1. One of the following is TRUE about the Supreme Court of India.

It can render binding advice to constitutional bodies like the President, Governor, etc.

It has an original jurisdiction whereby it decides disputes between the Union and States of India

The President can always override the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has the right to question and review the legislative wisdom of the Parliament.

2. Consider the following statements:

The writ to prohibition demands activity on the part of public officials to perform their public duties as mandated by law

The writ to mandamus demands inactivity on the part of public officials to perform their public duties as mandated by law

The writ to certiorari allows the higher court to quash an order passed by an inferior court outside its jurisdiction

The writ to quo warranto asks a public official under which authority h/she assumes the public office.

In the light of the above statements, which of the following is the correct option?

and are false

Only is true

Only is true

Only and are true

3. Which of the following best explains the nature of 'judicial activism' in India?

The Supreme Court and High Courts increasingly intervene in legislative and executive domains

'Judicial activism' is mostly triggered by public interest litigation

The Judiciary actively delivers judgements and clears backlog of cases pending before the Supreme Court and High Court

Only A and B are true.

4. Read the following statements on the Electoral College for the election of the President and identify the correct statements.

The Electoral College consists of all members of both Houses of Parliament.

The Electoral College consists of the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the states.

The electoral college consists of the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.

The electoral college consists of elected members of both Houses of Parliament.

Select the correct answer from the following options:

Only and are true

Only and are true

Only and are true

Only and are true

5. Which of the following terms best describes the features in the Indian Constitution that provide for unequal arrangements and special treatment for some units within the Indian Union.

Cooperative Federalism

Asymmetric Federalism

Unequal Federalism

Cosmetic Federalism

6. Read the following statements and identify whether they are correct or incorrect.

Statement A bill passed by the State Legislature can be reserved by the Governor for the consideration of the President.

Statement There is no time limit fixed within which the President should take a decision.

Select the correct answer from the following options:

A is true; B is false

A is false; B is true

AandBaretrue

A and B are false

7. Which of the following best captures the meaning of India's 'silent revolution'?

It signifies India's significant breakthrough in software technology

It signifies the domination of the upper castes in electoral politics

It signifies the mobilization and large participation of lower castes in electoral politics

It signifies the silent cooperation between the upper and low castes in monopolizing power

8. Which of the following parties brings the idea of humiliation to the centre of political discourse?

Rashtriya Janata Dal

Biju Janata Dal

Bahujan Samaj Party

Republican Party of India

9. Who said the following: "The bond of love is one which men, wretched creatures that they are, break when it is to their advantage to do so; but fear is always effective."

Augustine

Nietzsche

Machiavelli

Cesare Borgia

10. Innatism or the doctrine of innate ideas was sought to be refuted by

Plato

Aquinas

Engels

Locke

11. To be a conservative is NOT to prefer

the convenient to the perfect

the familiar to the unknown

the limited to the unbounded

general improvement to specific innovations

12. One of the following wrote Democracy in America.

Michael Sandel

Abraham Lincoln

John Dewey

Alexis de Tocqueville

13. "Have courage to use your understanding!" This was declared to be the motto of enlightenment by

Pascal in Pensees

Adorno and Horkheimer in Dialectic ofEnlightenment

Kant in What is Enlightenment?

Paul Connerton in The Tragedy ofEnlightenment

14. 'Speciesism' means the belief that

the human species is superior to others

all species are equal

competition ensures the survival of the best species

individuals must sacrifice for the sake of their species

15. Priestcraft Exposed was written by

B.R.Ambedkar

D.D. Kosambi

Periyar

Jotirao Phule

16. One of the two theorems/principles of justice proposed by Rawls must have a lexical priority over the other.

Second over first

First over second

Both first and second

Neither first nor second

17. The Truman Doctrine first addressed the need to contain Communism in

Italy

Greece

Spain

France

18. The Balfour Declaration relates to

The creation of a Jewish state in Palestine

The end of the conflict in Northern Ireland

The principle of self-determination in the League ofNations

The end of slavery in the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885

19. The Mandate system was put in place by the

United Nations

World Trade Organization

League ofNations

International Court of Justice

20. The fol1owing theoretical approach discusses ideas of consent and hegemony in International Relations

Feminism

Realism

Constructivism

Gramscian theories

21. 'Security Dilemma' is associated with

Realism

Constructivism

Dependency Theory

Human Security Approach

22. Neo-Functionalism emphasizes

Bilateral Trade

Regional Integration

Security Strategy

Bilateral Diplomacy

23. The Statement'Anarchy is what states make of is associated with

Realism

Liberal Institutionalism

Constructivism

Pluralism

24. Which among the following is not part of 'Morgenthau's Six Principles

Abstract moral principles cannot be applied to politics

National interest is defined in terms of national power

Politics is governed by objective laws which have roots in human nature

A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants

25. In which of the following two countries has religion had an important impact on politics over the last fifty years?

China and the United Kingdom

Brazil and Vietnam

Kenya and Peru

Spain and Turkey

26. "The more well-to-do a nation, the greater the chances that it will sustain democracy" (Seymour Lipset -Political Man). Which of the following countries could be cited in support of this proposition?

China

Nigeria

United Kingdom

Vietnam

27. What term describes a set of attitudes and practices that shapes people's political behavior?

Governing party

Political party

Social culture

Political culture

28. Which of the following established the concept of sovereignty in international law and is considered the birth of the modern nation-state system?

The Magna Carta

The Treaty of Westphalia

The Treaty of Paris

The Treaty of Ghent

29. Which party in India has advocated the coming together of all Left parties?

CPI

CPI

NCP

INC

30. The feature of making the government responsible (forcing the government to resign) is not associated with

House of Representatives in the USA

House of Commons in the UK

Lok Sabha in India

House of Representatives in Japanese Parliament

31. The Constitution of the USA and the Federalist Papers were inspired by

The French Revolution

The Russian Revolution

John Stuart Mill's book on Liberty

Montesquieu's theory of separation of powers

32. "A system is a whole which is compounded of many parts -an ensemble of attitudes" Who said this?

Collin Cherry

Kaplan

Mill

None of these

33. Which one of the following is a device for controlling of the public office staff'?

Biometric

Aadhaar

E-filing

Salary slip

34. Who stated that public policy is whatever governments choose to do or not do?

Yehezkel Dror

D.A low

James Anderson

Thomas R. Dye

35. A Public Corporation is

Wholly owned by the state

Established under PPP

Established by a Trust

Established by people of a region

36. Who selects the Social Audit Committee at Village level under MGNREGA

B.D.O

D.D.O

Grama Sabha

Programme Coordinator

37. Which one of the following is declared as 'Decade for Eradication of Poverty?'

1997-2006

1980-1989

1995-2004

1994-2004

38. Which one of the following is not a 'sustainable development

End of Poverty

Zero hunger

Gender Equality

Decentralized governance

39. Focus group discussion is a

Quantitative technique

Qualitative technique

Both of them

None of the above

40. Who is the Editor of a recent book 'Social Policy' (Essays from Economic and Political Weekly)?

Ramachandra Guha

Nikhil Srivastav

Jean Dreze

Joel Lee

PartB

Section 1

Answer anyone question from the following.

1. The United Nations Human Development Report 2015 showed life expectancies by Country.

For select countries in Western Europe, the values reported were as follows: Norway: 81.7; Switzerland: 83.1; Germany: 81.1; Denmark: 80.4; Netherlands: 81.7; Ireland: 81.1; United Kingdom: 80.8; France: 82.4; Belgium: 81.0; Finland: 81.0; Italy: 83.3; Spain: 82.8; Greece: 81.1; Portugal: 81.2

For select African countries, the values reported were Botswana: 64.5; South Africa: 57.7; Congo: 62.9; Ghana: 61.5; Zambia: 60.8; Kenya: 62.2; Angola 52.7; Nigeria: 53.1; Zimbabwe: 59.2; Madagascar: 65.5; Rwanda: 64.7; Senegal: 66.9; Uganda: 59.2; Sudan: 63.7; Malawi: 63.9; Mali: 58.5

a. Find the standard deviation for each group.

b. Which of these groups of life expectancies has the larger standard deviation? Why?

2. Why is it said that research is incremental in nature? What advantage is this to both future and past researchers? Illustrate you answer with an example of how knowledge about a certain topic can lead to new questions about that, or a related, topic.

Section 2

Answer anyone question from the following.

1. Critically examine the factors that led to the emergence of the BJP to power with an absolute majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

2. What are the revisions made by John Rawls to the central ideas of A Theory of Justice?

3. Summarize the salient features of Liberal Internationalism and assess its relevance to understanding the contemporary world.

4. Examine nationalism as an ideology and explore its various forms.

5. Discuss the various initiatives taken to promote good governance in India and the challenges in their implementation.