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Political Science & International Relations MCQs
1. What constitutes the mean in Aristotle’s social structure?
(A) Wealthy class
(B) Poor citizen
(C) Middle class
(D) Artisan class
Ans: C
2. Whom did Machiavelli blame for the moral degradation of Italy?
(A) The Prince
(B) The Church
(C) The Aristocracy
(D) Corrupt People
Ans: B
3. For Hegel which one of the following is correct?
(A) Family is the thesis, Bourgeois society is the anti-thesis and the State represents synthesis.
(B) The rational is real and the real is rational.
(C) Contradictions are not obstacles preventing us reaching truth.
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
4. Who among the following criticized Bentham’s Philosophy as “Pig Philosophy”?
(A) Leslie Stephen
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Carlyle
(D) J.S. Mill
Ans: C
5. Which of the following is correct so far as John Rawls’ writings are concerned?
(A) A theory of Justice
(B) Political Liberalism
(C) The Law of Peoples
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
6. Which one of the following Mao has not said?
(A) Political power grows out of barrel of gun.
(B) Three years of hard work: ten thousand years of happiness.
(C) Atom bombs is real tigers.
(D) A revolution is not a dinner party.
Ans: C
7. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) Behaviouralism is based on Stimulus-Response paradigm.
(B) Post-behaviouralism consists of seven tenets.
(C) Post-behaviouralism wholly negates behaviouralism.
(D) There are no differences between behaviourism and behaviouralism.
Ans: B
8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Karl Marx termed early socialists as Utopian socialists.
Reason (R): They attacked the capitalist system itself.
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: C
9. Identify the correct sequence of the Plato’s four components of virtue:
(i) Justice
(ii) Courage
(iii) Temperance
(iv) Wisdom
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(C) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
Ans: C
10. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
a. Savarkar i. Associated with a secret society “Lotus and Daggers.”
b. M.N. Roy ii. Author of the book A Plea for Reconstruction of Indian Polity
c. Aurobindo Ghose iii. Convicted in the Kanpur conspiracy case
d. Jayaprakash Narayan iv. Hinduize all politics and militarize Hinduism
Code:
a b c d
(A) iv iii i ii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i ii iv iii
Ans: A
11. Notion of uneven development was a response to the 19th century ideas of
(A) Capitalism
(B) Evolution and gradualism
(C) Positivism
(D) Anarchism
Ans: A
12. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Dependency Theorists) (Books)
a. Samir Amin i. Dependency and Development
b. A.G. Frank ii. Accumulation on a world scale
c. F. Henrique Cardoso iii. Capitalism and under development in Latin America
d. Paul Swezey iv. Monopoly Capital
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: D
13. Who among the following is associated with Institutional Approach?
(A) James Bryce
(B) Merriam
(C) Arthur Bentley
(D) Lasswell
Ans: A
14. Who among the following challenged the idea of political development as a unilinear process?
(A) Shils
(B) Huntington
(C) Almond
(D) Halpren
Ans: B
15. Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?
List – I List – II
(Thinkers) (Concepts)
i. Easton – Regulatory mechanisms
ii. Deutsch – Modernising oligarchy
iii. Shils – Structural differentiation
iv. Lucian Pye – Negative Feedback
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) ii and iii
(B) i and ii
(C) i, iii and iv
(D) ii, iii and iv
Ans: D
16. What is ‘Cultural Dualism”?
(A) The existence of two religious cultures.
(B) Newly emerging nations have two languages.
(C) A small elite is modernized while the vast majority remains in rigid ascriptive patterns of tradition.
(D) It is separation of the sacred from the secular.
Ans: C
17. Identify the correct sequence of the following input functions of Almond’s Political System:
(i) Interest aggregation
(ii) Interest articulation
(iii) Political socialisation and recruitment
(iv) Political communication
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (ii), (iii), (i) and (iv)
(B) (iii), (ii), (i) and (iv)
(C) (iii), (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: B
18. The classical theory of administration is also known as
(A) Locational theory
(B) Historical theory
(C) Mechanistic theory
(D) Human Relations theory
Ans: C
19. Pareto’s description of elites as ‘speculators’ and ‘rentiers’ resembles the characterisation of governing cliques of
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Machiavelli
(D) Marx
Ans: D
20. The difference between order and disorder is more important than the difference between communism and liberal democracy is advocated by
(A) Lipset
(B) Lijphart
(C) Dahl
(D) Huntington
Ans: D
21. Which of the following statements are not correct?
I. As per the provisions of the Constitution, the Council of Ministers is both collectively and individually responsible to the Lok Sabha.
II. A motion expressing lack of confidence in an individual minister is not admissible.
III. A no-confidence motion must set out the grounds on which it is based.
IV. If a no-confidence motion is passed by the Lok Sabha, the Council of Ministers is bound to resign.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) I and II
(B) I and III
(C) I, II and III
(D) II and III
Ans: B
22. The Avadi Session of the Congress (1956) accepted the policy of
(A) Cooperative Farming
(B) Import Substitution
(C) Garibi Hatao
(D) Socialistic pattern of society
Ans: D
23. What were the main findings of the Union Government administrative committee headed by Home Secretary N.N. Vohra in 1993?
(A) Electoral Reforms
(B) Minimum qualification for politicians
(C) Nexus between politicians, criminals and bureaucrats.
(D) Internal security priorities
Ans: C
24. Partha Chatterjee has commented that the latest phase of the globalization of capital will witness an emerging opposition between
(A) Modernity and Democracy
(B) Feudalism and Democracy
(C) Inclusion and Democracy
(D) Elitism and Mass cultures
Ans: A
25. The President can make a proclamation of Financial Emergency under Art. 360
(A) For the whole of India or any part of India
(B) For the whole of India except Nagaland, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
(C) For the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir
(D) For the whole of India except Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Ans: C
26. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Once the leaders reach the pinnacle of power, nothing can bring them down.
Reason (R): The majority of human beings, according to Michels, are apathetic, indolent and slavish.
(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
27. Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?
1. Pareto Circulation of elites
2. Mosca Theory of the masses
3. Michels Concept of mass mind
4. Gasset Political formula
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 2 and 4
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 2 and 3
Ans: A
28. Which of the following countries have dual citizenship – National citizenship and State citizenship?
(A) India and U.S.A.
(B) India and Switzerland
(C) Switzerland and U.S.A.
(D) U.S.A. and U.K.
Ans: C
29. Which of the following statements are not correct?
1. The U.S. President can seek election to the office of President for any number of times.
2. The President of India has been sending messages to Parliament.
3. Two-thirds members of Rajya Sabha retire every two years.
4. The residuary powers rest with the States in the United States of America.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1, 2 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 3 and 4
Ans: B
30. The elite theory was first started in
(A) The United States of America
(B) The United Kingdom
(C) Central and Western European Countries
(D) Australia
Ans: C
31. The Preamble of the Constitution of India enshrines the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity – ideals mainly inspired by the
(A) Russian Revolution
(B) Irish Revolution
(C) French Revolution
(D) Cultural Revolution
Ans: C
32. The name of a candidate for the Office of President of India is proposed by
(A) Any five citizens of India
(B) Any five Members of the Parliament
(C) Any fifty Members of the Electoral College
(D) Any ten members of the Electoral College
Ans: D
33. Which of the following Articles were not part of the original Constitution of India?
(i) Art. 52A
(ii) Art. 51A
(iii) Art. 14
(iv) Art. 300A
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iv)
Ans: D
34. Who among the following former Presidents of India kept the ‘Indian Post Office Amendment Bill’ pending?
(A) Zakir Hussain
(B) V.V. Giri
(C) Zail Singh
(D) Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma
Ans: C
35. Who said ‘All Communalism is harmful’? The logic of minority Communalism is separatism, and majority communalism culminates in Fascism?
(A) Bhikhu Parekh
(B) T.N. Madan
(C) Bipin Chandra
(D) Ashish Nandy
Ans: C
36. Who wrote the book, “Democracy and Discontent”?
(A) James Manor
(B) Atul Kohli
(C) Zoya Hasan
(D) MSA Rao
Ans: B
37. Who emphasized the emergence of “a market polity” in India?
(A) Stanley A. Kochanek
(B) James Manor
(C) Morris-Jones
(D) Paul Brass
Ans: C
38. Who described the nature of Indian State as ‘incremental democratic modernization’?
(A) Morris John
(B) Rajni Kothari
(C) Francine Frankel
(D) Susan and Lloyd Rudolph
Ans: B
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:
39. Assertion (A): Marx was a revolutionary.
Reason (R): Marx was not concerned about the processes of history.
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
40. Assertion (A): Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science.
Reason (R): His criticism of Plato’s idealism justifies this claim.
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
41. 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
Ans: D
42. 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
Ans: A
43. Who among the following stated 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) Rustow
(B) Organski
(C) Lucian Pye
(D) David Apter
Ans: B
44. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Lucian Pye: Modernisation Theory
(B) Wallerstein: World System Theory
(C) Theda Skocpol: New Institutionalism
(D) Karl Deutsch: Communications Theory
Ans: A
45. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Pareto: The concept of residues
(B) Michels: The concept of mass mind
(C) Mills: The concept of political formula
(D) Gasset: The theory of the masses
Ans: C
46. 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.
Ans: B
47. Unequal exchange is the formulation of
(A) Samir Amin
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Paul Sweezy
(D) Andre Gunder Frank
Ans: A
48. 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
Ans: A
49. 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.
Codes:
(A) 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.
Ans: D
50. 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
Ans: D
(A) Wealthy class
(B) Poor citizen
(C) Middle class
(D) Artisan class
Ans: C
2. Whom did Machiavelli blame for the moral degradation of Italy?
(A) The Prince
(B) The Church
(C) The Aristocracy
(D) Corrupt People
Ans: B
3. For Hegel which one of the following is correct?
(A) Family is the thesis, Bourgeois society is the anti-thesis and the State represents synthesis.
(B) The rational is real and the real is rational.
(C) Contradictions are not obstacles preventing us reaching truth.
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
4. Who among the following criticized Bentham’s Philosophy as “Pig Philosophy”?
(A) Leslie Stephen
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Carlyle
(D) J.S. Mill
Ans: C
5. Which of the following is correct so far as John Rawls’ writings are concerned?
(A) A theory of Justice
(B) Political Liberalism
(C) The Law of Peoples
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
6. Which one of the following Mao has not said?
(A) Political power grows out of barrel of gun.
(B) Three years of hard work: ten thousand years of happiness.
(C) Atom bombs is real tigers.
(D) A revolution is not a dinner party.
Ans: C
7. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) Behaviouralism is based on Stimulus-Response paradigm.
(B) Post-behaviouralism consists of seven tenets.
(C) Post-behaviouralism wholly negates behaviouralism.
(D) There are no differences between behaviourism and behaviouralism.
Ans: B
8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Karl Marx termed early socialists as Utopian socialists.
Reason (R): They attacked the capitalist system itself.
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: C
9. Identify the correct sequence of the Plato’s four components of virtue:
(i) Justice
(ii) Courage
(iii) Temperance
(iv) Wisdom
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(C) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
Ans: C
10. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
a. Savarkar i. Associated with a secret society “Lotus and Daggers.”
b. M.N. Roy ii. Author of the book A Plea for Reconstruction of Indian Polity
c. Aurobindo Ghose iii. Convicted in the Kanpur conspiracy case
d. Jayaprakash Narayan iv. Hinduize all politics and militarize Hinduism
Code:
a b c d
(A) iv iii i ii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i ii iv iii
Ans: A
11. Notion of uneven development was a response to the 19th century ideas of
(A) Capitalism
(B) Evolution and gradualism
(C) Positivism
(D) Anarchism
Ans: A
12. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Dependency Theorists) (Books)
a. Samir Amin i. Dependency and Development
b. A.G. Frank ii. Accumulation on a world scale
c. F. Henrique Cardoso iii. Capitalism and under development in Latin America
d. Paul Swezey iv. Monopoly Capital
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: D
13. Who among the following is associated with Institutional Approach?
(A) James Bryce
(B) Merriam
(C) Arthur Bentley
(D) Lasswell
Ans: A
14. Who among the following challenged the idea of political development as a unilinear process?
(A) Shils
(B) Huntington
(C) Almond
(D) Halpren
Ans: B
15. Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?
List – I List – II
(Thinkers) (Concepts)
i. Easton – Regulatory mechanisms
ii. Deutsch – Modernising oligarchy
iii. Shils – Structural differentiation
iv. Lucian Pye – Negative Feedback
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) ii and iii
(B) i and ii
(C) i, iii and iv
(D) ii, iii and iv
Ans: D
16. What is ‘Cultural Dualism”?
(A) The existence of two religious cultures.
(B) Newly emerging nations have two languages.
(C) A small elite is modernized while the vast majority remains in rigid ascriptive patterns of tradition.
(D) It is separation of the sacred from the secular.
Ans: C
17. Identify the correct sequence of the following input functions of Almond’s Political System:
(i) Interest aggregation
(ii) Interest articulation
(iii) Political socialisation and recruitment
(iv) Political communication
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (ii), (iii), (i) and (iv)
(B) (iii), (ii), (i) and (iv)
(C) (iii), (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: B
18. The classical theory of administration is also known as
(A) Locational theory
(B) Historical theory
(C) Mechanistic theory
(D) Human Relations theory
Ans: C
19. Pareto’s description of elites as ‘speculators’ and ‘rentiers’ resembles the characterisation of governing cliques of
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Machiavelli
(D) Marx
Ans: D
20. The difference between order and disorder is more important than the difference between communism and liberal democracy is advocated by
(A) Lipset
(B) Lijphart
(C) Dahl
(D) Huntington
Ans: D
21. Which of the following statements are not correct?
I. As per the provisions of the Constitution, the Council of Ministers is both collectively and individually responsible to the Lok Sabha.
II. A motion expressing lack of confidence in an individual minister is not admissible.
III. A no-confidence motion must set out the grounds on which it is based.
IV. If a no-confidence motion is passed by the Lok Sabha, the Council of Ministers is bound to resign.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) I and II
(B) I and III
(C) I, II and III
(D) II and III
Ans: B
22. The Avadi Session of the Congress (1956) accepted the policy of
(A) Cooperative Farming
(B) Import Substitution
(C) Garibi Hatao
(D) Socialistic pattern of society
Ans: D
23. What were the main findings of the Union Government administrative committee headed by Home Secretary N.N. Vohra in 1993?
(A) Electoral Reforms
(B) Minimum qualification for politicians
(C) Nexus between politicians, criminals and bureaucrats.
(D) Internal security priorities
Ans: C
24. Partha Chatterjee has commented that the latest phase of the globalization of capital will witness an emerging opposition between
(A) Modernity and Democracy
(B) Feudalism and Democracy
(C) Inclusion and Democracy
(D) Elitism and Mass cultures
Ans: A
25. The President can make a proclamation of Financial Emergency under Art. 360
(A) For the whole of India or any part of India
(B) For the whole of India except Nagaland, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
(C) For the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir
(D) For the whole of India except Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Ans: C
26. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Once the leaders reach the pinnacle of power, nothing can bring them down.
Reason (R): The majority of human beings, according to Michels, are apathetic, indolent and slavish.
(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
27. Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?
1. Pareto Circulation of elites
2. Mosca Theory of the masses
3. Michels Concept of mass mind
4. Gasset Political formula
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 2 and 4
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 2 and 3
Ans: A
28. Which of the following countries have dual citizenship – National citizenship and State citizenship?
(A) India and U.S.A.
(B) India and Switzerland
(C) Switzerland and U.S.A.
(D) U.S.A. and U.K.
Ans: C
29. Which of the following statements are not correct?
1. The U.S. President can seek election to the office of President for any number of times.
2. The President of India has been sending messages to Parliament.
3. Two-thirds members of Rajya Sabha retire every two years.
4. The residuary powers rest with the States in the United States of America.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1, 2 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 3 and 4
Ans: B
30. The elite theory was first started in
(A) The United States of America
(B) The United Kingdom
(C) Central and Western European Countries
(D) Australia
Ans: C
31. The Preamble of the Constitution of India enshrines the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity – ideals mainly inspired by the
(A) Russian Revolution
(B) Irish Revolution
(C) French Revolution
(D) Cultural Revolution
Ans: C
32. The name of a candidate for the Office of President of India is proposed by
(A) Any five citizens of India
(B) Any five Members of the Parliament
(C) Any fifty Members of the Electoral College
(D) Any ten members of the Electoral College
Ans: D
33. Which of the following Articles were not part of the original Constitution of India?
(i) Art. 52A
(ii) Art. 51A
(iii) Art. 14
(iv) Art. 300A
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iv)
Ans: D
34. Who among the following former Presidents of India kept the ‘Indian Post Office Amendment Bill’ pending?
(A) Zakir Hussain
(B) V.V. Giri
(C) Zail Singh
(D) Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma
Ans: C
35. Who said ‘All Communalism is harmful’? The logic of minority Communalism is separatism, and majority communalism culminates in Fascism?
(A) Bhikhu Parekh
(B) T.N. Madan
(C) Bipin Chandra
(D) Ashish Nandy
Ans: C
36. Who wrote the book, “Democracy and Discontent”?
(A) James Manor
(B) Atul Kohli
(C) Zoya Hasan
(D) MSA Rao
Ans: B
37. Who emphasized the emergence of “a market polity” in India?
(A) Stanley A. Kochanek
(B) James Manor
(C) Morris-Jones
(D) Paul Brass
Ans: C
38. Who described the nature of Indian State as ‘incremental democratic modernization’?
(A) Morris John
(B) Rajni Kothari
(C) Francine Frankel
(D) Susan and Lloyd Rudolph
Ans: B
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:
39. Assertion (A): Marx was a revolutionary.
Reason (R): Marx was not concerned about the processes of history.
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
40. Assertion (A): Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science.
Reason (R): His criticism of Plato’s idealism justifies this claim.
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
41. 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
Ans: D
42. 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
Ans: A
43. Who among the following stated 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) Rustow
(B) Organski
(C) Lucian Pye
(D) David Apter
Ans: B
44. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Lucian Pye: Modernisation Theory
(B) Wallerstein: World System Theory
(C) Theda Skocpol: New Institutionalism
(D) Karl Deutsch: Communications Theory
Ans: A
45. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Pareto: The concept of residues
(B) Michels: The concept of mass mind
(C) Mills: The concept of political formula
(D) Gasset: The theory of the masses
Ans: C
46. 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.
Ans: B
47. Unequal exchange is the formulation of
(A) Samir Amin
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Paul Sweezy
(D) Andre Gunder Frank
Ans: A
48. 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
Ans: A
49. 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.
Codes:
(A) 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.
Ans: D
50. 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
Ans: D
51. General Will means
(A) Actual Will
(B) Majority Will
(C) Sum total of Wills
(D) Real Will
Ans: D
52. Assertion (A): Social Contract established a sovereign Government.
Reason (R): Citizens do have an absolute obligation to obey all laws or accept any form of Government.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is 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
53. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below with reference to Aristotle and Plato:
List – I List – II
(Pure form) (Degenerated form)
a. Monarchy i. Democracy
b. Aristocracy ii. Tyranny
c. Polity iii. Oligarchy
d. Ideal State iv. Timocracy (First stage)
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) i iv iii ii
Ans: B
54. What is the chronological correct sequence of the following books?
i. Richard Attenborough In Search of Gandhi.
ii. Louis Fisher The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
iii. E.H. Erikson Gandhi’s Truth
iv. J. Eaton Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) iv, ii, iii, i
(B) iii, i, ii, iv
(C) ii, iv, iii, ii
(D) i, ii, iv, iii
Ans: A
55. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(System Theorists) (System)
1. Bertallanfy a. a set of elements standing in interaction
2. Hall and Fagen b. a whole which is compounded of many parts
3. Easton c. a set of objects together with relationships between the objects and their attributes
4. Colin Cherry d. a set of interactions
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 3 2 4 1
Ans: A
56. Who among the following presents a ‘flow model’ of political system?
(A) Gabriel Almond
(B) David Easton
(C) Morton Kaplan
(D) Oran Young
Ans: B
57. Almond borrowed most of the terminology of his approach from
(A) Robert K. Merton
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Malinowski
(D) Arthur Bentley
Ans: B
58. Who among the following attached great importance to a balance between the principles of equality and capacity in political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Huntington
(C) Fred Riggs
(D) Danil Lerner
Ans: C
59. Who among the following is associated with the “will and capacity” approach to the study of political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Organski
(C) Halpern
(D) David Apter
Ans: C
60. Who among the following has connected cultures with civilizations?
(A) Almond and Verba
(B) Huntington
(C) Lucian Pye
(D) Edward Shils
Ans: B
61. “We are under the Constitution but the Constitution is what the judges say it is”. Which of the following countries can this be applicable to?
1. India
2. America
3. Switzerland
4. Australia
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 3 and 4
Ans: B
62. Which of the following Committee was appointed by the Government of India to Identify the creamy layer among Backward Classes in India?
(A) Justice R.N. Mishra Committee
(B) Justice R.N. Madholkar Committee
(C) Justice Ram Nandan Committee
(D) Justice Rajender Sachar Committee
Ans: C
63. Who described Indian Politics as “Politics of Scarcity”?
(A) Myron Weiner
(B) Paul R. Brass
(C) Atul Kohli
(D) Morris-Jones
Ans: A
64. Which Congress President during British Raj initiated the idea of a Planning Commission?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Ans: D
65. Which of the following statements are correct about Indian Government?
(i) Rajya Sabha represents the local interests of the States.
(ii) A member of Rajya Sabha must be a resident of the State from which he is elected.
(iii) Number of seats allotted to a State has to be proportionate to its population.
(iv) The term of a member of Rajya Sabha is same as that of Senator in the US.
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(D) (i) and (ii)
Ans: A
66. Who of the following was the first Satyagrahi of the Individual Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhiji in October 1940?
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) J. B. Kripalani
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Ans: D
67. The word ‘theory’, derived from the Greek word ‘Theoria’ means
(A) A well organized political system
(B) A well focused mental look
(C) A well articulated economic structure
(D) A system of physical arrangement
Ans: B
68. 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 a woman 4. Machiavelli
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans: B
69. Who, among the following, is not associated with decline of political theory?
(A) Peter Laslett
(B) David Easton
(C) Jean Blondel
(D) Alfred Cobban
Ans: C
70. Who said ‘negative liberty is superior to positive liberty’?
(A) J.S. Mill
(B) Isaiah Berlin
(C) T.H. Green
(D) Ernest Barker
Ans: B
71. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) Social Justice violates the principles of equality.
(B) Social Justice is derived from moral reasonableness.
(C) Social justice is a negation of justice
(D) Social justice is an instrument of political manipulation.
Ans: B
72. Which one among the following was the first mass movement Mao led?
(A) The Cultural Revolution
(B) The Great Leap Forward
(C) Let hundred flowers blossom and hundred schools of thought contend.
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
73. The term ‘Leninism’ was coined by
(A) Trotsky
(B) Stalin
(C) Marx
(D) Mao
Ans: B
74. Who is the author of the book The Good Boatman?
(A) Erikson
(B) Rajmohan Gandhi
(C) Romain Rolland
(D) Noema
Ans: B
75. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) Plato’s Republic is a book on ethics
(B) It is a book on politics
(C) It is both on ethics and politics
(D) It is a book on education
Ans: C
76. Which one among the following is not written by M.N. Roy?
(A) The Future of Indian Politics
(B) Gandhism, Nationalism and Socialism
(C) New Humanism
(D) Nationalism, Rationality and Revolution
Ans: D
77. Who among the following has compared fortune with a woman?
(A) M.N. Roy
(B) Rousseau
(C) Hobbes
(D) Machiavelli
Ans: D
78. Which one among the following is not a work about alienation?
(A) Paris Manuscripts
(B) Theses on Feuerbach
(C) Poverty of Philosophy
(D) The German Ideology
Ans: C
79. General Will means
(A) Actual Will
(B) Majority Will
(C) Sum total of Wills
(D) Real Will
Ans: D
80. Assertion (A): Social Contract established a sovereign Government.
Reason (R): Citizens do have an absolute obligation to obey all laws or accept any form of Government.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is 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
81. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below with reference to Aristotle and Plato:
List – I List – II
(Pure form) (Degenerated form)
a. Monarchy i. Democracy
b. Aristocracy ii. Tyranny
c. Polity iii. Oligarchy
d. Ideal State iv. Timocracy (First stage)
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) i iv iii ii
Ans: B
82. What is the chronological correct sequence of the following books?
i. Richard Attenborough In Search of Gandhi.
ii. Louis Fisher The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
iii. E.H. Erikson Gandhi’s Truth
iv. J. Eaton Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) iv, ii, iii, i
(B) iii, i, ii, iv
(C) ii, iv, iii, ii
(D) i, ii, iv, iii
Ans: A
83. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(System Theorists) (System)
1. Bertallanfy a. a set of elements standing in interaction
2. Hall and Fagen b. a whole which is compounded of many parts
3. Easton c. a set of objects together with relationships between the objects and their attributes
4. Colin Cherry d. a set of interactions
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 3 2 4 1
Ans: A
84. Who among the following presents a ‘flow model’ of political system?
(A) Gabriel Almond
(B) David Easton
(C) Morton Kaplan
(D) Oran Young
Ans: B
85. Almond borrowed most of the terminology of his approach from
(A) Robert K. Merton
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Malinowski
(D) Arthur Bentley
Ans: B
86. Who among the following attached great importance to a balance between the principles of equality and capacity in political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Huntington
(C) Fred Riggs
(D) Danil Lerner
Ans: C
87. Who among the following is associated with the “will and capacity” approach to the study of political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Organski
(C) Halpern
(D) David Apter
Ans: C
88. Who among the following has connected cultures with civilizations?
(A) Almond and Verba
(B) Huntington
(C) Lucian Pye
(D) Edward Shils
Ans: B
89. “We are under the Constitution but the Constitution is what the judges say it is”. Which of the following countries can this be applicable to?
1. India
2. America
3. Switzerland
4. Australia
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 3 and 4
Ans: B
90. 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
Ans: A
91. Machiavelli advised the Prince to pursue
(A) Moderate behaviour
(B) Extreme generosity
(C) Perfect strictness
(D) Great kindness
Ans: A
92. Which is not a part of Rawls’ well ordered society?
(A) Stable
(B) Efficient
(C) Just
(D) Equal
Ans: D
93. 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
Ans: C
94. 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
Codes:
(A) d, c, b, a
(B) a, c, d, b
(C) c, a, b, d
(D) b, d, c, a
Ans: D
95. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. On Liberty 1. AmartyaSen
b. Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation 2. T.H. Green
c. Idea of Justice 3. Robert Nozick
d. Anarchy, Stateand Utopia 4. J.S. Mill
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 1 2 4
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 2 4 3 1
(D) 4 2 1 3
Ans: D
96. 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, one class one work 1. Plato
b. Justice as fairness 2. Aristotle
c. Justice as proportionate equality 3. Rawls
d. Justice as the interest of the strong 4. Thrasymachas
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 1 3 2 4
Ans: D
97. Who among the following has associated the origins of political parties with three theories – institutional theories, historical crisis theories and development theories?
(A) La Palombara and Myron Weiner
(B) Peter K. Merkl
(C) Harry Eckstein
(D) Jean Blondel
Ans: A
98. Which of the following statements are not correct?
1. The Swiss Federal Tribunal has the power to declare unconstitutional a law passed by the Federal Legislature.
2. The Communist Party is banned in the U.S.A.
3. The Constitution of India on the date of its commencement did have a provision that the advice of the Council of Ministers would be binding on the President.
4. Tories in England are known as Conservatives.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 1 and 3
Ans: D
99. “There can be no comparison between the positions of number one and numbers two, three or four.” Who said this about the British Prime Minister?
(A) Harold Laski
(B) Margaret Thatcher
(C) Harold Wilson
(D) Winston Churchill
Ans: D
100. Who among the following is not a principal character in Plato’s Republic?
(A) Polemarchus
(B) Adeimantus
(C) Protagoras
(D) Glaucon
Ans: C
(A) Actual Will
(B) Majority Will
(C) Sum total of Wills
(D) Real Will
Ans: D
52. Assertion (A): Social Contract established a sovereign Government.
Reason (R): Citizens do have an absolute obligation to obey all laws or accept any form of Government.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is 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
53. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below with reference to Aristotle and Plato:
List – I List – II
(Pure form) (Degenerated form)
a. Monarchy i. Democracy
b. Aristocracy ii. Tyranny
c. Polity iii. Oligarchy
d. Ideal State iv. Timocracy (First stage)
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) i iv iii ii
Ans: B
54. What is the chronological correct sequence of the following books?
i. Richard Attenborough In Search of Gandhi.
ii. Louis Fisher The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
iii. E.H. Erikson Gandhi’s Truth
iv. J. Eaton Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) iv, ii, iii, i
(B) iii, i, ii, iv
(C) ii, iv, iii, ii
(D) i, ii, iv, iii
Ans: A
55. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(System Theorists) (System)
1. Bertallanfy a. a set of elements standing in interaction
2. Hall and Fagen b. a whole which is compounded of many parts
3. Easton c. a set of objects together with relationships between the objects and their attributes
4. Colin Cherry d. a set of interactions
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 3 2 4 1
Ans: A
56. Who among the following presents a ‘flow model’ of political system?
(A) Gabriel Almond
(B) David Easton
(C) Morton Kaplan
(D) Oran Young
Ans: B
57. Almond borrowed most of the terminology of his approach from
(A) Robert K. Merton
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Malinowski
(D) Arthur Bentley
Ans: B
58. Who among the following attached great importance to a balance between the principles of equality and capacity in political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Huntington
(C) Fred Riggs
(D) Danil Lerner
Ans: C
59. Who among the following is associated with the “will and capacity” approach to the study of political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Organski
(C) Halpern
(D) David Apter
Ans: C
60. Who among the following has connected cultures with civilizations?
(A) Almond and Verba
(B) Huntington
(C) Lucian Pye
(D) Edward Shils
Ans: B
61. “We are under the Constitution but the Constitution is what the judges say it is”. Which of the following countries can this be applicable to?
1. India
2. America
3. Switzerland
4. Australia
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 3 and 4
Ans: B
62. Which of the following Committee was appointed by the Government of India to Identify the creamy layer among Backward Classes in India?
(A) Justice R.N. Mishra Committee
(B) Justice R.N. Madholkar Committee
(C) Justice Ram Nandan Committee
(D) Justice Rajender Sachar Committee
Ans: C
63. Who described Indian Politics as “Politics of Scarcity”?
(A) Myron Weiner
(B) Paul R. Brass
(C) Atul Kohli
(D) Morris-Jones
Ans: A
64. Which Congress President during British Raj initiated the idea of a Planning Commission?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Ans: D
65. Which of the following statements are correct about Indian Government?
(i) Rajya Sabha represents the local interests of the States.
(ii) A member of Rajya Sabha must be a resident of the State from which he is elected.
(iii) Number of seats allotted to a State has to be proportionate to its population.
(iv) The term of a member of Rajya Sabha is same as that of Senator in the US.
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(D) (i) and (ii)
Ans: A
66. Who of the following was the first Satyagrahi of the Individual Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhiji in October 1940?
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) J. B. Kripalani
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Ans: D
67. The word ‘theory’, derived from the Greek word ‘Theoria’ means
(A) A well organized political system
(B) A well focused mental look
(C) A well articulated economic structure
(D) A system of physical arrangement
Ans: B
68. 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 a woman 4. Machiavelli
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans: B
69. Who, among the following, is not associated with decline of political theory?
(A) Peter Laslett
(B) David Easton
(C) Jean Blondel
(D) Alfred Cobban
Ans: C
70. Who said ‘negative liberty is superior to positive liberty’?
(A) J.S. Mill
(B) Isaiah Berlin
(C) T.H. Green
(D) Ernest Barker
Ans: B
71. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) Social Justice violates the principles of equality.
(B) Social Justice is derived from moral reasonableness.
(C) Social justice is a negation of justice
(D) Social justice is an instrument of political manipulation.
Ans: B
72. Which one among the following was the first mass movement Mao led?
(A) The Cultural Revolution
(B) The Great Leap Forward
(C) Let hundred flowers blossom and hundred schools of thought contend.
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
73. The term ‘Leninism’ was coined by
(A) Trotsky
(B) Stalin
(C) Marx
(D) Mao
Ans: B
74. Who is the author of the book The Good Boatman?
(A) Erikson
(B) Rajmohan Gandhi
(C) Romain Rolland
(D) Noema
Ans: B
75. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) Plato’s Republic is a book on ethics
(B) It is a book on politics
(C) It is both on ethics and politics
(D) It is a book on education
Ans: C
76. Which one among the following is not written by M.N. Roy?
(A) The Future of Indian Politics
(B) Gandhism, Nationalism and Socialism
(C) New Humanism
(D) Nationalism, Rationality and Revolution
Ans: D
77. Who among the following has compared fortune with a woman?
(A) M.N. Roy
(B) Rousseau
(C) Hobbes
(D) Machiavelli
Ans: D
78. Which one among the following is not a work about alienation?
(A) Paris Manuscripts
(B) Theses on Feuerbach
(C) Poverty of Philosophy
(D) The German Ideology
Ans: C
79. General Will means
(A) Actual Will
(B) Majority Will
(C) Sum total of Wills
(D) Real Will
Ans: D
80. Assertion (A): Social Contract established a sovereign Government.
Reason (R): Citizens do have an absolute obligation to obey all laws or accept any form of Government.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is 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
81. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below with reference to Aristotle and Plato:
List – I List – II
(Pure form) (Degenerated form)
a. Monarchy i. Democracy
b. Aristocracy ii. Tyranny
c. Polity iii. Oligarchy
d. Ideal State iv. Timocracy (First stage)
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) i iv iii ii
Ans: B
82. What is the chronological correct sequence of the following books?
i. Richard Attenborough In Search of Gandhi.
ii. Louis Fisher The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
iii. E.H. Erikson Gandhi’s Truth
iv. J. Eaton Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) iv, ii, iii, i
(B) iii, i, ii, iv
(C) ii, iv, iii, ii
(D) i, ii, iv, iii
Ans: A
83. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(System Theorists) (System)
1. Bertallanfy a. a set of elements standing in interaction
2. Hall and Fagen b. a whole which is compounded of many parts
3. Easton c. a set of objects together with relationships between the objects and their attributes
4. Colin Cherry d. a set of interactions
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 3 2 4 1
Ans: A
84. Who among the following presents a ‘flow model’ of political system?
(A) Gabriel Almond
(B) David Easton
(C) Morton Kaplan
(D) Oran Young
Ans: B
85. Almond borrowed most of the terminology of his approach from
(A) Robert K. Merton
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Malinowski
(D) Arthur Bentley
Ans: B
86. Who among the following attached great importance to a balance between the principles of equality and capacity in political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Huntington
(C) Fred Riggs
(D) Danil Lerner
Ans: C
87. Who among the following is associated with the “will and capacity” approach to the study of political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Organski
(C) Halpern
(D) David Apter
Ans: C
88. Who among the following has connected cultures with civilizations?
(A) Almond and Verba
(B) Huntington
(C) Lucian Pye
(D) Edward Shils
Ans: B
89. “We are under the Constitution but the Constitution is what the judges say it is”. Which of the following countries can this be applicable to?
1. India
2. America
3. Switzerland
4. Australia
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 3 and 4
Ans: B
90. 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
Ans: A
91. Machiavelli advised the Prince to pursue
(A) Moderate behaviour
(B) Extreme generosity
(C) Perfect strictness
(D) Great kindness
Ans: A
92. Which is not a part of Rawls’ well ordered society?
(A) Stable
(B) Efficient
(C) Just
(D) Equal
Ans: D
93. 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
Ans: C
94. 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
Codes:
(A) d, c, b, a
(B) a, c, d, b
(C) c, a, b, d
(D) b, d, c, a
Ans: D
95. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. On Liberty 1. AmartyaSen
b. Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation 2. T.H. Green
c. Idea of Justice 3. Robert Nozick
d. Anarchy, Stateand Utopia 4. J.S. Mill
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 1 2 4
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 2 4 3 1
(D) 4 2 1 3
Ans: D
96. 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, one class one work 1. Plato
b. Justice as fairness 2. Aristotle
c. Justice as proportionate equality 3. Rawls
d. Justice as the interest of the strong 4. Thrasymachas
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 1 3 2 4
Ans: D
97. Who among the following has associated the origins of political parties with three theories – institutional theories, historical crisis theories and development theories?
(A) La Palombara and Myron Weiner
(B) Peter K. Merkl
(C) Harry Eckstein
(D) Jean Blondel
Ans: A
98. Which of the following statements are not correct?
1. The Swiss Federal Tribunal has the power to declare unconstitutional a law passed by the Federal Legislature.
2. The Communist Party is banned in the U.S.A.
3. The Constitution of India on the date of its commencement did have a provision that the advice of the Council of Ministers would be binding on the President.
4. Tories in England are known as Conservatives.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 1 and 3
Ans: D
99. “There can be no comparison between the positions of number one and numbers two, three or four.” Who said this about the British Prime Minister?
(A) Harold Laski
(B) Margaret Thatcher
(C) Harold Wilson
(D) Winston Churchill
Ans: D
100. Who among the following is not a principal character in Plato’s Republic?
(A) Polemarchus
(B) Adeimantus
(C) Protagoras
(D) Glaucon
Ans: C