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| 1. |
Structuration as a concept is a way of analyzing the relationship between structures and actors was suggested by |
| A. | Talcott Parsons |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Robert Nisbet |
| D. | Michael Focault |
| Answer» C. Robert Nisbet | |
| 2. |
Which one among the following is not written by Aurobindo? |
| A. | Life Divine |
| B. | Essays on the Gita |
| C. | Yoga: Concept and Practice |
| D. | The Ideals of Human Unity |
| Answer» D. The Ideals of Human Unity | |
| 3. |
From whom did Hobbes borrow the principle of resolutive composite? |
| A. | Galileo |
| B. | Euclid |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» B. Euclid | |
| 4. |
Whose ideas are sometimes referred as 'Manchester Liberalism'? |
| A. | Adam Smith and David Ricardo |
| B. | Richard Cobden and John Bright |
| C. | John Locke and J.S. Mill |
| D. | Berlin and McPherson |
| Answer» C. John Locke and J.S. Mill | |
| 5. |
Identify the correct sequence of the events undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi.(i) Organised the industrial workers in Ahmedabad for higher wages.(ii) Protest against the Indigo planters at Champaran.(iii) Satyagraha movement in Kaira against the collection of land revenue.(iv) Protest against the Asiatic Registration Act.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:Codes: |
| A. | (iii), (iv), (ii), (i) |
| B. | (iv), (ii), (iii), (i) |
| C. | (ii), (iii), (iv), (i) |
| D. | (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) |
| Answer» C. (ii), (iii), (iv), (i) | |
| 6. |
Who among the following made the State a moral institution with a moral end? |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | Machiavelli |
| C. | James Mill |
| D. | J.S. Mill |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Who among the following said that political theory is in the doghouse in the 1950's? |
| A. | Easton |
| B. | Laslett |
| C. | R.A. Dahl |
| D. | Riemer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Who among the following is associated with the resurgence of political theory? |
| A. | David Easton |
| B. | Alfred Cobban |
| C. | Vogelin |
| D. | Laslett |
| Answer» D. Laslett | |
| 9. |
Who among the following said that Political theory contains factors of three kinds-the factual, the causal and the valuational? |
| A. | Leo Strauss |
| B. | Dunning |
| C. | G.H. Sabine |
| D. | Ebenstein |
| Answer» D. Ebenstein | |
| 10. |
Which of the following are parts of Morganthau's realist principle?(i) Politics is rooted in a permanent and unchanging human nature.(ii) Self-interest is a basic fact of the human condition.(iii) Coercion is only part of foreign policy.(iv) National interest defined in terms of power.Codes: |
| A. | All are correct. |
| B. | (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct. |
| C. | (i), (iii) and (ii) are correct. |
| D. | (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct. |
| Answer» C. (i), (iii) and (ii) are correct. | |
| 11. |
Assertion (AS): The decisions of the Security Council are binding, and must only be passed by the majority of nine out of the 15 members, as well as each of the five permanent members.Reason (R): These five permanent members have veto power over all Security Council decisions.Codes: |
| A. | Both (AS) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (AS). |
| B. | Both (AS) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). |
| C. | (AS) is true but (R) is false. |
| D. | (AS) is false but (R) is true. |
| Answer» B. Both (AS) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). | |
| 12. |
Who enunciated International society theory as a combination of three schools of thought - Realism, Rationalism and Revolutionism? |
| A. | Martin Wight |
| B. | Kenneth Waltz |
| C. | Hedley Bull |
| D. | Raymond Aron |
| Answer» B. Kenneth Waltz | |
| 13. |
The CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) was officially endorsed in October 2010 between |
| A. | India and Japan |
| B. | India and China |
| C. | India and Russia |
| D. | India and South Korea |
| Answer» B. India and China | |
| 14. |
Tehran Declaration of 1 December 1943 drew a plan for |
| A. | Trusteeship |
| B. | New-membership |
| C. | Peace-keeping |
| D. | Conflict resolution |
| Answer» D. Conflict resolution | |
| 15. |
Non-state dimension of warfare is also called |
| A. | Westphalian warfare |
| B. | Post-westphalian warfare |
| C. | New war |
| D. | Pre-westphalian warfare |
| Answer» C. New war | |
| 16. |
Security Council Resolution No. 1441 of Nov 2002 deals with |
| A. | U.N. involvement in Somalia. |
| B. | Enforced the no fly zone in Bosnia |
| C. | Sanctioned intervention at the end of the Gulf War to protect the Kurds in Northern Iraq. |
| D. | Resolution on Iraq, which threatened serious consequences, if Saddam Hussain failed to reveal his weapons of mass destruction toteam of U.N. Inspectors. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
What is the correct sequence of Morton Kaplan's models of systems analysis?(i) Balance of Power(ii) Loose Bipolarity(iii) Tight Bipolarity(iv) Universal International SystemCodes: |
| A. | (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) |
| B. | (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) |
| C. | (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) |
| D. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
What is the methodology proposed by Herbert Simon? |
| A. | Bounded Rationality |
| B. | Logical Positivism |
| C. | Decision making |
| D. | Satisfying |
| Answer» C. Decision making | |
| 19. |
The theory ofPrismatic Societyis based on |
| A. | Historical studies of public administration in different societies. |
| B. | Study of public services in developed and developing countries |
| C. | Institutional comparison of public administration in developed countries. |
| D. | Structural-functional analysis of public administration in developing countries. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Who among the following thinkers rejected the principles of administration as myths and proverbs? |
| A. | Herbert Simon |
| B. | W.F. Willoughby |
| C. | L.D. White |
| D. | Chester Bernard |
| Answer» B. W.F. Willoughby | |
| 21. |
Assertion (AS): Classical theory of organisation is based on formal principles.Reason (R): Classicists lacked behavioural analysis. |
| A. | (AS) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (AS). |
| B. | (AS) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). |
| C. | (AS) is true but (R) is false. |
| D. | (R) is true but (AS) is false. |
| Answer» C. (AS) is true but (R) is false. | |
| 22. |
Simon was positively influenced by the ideas of |
| A. | L.D. White |
| B. | Terry |
| C. | Barnard |
| D. | Henry Fayol |
| Answer» D. Henry Fayol | |
| 23. |
Negative motivation is based on |
| A. | Anxiety |
| B. | Threat |
| C. | Money |
| D. | Fear |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Job loading means |
| A. | Deliberate upgrading of responsibility, scope and challenges. |
| B. | Shifting of an employee from one job to another. |
| C. | Making the job more interesting. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Shifting of an employee from one job to another. | |
| 25. |
Which of the following statements about the Central Vigilance Commissioner is not true? |
| A. | The Central Vigilance Commissioner is appointed by the President of India. |
| B. | The post of Central Vigilance Commissioner is a statutory post. |
| C. | He holds office for a term of five years. |
| D. | He is empowered to exercise superintendence over the functioning of CBI. |
| Answer» D. He is empowered to exercise superintendence over the functioning of CBI. | |
| 26. |
Dharamsala model of Indian capitalism was propounded by |
| A. | Dandekar and Rath |
| B. | Arjun Sengupta |
| C. | Raj Krishna |
| D. | Amartya Sen |
| Answer» D. Amartya Sen | |
| 27. |
Partha Chatterjee has commented that the latest phase of the globalization of capital will witness an emerging opposition between |
| A. | Modernity and Democracy |
| B. | Feudalism and Democracy |
| C. | Inclusion and Democracy |
| D. | Elitism and Mass cultures |
| Answer» B. Feudalism and Democracy | |
| 28. |
Assertion (AS): The arguments of C. Wright Mill's power elites are based on the classical elitist framework.Reason (R): Elitist formulation is not possible without reference to classical elitism.Codes: |
| A. | Both (AS) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (AS). |
| B. | Both (AS) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). |
| C. | (AS) is true but (R) is false. |
| D. | (AS) is false but (R) is true. |
| Answer» D. (AS) is false but (R) is true. | |
| 29. |
Which of the following statements are not true?(i) The Election Commission of India has created a Special Election Expenditure Monitoring Division in the Commission.(ii) The accounts of political parties are audited annually.(iii) Paid news in connection with elections is an electoral offence.(iv) Videography of the poll proceedings inside the polling stations is permissible.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:Codes: |
| A. | (i), (iii) and (iv) |
| B. | (ii), (iii) and (iv) |
| C. | (i) and (iii) |
| D. | (ii) and (iii) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
The 1963 Kamraj Plan was initiated by Nehru |
| A. | To revive Congress party commitments |
| B. | To attract the youth to the party |
| C. | To plan and execute succession procedure in the party |
| D. | To plan gender parity in the party |
| Answer» B. To attract the youth to the party | |
| 31. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (AS) and the other labelled as Reason (R).Assertion (AS): The secular ideology of the Indian State appears to be paradox in view of the deeply religious orientation of the Indian society.Reason (R): India's secularism was invented for integrating the multicultural plurality of the society into a common nation-state as well as for containing potentialities of the imperial 'divide and rule' and Muslim Leagues' 'two-nation' theory in British India.Codes: |
| A. | Both (AS) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (AS). |
| B. | Both (AS) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). |
| C. | (AS) is true but (R) is false. |
| D. | (R) is true but (AS) is false. |
| Answer» B. Both (AS) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). | |
| 32. |
The President can make a proclamation of Financial Emergency under Art. 360 |
| A. | For the whole of India or any part of India |
| B. | For the whole of India except Nagaland, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh |
| C. | For the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir |
| D. | For the whole of India except Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Answer» D. For the whole of India except Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
| 33. |
What were the main findings of the Union Government administrative committee headed by Home Secretary N.N. Vohra in 1993? |
| A. | Electoral Reforms |
| B. | Minimum qualification for politicians |
| C. | Nexus between politicians, criminals and bureaucrats. |
| D. | Internal security priorities |
| Answer» D. Internal security priorities | |
| 34. |
The Avadi Session of the Congress (1956) accepted the policy of |
| A. | Cooperative Farming |
| B. | Import Substitution |
| C. | Garibi Hatao |
| D. | Socialistic pattern of society |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Pareto's description of elites as 'speculators' and 'rentiers' resembles the characterisation of governing cliques of |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Machiavelli |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
The classical theory of administration is also known as |
| A. | Locational theory |
| B. | Historical theory |
| C. | Mechanistic theory |
| D. | Human Relations theory |
| Answer» D. Human Relations theory | |
| 37. |
Which of the following statements are not correct?I. As per the provisions of the Constitution, the Council of Ministers is both collectively and individually responsible to the Lok Sabha.II. A motion expressing lack of confidence in an individual minister is not admissible.III. A no-confidence motion must set out the grounds on which it is based.IV. If a no-confidence motion is passed by the Lok Sabha, the Council of Ministers is bound to resign.Select the correct answer from the codes given below: |
| A. | I and II |
| B. | I and III |
| C. | I, II and III |
| D. | II and III |
| Answer» C. I, II and III | |
| 38. |
The difference between order and disorder is more important than the difference between communism and liberal democracy is advocated by |
| A. | Lipset |
| B. | Lijphart |
| C. | Dahl |
| D. | Huntington |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Identify the correct sequence of the following input functions of Almond's Political System:(i) Interest aggregation(ii) Interest articulation(iii) Political socialisation and recruitment(iv) Political communicationSelect the correct answer from the codes given below: |
| A. | (ii), (iii), (i) and (iv) |
| B. | (iii), (ii), (i) and (iv) |
| C. | (iii), (i), (ii) and (iv) |
| D. | (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) |
| Answer» C. (iii), (i), (ii) and (iv) | |
| 40. |
Who among the following challenged the idea of political development as a unilinear process? |
| A. | Shils |
| B. | Huntington |
| C. | Almond |
| D. | Halpren |
| Answer» C. Almond | |
| 41. |
Notion of uneven development was a response to the 19th century ideas of |
| A. | Capitalism |
| B. | Evolution and gradualism |
| C. | Positivism |
| D. | Anarchism |
| Answer» B. Evolution and gradualism | |
| 42. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (AS) and the other labelled as Reason (R):Assertion (AS): Karl Marx termed early socialists as Utopian socialists.Reason (R): They attacked the capitalist system itself.Codes: |
| A. | Both (AS) and (R) are true and (R) is the right explanation of (AS). |
| B. | Both (AS) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). |
| C. | (AS) is true but (R) is false. |
| D. | (AS) is false but (R) is true. |
| Answer» D. (AS) is false but (R) is true. | |
| 43. |
Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?List - I List - II(Thinkers) (Concepts)i. Easton - Regulatory mechanismsii. Deutsch - Modernising oligarchyiii. Shils - Structural differentiationiv. Lucian Pye - Negative FeedbackSelect the correct answer from the codes given below: |
| A. | ii and iii |
| B. | i and ii |
| C. | i, iii and iv |
| D. | ii, iii and iv |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:List - I (Dependency Theorists) a. Samir Amin b. A.G. Frank c. F. Henrique Cardoso d. Paul Swezey List - II(Books) i. Dependency and Development ii. Accumulation on a world scaleiii. Capitalism and under development in Latin Americaiv. Monopoly Capital Codes: a b c d |
| A. | iv i iii ii |
| B. | iii iv ii i |
| C. | i ii iv iii |
| D. | ii iii i iv |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Identify the correct sequence of the Plato's four components of virtue:(i) Justice(ii) Courage(iii) Temperance(iv) WisdomSelect the correct answer from the codes given below: |
| A. | (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) |
| B. | (ii), (iii), (iv), (i) |
| C. | (iv), (ii), (iii), (i) |
| D. | (iii), (ii), (i), (iv) |
| Answer» D. (iii), (ii), (i), (iv) | |
| 46. |
Which one of the following Mao has not said? |
| A. | Political power grows out of barrel of gun. |
| B. | Three years of hard work: ten thousand years of happiness. |
| C. | Atom bombs is real tigers. |
| D. | A revolution is not a dinner party. |
| Answer» D. A revolution is not a dinner party. | |
| 47. |
Which of the following is correct so far as John Rawls' writings are concerned? |
| A. | A theory of Justice |
| B. | Political Liberalism |
| C. | The Law of Peoples |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Whom did Machiavelli blame for the moral degradation of Italy? |
| A. | The Prince |
| B. | The Church |
| C. | The Aristocracy |
| D. | Corrupt People |
| Answer» C. The Aristocracy | |
| 49. |
What constitutes the mean in Aristotle's social structure? |
| A. | Wealthy class |
| B. | Poor citizen |
| C. | Middle class |
| D. | Artisan class |
| Answer» D. Artisan class | |
| 50. |
For Hegel which one of the following is correct? |
| A. | Family is the thesis, Bourgeois society is the anti-thesis and the State represents synthesis. |
| B. | The rational is real and the real is rational. |
| C. | Contradictions are not obstacles preventing us reaching truth. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |