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This section includes 206 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in Political Science knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following is one of the salient features of the coalition governments? |
| A. | lack of polarization |
| B. | political opportunism |
| C. | political defections |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Sub nationalism in India is most readily associated with |
| A. | language |
| B. | caste |
| C. | region |
| D. | class |
| Answer» B. caste | |
| 3. |
Who wrote that Caste as been politicized but in the process it has provided to Indian politicalprocess and symbols of political articulation’? |
| A. | m.n. srinivas |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | rajini kothari |
| D. | gandhi |
| Answer» D. gandhi | |
| 4. |
136.In which five year plans, preference was given to the weaker sections of the society |
| A. | 6th |
| B. | 5th |
| C. | 4th |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» C. 4th | |
| 5. |
Birsa Munda was associated with tribal struggles of |
| A. | north east region |
| B. | jharkhand |
| C. | nagar division |
| D. | deccan |
| Answer» C. nagar division | |
| 6. |
Tribals in a scheduled area demanded special care for education of their children under theirconstitutional right. They demanded such care under |
| A. | article 21 |
| B. | article 46 |
| C. | article 52 |
| D. | article 73 |
| Answer» C. article 52 | |
| 7. |
Which of the following committee investigate the nexus between criminals, bureaucracy andpoliticians? |
| A. | ashok mehta committee |
| B. | rao committee |
| C. | vohra committee |
| D. | singhvi committee |
| Answer» C. vohra committee | |
| 8. |
The concept ‘political secularism’ propounded by |
| A. | ramachandra guha |
| B. | rajeev bhargava |
| C. | ashis nandy |
| D. | triloki nath madan |
| Answer» C. ashis nandy | |
| 9. |
The National Commission for Schedule Caste was established under........of IndianConstitution. |
| A. | article 338 |
| B. | article 250 |
| C. | article 180 |
| D. | article 142 |
| Answer» B. article 250 | |
| 10. |
When was the Act that provided for the Anti-Defection law passed? |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1960 |
| C. | 1985 |
| D. | 2005 |
| Answer» D. 2005 | |
| 11. |
…………………………….committee constituted to study about Criminalisation of Politics |
| A. | vohra committee |
| B. | goswami committee |
| C. | law commission |
| D. | balwant rai mehta committee |
| Answer» B. goswami committee | |
| 12. |
When was the order for the compulsory disclosure of a candidate's criminal record issued? |
| A. | 2000 |
| B. | 2001 |
| C. | 2002 |
| D. | 2003 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
By which Constitutional amendment was the voting age brought down from 21 to 18? |
| A. | 37st constitutional amendment of 1985 |
| B. | 61st constitutional amendment of 1988 |
| C. | 56st constitutional amendment of 1993 |
| D. | 46st constitutional amendment of 1985 |
| Answer» C. 56st constitutional amendment of 1993 | |
| 14. |
The Child Labour (prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 is an example of |
| A. | regulative labour legislation |
| B. | protective labour legislation |
| C. | social security legislation |
| D. | welfare legislation |
| Answer» C. social security legislation | |
| 15. |
Children labour prevention act was amended by the government in :- |
| A. | september 2007 |
| B. | october2006 |
| C. | january 2002 |
| D. | october 2005) |
| Answer» C. january 2002 | |
| 16. |
Among the following women who was not associated with ‘Women’s India Association’ which was formed in 1917. |
| A. | annie besant |
| B. | dorothy jinarjadasa |
| C. | margaret cousine |
| D. | sarojini naidu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Who led the suffrage movement for women in India? |
| A. | ushaben mehta |
| B. | radha kumar |
| C. | sucheta kriplani |
| D. | sarojini naidu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Which of the following Reform Movements supported the education of girls? |
| A. | brahmo samaj |
| B. | arya samaj |
| C. | prarthana samaj |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
What is the main focus of gender budget initiatives in India? |
| A. | women component plan |
| B. | complimentary role for effective convergence |
| C. | proper utilization and monitoring of funds from various development sectors. |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which of the following is not tribal movement? |
| A. | tebhaga movement |
| B. | chuars movement |
| C. | bhils movement |
| D. | kolis movement |
| Answer» B. chuars movement | |
| 21. |
Munda Uprising/Rebellion took place in which region? |
| A. | assam |
| B. | chhotangapur region ranchi |
| C. | andhra pradesh |
| D. | punjab |
| Answer» C. andhra pradesh | |
| 22. |
Who authored the book, “Annihilation of Caste”?A. |
| A. | r. desai |
| B. | david hardiman |
| C. | b.r. ambedkar |
| D. | n.k. bose |
| Answer» D. n.k. bose | |
| 23. |
Who among the following has used the dialectical approach to the study of Indian Society? |
| A. | m.n. srinivas |
| B. | d.p. mukherjee |
| C. | beteille |
| D. | y.b. damle |
| Answer» C. beteille | |
| 24. |
Who held the view that Indian tribals were backward Hindus? |
| A. | g.s. ghurye b. y. |
| B. | damle |
| C. | a.r. desai |
| D. | n.k. bose |
| Answer» B. damle | |
| 25. |
Which one of the following is not an indicator of cultural diversity in India? |
| A. | race |
| B. | caste |
| C. | class |
| D. | religion |
| Answer» D. religion | |
| 26. |
Who said that the social stratification in India is based on ‘purity and pollution’? |
| A. | m.n. srinivas |
| B. | a.r. desai |
| C. | louis dumont |
| D. | yogendra singh |
| Answer» D. yogendra singh | |
| 27. |
Mark out the correct sequence of perspectives on gender and development in India: |
| A. | welfare, empowerment, development. |
| B. | empowerment, development, welfare. |
| C. | development, welfare, empowerment. |
| D. | welfare, development, empowerment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
To L. Dumont which one of the following helps to maintain the structural distance betweencastes? |
| A. | land ownership |
| B. | economic status |
| C. | purity and pollution |
| D. | political power |
| Answer» D. political power | |
| 29. |
After examining the impact of industrialisation on social stratification in India, whoremarked “Caste has been the Alpha and Omega of Hindu life” |
| A. | m n srinivas |
| B. | max weber |
| C. | lipset and bendix |
| D. | mayer and buckley |
| Answer» B. max weber | |
| 30. |
Idea of Sanskritisation was first of all promoted by |
| A. | g.s. churey |
| B. | prof. m. n. srinivas |
| C. | p. v. young |
| D. | sankaracharya |
| Answer» C. p. v. young | |
| 31. |
Secularism is added in constitution by the amendment of :- A. 42nd B. 62nd C. 47th D. 73rd53. The Central Untouchability (Offences) Act was passed in the year? |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1955 |
| C. | 1986 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» B. 1955 | |
| 32. |
What specific event led to the rise of communalism in India in the late 19th century? |
| A. | the revolt of 1857 |
| B. | the founding of islam |
| C. | british colonization |
| D. | the birth of american politics |
| Answer» B. the founding of islam | |
| 33. |
Who described social movements as ‘ nonparty political formation’? |
| A. | ramachandra guha |
| B. | rajani kothari |
| C. | partha chtterjee |
| D. | t. k oommen |
| Answer» C. partha chtterjee | |
| 34. |
Endogamy means |
| A. | marriage is solemnized within one’s own caste |
| B. | marriage from other caste |
| C. | having more than one wife or husband at the same time |
| D. | being married to one person at a time |
| Answer» B. marriage from other caste | |
| 35. |
The term ‘religion’has defined by the Supreme Court of India in |
| A. | Commissioner,H.R.E. Vs L.T.Swammi |
| B. | bijoe emmanuel v. state of kerala |
| C. | kesavananda bharati v. state of kerala |
| D. | sastri yagnapurushadji’ case |
| Answer» B. bijoe emmanuel v. state of kerala | |
| 36. |
Who preferred notion of secularism was that of dharma nirapekshata? |
| A. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | vinoba bave |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» C. vinoba bave | |
| 37. |
In India , party less democracy was first advocated by |
| A. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| B. | m.n roy |
| C. | vinoba bave |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. m.n roy | |
| 38. |
Among the simple societies, agriculture is the |
| A. | first level of development |
| B. | second level of development |
| C. | third level of development |
| D. | fourth level of development |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
The main provision in the sixth schedule of the constitution deals with |
| A. | reservation in government jobs |
| B. | reservation of tribal lands |
| C. | autonomy in administration in the tribal areas of north –east india |
| D. | reservation in educational institutions |
| Answer» D. reservation in educational institutions | |
| 40. |
Reservation for scheduled caste is provided in proportion to their |
| A. | social backwardness |
| B. | economic necessities |
| C. | population |
| D. | low ritual positions |
| Answer» B. economic necessities | |
| 41. |
In India a special ministry for women and social welfare was formed at the center in theyear? |
| A. | 1983 |
| B. | 1986 |
| C. | 1976 |
| D. | 1981 |
| Answer» C. 1976 | |
| 42. |
“If Hume and other English liberals hoped to use Congress as a safety-valve, theCongressleaders hoped to use Hume as a lightening-conductor”. Who said this ? |
| A. | s.r. mehrotra |
| B. | sumit sarkar |
| C. | bipan chandra |
| D. | tapan raychaudhuri |
| Answer» D. tapan raychaudhuri | |
| 43. |
Which one is not an element of the Secular State is India? |
| A. | civil equality. |
| B. | freedom of religion. |
| C. | no religious education by the state. |
| D. | taxation on religious property. 38. who amongst the following provided a link between pre and post independence institutional |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Which of the following is not a matter of discussion as crisis of India’s national unity byPaul R. Brass in his book The Politics of India since Independence ? |
| A. | punjab |
| B. | the north east |
| C. | casteism |
| D. | communalism |
| Answer» D. communalism | |
| 45. |
Which of the following is not Atul Kohli’s definition of the crisis of governability in India as |
| A. | the absence of enduring coalitions. |
| B. | policy ineffectiveness. c. an incapacity to accommodate political conflict without violen |
| C. | growing disjuncture between centralization and development. 36. who pointed out that the western antonym of “secular” is “religious”. but in india, the |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Who is the editor/author of the book – “Politics and the State in India”? |
| A. | m.n. srinivas |
| B. | dharma kumar |
| C. | zoya hasan |
| D. | atul kohli |
| Answer» D. atul kohli | |
| 47. |
Who has called India a Democratic Developmental State? |
| A. | paul brass |
| B. | james manor |
| C. | christopher jefferlot |
| D. | atul kohli |
| Answer» C. christopher jefferlot | |
| 48. |
Who among the following has described India as “weak-strong state”? |
| A. | lloyd and susan rudolph |
| B. | gunnar myrdal |
| C. | rajni kothari |
| D. | k.c. wheare |
| Answer» B. gunnar myrdal | |
| 49. |
Who among the following is Editor/Author of the book “The New Regional Politics ofDevelopment”. |
| A. | reinhard bendix |
| B. | arie m.m. kacowiez |
| C. | anthony payne |
| D. | partha chatterjee |
| Answer» D. partha chatterjee | |
| 50. |
Who characterized India as “A million mutinies” in 1990? |
| A. | v.s. naipaul |
| B. | m.s.a. rao |
| C. | ghanshyam shah |
| D. | tedd gurr |
| Answer» B. m.s.a. rao | |