PAPER-II
POLITICAL SCIENCE

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper II

Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions of two marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Assertion Kautilya emphasizes the need for a strong ruler.

Reason He was having acute awareness of the dangers of anarchy as well as the absolute necessity to establish order in society.

Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

2. Which one of the following is not a source of Plato's theory of Ideas

Heracleitus-The notion of sphere of Becoming.

Antisthenes-The notion of absolute asceticism and rigorous self-mortification.

Socrates-The doctrine of concepts.

Eleatics-The idea of a sphere of absolute being.

3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
(Aristotle's theory of (Explanations)
causation)

a. The efficient cause i. The substance and essence of the thing.

b. The final cause ii. Matter of which it is composed.

c. The material cause iii. The purpose towards which the movement is directed.

d. The formal cause iv. The cause of motion.

Codes
a b c d
ii iii iv
(2) iv iii ii i
(3) iii iv i ii
(4) ii i iv iii

4. Given below are the two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason
Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Assertion For Locke, Labour is the source and justification of property.

Reason Its function is to turn the earth into consumable goods.
Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

5. Which one of the features of Rawls' concept of 'Veil of ignorance' is not true

No one knows his place in society, his class position or social status.

No one knows his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities.

The parties know their special psychological propensities.

The parties do not (even) know their conception of the good.

6. Who among the following described the welfare state as a kind of enslavement

Karl Popper F.A. Hayek

R. Nozick Milton Friedman

7. E.M.S. Namboodiripad's book Mahatma and Ism is an analysis of Mahatma Gandhi from the point of view

Syndicalism Socialism

Liberalism Marxism

8. Which of the following statements is not true in case of M.N. Roy

He prepared a model constitution for free India.

Sovereign power was to be vested in the people.

People's committees to be set up in villages, towns and cities.

He did not concede the right of secession to its constituent units.

9. Which of the following statements is not true

Traditional political theory is qualitative.

Behavioural political theory is quantitative.

Post-behavioural political theory is both qualitative and quantitative.

Post-behavioural political theory is ethnocentric; focuses especially on western democracies.

10. Who among the following emphasized on 'procedural theory of democracy' highlighting three criteria

S.M. Lipset R.A. Dahl

Joseph Schumpeter Sheldon Wolin

11. Which one of the following is not a formulation of Max Weber

Rationality, functional differentiation and specialization resulting in order, harmony and efficiency.

Dominant authority based on beliefs and symbols in relation to ideal types.

Dominant authority is hierarchical and related to state and ruling class.

Rationalization and ideal typology method.

12. Who said that federalism requires a people "Who desire union and must not desire unity"

James Bryce A.V. Diecy

K.C. Wheare H. Finer

13. The assertion that there is no direct connection between the shape of a political culture and the stability of governance is made by

Lijphart Wolin

Kavanagh Blondel

14. The ability of the U.S. President to get their way depends on four crucial relationships

Congress, The federal bureaucracy, The Supreme Court and The mass media.

Which of the above is undoubtedly the most critical

The Congress The Federal bureaucracy

The Supreme Court The mass media

15. C. Wright Mills' The Power Elite (1956) offered a general analysis of elites in

Entire capitalistic world.

Developed capitalistic world of North America and Western Europe.

Developed capitalistic nations of North America, Western Europe and Japan.

Developed capitalism of the U.S.A.

16. Power is like money is formulated by

C. Wright Mills Paul Sweezy

Talcott Parsons Ralph Miliband

17. Catch all party describes the post second world war party system in

Western Europe Eastern Europe

The U.S. Party system All of the above

18. Who believed that the success of a revolution occurs when it is limited to the political and not extending to the social

Crane Brinton V.I. Lenin

Hannah Arendt Mahatma Gandhi

19. The Capitalist world economy is made up of "Commodity Chains" of producers and consumers, sellers and buyers linking countries in the core of the world economy", is the basis of

Globalization and modernization theory.

Lenin's theory of imperialism

Friedman's World is flat theory

World system theory

20. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason
Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Assertion Consociational democracy is an incomplete theory of democracy.

Reason As it blocks the way of a genuine alternative In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

21. Who said, "The Constituent Assembly was a one party body in an essentially one party country. The Assembly was the congress and the congress was India"

Morris Jones Paul R. Brass

Granville Austin Richard Sisson

22. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
(Books) (Authors)

a. The Child and the State in India i. Atul Kohli

b. The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics ii. Pranab Bardhan

c. The Political Economy of Development in India iii. Christopher Jafrelot

d. Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India iv. Myron Weiner

Codes
a b c d
(1)iii iv i ii
iii ii i
(3) ii i iii iv
ii iv iii

23. Which of the following have been identified as the ground for judicial review in the exercise of power of pardon by the President of India or Governor of a state

a. that the order has been passed without application of mind.

b. that the order is malafide.

c. that the order is based on extraneous or wholly irrelevant considerations.

d. that the order suffers from arbitrariness.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

c and d c and d

b and d c and d

24. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
(Panchayati Raj Committee) (Year)

a. C.H. Hanumantha Rao i. 1978

b. G.V.K. Rao ii. 1984

c. Ashok Mehta iii. 1986

d. L.M. Singhvi iv. 1985

Codes
a b c d
ii i iii
(2) ii iv i iii
iii ii iv
(4)iii i iv ii

25. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason
Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Assertion Fundamental Duties are non-justiciable.

Reason They are supposed to inculcate a sense of patriotic and sensible citizenship Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

26. Which of the following are the privileges of the Legislature in India

a. Right to publish debates and proceedings and the right to restrain others from publishing.

b. The privilege of excluding strangers from the house.

c. The right to regulate its internal matters.

d. The right to punish members and outsiders for breach of privilege.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

c and d c and d

b and d c and d

27. Arrange the following peasant movements in India in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below

i. Singur ii. Bardoli

iii. Tebhaga iv. Champaran

Codes

iv, iii, ii iv, ii, iii, i

ii, iii, iv, i ii, iii, iv

28. Identify the correct chronological order of the developments of events related to federalism in India.

Anandpur Sahib Resolution, Rajamannar committee, Punchhi Commission, West Bengal Memorandum.

West Bengal Memorandum, Rajamannar Committee, Anandpur Sahib Resolution, Punchhi Commission

Rajamannar Committee, West Bengal Memorandum, Anandpur Sahib Resolution, Punchhi Commission

Rajamannar Committee, Anandpur Sahib Resolution, West Bengal Memorandum, Punchhi Commission

29. Who described Indian capitalism as "Dharmashala Capitalism"

V.K.R.V. Rao J. Bhagwati

(3) Amartya Sen Raj Krishna

30. Which of the following is not associated with electoral reforms in India

Tarkunde Committee

Dinesh Goswami Committee

N.N. Vohra Committee

Indrajit Gupta Committee

31. Arrange the following approaches to the study of Public Administration in a sequential order

a. Behavioural approach b. Systems approach

c. Institutional approach d. Public Policy approach

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

d d

b d

32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason
Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Assertion Civil servants in India do not have any political rights.

Reason Neutrality is the hallmark of the civil services in India.

Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

33. Which of the following have been identified by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission as barriers to citizen-centric administration in India

a. Inflexible self-perpetuating and inward looking attitude of civil servants.

b. Lack of accountability of civil servants.

c. Absence of well educated political leadership.

d.Low levels of awareness of the rights and duties of citizens.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

b and c b and d

c and d c and d

34. Which of the following is the nodal agency for budget implementation in India

Parliament

Public Accounts Committee

Ministry of Finance

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

35. In India, the term deficit financing was first defined by

First Five Year Plan

Finance Commission

Administrative Reforms Commission

A.D. Gorwala Report

36. Which of the following types of bureaucracy regards itself as the custodian of public interest but is independent of and unresponsive to public opinion

Merit bureaucracy Caste bureaucracy

Patronage bureaucracy Guardian bureaucracy

37. Which of the following are the common features between the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act and the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act

a. Periodical elections.

b. Empowerment of socially and economically weak groups.

c. Constitution of State Election Commission.

d. Constitution of Ward Committees.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

a and c b and c

c and d c and d

38. Which of the following are statutory bodies

a. University Grants Commission

b. Official Language Commission

c. Railway Board

d. Atomic Energy Commission

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

a and b c and d

b and d b and d

39. Which one of the following ministries is an example of ministry formed on the basis of clientele principle

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Law

40. Who among the following are of the view that the managerial techniques and skills of Planning, Organizing, Coordinating and Budgeting are same in both Public and Private Administration

a. Henry Fayol b. M.P. Follet

c.Luther Gulick d. L. Urwick

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

a and c b and d

b and c c and d

41. Who of the following belongs to British School of Realism

Reinhold Niebuhr N.J. Spykman

Quincy Wright Hedley Bull

42. The notion of 'Balance of Terror' is related to

Global Terrorism

Counter Terrorist strategies

Terrorist activities of drug traffickers

Over-kill capacity emanating from nuclear weapons.

43. Which one of the following is not a major assumption of balance of power

States are determined to protect vital national interests.

Vital national interests may be threatened.

Relative power positions of the states can be measured.

States apply moral parameters for assessing others' behaviour.

44. Which country/countries refused to accept legally binding emission cuts following Kyoto Protocol

India China

India and China both Sweden

45. Which leader of the USSR introduced the policy of 'peaceful-coexistence'

Mikhail Gorbachev N. Khrushchev

L. Brezhnev Joseph Stalin

46. At the end of cold war Francis Fukuyama constructed the thesis of 'end of history' which meant

The world would no longer be unfolding events.

The tension and conflict would cease to exist at global level.

Ideological struggles had come to an end.

Ideological struggles would be waged with new vigour.

47. NATO's partnership for peace programme was aimed at

Incorporating ex-Eastern bloc states into the organisation.

Tackling problem of Serbs in Bosnia.

Implementing military action against Yugoslavia.

Taking action against Al Asad Regime in Syria.

48. Which of the events mentioned below is taken as signaling the end of Cold War

Soviet Union's collapse in 1991

Breaching of Berlin Wall in 1989

Declaration of independence by Republic of Kazakhstan in 1991

Large scale revolt for freedom in Baltic States in 1989

49. The renaming of European Community to European Union resulted from the signing of

Maastricht Treaty Treaty of Rome

The Lisbon Treaty Treaty of Nice

50. Which of the following is not a specialized agency of the United Nations

WHO IMF

FAO OPEC