1. Gandhi wrote Hind Swaraj in the year

1907

1908

1919

1920
2. "They (Moderates) lick the dust of the feet that kick" Who said this

M. N. Roy

B.G. Tilak

Aurobindo Ghosh

Veer Savarkar
3. The core idea of ancient Greek political philosophy is

Social equality

Liberty of the individual

Good life

State sovereignty
4. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched

Sovereignty of Truth M.K. Gandhi

New Humanism Aurobindo Ghosh

Dictatorship of the proletariat V.I. Lenin

New Democracy Mao Zedong
5. Who, among the following philosophers, is famous for adopting the "golden mean"

Plato

Aristotle

St. Thomas Aquinas

Machiavelli
6. The study of the Political System of a country at one time, in all its contexts, is known as the

Configurative approach

Comparative approach

Structural approach

Behavioural approach
7. Limited Government has a close affinity to

Separation of powers

Judicial supremacy

Two-party system

Rule of Law
8. The Residuary Powers rest with the States/Units in the political systems of

U.S.A. and India

U.S.A. and Switzerland

Switzerland and India

India and U.K.
9. Who, among the following, is not a dependency theorist

Gunder Frank

S.E. Finer

Wallerstein

Cardoso
10. Which of the following is not a feature of the Parliamentary System

Collective responsibility

Close relationship between the legislature and the executive

Leadership of the Prime Minister

Fixed Tenure of the Government
11. Who, of the following, was not an extremist

Lala Lajpat Rai

Bipin Chandra Pal

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Gopal Krishna Gokhale
12. Which one of the following is not a part of Fundamental Duties under Indian Constitution

To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.

To safeguard public property and to abjure violence.

To provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, ward between the age of six and fourteen years.

To help in organising village panchayats.
13. Which one of the following writs is issued by the Courts for the release of a person unlawfully detained

Quo Warranto

Prohibition

Habeas Corpus

Certiorari
14. Which of the following was NOT associated with electoral reforms in India

Dinesh Goswami Committee

Inderjit Gupta Committee

G.V.K. Rao Committee

Tarkunde Committee
15. Who described India as a "Soft State"

Gunnar Myrdal

Myron Weiner

Rajni Kothari

K.C. Wheare
16. Who, among the following, scrutinises the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Cabinet Secretariat

Public Accounts Committee

Union Finance Minister

Department of Expenditure, Union Ministry of Finance
17. To Ronald Reagan, the "Evil Empire" was

People's Republic of China

Soviet Union

Iran

Libya
18. The Fundamental Principle of the League of Nations was

Collective defence

International peace

Collective security

International brotherhood
19. A State which dominates and subordinates neighbouring States without taking them over is

Colonial power

Garrison State

Dominion State

Suzerain State
20. 'Prisoner's dilemma' is a phenomenon that fuels

Arms race

Arms control

Disarmament

Peace
21. The 'tragedy of commons' explained by Garett Hardison is related to

War

Peace

Human Rights

Environment
22. When did Minnowbrook-I Conference take place

1966

1967

1968

1969
23. Who, among the following, has been considered as "the St. Paul of the concept of bureaucracy and capitalist nationality

Woodrow Wilson

F.W. Taylor

Max Weber

H. Simon
24. Who, among the following, is considered as the high priest of development administration

Woodrow Wilson

Chester Barnard

Paul Appleby

Fred Riggs
25. Right to Information Act (2005) primarily helps the cause of

Legal reforms

Political reforms

Social integrity

Transparent administration
26. Which one of the following recommended the establishment of Ombudsman for Local Governments in India

Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

Administrative Reforms Commission I

Administrative Reforms Commission II

Santhanam Committee
27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below

List-I List-II

Plato Utilitarianism

Rawls Surplus value

Bentham Philosopher-king

Marx Justice as fairness

Codes

a b c d








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

List-I List-II

Critical Community Studies Barry Buzon

Security Community Robert Jervis

Security Regime Karl Deutsch

Security Complex Kenneth Booth

Codes
a b c d








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

List-I List-II

Classical Realism Krasner

Structural Realism Kenneth Waltz

Neo-classical Realism Morgenthau

Rational choice Schwaller

Codes

a b c d








30. Which one of the following pairs is not properly matched

David Easton Post-modernism

C. Wright Mills Guild Socialism

G.D.H. Cole Power Elite

Derrida Political system

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

a b c d









31. Identify the correct chronological order of following Prime Ministers of India

V.P. Singh
Chandrashekhar
Morarji Desai
Rajiv Gandhi

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes








32. Identify the correct chronological order in which the following events occurred.

Death of Fakharuddin Ali Ahmed.
First split in the Congress after Independence.
Arrest of Shaikh Md. Abdullah as the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Signing of Indo-Soviet Treaty.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes









33. According to Organski, the stages of political development are

Unification
Industrialization
Abundance
National Welfare

Identify the correct chronological sequence of the above from the codes given below

3 and 4

4 and 3

4 and 2

3 and 4
34. Arrange the chronological order of the following treaties in the evolution of European Union

Amsterdam Treaty
Maastricht Treaty
Nice Treaty
Constitutional Treaty

Select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below

Codes








35. Give the chronological order of the following events in the evolution of the modern State system.

Vienna Congress
Paris Peace Treaties
Treaty of Westphalia
The Treaty of Utrect

Codes









Directions (Q. 36 to 45) Each of the following items consists of two statements, one
labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason You are to examine these
two statements carefully and decide if the and the are individually true and if
so, whether is the correct explanation of Select your answers to these items using the codes given below

Both and true, and ü is the correct explanation of
Both and are true, and ü is not the correct explanation of
is true but is false.
is false but is true.
36. Assertion To J.S. Mill, the scope of liberty includes that of conscience, thought
and feeling, so long as it is voluntary, informal and without harmful
intent.
Reason A liberal social order can be justified on utilitarian grounds, without
appeal to doctrines of natural rights.
37. Assertion Gandhi's Satyagraha is the vindication of truth through self-inflicted
suffering.
Reason The purpose Satyagraha is to show moral superiority of the
Satyagrahi.
38. Assertion The President of India can return back a recommendation of the
Cabinet for reconsideration.
Reason He has been given this power because he is not expected to be a mere
figure head.
39. Assertion Fundamental Rights are considered fundamental in the governance of the polity and hence they have been made justiciable under Article 32.

Reason Civil Rights, even when important, cannot be considered as Fundamental Rights because they are not justiciable under Article 32.

40. Assertion The method of systems analysis adopted by Almond is more representative than that of David Easton.
Reason Almond is the first major political scientist who has developed the systems analysis approach for the study of politics.

41. Assertion Bureaucracy has contributed to the growth of democracy but it has also stood in the way of democratisation.
Reason Democracy does not need bureaucracy.
42. Assertion Whitley type councils have been set up in India.
Reason The councils have the powers to take up the grievances of individual employees on priority basis.
43. Assertion Lokayuktas have been appointed in all the States.
Reason The National Commission to review the working of the Constitution has recommended the establishment of Lokayuktas.
44. Assertion Balance of power results in Status quo in world politics.
Reason States are primary actors in international relations.
45. Assertion India seeks permanent membership of Security Council.
Reason India wants to legitimise its nuclear weapon state status through India-US Civilian Nuclear Agreement.


46. Read the passage given below and answer the questions on the basis of your understanding of
the passage

In every country some regions are richer than others, and some [not necessarily the richest]
are developing more rapidly than others. To make a plan which gives equal emphasis to every
square mile, or spent an equal sum on every inhabitant, would be quite uneconomic. In the
first place different areas have different growth potential some have minerals, or water, or
good natural harbours, while others are poorly favoured. And secondly, even if all areas
started with equal resources, it would pay to concentrate development in relatively few
places, because of the economies of geographical concentration. Hence, as soon as one area
got ahead for any reason, however accidental (e.g. the birth there of some entrepreneurial
genius, which explains the growth of motor manufacture near Singur), it would grow much
faster than the rest. It could offer many services and commodities more cheaply, because
produced on a large scale it would possess an interlocking network of markets, banks,
transport facilities, engineering repair services and the like; its schools, hospitals and research
institutes would offer more specialized services, and so on. That some parts of the country
will develop faster than the rest is a natural economic phenomenon and so is its corollary,
that some areas will contract, relatively, or even absolutely.
If the country is fully integrated, it is in the general interest that resources be invested where
they are likely to prove most productive. Full integration means a right to participate equally
in economic activities in any part of one's country. If the savings of citizens of country B are
to be used to develop county on the ground that will be most productive there, the citizens
of B must be allowed to enjoy the new opportunities which their savings will be creating in
C to seek work there, to trade without customs barriers and to enjoy any facilities (schools,
hospitals etc which are going to be financed out of taxes collected as a result of such
development. Resistance to the proposition that resources be invested where they are most
productive derives from the expectation that those who live where the resources are invested
are going to benefit most. Such resistance cannot be eliminated altogether, since it is true that
residents have an advantage, but it can be minimized by furthering the country's integration
by building transport facilities, and by using some of the wealth produced in the richer areas
to finance improved public facilities in the poorer areas, thus buying their consent to
concentration of development policies in the areas with the best prospects.

46. The author is primarily concerned with
Differing potentials of the State.
Allocation of development funds.
Promoting regional balance.
Wealth generation
47. According to the author some states develop faster than other as they are
Rich in natural resources.
Due to faulty economic policy.
Accidental growth due to various factors.
Concentrated development.
I and II only III only
II and III only II, III, IV only
48. Development funds should be allocated
Haphazardly to States based on geographical location.
Judiciously to States rich in natural resources.
Unevenly based on the potentiality of the States.
Evenly to all States.
49. According to the author the country is fully integrated when
Resources are invested in the States where productivity is more.
Equal participation in economic activities in all parts of the country.
More concession and opportunities for productive states.
Advantage to enjoy the benefits of the investments by the residents.
50. The material in the passage can best be used in an argument for
Investing in uneven development funds.
Protecting the rights of poorer States.
To understand the uneven development of States.
To minimize the regional imbalance.
I and II only II only
I and III only II and IV only