PAPER-III POLITICAL SCIENCE Signature and Name of Invigilator

1. Which one of the following factors isnot responsible for the decline ofPolitical Theory

(A)Positivism


(B)Historicism


(C)Moral Relativism


(D)Ideological Pluralism


2. Neo-liberalism does not believe in

(A)Deregulation


(B)Debureaucratisation


(C)Disinvestment


(D)Statisation



3. Who said, 'Taxation equals forcedlabour'

(A)John Rawls


(B)Hayek


(C)Nozick


(D)Berlin


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

List I (Authors) List II (Books)

a.Richard i. Lowenthal

b.Benjamin L. ii.Schwartz Red China Today Mao's Revolution and the Chinese Political Culture

c.Edgar Snow iii. World Communism

d.Richard iv. Communism and H.Solomon

Codes
a b c d

iii iv i ii


iv iii ii i


ii i iii iv


i ii iv iii


5. 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'

Tracy


(B)Martin Seliger


McLellan


Larrain


6. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and theother labelled as Reason

Assertion(A): All Political Philosophers are political theorists.

Reason(R): All Political Theorists are not necessarily PoliticalPhilosophers.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below


Codes

(A)Both and are true and(R) is the right explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but(R) is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



7. Who said that Labour power equalsthe brain, muscle, and nerve of the Labourer

Lenin


(B)M.N. Roy


(C)Marx


(D)Jayaprakash Narayan



8. 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



9. 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.



10. Who did help to humanize J.S. Mill's revised version of Utilitarianism

(A)James Mill


(B)Mrs. Harriet Taylor


(C)Priestley


(D)Hutcheson




11. For Hobbes, 'Felicity' means

(A)Pleasure


continued success in obtaining those things which a man from time to time desires.


(C)Empathy


(D)None of the above



12. '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



13. 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.



14. The Politics of Society must be based on two principles as

'Treat others as self' and
'help the other persons inneed'. Whose saying is this


(A)Rammohan Roy


(B)B.R. Ambedkar


(C)Aurobindo


(D)Savarkar



15. Identify the correct sequence of M.N.Roy's activities/events in ascending order

(i)Formed "The League of Radical Congress man'.
(ii)Founded "The Indian Renaissance Movement".
Expelled from "Comintern"
Founded a weekly, "The Independent India".

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes














16. 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



17. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Choose the correct answer from the codes

Assertion Democratic values command widespread 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 and are correct,and is the correct explanation of


and are correct,but is not the correctexplanation of


is false, but is correct.


is correct, but is false.



18. Which of the following countries has a simple constitution-amending procedure

(A)U.S.A.


(B)U.K.


(C)India


(D)France



19. 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."

Jimmy Carter


(B)Barrack Obama


(C)George W. Bush


(D)Woodrow Wilson



20. Which one of the following statements about the U.S. President is not correct

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.


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


List I (Model of Development)List II(Features)

a. Bourgeoisie model i. Urban Economic growth development of Legislature and Electoral process.
b. Autocratic model ii. Suppress middle class.

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
i ii iii iv


iv iii ii i


iii ii i iv


ii iii iv i

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

List I (Authors) List II (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

i iii iv ii


iii iv i ii


iv ii iii i


ii i iii iv



23. 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



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

List I (Books)

a.The Politics of Modernization

b.Development as Freedoms

c.Political order in Changing Societies

d.Development and Underdevelopment


Codes
a b c d
i ii iii iv


iv i ii iii


ii iii iv i


iv i iii ii


25. Which of the following thinkersdefined modernization in terms of three conditions

An innovative social system
(ii)Differentiated, flexible social structure
Social basis for skill and knowledge, in technologicallyadvanced world.


(A)C.E. Black


(B)David E. Apter


(C)Samuel P. Huntington


(D)S.N. Eisenstadt



26. Which of the following statements are correct about the Swiss Political System

1. The Centre in Switzerland is more powerful than that of the U.S.A.

2. Swiss Government has right to military intervention in case of secession.

3. The residuary powers belong to the units.

4. Swiss political system is unitary.



Codes

4


4


3


4





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

List I List II (Thinkers) (Concepts)

a. M. Focault i. Will to power

b.Steven Lukes ii. Bio power

c.Stewart iii. Radical view of Clegg power

d.F. Nietzche iv. Circuits of power


Codes

a b c d

i ii iii


(B)iii ii i iv


iv iii ii


iii iv i



28. Which one is not the attribute of one party system

(A)Sectarian (Exclusive, regional, class, ideological) support.


(B)Closed, Authoritarian, Direct action, Repressive organization.


(C)Diffused, National integration, Community building, Mobilisation.


(D)Comprehensive, Clientele oriented, Pragmatic support.



29. Which of the following, according to Lucian Pye, are the crises of Political development

1.Crisis of Identity

2.Crisis of Legitimacy

3.Crisis of Leadership

4.Crisis of Integrity


Select the correct answer from the codes given below


Codes

2


3


4


4



30. Match List-I with List-II. Select correct answer from the codes given below

List I(Elites) List II (Functions)

a.Current Political i. Goal Elites attainment

b.Economic Military, ii. AdaptationScientific, Diplomatic Elites

c.Priest, Philoso-iii. Integration phers, Educators

d.Artists, Writers, iv. Pattern top Actors Maintenance



Codes

a b c d

ii iii iv


iii ii i


(C)iii ii i iv


i iv iii



31. Who made the following statement in the Constituent Assembly in connection with the Amendment Procedure of the Constitution of India
'That while we want this Constitution to be solid and as permanent as a structure we can make it, nevertheless there is no permanence in Constitutions. … If you make anything rigid and permanent, you stop the Nation's growth, the growth of a living, vital organic people'.

(A)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar


(B)Jawaharlal Nehru


(C)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


(D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad



32. Which of the following Articlescannot be suspended during NationalEmergency

(A)Articles 14 and 15


(B)Articles 19 and 20


(C)Articles 21 and 22


(D)Articles 20 and 21



33. Who among the following calledJayaprakash Narain, Ram Manohar Lohia and other Socialists as Japaneseagents during 1942 movement

(A)Communist Party of India


(B)Akali Dal


(C)Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh


(D)Muslim League



34. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Choose the correct answer from the codes.

Assertion Caste system was an epitome of the traditional society, a 'closed system', where generation after generation of individuals did similar kinds of work and lived more or less similar kinds of lives.

Reason Caste system encapsulated within it the features of a social structure and normative religious behaviour, and even provided a fairly comprehensive idea about the personal lives of individuals living in the Hindu Caste Society.

Codes

(A)Both and are correct,and is the correct explanation of


(B)Both and are correct,but is not the correctexplanation of


is correct, but is false.


is correct, but is false.



35. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Choose the correct answer from the codes.

Assertion Over the years, the Supreme Court of India has failed to demonstrate a commitment to preserving constitutional liberty, and expanding and protecting human rights.

Reason The Supreme Court has played and continues to play a critical role in shaping India's constitutional democracy far beyond that which the drafters of the Constitution envisaged or what courts in other countries play.


Codes

(A)Both and are correctand is the correct explanation of


(B)Both and are correct,but is not the correctexplanation of


is correct, but is false.


is false, but is correct.



36. Which one of the following is notapplicable to Public Interest Litigation

(A)Constitutional obligation of the Judiciary towards the marginalised sections of society.


(B)Locus standi.


(C)Public spirited citizens can move the court on behalf of the poor.


(D)Judiciary overlooks a strict construction of proceduralformalities in entertaining petitions.



37. Which among the following pertains to the sixty first Constitutional Amendment

(A)Ninth Schedule


(B)Defection


(C)Amendment of Article 368


(D)Lowering of voting age



38. The Sikhs got special electorates in which of the following Acts

(A)Indian Councils Act, 1892


(B)Indian Councils Act, 1909


(C)Government of India Act, 1919


(D)Government of India Act, 1935



39. Which of the following Committeesof the Constituent Assembly waschaired by Jawaharlal Nehru

(A)Steering Committee


(B)Union Powers Committee


(C)Committee on Fundamental Rights and Minorities


(D)Provincial Constitution Committee



40. Who among the following developed the concept, 'derivative discourse'

(A)Ashish Nandy


(B)Partha Chatterjee


(C)Ashutosh Varshney


(D)Sudipta Kaviraj



41. MNREGA is not associated with which of the following

(A)Providing Employment Opportunities


(B)Reduction of poverty


(C)Preventing Distress Migration


(D)Agrarian crises




42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II Commission/ Issues Committee

a. Mahajan i. Maharashtra- Karnataka Boundary Dispute
Commission
b.Sri Krishna ii. Muslim Commission Minority

c.Punchi iii. Telengana/A.P. Commission

d.Sachar iv. Centre-State Committee Relations


Codes
a b c d

iv i iii


iii iv ii


(C)iii ii i iv


i iii ii



43. Who among the following first initiated the study of State Politics in India

(A)Iqbal Narain


(B)Paul R. Brass


(C)Stanley Kochanak


(D)Myron Weiner



44. Which one of the following was the largest Opposition party in the Eighth Lok Sabha (1984)

(A)Bhartiya Janata Party


(B)Communist Party of India


(C)Telugu Desam Party


(D)National Lok Dal



45. With which of the following States, was the Programme, Janmabhoomi associated

(A)Kerala


(B)Karnataka


(C)Tamil Nadu


(D)Andhra Pradesh



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

List I(Approach) List II (Characteristics)

a.Behavioural 1. Agrarian-Transition Industrialization

b.Bureaucratic 2. Administrative system as a sub­system of the society

c.Ecological 3. Analyses of human behaviour in administrative settings

d.General 4. Legal-Rational Systems Authority



Codes

a b c d

3 4 1


4 1 2


2 3 4


1 2 3



47. Which of the following is concerned with the substantive functions of the Government

(A)Staff Agency


(B)Line Agency


(C)Auxiliary Agency


(D)Staff and Auxiliary Agencies



48. Who among the following termed the four different bases of organization as four Ps

Luther Gulick


(B)L.D. White


(C)Henry Fayol


(D)Herbert Simon



49. The chief reason for delegation of authority from headquarters to field officers is to

(A)facilitate decision-making at the local level.


(B)inculcate skills in the field officers.


(C)control the field office.


(D)decongest the headquarters.



50. Which of the following are the characteristics of development administration

1.Change-orientation

2.Client orientation

3.Citizen-participative orientation

4.Ecological perspective Select the correct answer from the codes given below


Codes

and 2


and 3


and 4


and 4



51. Domicile qualification for public services was first prescribed by

(A)The United States of America


(B)U.K.


(C)India


(D)France



52. Which one of the following is the Cadre-controlling authority for the Indian Police Service

(A)The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions


(B)The Ministry of Home Affairs


(C)Prime Minister's Office


(D)Cabinet Secretary



53. The process of transferring funds from one budget head to another of the same department where there is a need for more expenditure is called

(A)transfer


(B)re-allocation


(C)re-appropriation


(D)sectoral allocation



54. Promotion generally means

1. Change in position

2. Change in duties

3.Change in title

4.Change in pay Select the correct answer from the codes given below



Codes

and 2


and 3


and 4


and 4



55. Which of the following statements are correct

1.Panchayati Raj is mentioned in the Constitution as a Directive Principle.

2.Sadiq Ali Committee was appointed to report on the working of the Panchayat system in India.

3. G.V.K. Rao Committee was appointed by the Planning Commission.

4. Local Government figures in


State List. Select the correct answer from the codes given below


Codes

3 and 4


3 and 4


2 and 3


3 and 4



56. Who among the following has termed bureaucracy as "an organization that cannot correct its behaviour by learning from its errors"

(A)R.K. Merton


Crozer


(C)Max Weber


(D)C.N. Parkinson



57. Who is the Chairperson of the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery


Cabinet Secretary


(B)Secretary for Home Affairs


(C)Personnel Secretary


(D)Finance Secretary



58. Of all the controls over Public Administration the one which is more continuous and self-corrective is

(A)controlled by the Legislature


(B)controlled by the Executive


(C)controlled by the Judiciary


(D)controlled by the Media



59. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason Assertion A few years back, the Government of India started what is known as "file­jumping experiment".

Reason(R): Hierarchical structure causes inordinate delay in the disposal of work.
Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



60. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason

Assertion Planning Commission in India is neither a Statutory Body nor a Constitutional Body.

Reason(R): It was established by an Act of Parliament.
Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



61. With which liberal thinker would you associate "Democratic Peace Theory"

(A)Michael Doyle


(B)James Rosenau


(C)Richard Falk


(D)Michael Walzer



62. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion(A) Regimes represent an important feature of globalization.

Reason The onset of détente,the loss of hegemonic status by the USA and the growing awareness of environmental problems sensitized social scientists.
Codes

(A)Both and are true and(R) is the right explanation of(A).


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



63. Who said, "Power in InternationalPolitics is like the weather. Everyonetalks about it, but few understandit"

(A)Hans J.Morganthau


(B)Henry Kissinger


(C)Joseph Nye


(D)Susan Strange



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

List I (Reasons of failure) List II (States)

a.Tribal conflict i. Rwanda

b.Endless violence ii. Somalia for nonpolitical purposes

c.Ethnic genocide iii. Congo

d.Transnational war iv. Liberia


Codes

a b c d

iv i iii


iii iv ii


ii iii i


(D)iii i ii iv



65. Chronologically arrange the armscontrol and disarmament agreementsin an ascending order.

1.Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty (SORT) 2002

2.Chemical Weapons Convention 1993

3.Open Skies Treaty 1992

4.Ottawa Landmine Convention 1997


Codes

2


3


1


4



66. Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion(A) The Post-Cold War period is a multi polar moment in an uni polar world.

Reason America remains the world's pre eminent actor, but it is also stretched militarily, in debt financially, divided domesticallyand unpopular internationally.

Codes

(A)Both and are true and the correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



67. With which Doctrine is "Containment" associated

(A)Dulles Doctrine


(B)Truman Doctrine


(C)Nixon Doctrine


(D)Roosevelt Doctrine



68. Which country has the world's largest reserves of natural gas, thesecond largest coal reserves, and theeighth largest oil reserves

(A)Iran USA


(C)Saudi Arabia Russia



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

List I (Books) List II (Authors)

a. A Hundred Horizons i. C. Raja The Indian Ocean in Mohan the Age of Global Empire.

b.Global Swing States Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey and the Future of International Order. ii. Sugato Bose

c. War in the Indian Ocean iii. David Kliman Richard Fontaine

d. Samundra Manthan Sino Indian Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific iv. Vice- Admiral Mihir Kumar Roy



Codes
a b c d

i ii iii


(B)iii iv i ii


iii iv i


ii iii iv



70. Which countries were identified as the "Axis of Evil" by President Bushin his State of Union Speech in 2002

(A)Russia, China, Iran


Iraq, Syria


Venezuela, Russia


Iran, North Korea



71. When was the UN Peace building Commission established

(A)January 2003


(B)December 2004


(C)December 2005


(D)January 2006


72. As part of a regional initiative, India initiated the 2004 Tokyo Agreement. Name the organization which emerged as a result.

(A)BRICS


(B)ARF


(C)ReCAAP


(D)IOR-ARC



73. Name the military strategist who stated that all war is based on deception and praised it as the 'divine art of subtlety and secrecy.'

(A)Clausewitz


(B)Kautilya


(C)Sun Tzu


(D)Machiavelli



74. Name the person who headed the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) to Iraq in 2002

(A)Kofi Annan


(B)Hans Blix


(C)David Petraeus


(D)Colin Powell



75. Which among the following States least influences India's Foreign Policy

(A)Jammu and Kashmir


(B)West Bengal


(C)Madhya Pradesh


(D)Tamil Nadu