1. Which among the following is correct regarding the decline of Political theory Historicism Hyper factualism

(C) Moral relativism All of the above



2. Who among the following is not an exponent of contextualism Skinner Pocock Winch Wittgenstein



3. Who amongst the following is a defender of Plato Popper Crossman Berlin Levinson



4. Who defines citizen as sharing "in the civic life of ruling and beingruled in turn" Plato Aristotle Polybius Cicero



5. Amongst the following whose political theory is based on nominalism Hobbes Locke Rousseau Green

6. John Locke's 'Two Treatises on Civil Government is a critique of

(A) Hobbes Filmer Grotius Diggers


7. Which among the following is correct General Will refers to My Own Real Will Group Mind A common Me All of the above


8. Who among the following thought of human beings as 'home faber' St.Simon

(B) Guizot
Karl Marx

(D) Sismondi


9. Who among the following says thatthe workers do not spontaneouslybecome socialists, but only tradeunionists, and revolutionary ideologymust in consequence be brought tothem by professional revolutionaries Marx M.N. Roy

(C) Mao Lenin


10. Which among the following is correct so far as Aurobindo beliefs are concerned Belief that his education and talent belong to God which could not be utilised for personal happiness alone. His resolve that he would not merely repeat the name of God, but have direct realisation of Him. His conviction that he did not regard the country as an inert object, but as the Mother. All of the above.


11. Who among the following criticized Marxian theory of surplus value Savarkar M.N. Roy Aurobindo Jayaprakash Narayan


12. Who among the following said "Those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means" Aurobindo M.K.Gandhi

(C) Subhas Bose M.N.Roy

13. Identify the correct sequence of the books written by F.A. Hayek Rules and Order The Mirage of Social Justice
(iii) The Constitution of Liberty The Road to Serfdom




14. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
a. M. Sandel i. The Restructuring of Social and Political theory
b. M. Waltzer ii. Contemporary Political Philosophy
c. W. Kymlicka iii. Spheres of Justice:A Defence of Pluralism and Equality
d. R.J. Bernstein iv. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

Codes
a b c d i ii iii iv iv iii ii i iii iv i ii ii i iv iii



15. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Choosethe correct answer from the codes given below
Assertion Great Political theories, originated as Sabineput it, in the interstices of Political and Social crises.
Reason There is no disinterested political theory.
Codes Both and are true and is the correct explanation Both and are correct,but is not the correctexplanation of is true, but is false. is false, but is true.



16. According to Almond and Verba the individuals, in a Parochial culture have low Cognitive Orientation about thePolitical System, its leaders andoperation.

(B) Affective Orientation about the system, its leaders and operation. Evaluative orientation about the system, its leaders andoperation.

(D) All of the above.



17. The 'Block Vote System' is also known as First-past-the-post system Limited vote system

(C) Proportional representation List system


18. In the American Presidential election, in case no candidate secures the required majority, the decision is referred to the Electorate Electoral college Senate House of Representatives


19. According to S.P. Huntigton Political Development takes place when Mass Mobilisation and Participation is greater than Institutionalisation. Mass Mobilisation and Participation is lesser than Institutionalisation. There is rigidity in the Institutions. There is no generationalchange in Institutions.


20. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II
(Model)
a. Party Identification Model i. Linking voting behaviour to group membership.
b. Sociological Model ii. Voting a national actor.
c. National Choice Model iii. Voting shaped by process of ideological manipulation.
d. Dominant Ideology Model iv. Psychological attachment of people to political parties.

Codes
a b c d iii iv i ii ii iv iii i iv i ii iii i ii iii iv





21. The concept of Unified and dividedgovernment was invented in the U.S.A. Divided Government means That the Presidency is held byone party and Senate of theCongress is controlled by theother party.
(ii) That the Presidency is held by one party the House of Representative of the congressis held by the other party.
(iii) that the Presidency is held by one party and both the chambers of Congress are controlled by the other party.
(iv) That the Presidency and boththe chambers of congress are under the control of same party.
Select the correct answer from the following codes :
Codes and and and and



22. Who among the following regards political development as political modernization plus institutionalization Almond Helio Jaquaribe Cyril Black None of the above



23. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II
(Schools of Modernization) (Writers)
a.Psychological School i. Daniel Lerner
b.Structural School ii. G.A. Almond
c.Normative School iii. Sheldon Wolin
d.Post-modernist School iv. Lyotard

Codes
a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv ii i iii iv iv ii iii i iii ii iv i


24. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
a. Walter Rodney i. Theories of Under development and Development
b. Geoffray Kay ii. How Europe Under developedAfrica
c. Ronald H. Chilcote iii. Development and Under development A Marxist Analysis
d. Joseph Schumpeter iv. Imperialism: Social classes

Codes
a b c d iv iii ii i iii iv i ii ii iii iv i ii iii i iv


25. The pressure groups the National Council of Churches and the Anti-Saloon League are in

(A) the United States of America the United Kingdom

(C) India Switzerland


26. Name the variety of motives that canunderpin the decision to join interest groups provided by James Wilson. Instrumental Purposive
(iii) Expressive
(iv) Selective Incentives
Codes and are correct. and are correct. and are correct. and are correct.


27. Who of the following makes a distinction between liberal constitutionalism and Democratic disorder Francis Fukuyama

(B) Theda Skocpol B.F. Skinner Fareed Zakaria




28. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II
a.Pre-occupations with faction and pressure groups. i. Robert Dahl
b.Managerial Revolution ii. Burnham
c.Participatory Democracy iii. Pateman
d.Instrumentalist theory of the state iv. Miliband

Codes
a b c d i ii iii iv i iii ii iv iv iii ii i iii iv i ii



29. Which of the following are thefeatures of the list system of voting The Constituencies are both single and multi-member ones. The Constituencies are onlymulti-member ones.
(iii) The voters vote for the individual candidates. Parties put up a panel of candidates for election.
Select the correct answer
Codes and are correct. and are correct. and are correct. and are correct.



30. Assertion Lucian Pyeidentified three key ingredientsof Political development as equality, capacity and differentiation.
Reason High level of differentiation leads to development and capacitybuilding.
Codes
Both and are true and is the correct explanation Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of is true, but is false. is true, but is false.



31. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(Prime Prime Minister) (Tenure of the Minister)
a.I.K. Gujral i. 16 May 1996 1 June 1996
b.A.B. Vajpayee ii. 21 April 1997 18 March 1998
c.H.D. Deve Gowda iii. 10 November 1990 21 June, 1991
d.Chandra Shekhar iv. 1 June, 1996 20 April, 1997

Codes
a b c d iv iii ii i ii i iv iii i iii iv ii iii ii i iv


32. Which of the following is the correct sequence regarding the passage of the Budget
1) Voting on Grants
2) General Discussion
3) Finance Bill
4) Appropriation Bill
Select the correct code from the following 3 4

(C) 4 3

33. Which of the following is not a Directive Principle of State Policy Right to adequate means of livelihood. Protection of language, script or culture of minorities. The state shall endeavour to raise the level of nutrition and standard of living and to improve public health. to develop cottage industries.


34. Assertion The President of India is indirectly elected.
Reason Under a Parliamentary system of Government, the head of State is only a nominal head.
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 true, but is false.



35. Assertion Money bills originate only in the Lower House of the Parliament.
Reason The Lower House of the Parliament is a popularly elected body.
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 true, but is false.



36. Which one of the following committees, is an exclusive committee of Rajya Sabha Committee on Subordinate Legislation. Committee on Government Assurance.
(iii) Committee on Papers Laid on the Table. Committee on Public Undertakings.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes (iii)


37. According to Article 170, the maximum members of the State Legislative Assemblies which are directly elected could be 403 485

(C) 484 500

38. Who is the editor/author of the book "Politics and the State in India" M.N. Srinivas Dharma Kumar Zoya Hasan Atul Kohli


39. Which of the following has been provided by the Indian Constitution Religious education can not be imparted in private educational institutions. In private religious institutions presence is not compulsory in religious education. In private religious institutions presence is compulsory in religious education. Religious education can be imparted in government educational institutions.


40. Which of the following is not a peasants' movement Kheda Movement Tabligh Movement Telangana Movement Tebhaga Movement


41. Which of the following phrase has been used by Bendict Anderson for Indian Nationalism Polycentric Nationalism Ethnocentric Nationalism Imagined community Liberal Nationalism





42. Which of the following are AtulKohli's definition of the crisis of governability in India as
(i) The absence of enduringcoalitions. Policy ineffectiveness.
(iii) An incapacity to accommodate political conflict without violence. Growing disjuncture between centralization and development.
Codes and are correct. and are correct. and are correct. and are correct.

43. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II
(Authors) (Ideas)
a. Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph i. State is Chief allocator of resources and Chief facilitator among social groups.
b. Partha Chatterjee ii. Indian State embedded in group and classpluralism.
c. Frankel and MSA Rao iii. Over developed post colonial state.
d. Hamza Alavi iv. Democratic politics split between publicinstitutions and politicalinstitutions.
Codes
a b c d iv iii i ii iii iv ii i ii i iv iii i ii iii iv



44. Who pointed out that the westernantonym of "secular" is "religious". But in India, the antonym of "secular" is "communal" T.N. Madan Rajeev Bhargav Ashis Nandy Thomas Pantham



45. Which one is not an element of the Secular State is India Civil Equality. Freedom of Religion. No religious education by the State. Taxation on religious property.


46. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(Authors) (Books)
a. Seldon Oliver i. A power of Public Administration
b.Lepaworky Albert (ed.) ii. The Philosophy of Management
c.Ashok Chanda iii. Administration the Art and Science of Organisation and Management
d. Finer S.E. iv. Indian Administration
Codes
a b c d iv i ii iii i iv iii ii ii iii iv i iii i ii iv


47. In India promotion cases of senior Civil Servants are decided by The Head Office The Departmental Promotion Committee The Prime Minister The Cabinet Committee


48. Who among the following says that Public Administration includes the operations only of the executive branch of Government Luther Gulick L.D. White W.F. Willoughby L.D. White and Luther Gulick





49. The concept of the "Zone of indifference" is associated with Motivation Authority

(C) Leadership

(D) Decision-making



50. Which of the following is a feature of Public Corporation It enjoys complete administrative autonomy fromthe control from ministry. It has its own budget separatefrom National Budget. It has complete autonomy in the Management of funds. It enjoys the initiative of a Private Enterprise.



51. Which of the following is not included in "hygiene" factors in theHerzberg two-factor theory of motivation Responsibility

(B) Salary

(C) Working conditions Company policy



52. The term "Performance Budget was coined by

(A) Administrative Reforms Commission of India. First Hoover Commission of USA. Second Hoover Commission of USA. Estimates Committee of India.



53. Which one of the following was not the recommendation of Administrative Reforms Commission in India about the working of Public Corporations High functionaries should befull time employees. Secretary of the Ministryconcerned should always be included as the member of the board of Management. Internal audit should be made more effective. All of the above.



54. 'Position classification' is the classification of Duties Salaries Personal status of incumbents Departments



55. The Civil Service was defined as a "Professional body of officials, permanent, paid and skilled" by Felix Nigro O.G. Stahl Herman Finer E.N. Gladden


56. Which of the following reports dealswith the relations between the specialists and generalists Kothari Committee Report Sarkaria Committee Report Haldane Committee Report Fulton Committee Report


57. Reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the services has been provided under Article 315 Article 335 Article 365 Article 375


58. The "Gang-Plank" refers to Equity Level jumping Initiative Motivation


59. Which one of the following is not thecharacteristic of Public Corporation It is a legal identity. It can neither sue nor can be sued. It can enter into contracts. It can own property.


60. Assertion The All-India Services do not violate the federal principle of the Constitution as well as the autonomy of the states.
Reason The All-India Service Officers are governedby the Central Government rules and the State Governments do not have full control over them.
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.





61. Under which theoretical approach will you place Alexander Wendt Post modernism

(B) Critical theory Neo-Marxism Social constructivism



62. What is the correct ascending chronological order of the treaties give below Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Landmines Ban Treaty.
(iii) Chemical Weapons Agreement. Indefinite Extension of NPT.
Codes



63. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(Type of Political Systems) (Countries)
a.Constitutionally decentralized unions. i. USA
b. Union with certain federal features. ii. UK
c.Confederation iii. India
d.Federation iv. Switzerland

Codes
a b c d ii iii iv i iii ii i iv iv i ii iii i iv iii ii



64. Origin of the Communication approach can be traced to Biology Philosophy Anthropology Cybernetic Engineering



65. Third tier states are states as stated by Steven Metz are marked by Corruption Crisis of Governance Issues of Sovereignty Periodic instability


66. The concept of the League of Nations was conceived in the ideas of E.H. Carr Kaiser Wilhem

(C) Woodrow Wilson Franklin D.Roosevelt


67. Assertion the emergence and strengthening of regional parties are connected.
Reason Regionalism from below has its roots in distinctive cultures and identities.
Codes Both and are true and is the correct explanation of Both and are true, and is not the correct explanation of is true and is false. is true and is false.


68. Which one of the determinants of Indian Foreign Policy is not the reason for defacto recognition of Israel by India before 1980 Economic factor Pluralist nature of Indian Society History and tradition of India Ideology of Indian Nation


69. Which one of the countries was not a member of the Commission appointed by the Security council to solve the Indo-Pak Kashmir dispute Argentina U.S.A. Columbia U.S.S.R.




70. "Hot Line" in International Relations means Fascimile Transmission Capability to Direct Communication Link To send Graphic Material via DCL. Direct Communication between Head of States (Head of Governments) As above of all.



71. Indo-Bangladesh relations was strained because of one of the followings reasons Agreement over the claim of adverse enclaves. To construct Akhaura-Agartala link. To setup border market along the Bangladesh-Meghalaya border. Teesta River water distribution.



72. Assertion Each state now goes to great lengths to manipulate media images of the conflict, and journalists have effectively been transformed from observers into active participants.
Reason Media warfare is setting agendas and manufacturing consent.
Both and are true and is the correct explanation of Both and are true and is not the correct explanation of is true, but is false. is false, but is true.



73. Answer the following Indo-Pak agreements in chronological order Agra Accord Tashkent Agreement
(iii) Lahore Agreement Shimla Agreement Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes


74. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II
(Countries) (Problems)
a.Pakistan i. Illegal immigrants
b.Bangladesh ii. Baghlihar Hydro-project
c.Nepal iii. Transitory Passage
d.China iv. Tawang Incident

Codes
a b c d i ii iii iv ii i iii iv iii ii i iv iv iii ii i


75. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II
(Countries) (Dispute)
a.Cambodia Vietnam -i. Spratlys Island
b.Myanmar Thailand -ii. Ladrang and Islands of baie
c.Malaysia Philippines -iii. Dai Lang
d.Vietnam Philippines -iv. Sabah/North Borneo

Codes
a b c d ii iii iv i i ii iii iv iii iv i ii iv i ii iii