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Political Science & International Relations MCQs
1. Which one of the following factors is not responsible for the decline of Political Theory?
(A) Positivism
(B) Historicism
(C) Moral Relativism
(D) Ideological Pluralism
Ans: D
2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. A. Arblaster i. Participation and Democratic Theory
b. C.B. Mac Pherson ii. Models of Democracy
c. C. Pateman iii. The Real World of Democracy
d. D. Held iv. Democracy
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: B
3. Identify the correct sequence of Marx’s Writings in ascending order:
i. Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
ii. Poverty of Philosophy
iii. Thesis on Feuerbach
iv. Communist Manifesto
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) i, ii, iii, iv
(B) ii, iii, iv, i
(C) iii, ii, iv, i
(D) iv, i, ii, iii
Ans: C
4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): For behaviouralists, it was better to be wrong than vague.
Reason (R): It was better to be vague than non-relevantly precise.
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 false, but (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
Ans: D
5. Who said, “Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override”?
(A) John Rawls
(B) Robert Nozick
(C) Friedrich Hayek
(D) Habermas
Ans: A
6. Who was the founder of Utilitarianism?
(A) Bentham
(B) James Mill
(C) David Hume
(D) Priestley
Ans: C
7. Which one of the following writings is not written by Mao?
(A) On New Democracy
(B) On Coalition Government
(C) People’s War
(D) On People’s Democratic Dictatorship
Ans: C
8. Why did Gandhiji go to South Africa?
(A) On invitation by the Indians in South Africa.
(B) To study Bar-at-Law.
(C) To fight a case of a Gujarati Business-man.
(D) To visit South Africa with family.
Ans: C
9. Who founded the ‘Mexican Socialist Workers’ Party’ which was later named as ‘Mexican Communist Party’?
(A) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) M.N. Roy
(D) Lenin
Ans: C
10. Whom did Lord Minto describe as the most ‘dangerous man’?
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Gandhiji
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans: B
11. Arrange in ascending order the following stages of Political Development as enunciated by A.F.K. Organski. Select the correct answer from codes given below:
i. Primitive National Unification
ii. Abundance
iii. Industrialisation
iv. National Welfare
Codes:
(A) i, ii, iii, iv
(B) i, iii, ii, iv
(C) i, iii, iv, ii
(D) iv, ii, iii, i
Ans: C
12. Who among the following talks of pseudo-pressure groups?
(A) Jean Blondel
(B) Almond
(C) Maurice Duverger
(D) V.O. Key
Ans: C
13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Thinkers) (Ideas)
a. Karl Marx i. State of paternalistic bond between peasantry and property owners
b. Chalmers Johnson ii. Aggregate psychological perspective
c. Ted Gurr iii. Revolution as a process through which structural inequalities could be eliminated
d. Barrington Moore iv. Value co-ordinated social system model
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv i iii ii
Ans: C
14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list.
List – I List – II
(Type of Government) (Principal Attributes)
a. Military Regime i. Based on deference
b. Dynastic Regime ii. Based on coercion
c. Psuedo Democracy iii. Trappings of a liberal democracy like periodic elections but power rests in the hands of oligarchy.
d. Liberal Democracy iv. Voluntary participation in government process is extensive
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: B
15. The process of Socialisation in Modern Society is
1. Specific
2. Universalistic
3. Instrumental
4. Ascriptive
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1, 2, 3
(B) 2, 3, 4
(C) 3, 4, 1
(D) 4, 2, 1
Ans: A
16. Which one of the following is not a totalitarian form of Government?
(A) Military Government
(B) Fascist Government
(C) Communist Government
(D) Parliamentary form of Government
Ans: D
17. Who among the following writers classified Elites into broad types?
(i) Organising and directing elites.
(ii) Informally organised and diffused elites
(A) Vilfredo Pareto
(B) Robert Michaels
(C) Gaetano Mosca
(D) Karl Mannheim
Ans: D
18. Who among the following classified parties under competitive system into two major categories?
(i) Turnover and Hegemonic
(ii) Ideological and Pragmatic
(A) Myron Weiner and Lapalombara
(B) G.A. Almond and Verba
(C) Neil A. Mcdonald
(D) Peter H. Merkel
Ans: A
19. The concept of dependency evolved in the 1960s in
(A) Europe
(B) Africa
(C) Asia
(D) Latin America
Ans: D
20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Authors)
a. Approaches to the Study of Politics i. R. Young
b. Dynamics of Modernization ii. C.E. Black
c. Influencing Voters iii. R. Rose
d. Studies in Political Development iv. J.S. Coleman
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: A
21. 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): Secularization does not necessarily imply that people have become antireligious, or that religion has disappeared from both the public domain and the domain of personal belief.
Reason (R): Religion is not just one, and not necessarily the most important way in which people understand themselves and their relationships.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is false.
Ans: A
22. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The 1980s, a period of great turbulence in Indian Politics, marked the appearance of several new political parties.
Reason (R): National Parties got marginalized or became adjuncts to State Parties in many States.
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
23. Arrange the following in their chronological sequence:
i. Nehru Committee Report
ii. Quit India Movement
iii. Civil Disobedience Movement
iv. Declaration of Complete Independence
Codes:
(A) ii, i, iv, iii
(B) iii, ii, iv, i
(C) i, iv, iii, ii
(D) iv, ii, i, iii
Ans: C
24. In which of the following case the Supreme Court of India held that, the power of amendment belonged to the Parliament, and this power was an unlimited one?
(A) Sankari Prasad V. Union of India
(B) Bela Banerjee and Others V. State of West Bengal
(C) Kesavananda Bharati V. State of Kerala
(D) Romesh Thapar V. State of Madras
Ans: A
25. Which one of the following States does not have a Bicameral Legislature?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Kerala
Ans: D
26. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): All Political Philosophers are political theorists.
Reason (R): All Political Theorists are not necessarily Political Philosophers.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and(R) is the right explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but(R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
27. Who said that Labour power equals the brain, muscle, and nerve of the Labourer?
(A) Lenin
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Marx
(D) Jayaprakash Narayan
Ans: C
28. The reappearance of Plato is found in the
(A) Utopia of Sir Thomas More
(B) City of the Sun of Campanella
(C) New Atlantis of Bacon
(D) All the above
Ans: D
29. Which one of the statements is not correct in respect of Aristotle?
(A) Men are by nature unequal.
(B) There is subordination of inferior to superior.
(C) Women are, by nature, subordinated to men.
(D) Slavery is justified because it does not secure the best conditions for the slave.
Ans: D
30. Who did help to humanize J.S. Mill’s revised version of Utilitarianism?
(A) James Mill
(B) Mrs. Harriet Taylor
(C) Priestley
(D) Hutcheson
Ans: B
31. For Hobbes, ‘Felicity’ means
(A) Pleasure
(B) A continued success in obtaining those things which a man from time to time desires.
(C) Empathy
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
32. ‘The “natural” man will be one in whom strong conscience and steadfast reason have successfully harmonized self-love and sympathy’. Who advocated this?
(A) Hobbes
(B) Rousseau
(C) Bentham
(D) Locke
Ans: B
33. Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding was a refutation of
(A) Hobbes’ Leviathan
(B) Priestley’s Essay on Government
(C) Bentham’s Fragment on Government
(D) Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha.
Ans: D
34. The Politics of Society must be based on two principles as (i) ‘Treat others as self’ and (ii) ‘help the other persons in need’. Whose saying is this?
(A) Rammohan Roy
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Aurobindo
(D) Savarkar
Ans: C
35. Identify the correct sequence of M.N.Roy’s activities/events in ascending order:
(i) Formed “The League of Radical Congressman’.
(ii) Founded “The Indian Renaissance Movement”.
(iii) Expelled from “Comintern”
(iv) Founded a weekly, “The Independent India”.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(C) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
Ans: A
36. Who among the following was elected as U.S. President for the fourth term?
(A) George Washington
(B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(C) Theodore Roosevelt
(D) Andrew Jackson
Ans: B
37. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes:
Assertion (A): Democratic values command wide spread acceptance within liberal democracies as an ideal, but at the same time citizens have become more critical of the working of the core institutions of representative democracy.
Reason (R): The declining faith in government represents a deflation of the political culture, reducing the capacity of the political system to achieve shared goals.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (R).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
Ans: B
38. Which of the following countries has a simple constitution-amending procedure?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) U.K.
(C) India
(D) France
Ans: B
39. In reference to Presidential system which President of U.S.A. said, “For the folly of just one man may spell disaster for the whole nation.”?
(A) Jimmy Carter
(B) Barrack Obama
(C) George W. Bush
(D) Woodrow Wilson
Ans: A
40. Which one of the following statements about the U.S. President is not correct?
(A) No U.S. President has ever been impeached.
(B) Richard Nixon’s impeachment failed by one vote.
(C) The House of Representatives has the power to initiate impeachment proceedings.
(D) The case is tried by the Senate with the Chief Justice presiding.
Ans: B
41. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Model of Development) (Features)
a. Bourgeoisie model i. Urban Economic growth development of Legislature and Electoral process.
b. Autocratic model ii. Suppress middleclass.
c. Technocratic model iii. Low political participation and high foreign investment.
d. Populist model iv. Stresses high political participation as well as economic inequality.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: A
42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. Robert Michaels i. Democracy and its critics
b. Samuel Huntington ii. State Building: Governance and World order in the Twenty First Century
c. Robert Dahll iii. Political Parties
d. Francis Fukuyama iv. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) ii i iii iv
Ans: B
43. Who among the following has adopted the ‘Political-conflict approach’ in the analysis of revolution?
(A) Thdeda Skocpol
(B) Alexis de Tocqueville
(C) Charles Tilly
(D) Emile Durkheim
Ans: C
44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes below:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Authors)
a. The Politics of Modernization i. Amartya Sen
b. Development as Freedoms ii. Samuel P. Huntington
c. Political order in Changing Societies iii. Celso Furtado
d. Development and Underdevelopment iv. David E. Apter
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv i iii ii
Ans: B
45. Which of the following thinkers defined modernization in terms of three conditions:
(i) An innovative social system
(ii) Differentiated, flexible social structure
(iii) Social basis for skill and knowledge, in technologically advanced world.
(A) C.E. Black
(B) David E. Apter
(C) Samuel P. Huntington
(D) S.N. Eisenstadt
Ans: B
46. Who among the following envisaged the conflict of the present age as between the all devouring collective ego – whether of the nation or of the class and the individual struggling for freedom?
(A) Gandhi
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Aurobindo
(D) Ambedkar
Ans: B
47. Who differentiated between antagonistic and non-antagonistic contradictions?
(A) Marx
(B) Lenin
(C) Mao
(D) M.N. Roy
Ans: C
48. Identify the correct sequence regarding the debate on the decline/demise of Political theory.
(i) David Easton on decline of Political theory.
(ii) R.A. Dahl on death of Political theory.
(iii) Riemer-Political theory is in the dog house.
(iv) Peter Laslett on demise of Political theory.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(C) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
Ans: B
49. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. D. Held i. Participation and Democratic theory
b. J. Lively ii. Models of Democracy
c. MacPherson iii. Democracy
d. C. Pateman iv. The Real World of Democracy
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: B
50. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): John Stuart Mill is a reluctant democrat.
Reason (R): All peoples are fit for democracy.
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
(A) Positivism
(B) Historicism
(C) Moral Relativism
(D) Ideological Pluralism
Ans: D
2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. A. Arblaster i. Participation and Democratic Theory
b. C.B. Mac Pherson ii. Models of Democracy
c. C. Pateman iii. The Real World of Democracy
d. D. Held iv. Democracy
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: B
3. Identify the correct sequence of Marx’s Writings in ascending order:
i. Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
ii. Poverty of Philosophy
iii. Thesis on Feuerbach
iv. Communist Manifesto
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) i, ii, iii, iv
(B) ii, iii, iv, i
(C) iii, ii, iv, i
(D) iv, i, ii, iii
Ans: C
4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): For behaviouralists, it was better to be wrong than vague.
Reason (R): It was better to be vague than non-relevantly precise.
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 false, but (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
Ans: D
5. Who said, “Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override”?
(A) John Rawls
(B) Robert Nozick
(C) Friedrich Hayek
(D) Habermas
Ans: A
6. Who was the founder of Utilitarianism?
(A) Bentham
(B) James Mill
(C) David Hume
(D) Priestley
Ans: C
7. Which one of the following writings is not written by Mao?
(A) On New Democracy
(B) On Coalition Government
(C) People’s War
(D) On People’s Democratic Dictatorship
Ans: C
8. Why did Gandhiji go to South Africa?
(A) On invitation by the Indians in South Africa.
(B) To study Bar-at-Law.
(C) To fight a case of a Gujarati Business-man.
(D) To visit South Africa with family.
Ans: C
9. Who founded the ‘Mexican Socialist Workers’ Party’ which was later named as ‘Mexican Communist Party’?
(A) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) M.N. Roy
(D) Lenin
Ans: C
10. Whom did Lord Minto describe as the most ‘dangerous man’?
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Gandhiji
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans: B
11. Arrange in ascending order the following stages of Political Development as enunciated by A.F.K. Organski. Select the correct answer from codes given below:
i. Primitive National Unification
ii. Abundance
iii. Industrialisation
iv. National Welfare
Codes:
(A) i, ii, iii, iv
(B) i, iii, ii, iv
(C) i, iii, iv, ii
(D) iv, ii, iii, i
Ans: C
12. Who among the following talks of pseudo-pressure groups?
(A) Jean Blondel
(B) Almond
(C) Maurice Duverger
(D) V.O. Key
Ans: C
13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Thinkers) (Ideas)
a. Karl Marx i. State of paternalistic bond between peasantry and property owners
b. Chalmers Johnson ii. Aggregate psychological perspective
c. Ted Gurr iii. Revolution as a process through which structural inequalities could be eliminated
d. Barrington Moore iv. Value co-ordinated social system model
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv i iii ii
Ans: C
14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list.
List – I List – II
(Type of Government) (Principal Attributes)
a. Military Regime i. Based on deference
b. Dynastic Regime ii. Based on coercion
c. Psuedo Democracy iii. Trappings of a liberal democracy like periodic elections but power rests in the hands of oligarchy.
d. Liberal Democracy iv. Voluntary participation in government process is extensive
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: B
15. The process of Socialisation in Modern Society is
1. Specific
2. Universalistic
3. Instrumental
4. Ascriptive
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1, 2, 3
(B) 2, 3, 4
(C) 3, 4, 1
(D) 4, 2, 1
Ans: A
16. Which one of the following is not a totalitarian form of Government?
(A) Military Government
(B) Fascist Government
(C) Communist Government
(D) Parliamentary form of Government
Ans: D
17. Who among the following writers classified Elites into broad types?
(i) Organising and directing elites.
(ii) Informally organised and diffused elites
(A) Vilfredo Pareto
(B) Robert Michaels
(C) Gaetano Mosca
(D) Karl Mannheim
Ans: D
18. Who among the following classified parties under competitive system into two major categories?
(i) Turnover and Hegemonic
(ii) Ideological and Pragmatic
(A) Myron Weiner and Lapalombara
(B) G.A. Almond and Verba
(C) Neil A. Mcdonald
(D) Peter H. Merkel
Ans: A
19. The concept of dependency evolved in the 1960s in
(A) Europe
(B) Africa
(C) Asia
(D) Latin America
Ans: D
20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Authors)
a. Approaches to the Study of Politics i. R. Young
b. Dynamics of Modernization ii. C.E. Black
c. Influencing Voters iii. R. Rose
d. Studies in Political Development iv. J.S. Coleman
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: A
21. 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): Secularization does not necessarily imply that people have become antireligious, or that religion has disappeared from both the public domain and the domain of personal belief.
Reason (R): Religion is not just one, and not necessarily the most important way in which people understand themselves and their relationships.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is false.
Ans: A
22. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The 1980s, a period of great turbulence in Indian Politics, marked the appearance of several new political parties.
Reason (R): National Parties got marginalized or became adjuncts to State Parties in many States.
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
23. Arrange the following in their chronological sequence:
i. Nehru Committee Report
ii. Quit India Movement
iii. Civil Disobedience Movement
iv. Declaration of Complete Independence
Codes:
(A) ii, i, iv, iii
(B) iii, ii, iv, i
(C) i, iv, iii, ii
(D) iv, ii, i, iii
Ans: C
24. In which of the following case the Supreme Court of India held that, the power of amendment belonged to the Parliament, and this power was an unlimited one?
(A) Sankari Prasad V. Union of India
(B) Bela Banerjee and Others V. State of West Bengal
(C) Kesavananda Bharati V. State of Kerala
(D) Romesh Thapar V. State of Madras
Ans: A
25. Which one of the following States does not have a Bicameral Legislature?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Kerala
Ans: D
26. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): All Political Philosophers are political theorists.
Reason (R): All Political Theorists are not necessarily Political Philosophers.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and(R) is the right explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but(R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
27. Who said that Labour power equals the brain, muscle, and nerve of the Labourer?
(A) Lenin
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Marx
(D) Jayaprakash Narayan
Ans: C
28. The reappearance of Plato is found in the
(A) Utopia of Sir Thomas More
(B) City of the Sun of Campanella
(C) New Atlantis of Bacon
(D) All the above
Ans: D
29. Which one of the statements is not correct in respect of Aristotle?
(A) Men are by nature unequal.
(B) There is subordination of inferior to superior.
(C) Women are, by nature, subordinated to men.
(D) Slavery is justified because it does not secure the best conditions for the slave.
Ans: D
30. Who did help to humanize J.S. Mill’s revised version of Utilitarianism?
(A) James Mill
(B) Mrs. Harriet Taylor
(C) Priestley
(D) Hutcheson
Ans: B
31. For Hobbes, ‘Felicity’ means
(A) Pleasure
(B) A continued success in obtaining those things which a man from time to time desires.
(C) Empathy
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
32. ‘The “natural” man will be one in whom strong conscience and steadfast reason have successfully harmonized self-love and sympathy’. Who advocated this?
(A) Hobbes
(B) Rousseau
(C) Bentham
(D) Locke
Ans: B
33. Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding was a refutation of
(A) Hobbes’ Leviathan
(B) Priestley’s Essay on Government
(C) Bentham’s Fragment on Government
(D) Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha.
Ans: D
34. The Politics of Society must be based on two principles as (i) ‘Treat others as self’ and (ii) ‘help the other persons in need’. Whose saying is this?
(A) Rammohan Roy
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Aurobindo
(D) Savarkar
Ans: C
35. Identify the correct sequence of M.N.Roy’s activities/events in ascending order:
(i) Formed “The League of Radical Congressman’.
(ii) Founded “The Indian Renaissance Movement”.
(iii) Expelled from “Comintern”
(iv) Founded a weekly, “The Independent India”.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(C) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
Ans: A
36. Who among the following was elected as U.S. President for the fourth term?
(A) George Washington
(B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(C) Theodore Roosevelt
(D) Andrew Jackson
Ans: B
37. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes:
Assertion (A): Democratic values command wide spread acceptance within liberal democracies as an ideal, but at the same time citizens have become more critical of the working of the core institutions of representative democracy.
Reason (R): The declining faith in government represents a deflation of the political culture, reducing the capacity of the political system to achieve shared goals.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (R).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
Ans: B
38. Which of the following countries has a simple constitution-amending procedure?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) U.K.
(C) India
(D) France
Ans: B
39. In reference to Presidential system which President of U.S.A. said, “For the folly of just one man may spell disaster for the whole nation.”?
(A) Jimmy Carter
(B) Barrack Obama
(C) George W. Bush
(D) Woodrow Wilson
Ans: A
40. Which one of the following statements about the U.S. President is not correct?
(A) No U.S. President has ever been impeached.
(B) Richard Nixon’s impeachment failed by one vote.
(C) The House of Representatives has the power to initiate impeachment proceedings.
(D) The case is tried by the Senate with the Chief Justice presiding.
Ans: B
41. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Model of Development) (Features)
a. Bourgeoisie model i. Urban Economic growth development of Legislature and Electoral process.
b. Autocratic model ii. Suppress middleclass.
c. Technocratic model iii. Low political participation and high foreign investment.
d. Populist model iv. Stresses high political participation as well as economic inequality.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: A
42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. Robert Michaels i. Democracy and its critics
b. Samuel Huntington ii. State Building: Governance and World order in the Twenty First Century
c. Robert Dahll iii. Political Parties
d. Francis Fukuyama iv. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) ii i iii iv
Ans: B
43. Who among the following has adopted the ‘Political-conflict approach’ in the analysis of revolution?
(A) Thdeda Skocpol
(B) Alexis de Tocqueville
(C) Charles Tilly
(D) Emile Durkheim
Ans: C
44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes below:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Authors)
a. The Politics of Modernization i. Amartya Sen
b. Development as Freedoms ii. Samuel P. Huntington
c. Political order in Changing Societies iii. Celso Furtado
d. Development and Underdevelopment iv. David E. Apter
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv i iii ii
Ans: B
45. Which of the following thinkers defined modernization in terms of three conditions:
(i) An innovative social system
(ii) Differentiated, flexible social structure
(iii) Social basis for skill and knowledge, in technologically advanced world.
(A) C.E. Black
(B) David E. Apter
(C) Samuel P. Huntington
(D) S.N. Eisenstadt
Ans: B
46. Who among the following envisaged the conflict of the present age as between the all devouring collective ego – whether of the nation or of the class and the individual struggling for freedom?
(A) Gandhi
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Aurobindo
(D) Ambedkar
Ans: B
47. Who differentiated between antagonistic and non-antagonistic contradictions?
(A) Marx
(B) Lenin
(C) Mao
(D) M.N. Roy
Ans: C
48. Identify the correct sequence regarding the debate on the decline/demise of Political theory.
(i) David Easton on decline of Political theory.
(ii) R.A. Dahl on death of Political theory.
(iii) Riemer-Political theory is in the dog house.
(iv) Peter Laslett on demise of Political theory.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(C) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
Ans: B
49. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. D. Held i. Participation and Democratic theory
b. J. Lively ii. Models of Democracy
c. MacPherson iii. Democracy
d. C. Pateman iv. The Real World of Democracy
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: B
50. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): John Stuart Mill is a reluctant democrat.
Reason (R): All peoples are fit for democracy.
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
51. Which of the following statements are true of the British Parliamentary system?
(i) Parliament can make law on any subject.
(ii) The Queen acts on the advice of the Cabinet.
(iii) The House of Lords can delay a bill passed by the House of Commons for two years.
(iv) The Cabinet functions on the principle of collective responsibility.
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Ans: D
52. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Electoral Process) (Countries)
a. First-Past-the- Post system i. Germany
b. Second Ballot system ii. Switzerland
c. Additional member system iii. USA
d. Party list system iv. France
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
53. Structural-functionalism is primarily
(A) A measurement for comparison
(B) An ideology of development
(C) A framework of investigation
(D) A method of governance
Ans: C
54. According to S.P. Huntigton “Political Decay” takes place when
(A) Mass Mobilisation plus participation is greater than Institutionalisation.
(B) Mass mobilisation and participation is lesser than Institutionalisation.
(C) The Institutions have both complexity and simplicity.
(D) There is longevity of Institutions.
Ans: A
55. Assertion (A): The US Senate is the most powerful second chamber in the world.
Reason (R): There are few things which the President and the House of Representatives can do together without the approval of the Senate.
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
56. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
(i) Dependency theory: Samir Amin
(ii) Theory of Development: Lucian Pye
(iii) Theory of Alienation: Karl Marx
(iv) Theory of Negative Liberty: Johan Rawls
Select the correct
(A) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct.
Ans: D
57. Which of the following are the common features of India and U.K?
(i) Supremacy of Parliament
(ii) A written Constitution
(iii) Bicameralism
(iv) Prime Minister is the leader of the largest party on the floor of the House.
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct.
Ans: C
58. Which among the following defined the electoral law as – “The majority (plurality) single ballot system that tends to a party dualism”.
(A) Duverger’s law
(B) Rae/Riker proposition
(C) Sartori’s tendency law
(D) Cox’s coordination argument
Ans: A
59. Which one of the following theories developed by the European thinkers came under the active discussion of social scientists in the US in the fifties?
(A) Communications theory
(B) Elite theory
(C) Structural functionalism
(D) Decision-making theory
Ans: B
60. Ralph Miliband mewed the state as an instrument in the hands of the ruling class. Which perspective ofcomparative politics can he be placed under?
(A) Structural
(B) Feminist
(C) Instrumental
(D) Plural Socialist
Ans: C
61. Who among the following was not a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly?
(A) Sir Firoz Khan Nur
(B) Sir Zafarullah Khan
(C) Dr. Jay Shankar
(D) Jai Prakash Narayan
Ans: D
62. The Drafting Committee member of the Constituent Assembly said that Governor nominated by the President will be the agent of the Central Government. Identify
(A) T.T. Krishnamachari
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) SardarV allabhbhai Patel
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: A
63. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Editors/ Authors)
a. Development Planning and the Indian State. i. Anthony D. Smith
b. India: Globalization and change ii. T.V. Satyamurthy
c. Industry and Agriculture in India Since independence iii. Pamela Shurmer Smith
d. Theories of Nationalism. iv. Partha Chatterji
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: A
64. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Chief Ministers dismissed) (Governors responsible)
a. Ajay Mukherjee i. Gopala Reddy
b. Charan Singh ii. Jagmohan
c. N.T. Rama Rao iii. Dharam Vira
d. Farooq Abdullah iv. Ram Lal
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii i iii
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: D
65. Neo-liberalism does not believe in
(A) Deregulation
(B) Debureaucratisation
(C) Disinvestment
(D) Statisation
Ans: D
66. Who said, ‘Taxation equals forced labour’?
(A) John Rawls
(B) Hayek
(C) Nozick
(D) Berlin
Ans: C
67. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. Richard Lowenthal i. Red China Today
b. Benjamin L. Schwartz ii. Mao’s Revolutionand the Chinese Political Culture
c. Edgar Snow iii. World Communism
d. Richard H. Solomon iv. Communism and Chinese Ideology in Flux
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i ii iv iii
Ans: A
68. Who defined an ideology as ‘a set of ideas by which men posit, explain and justify the ends and means of organized social action, irrespective of whether such action aims to preserve, amend, uproot or rebuild a given social order’?
(A) de Tracy
(B) Martin Seliger
(C) D. Mc Lellan
(D) J. Larrain
Ans: B
69. For Savarkar, what were the three fundamental bonds that united the Hindus?
(A) Territory, Race, Culture.
(B) Territory, Population, Sovereignty.
(C) Territory, Government and International Recognition.
(D) None of the above.
Ans: A
70. The idea of Participatory democracy originates with
(A) Aristotle
(B) Cicero
(C) Locke
(D) Rousseau
Ans: D
71. Plato describes the working of the human mind by
(A) The allegory of the cave
(B) The metaphor of the divided line
(C) The doctrine of forms
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
72. Who among the following regarded Buddhism as a moral and tolerant alternative to Marxism?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) M.N. Roy
Ans: C
73. John Rawls’ theory of Justice combines
(A) People’s democracy, market economy, and the redistributive welfare scheme.
(B) Liberal democracy, command economy and distributive justice.
(C) Liberal or associational socialistic democracy, market economy and the redistributive welfare scheme.
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
74. The rule of passing resolution by 2/3rd majority of total number of members of the House of Parliament is applicable in case of the
(a) amendment of the constitution
(b) approval of proclamation of emergency
(c) impeachment of the President of India
(d) disapproval of proclamation of emergency
Ans: C
75. The state which has the largest number of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha is
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Chhattisgarh (c) Jharkhand (d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: D
76. Which one of the following statements is correct ?
(a) Chief Election Commissioner of India holds his office during the pleasure of the President.
(b) The Governor of the State may be removed by the President at any time.
(c) The Prime Minister can only be removed by a resolution passed by the both houses of Parliament.
(d) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can be removed by the President.
Ans: B
77. Which one of the following subjects is not a part of the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ?
(a) Poverty Alleviation Programme (b) Women and Child Development
(c) Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths (d) Technical training and vocational education
Ans: C
78. Which one of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Courts and the Supreme Court ?
(a) Disputes between the centre and the states (b) Protection of fundamental rights
(c) Protection against the violation of the constitution (d) Disputes between two states
Ans: B
79. ‘Judicial Review’ function of the Supreme Court means the powers to
(a) review its own judgement. (b) review its functioning of judiciary in the country.
(c) examines the constitutional validity of the legislation made by the legislature. (d) under periodic review of the constitution.
Ans: C
80. Smt. Belamati Chauhan and Smt. Hansa Dhanai were the martyrs of Uttarakhand State Movement. Point out the place of their ‘Martyrdom’.
(a) Khatima (b) Haldwani (c) Mussoorie (d) Rampur Tiraha
Ans: C
81. Which one of the following is not a feature of power ?
(a) Power is relational. (b) Power is unilateral. (c) Power is bilateral. (d) Power is situational.
Ans: B
82. Which of the following is not a supporter of popular sovereignty ?
(a) John Austin (b) Rousseau (c) Lord Bryce (d) Gilchrist
Ans: A
83. How many chapters are there in Manusmriti ?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 15
Ans: C
84. Who wrote the book ‘Thoughts on Pakistan’ ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jinnah (c) Mohammad Iqbal (d) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: D
85. The meeting of Council of Ministers in a State is presided by
(a) The Governor (b) The President (c) The Prime Minister (d) The Chief Minister
Ans: D
86. The system of Public Interest Litigation has been introduced in India
(a) Through Constitutional Amendment (b) By Judicial initiative (c) By Political Parties (d) By a Parliamentary Act
Ans: B
87. Who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress ?
(a) A.O. Hume (b) W.C. Banerjee (c) Kadambini Ganguly (d) Anand Mohan Bose
Ans: B
88. Which of the following statement is correct regarding the powers of the Prime Minister of India in the formation of his cabinet ?
(a) Chooses his ministers from among the members of both houses of the Parliament.
(b) Has full discretion in the choice of the persons who are to serve as minister in his cabinet.
(c) Can choose his ministers after the due counselling by the President of India in this regard.
(d) Has only limited powers in the choice of his cabinet colleagues because of the discretionary powers vested in the President of India Ans: B
89. Which of the following is not a characteristics of Indian Constitution ?
(a) Parliamentary Government (b) Fundamental Rights (c) Dual Citizenship (d) Written Constitution
Ans: C
90. Who wrote the book ‘Caste in Indian Politics’ ?
(a) Iqbal Narayan (b) Rajni Kothari (c) Morris Jones (d) D.D. Basu
Ans: B
91. State Cabinet is accountable for their functions to
(a) Governor (b) Vidhan Sabha (c) The President (d) Vidhan Parishad
Ans: B
92. Who presides over the joint session of Indian Parliament ?
(a) Prime Minister (b) President (c) Vice President (d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans: D
93. From which country’s constitution ‘the concurrent list’ was adopted in Indian Constitution ?
(a) Australia (b) Ireland (c) U.S.A. (d) Britain
Ans: A
94. Panchayati Raj System is based on
(a) Centralisation of Power (b) Rural Development (c) Co-operation of Administration (d) Decentralisation of Powers
Ans: D
95. Who propounded the theory of legal sovereignty ?
(a) Almond (b) Augustine (c) Austin (d) Aristotle
Ans: C
96. Which one of the following is correct about political socialisation ?
(a) It is a continuous process. (b) It is not there in every society. (c) It is an old concept. (d) All of the above
Ans: A
97. Which one of the following thinker has strongly supported the women franchise ?
(a) Aristotle (b) Lenin (c) Jermy Bentham (d) J.S. Mill
Ans: D
98. Who said, ‘Liberty is the opposite of over-government’ ?
(a) Laski (b) Barker (c) Garner (d) Seeley
Ans: D
99. How many members of Parliament are elected from Uttarakhand ?
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 7
Ans: A
100. Which theory of state was propounded by Kautilya ?
(a) Theory of Justice (b) Saptang Theory (c) Divine Theory (d) Theory of Danda
Ans: B
(i) Parliament can make law on any subject.
(ii) The Queen acts on the advice of the Cabinet.
(iii) The House of Lords can delay a bill passed by the House of Commons for two years.
(iv) The Cabinet functions on the principle of collective responsibility.
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Ans: D
52. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Electoral Process) (Countries)
a. First-Past-the- Post system i. Germany
b. Second Ballot system ii. Switzerland
c. Additional member system iii. USA
d. Party list system iv. France
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
53. Structural-functionalism is primarily
(A) A measurement for comparison
(B) An ideology of development
(C) A framework of investigation
(D) A method of governance
Ans: C
54. According to S.P. Huntigton “Political Decay” takes place when
(A) Mass Mobilisation plus participation is greater than Institutionalisation.
(B) Mass mobilisation and participation is lesser than Institutionalisation.
(C) The Institutions have both complexity and simplicity.
(D) There is longevity of Institutions.
Ans: A
55. Assertion (A): The US Senate is the most powerful second chamber in the world.
Reason (R): There are few things which the President and the House of Representatives can do together without the approval of the Senate.
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
56. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
(i) Dependency theory: Samir Amin
(ii) Theory of Development: Lucian Pye
(iii) Theory of Alienation: Karl Marx
(iv) Theory of Negative Liberty: Johan Rawls
Select the correct
(A) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct.
Ans: D
57. Which of the following are the common features of India and U.K?
(i) Supremacy of Parliament
(ii) A written Constitution
(iii) Bicameralism
(iv) Prime Minister is the leader of the largest party on the floor of the House.
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct.
Ans: C
58. Which among the following defined the electoral law as – “The majority (plurality) single ballot system that tends to a party dualism”.
(A) Duverger’s law
(B) Rae/Riker proposition
(C) Sartori’s tendency law
(D) Cox’s coordination argument
Ans: A
59. Which one of the following theories developed by the European thinkers came under the active discussion of social scientists in the US in the fifties?
(A) Communications theory
(B) Elite theory
(C) Structural functionalism
(D) Decision-making theory
Ans: B
60. Ralph Miliband mewed the state as an instrument in the hands of the ruling class. Which perspective ofcomparative politics can he be placed under?
(A) Structural
(B) Feminist
(C) Instrumental
(D) Plural Socialist
Ans: C
61. Who among the following was not a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly?
(A) Sir Firoz Khan Nur
(B) Sir Zafarullah Khan
(C) Dr. Jay Shankar
(D) Jai Prakash Narayan
Ans: D
62. The Drafting Committee member of the Constituent Assembly said that Governor nominated by the President will be the agent of the Central Government. Identify
(A) T.T. Krishnamachari
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) SardarV allabhbhai Patel
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: A
63. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Editors/ Authors)
a. Development Planning and the Indian State. i. Anthony D. Smith
b. India: Globalization and change ii. T.V. Satyamurthy
c. Industry and Agriculture in India Since independence iii. Pamela Shurmer Smith
d. Theories of Nationalism. iv. Partha Chatterji
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: A
64. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Chief Ministers dismissed) (Governors responsible)
a. Ajay Mukherjee i. Gopala Reddy
b. Charan Singh ii. Jagmohan
c. N.T. Rama Rao iii. Dharam Vira
d. Farooq Abdullah iv. Ram Lal
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii i iii
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: D
65. Neo-liberalism does not believe in
(A) Deregulation
(B) Debureaucratisation
(C) Disinvestment
(D) Statisation
Ans: D
66. Who said, ‘Taxation equals forced labour’?
(A) John Rawls
(B) Hayek
(C) Nozick
(D) Berlin
Ans: C
67. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. Richard Lowenthal i. Red China Today
b. Benjamin L. Schwartz ii. Mao’s Revolutionand the Chinese Political Culture
c. Edgar Snow iii. World Communism
d. Richard H. Solomon iv. Communism and Chinese Ideology in Flux
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i ii iv iii
Ans: A
68. Who defined an ideology as ‘a set of ideas by which men posit, explain and justify the ends and means of organized social action, irrespective of whether such action aims to preserve, amend, uproot or rebuild a given social order’?
(A) de Tracy
(B) Martin Seliger
(C) D. Mc Lellan
(D) J. Larrain
Ans: B
69. For Savarkar, what were the three fundamental bonds that united the Hindus?
(A) Territory, Race, Culture.
(B) Territory, Population, Sovereignty.
(C) Territory, Government and International Recognition.
(D) None of the above.
Ans: A
70. The idea of Participatory democracy originates with
(A) Aristotle
(B) Cicero
(C) Locke
(D) Rousseau
Ans: D
71. Plato describes the working of the human mind by
(A) The allegory of the cave
(B) The metaphor of the divided line
(C) The doctrine of forms
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
72. Who among the following regarded Buddhism as a moral and tolerant alternative to Marxism?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) M.N. Roy
Ans: C
73. John Rawls’ theory of Justice combines
(A) People’s democracy, market economy, and the redistributive welfare scheme.
(B) Liberal democracy, command economy and distributive justice.
(C) Liberal or associational socialistic democracy, market economy and the redistributive welfare scheme.
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
74. The rule of passing resolution by 2/3rd majority of total number of members of the House of Parliament is applicable in case of the
(a) amendment of the constitution
(b) approval of proclamation of emergency
(c) impeachment of the President of India
(d) disapproval of proclamation of emergency
Ans: C
75. The state which has the largest number of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha is
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Chhattisgarh (c) Jharkhand (d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: D
76. Which one of the following statements is correct ?
(a) Chief Election Commissioner of India holds his office during the pleasure of the President.
(b) The Governor of the State may be removed by the President at any time.
(c) The Prime Minister can only be removed by a resolution passed by the both houses of Parliament.
(d) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can be removed by the President.
Ans: B
77. Which one of the following subjects is not a part of the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ?
(a) Poverty Alleviation Programme (b) Women and Child Development
(c) Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths (d) Technical training and vocational education
Ans: C
78. Which one of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Courts and the Supreme Court ?
(a) Disputes between the centre and the states (b) Protection of fundamental rights
(c) Protection against the violation of the constitution (d) Disputes between two states
Ans: B
79. ‘Judicial Review’ function of the Supreme Court means the powers to
(a) review its own judgement. (b) review its functioning of judiciary in the country.
(c) examines the constitutional validity of the legislation made by the legislature. (d) under periodic review of the constitution.
Ans: C
80. Smt. Belamati Chauhan and Smt. Hansa Dhanai were the martyrs of Uttarakhand State Movement. Point out the place of their ‘Martyrdom’.
(a) Khatima (b) Haldwani (c) Mussoorie (d) Rampur Tiraha
Ans: C
81. Which one of the following is not a feature of power ?
(a) Power is relational. (b) Power is unilateral. (c) Power is bilateral. (d) Power is situational.
Ans: B
82. Which of the following is not a supporter of popular sovereignty ?
(a) John Austin (b) Rousseau (c) Lord Bryce (d) Gilchrist
Ans: A
83. How many chapters are there in Manusmriti ?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 15
Ans: C
84. Who wrote the book ‘Thoughts on Pakistan’ ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jinnah (c) Mohammad Iqbal (d) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: D
85. The meeting of Council of Ministers in a State is presided by
(a) The Governor (b) The President (c) The Prime Minister (d) The Chief Minister
Ans: D
86. The system of Public Interest Litigation has been introduced in India
(a) Through Constitutional Amendment (b) By Judicial initiative (c) By Political Parties (d) By a Parliamentary Act
Ans: B
87. Who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress ?
(a) A.O. Hume (b) W.C. Banerjee (c) Kadambini Ganguly (d) Anand Mohan Bose
Ans: B
88. Which of the following statement is correct regarding the powers of the Prime Minister of India in the formation of his cabinet ?
(a) Chooses his ministers from among the members of both houses of the Parliament.
(b) Has full discretion in the choice of the persons who are to serve as minister in his cabinet.
(c) Can choose his ministers after the due counselling by the President of India in this regard.
(d) Has only limited powers in the choice of his cabinet colleagues because of the discretionary powers vested in the President of India Ans: B
89. Which of the following is not a characteristics of Indian Constitution ?
(a) Parliamentary Government (b) Fundamental Rights (c) Dual Citizenship (d) Written Constitution
Ans: C
90. Who wrote the book ‘Caste in Indian Politics’ ?
(a) Iqbal Narayan (b) Rajni Kothari (c) Morris Jones (d) D.D. Basu
Ans: B
91. State Cabinet is accountable for their functions to
(a) Governor (b) Vidhan Sabha (c) The President (d) Vidhan Parishad
Ans: B
92. Who presides over the joint session of Indian Parliament ?
(a) Prime Minister (b) President (c) Vice President (d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans: D
93. From which country’s constitution ‘the concurrent list’ was adopted in Indian Constitution ?
(a) Australia (b) Ireland (c) U.S.A. (d) Britain
Ans: A
94. Panchayati Raj System is based on
(a) Centralisation of Power (b) Rural Development (c) Co-operation of Administration (d) Decentralisation of Powers
Ans: D
95. Who propounded the theory of legal sovereignty ?
(a) Almond (b) Augustine (c) Austin (d) Aristotle
Ans: C
96. Which one of the following is correct about political socialisation ?
(a) It is a continuous process. (b) It is not there in every society. (c) It is an old concept. (d) All of the above
Ans: A
97. Which one of the following thinker has strongly supported the women franchise ?
(a) Aristotle (b) Lenin (c) Jermy Bentham (d) J.S. Mill
Ans: D
98. Who said, ‘Liberty is the opposite of over-government’ ?
(a) Laski (b) Barker (c) Garner (d) Seeley
Ans: D
99. How many members of Parliament are elected from Uttarakhand ?
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 7
Ans: A
100. Which theory of state was propounded by Kautilya ?
(a) Theory of Justice (b) Saptang Theory (c) Divine Theory (d) Theory of Danda
Ans: B