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Subject political science and i.r.
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Exam / Course mains
Department
Organization Karnataka Public Service Commission
Position
Exam Date 2006
City, State karnataka,


Question Paper

I 1S/1
2006
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Paper 1

Time: Hours I Maximum Marks.' 300
INSTRUCTIONS
Each question is printed both in English and in Kannada.
Answers /Hllst be written in the medilllH specified (English or Kannada) in the Admission Ticket issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer in the space provided (or this pW]Jose. No credit will be gwen for the answers /-oritten in a medillln other than that specified in the Admission Tic1wt. In case of doubt in the Kannada text,
please rete,. to Enftlish fe.xl.
This paper has fbur parts
A 20 marks
B 100 marks
C 90 marks
D 90 marks

Marks allotted to each question are indicated in each part.
All questions in Parl Part B and Part C arc compulsory. Answer any three questions in Part D.
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1. Write short notes on the following:


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18/1 PARTB
An,<"wer each que8tioTl in about [00 words. Each question carries 10 marks.
2.
Highlight important features of Kautilya's Saptanga Theory.

3.
Bring out the significance of Rousseau's concept of 'General Will'.

4.
Cive a brief account 01" the institutional approach to PoEtical Science.

5.
Introduce the central tenets of Fascism.

6.
Distinguish the Pluralist theory of sovereignty from the Monistic theory of sovereignty.

7.
Enumerate the principal characteristics of Deliberative democracy.

8.
Discuss Hobert Michels' concept of the 'Iron Law of Oligarchy'.

9.
Explain Dadabhai Naoroji's Drain Theory.

10.
Do you endorse Jinnah's Two-nation theory Give reasons to support your answer.

11.
Enumerate the preferential policy considerations embedded in India's constitutional provisions.


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Answer each question in about 150 words. Each question carries
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12.
Critically examme the relation between ethical pursuit and political power in Machiavelli.

13.
Give a brief account of the ways employed by modern states to legitimize their power.

14.
Discuss the role that political parties play In modern con.stiLutional democracies.


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16.
How relevant IS planning in the context of liberalizaton your answer.

17.
Elucidate the relation between Caste and Class m Indian voting behaviour.


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18.
Give an account of Marx's analysis of Class and Class struggle in a capitalist society. How relevant 18 this analysis in understanding contemporary societies today?

19.
Introduce the contemporary debate on distributive justice and highlight its implications.

20.
Discuss the constitutional and political role that the American Presidency plays in VS Federalism.

21.
Critically review the debate regarding the secular charader of the Tnelian Stale.

22.
Examine the nature and working of Indian Federalism, highlighting the innovations that have heen effect()d in this regard from time to time.


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2006

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Paper 2

Time: 3 Hours} Maximum Marhs 300
INSTRUCTIONS
Each question is printed both in English and in Kannada.
Answers mils! he written in the medium. (English or KannadaJ in. the Admlssion Ticket issued to you, which mllst be stated clearly on the cover of the answer book in the space provided (or this purpose. No credit will be given for the anSlvers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Ticket. In case of any doubt in the Kannada text, please refer to Enf[lish text.
This paper has four parts:
A 20 nHlrks
B 100 marks
C 90 marks
D 90 marks

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All questions in Part Part B and Part C arc compulsory. Answer any three questions in Part D.


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PART A 1x5=20
Answer each question in about 50 words. Each question carries 5 marks.
1. Write short notes on following:
'Middle Kingdom'
Randunj:{ Conference
Ie) NPT
Idl Al Qaeda

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PARTB
Answer each question in about 100 words. Each question carries 10 marks.
2.
Outline the of national interest in regulating international relations.

3.
Explain the use of Decision-making theory m studying international relations.

4.
Examine the relevance of geography as an element of power m the context of globalization.

5.
Highlight the role of military alliances during the Cold War.

6.
Is Nco-colonialism, as a device in explaining relations hetween nations, appropriate today?

7.
Explain the composition and working of the International Court of .Justice.

8.
Outline the measures employed by nuclear powers to contain nuclear proliferation.

9.
Highlight the changing nature of propaganda as an instrument of external intervention in the affairs of states.

10.
Distinguish between conventional weapons and nuclear weapons.

11.
How has Russia reacled to the 'Eastward expansion' of the European Union?


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Answer each question in about 150 words. Each question carrie.'!
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12.
Discuss tho characteristics of the 'Nation-state system' after World War II.

13.
Examine the relevance of the Non-aligned Movement in the post Cold War era.

14.
Review the working of Lhe Security Council, highlighting the important rc,commcndations suggested for its reorganlsation.

15.
Discuss the challenges confronting diplomacy in the age of mass democracy.

16.
Heview the salient fflatures of China's foreign policy towards and South-East ARia.

17.
Has India pursued a coherent foreign policy towards the Indian Ocean region? Give reasons for your answer.


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Answer any three the lollmving que8lion,<;, each in ahout 30D words. Each question carries 30 marks.
18.
Review the working of the international trade regime under the auspices of the WTO. What are the most important challenges confronting it today?

19.
Discuss the reasons Cor the salience of regional organisations today, Highlight your answer by considering the case of the ASEAN.

20.
Critically assess the role of the US, as the sole super-power today, In handling the iraq and the Palestinian Issues.

21.
Discuss thc: factors that have made South Asian Association of Regior1l11 Cooperation ineffective in enhancing the areas of mutual cooperatinn and in carrying out the commitments made.

22.
Discuss the reasons for the growing imparLance inLernational law in the contemporary world.


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