethnocentric.
(C) Post-behavioural political theory is tied to action and relevancy.
(D) Post-behavioural political theory is change oriented.
Ans: B
2. Positive liberalism does not believe in
(A) Welfare State
(B) Nanny State
(C) State as a moral agency
(D) Minimal State
Ans: D
3. Marx does not believe in
(A) Human consciousness determines social existence
(B) Ideas are the reflections of the interplay of material forces
(C) The base determines the superstructure
(D) Matter is active and dynamic
Ans: A
4. Rawlsian concept of justice is based on
(A) Distributive principle
(B) Agreement principle
(C) Difference principle
(D) Joint method principle
Ans: C
5. The term ‘Ideology’ was first used in the year
(A) 1789
(B) 1792
(C) 1795
(D) 1797
Ans: D
6. Satyavir Ki Katha, translated into Gujarati by Gandhiji was from
(A) The Prince
(B) Dialogues of Plato
(C) The Social Contract
(D) War and Peace
Ans: B
7. Who adopted communism to Asiatic form?
(A) M.N. Roy
(B) Mao – Tse – Tung
(C) Lenin
(D) Trotsky
Ans: B
8. Which one among the following statements is correct?
(A) Platonic justice is a legal concept.
(B) The Greek word for Justice is dikaisune.
(C) Platonic justice meant true in word and deed and paying one’s debts to Gods and men.
(D) Platonic Justice consists in conformity to the laws and institutions laid down by the Sovereign for his benefit and enforced by his power.
Ans: B
9. Locke’s view on ‘state of nature’ is
(A) Pre-social
(B) Pre-political
(C) Pre-social and pre-political
(D) Social and Political
Ans: B
10. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) The Prince deals with providing requirements for the maintenance of political instability in the Republics.
(B) The Discourses expounds the requirements for the maintenance of political instability in principalities.
(C) The Prince is concerned with the qualities of Princes; the Discourses place a greater emphasis on the civic demands on citizens.
(D) None of the above.
Ans: C
11. Who said: “Human nature is an ensemble of social relations”?
(A) Gandhiji
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Aurobindo
(D) Mao
Ans: B
12. Aurobindo is mainly famous because of his
(A) Political Ideology
(B) Revolutionary Activities
(C) Life Divine
(D) Association with Mother
Ans: C
13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Platonic justice represents a disposition to do the right thing.
Reason (R): It is good to be unjust but bad to suffer injustice.
(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.
Ans: C
14. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(Authors) (Books)
(a) Friedrich Hayek (i) The Politics
(b) John Rawls (ii) Idea of Justice
(c) Amartya Sen (iii) The Road to Serfdom
(d) Plato (iv) A Theory of Justice
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Ans: B
15. What is the correct sequence of the following in the Aristotle’s Theory of Causation?
(i) Material cause
(ii) Formal cause
(iii) Final cause
(iv) Efficient cause
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Ans: D
16. Who said that the structural– functional approach was weak in change, the social process approach was weak in politics and the comparative history approach was weak in theory?
(A) Huntington
(B) Paul F. Kress
(C) Jean Blondel
(D) Samir Amin
Answer: (S)
17. Who among the following interpreted functionalism as an alternative approach to Marxism?
(A) Paul F. Kress
(B) Nicholson and Reynolds
(C) W.G. Runciman
(D) Morton Kaplan
Ans: C
18. Which one of the following has tried to give an essentially engineering orientation to human behaviour?
(A) Input-output analysis
(B) Structural–functional approach
(C) Communications theory
(D) Behavioural approach
Ans: C
19. The characteristics of Almond’s political system mostly resemble those of the political system(s) of
(A) United States of America
(B) Scandinavian countries
(C) Developing countries
(D) Latin American countries
Ans: A
20. Who among the following identifies political development with the “institutionalisation of political organisations and procedures”?
(A) Huntington
(B) Lucian Pye
(C) Organski
(D) Almond
Ans: A
21. Which one of the following approaches/theories was first started as a critique of democracy and socialism?
(A) Elite theory
(B) Structural–functional approach
(C) Communications theory
(D) Game theory
Ans: A
22. Who among the following divided the non-competitive party system into one-party authoritarian, one party pluralistic and one-party totalitarian?
(A) Alan Ball
(B) La Palombara and Myron Weiner
(C) Harry Eckstein
(D) James Jupp
Ans: B
23. In which of the following forms of Government is the second chamber as indispensable part of legislature?
(A) Presidential
(B) Parliamentary
(C) Unitary
(D) Federal
Ans: D
24. Which one of the following books has a chapter on ‘Politics in India’?
(A) The Civic Culture Revisited
(B) Politics and Government
(C) Political Development and Social Change
(D) Comparative Politics Today
Ans: D
25. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Form of Government) (Name of the Country)
(a) Parliamentary, Federal, Republican (i) The United Kingdom
(b) Presidential, Federal, Republican (ii) India
(c) Parliamentary, Unitary, Monarchical (iii) France
(d) Parliamentary cum- Presidential, Unitary, Republican (iv) The United States of America
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Ans: D
26. In which country all courts including all levels of the State Courts have the power of Judicial review?
(A) India
(B) Switzerland
(C) America
(D) Australia
Ans: C
27. The Indian Federal System differs from the American Federal System in respect of the following:
(1) Representation of the States in the Upper House of the Federal Legislature.
(2) Existence of a Written Constitution.
(3) Vesting of Residuary Powers.
(4) Dual Citizenship
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes
(A) (1) and (2)
(B) (3) and (4)
(C) (1), (2) and (3)
(D) (4) only
Ans: B
28. Which one of the following is the most important characteristic of a Parliamentary Government?
(A) Majority Rule
(B) Rule of Law
(C) Direct election of Member of Parliament
(D) Collective responsibility of the Executive to the Legislature
Ans: D
29. Which one of the following federal systems was taken as a model by K.C. Wheare for judging other federal systems?
(A) Australian federal system
(B) American federal system
(C) Swiss federal system
(D) Canadian federal system
Ans: B
30. 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): Presidential system is suitable for meeting crises.
Reason (R): The President has a fixed tenure.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true 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 true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans: B
31. The Constituent Assembly was setup under the
(A) Cripp Mission
(B) Cabinet Mission Plan
(C) Wavell Plan
(D) Nehru Report
Ans: B
32. Who said the following? ‘India’s Constitution was born more in fear and trepidation than in hope and inspiration’
(A) Paul Brass
(B) Myron Weiner
(C) K.C. Wheare
(D) Jennings
Ans: A
33. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution shields legislation from being declared unconstitutional and void?
(A) Art. 15 B
(B) Art. 51 A
(C) Art. 31 B
(D) Art. 29 A
Ans: C
34. Which of the following Amendments to the Indian Constitution has made Right to Education a Fundamental Right?
(A) 92nd
(B) 94th
(C) 93rd
(D) 91st
Ans: C
35. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) First Proclamation of Emergency was declared in 1962.
(B) Second Proclamation of Emergency was declared in 1971.
(C) Third Proclamation of Emergency was declared in 1975.
(D) Second and Third Proclamations of Emergency were revoked in 1978.
Ans: D
36. The power of Supreme Court of India to decide the dispute between the Centre and the States falls under its
(A) Advisory Jurisdiction
(B) Appellate Jurisdiction
(C) Original Jurisdiction
(D) Advisory and Appellate Jurisdiction
Ans: C
37. Who tried to period Indian politics in terms of the tussle between a “demand polity” and a “command polity”?
(A) Rajni Kothari
(B) Partha Chatterjee
(C) Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph
(D) Myron Weiner
Ans: C
38. Caste based reservations are labeled as
(A) Affirmative Action
(B) Positive Discrimination
(C) State Intervention
(D) Society Egalitarianism
Ans: B
39. Which of the following was headed by Raja Dhare and Nam Devdhasal?
(A) Dalit Tiger
(B) Bheem Shakti
(C) Dalit Panther
(D) Dalit Elephant
Ans: C
40. Lloyd and Susanne Rudolf saw the State in India as ‘Polymorphous’. What does it mean?
(A) Creature of manifold forms and orientation
(B) Creature of multiple layers
(C) Hybrid creature
(D) Constantly changing creature
Ans: A
41. Who is the author of ‘Political Economy of Development in India’?
(A) Amartya Sen
(B) Subipta Kaviraj
(C) Pranab Bardhan
(D) Hanza Allavi
Ans: C
42. In order to ensure free and fair elections and to conduct all elections to the Panchayats, the power is vested with
(A) Chief Election Commissioner of India
(B) Chief Minister of the State
(C) State Election Commission
(D) Chief Secretary of the State
Ans: C
43. Assertion (A): The President of India is the Constitutional Head of the State.
Reason (R): All powers are vested in the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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.
Ans: A
44. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(a) Emergence of Muslim League (i) 1940
(b) Lucknow Pact (ii) 1906
(c) Motilal Nehru Report (iii) 1916
(d) Two-Nation Theory (iv) 1928
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Ans: B
45. What is the correct sequence of the following Presidents of India? Use the code given below:
(i) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(ii) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(iii) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
(iv) R. Venkataraman
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Ans: B
46. Consider the following statements: In the area of organizational principles
(1) In working out organizational principles, Gulick was influenced by Fayol’s fourteen principles.
(2) Urwick warns against the ‘use of committees for the purpose of administration’
(3) Gulick gives no regard to the bases on which work may be divided.
(4) Fayol believed in the principle of ‘unity of command’.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: D
47. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(a) Frederick Herzberg (i) The Need Hierarchy
(b) Abraham Maslow (ii) The existence of ‘Clects’
(c) Fred W. Riggs (iii) Motivator – Hygiene Approach
(d) M.P. Follett (iv) Concept of Partnership
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: A
48. According to Chester I. Barnard which one of the following is not correct about an order to be authoritative?
(A) It should conform to the purpose of the organization.
(B) It should be intelligible.
(C) It should be motivating monetarily.
(D) It should be feasible.
Ans: C
49. According to Mooney, conferring of specified authority by a higher authority is
(A) Decentralization
(B) Delegation
(C) Deconcentration
(D) Disintegration
Ans: B
50. Who defined development administration as “Action-oriented, goal-oriented administrative system”?
(A) Fred W. Riggs
(B) Dwight Waldo
(C) Robert Dahl
(D) Edward Weidner
Ans: D
51. Domicile qualification for public services was first prescribed by
(A) The United States of America
(B) U.K.
(C) India
(D) France
Ans: A
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
Ans: A
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) Sectorial allocation
Ans: C
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
Ans: D
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
Ans: A
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
Ans: B
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
Ans: A
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
Ans: B
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 “file jumping 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.
Ans: A
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.
Ans: C
61. With which liberal thinker would you associate “Democratic Peace Theory”?
(A) Michael Doyle
(B) James Rosenau
(C) Richard Falk
(D) Michael Walzer
Ans: A
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.
Ans: B
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
Ans: C
64. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Reasons of failure) (States)
a. Tribal conflict i. Rwanda
b. Endless violence for nonpolitical purposes ii. Somalia
c. Ethnic genocide iii. Congo
d. Transnational war iv. Liberia
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Ans: A
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
Ans: C
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 a unipolar 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.
Ans: D
67. With which Doctrine is “Containment” associated?
(A) Dulles Doctrine
(B) Truman Doctrine
(C) Nixon Doctrine
(D) Roosevelt Doctrine
Ans: B
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
Ans: D
69. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Authors)
a. A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire. i. C. Raja Mohan
b. Global Swing States: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey and the Future of International Order. ii. Sugato Bose
c. War in the Indian Ocean iii. David Kliman & Richard Fontaine
d. Samundra Manthan: Sino Indian Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific iv. Vice- Admiral Mihir Kumar Roy
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: C
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
Ans: D
71. When was the UN Peace building Commission established?
(A) January 2003
(B) December 2004
(C) December 2005
(D) January 2006
Ans: C
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
Ans: C
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
Ans: C
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
Ans: B
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
Ans: C
76. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The secular ideology of the Indian State appears to be paradox in view of the deeply religious orientation of the Indian society.
Reason (R): India’s secularism was invented for integrating the multicultural plurality of the society into a common nation-state as well as for containing potentialities of the imperial ‘divide and rule’ and Muslim Leagues’ ‘two-nation’ theory in British India.
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) (R) is true but (A) is false.
Ans: A
77. Dharamsala model of Indian capitalism was propounded by
(A) Dandekar and Rath
(B) Arjun Sengupta
(C) Raj Krishna
(D) Amartya Sen
Ans: C
78. The 1963 Kamraj Plan was initiated by Nehru
(A) To revive Congress party commitments
(B) To attract the youth to the party
(C) To plan and execute succession procedure in the party
(D) To plan gender parity in the party
Ans: A
79. Which of the following statements about the Central Vigilance Commissioner is not true?
(A) The Central Vigilance Commissioner is appointed by the President of India.
(B) The post of Central Vigilance Commissioner is a statutory post.
(C) He holds office for a term of five years.
(D) He is empowered to exercise superintendence over the functioning of CBI.
Ans: C
80. Which of the following statements are not true?
(i) The Election Commission of India has created a Special Election Expenditure Monitoring Division in the Commission.
(ii) The accounts of political parties are audited annually.
(iii) Paid news in connection with elections is an electoral offence.
(iv) Videography of the poll proceedings inside the polling stations is permissible.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (i) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iii)
Ans: D
81. Assertion (A): The arguments of C. Wright Mill’s power elites are based on the classical elitist framework.
Reason (R): Elitist formulation is not possible without reference to classical elitism.
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.
Ans: C
82. The theory of “Prismatic Society” is based on
(A) Historical studies of public administration in different societies.
(B) Study of public services in developed and developing countries
(C) Institutional comparison of public administration in developed countries.
(D) Structural-functional analysis of public administration in developing countries.
Ans: D
83. Job loading means
(A) Deliberate upgrading of responsibility, scope and challenges.
(B) Shifting of an employee from one job to another.
(C) Making the job more interesting.
(D) All of the above
Ans: A
84. Negative motivation is based on
(A) Anxiety
(B) Threat
(C) Money
(D) Fear
Ans: D
85. Simon was positively influenced by the ideas of
(A) L.D. White
(B) Terry
(C) Barnard
(D) Henry Fayol
Ans: C
86. Assertion (A): Classical theory of organisation is based on formal principles.
Reason (R): Classicists lacked behavioural analysis.
(A) (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (R) is true but (A) is false.
Ans: B
87. What is the methodology proposed by Herbert Simon?
(A) Bounded Rationality
(B) Logical Positivism
(C) Decision making
(D) Satisfying
Ans: B
88. Who among the following thinkers rejected the principles of administration as myths and proverbs?
(A) Herbert Simon
(B) W.F. Willoughby
(C) L.D. White
(D) Chester Bernard
Ans: A
89. The concept of the “zone of indifference” is associated with
(A) Power
(B) Decision making
(C) Authority
(D) Leadership
Ans: C
90. Name the scholar who analyzed leadership as “circular response”.
(A) Taylor
(B) Millet
(C) M.P. Follett
(D) C.I. Barnard
Ans: C
91. Non-state dimension of warfare is also called
(A) Westphalian warfare
(B) Post-westphalian warfare
(C) New war
(D) Pre-westphalian warfare
Ans: B
92. Tehran Declaration of 1 December 1943 drew a plan for
(A) Trusteeship
(B) New-membership
(C) Peace-keeping
(D) Conflict resolution
Ans: C
93. Who coined the term “Functionalist theory of Integration”?
(A) David Mittarany
(B) Ernst Haas
(C) Joseph Nye
(D) Andrew Linklater
Ans: A
94. The CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) was officially endorsed in October 2010 between
(A) India and Japan
(B) India and China
(C) India and Russia
(D) India and South Korea
Ans: A
95. What is the correct sequence of Morton Kaplan’s models of systems analysis?
(i) Balance of Power
(ii) Loose Bipolarity
(iii) Tight Bipolarity
(iv) Universal International System
Codes:
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: D
96. Who wrote the book “Stable Peace”?
(A) Johan Galtung
(B) Gunnar Myrdal
(C) Kenneth Boulding
(D) Peter Wallerstein
Ans: C
97. Security Council Resolution No. 1441 of Nov 2002 deals with
(A) U.N. involvement in Somalia.
(B) Enforced the no fly zone in Bosnia
(C) Sanctioned intervention at the end of the Gulf War to protect the Kurds in Northern Iraq.
(D) Resolution on Iraq, which threatened serious consequences, if Saddam Hussain failed to reveal his weapons of mass destruction toteam of U.N. Inspectors.
Ans: D
98. Who enunciated International society theory as a combination of three schools of thought – Realism, Rationalism and Revolutionism?
(A) Martin Wight
(B) Kenneth Waltz
(C) Hedley Bull
(D) Raymond Aron
Ans: A
99. Assertion (A): The decisions of the Security Council are binding, and must only be passed by the majority of nine out of the 15 members, as well as each of the five permanent members.
Reason (R): These five permanent members have veto power over all Security Council decisions.
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.
Ans: A
100. Which of the following are parts of Morganthau’s realist principle?
(i) Politics is rooted in a permanent and unchanging human nature.
(ii) Self-interest is a basic fact of the human condition.
(iii) Coercion is only part of foreign policy.
(iv) National interest defined in terms of power.
Codes:
(A) All are correct.
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (iii) and (ii) are correct.
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
Ans: B
(A) The United States of America
(B) U.K.
(C) India
(D) France
Ans: A
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
Ans: A
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) Sectorial allocation
Ans: C
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
Ans: D
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
Ans: A
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
Ans: B
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
Ans: A
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
Ans: B
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 “file jumping 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.
Ans: A
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.
Ans: C
61. With which liberal thinker would you associate “Democratic Peace Theory”?
(A) Michael Doyle
(B) James Rosenau
(C) Richard Falk
(D) Michael Walzer
Ans: A
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.
Ans: B
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
Ans: C
64. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Reasons of failure) (States)
a. Tribal conflict i. Rwanda
b. Endless violence for nonpolitical purposes ii. Somalia
c. Ethnic genocide iii. Congo
d. Transnational war iv. Liberia
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Ans: A
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
Ans: C
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 a unipolar 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.
Ans: D
67. With which Doctrine is “Containment” associated?
(A) Dulles Doctrine
(B) Truman Doctrine
(C) Nixon Doctrine
(D) Roosevelt Doctrine
Ans: B
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
Ans: D
69. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Authors)
a. A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire. i. C. Raja Mohan
b. Global Swing States: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey and the Future of International Order. ii. Sugato Bose
c. War in the Indian Ocean iii. David Kliman & Richard Fontaine
d. Samundra Manthan: Sino Indian Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific iv. Vice- Admiral Mihir Kumar Roy
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: C
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
Ans: D
71. When was the UN Peace building Commission established?
(A) January 2003
(B) December 2004
(C) December 2005
(D) January 2006
Ans: C
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
Ans: C
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
Ans: C
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
Ans: B
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
Ans: C
76. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The secular ideology of the Indian State appears to be paradox in view of the deeply religious orientation of the Indian society.
Reason (R): India’s secularism was invented for integrating the multicultural plurality of the society into a common nation-state as well as for containing potentialities of the imperial ‘divide and rule’ and Muslim Leagues’ ‘two-nation’ theory in British India.
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) (R) is true but (A) is false.
Ans: A
77. Dharamsala model of Indian capitalism was propounded by
(A) Dandekar and Rath
(B) Arjun Sengupta
(C) Raj Krishna
(D) Amartya Sen
Ans: C
78. The 1963 Kamraj Plan was initiated by Nehru
(A) To revive Congress party commitments
(B) To attract the youth to the party
(C) To plan and execute succession procedure in the party
(D) To plan gender parity in the party
Ans: A
79. Which of the following statements about the Central Vigilance Commissioner is not true?
(A) The Central Vigilance Commissioner is appointed by the President of India.
(B) The post of Central Vigilance Commissioner is a statutory post.
(C) He holds office for a term of five years.
(D) He is empowered to exercise superintendence over the functioning of CBI.
Ans: C
80. Which of the following statements are not true?
(i) The Election Commission of India has created a Special Election Expenditure Monitoring Division in the Commission.
(ii) The accounts of political parties are audited annually.
(iii) Paid news in connection with elections is an electoral offence.
(iv) Videography of the poll proceedings inside the polling stations is permissible.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (i) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iii)
Ans: D
81. Assertion (A): The arguments of C. Wright Mill’s power elites are based on the classical elitist framework.
Reason (R): Elitist formulation is not possible without reference to classical elitism.
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.
Ans: C
82. The theory of “Prismatic Society” is based on
(A) Historical studies of public administration in different societies.
(B) Study of public services in developed and developing countries
(C) Institutional comparison of public administration in developed countries.
(D) Structural-functional analysis of public administration in developing countries.
Ans: D
83. Job loading means
(A) Deliberate upgrading of responsibility, scope and challenges.
(B) Shifting of an employee from one job to another.
(C) Making the job more interesting.
(D) All of the above
Ans: A
84. Negative motivation is based on
(A) Anxiety
(B) Threat
(C) Money
(D) Fear
Ans: D
85. Simon was positively influenced by the ideas of
(A) L.D. White
(B) Terry
(C) Barnard
(D) Henry Fayol
Ans: C
86. Assertion (A): Classical theory of organisation is based on formal principles.
Reason (R): Classicists lacked behavioural analysis.
(A) (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (R) is true but (A) is false.
Ans: B
87. What is the methodology proposed by Herbert Simon?
(A) Bounded Rationality
(B) Logical Positivism
(C) Decision making
(D) Satisfying
Ans: B
88. Who among the following thinkers rejected the principles of administration as myths and proverbs?
(A) Herbert Simon
(B) W.F. Willoughby
(C) L.D. White
(D) Chester Bernard
Ans: A
89. The concept of the “zone of indifference” is associated with
(A) Power
(B) Decision making
(C) Authority
(D) Leadership
Ans: C
90. Name the scholar who analyzed leadership as “circular response”.
(A) Taylor
(B) Millet
(C) M.P. Follett
(D) C.I. Barnard
Ans: C
91. Non-state dimension of warfare is also called
(A) Westphalian warfare
(B) Post-westphalian warfare
(C) New war
(D) Pre-westphalian warfare
Ans: B
92. Tehran Declaration of 1 December 1943 drew a plan for
(A) Trusteeship
(B) New-membership
(C) Peace-keeping
(D) Conflict resolution
Ans: C
93. Who coined the term “Functionalist theory of Integration”?
(A) David Mittarany
(B) Ernst Haas
(C) Joseph Nye
(D) Andrew Linklater
Ans: A
94. The CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) was officially endorsed in October 2010 between
(A) India and Japan
(B) India and China
(C) India and Russia
(D) India and South Korea
Ans: A
95. What is the correct sequence of Morton Kaplan’s models of systems analysis?
(i) Balance of Power
(ii) Loose Bipolarity
(iii) Tight Bipolarity
(iv) Universal International System
Codes:
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: D
96. Who wrote the book “Stable Peace”?
(A) Johan Galtung
(B) Gunnar Myrdal
(C) Kenneth Boulding
(D) Peter Wallerstein
Ans: C
97. Security Council Resolution No. 1441 of Nov 2002 deals with
(A) U.N. involvement in Somalia.
(B) Enforced the no fly zone in Bosnia
(C) Sanctioned intervention at the end of the Gulf War to protect the Kurds in Northern Iraq.
(D) Resolution on Iraq, which threatened serious consequences, if Saddam Hussain failed to reveal his weapons of mass destruction toteam of U.N. Inspectors.
Ans: D
98. Who enunciated International society theory as a combination of three schools of thought – Realism, Rationalism and Revolutionism?
(A) Martin Wight
(B) Kenneth Waltz
(C) Hedley Bull
(D) Raymond Aron
Ans: A
99. Assertion (A): The decisions of the Security Council are binding, and must only be passed by the majority of nine out of the 15 members, as well as each of the five permanent members.
Reason (R): These five permanent members have veto power over all Security Council decisions.
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.
Ans: A
100. Which of the following are parts of Morganthau’s realist principle?
(i) Politics is rooted in a permanent and unchanging human nature.
(ii) Self-interest is a basic fact of the human condition.
(iii) Coercion is only part of foreign policy.
(iv) National interest defined in terms of power.
Codes:
(A) All are correct.
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (iii) and (ii) are correct.
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
Ans: B