The Sarkaria Commission recommended
1. the overlapping membership between
Planning Commission and Finance
Commission
2. that experts with established reputation
for professional integrity be appointed
to the Planning Commission
3. that centrally sponsored schemes
should be kept to the minimum
4. that States should not be involved in
the implementation of centrally
sponsored schemes
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 2 and 3 only
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 3
e. *
2. Under which of the following regimes was
the Inter-State Council (ISC) set up?
a. Congress Government in 1975
b. Janata Government in 1978
c. Janata Dal led Government in 1990
d. United Front Government in 1996
e. c
3. Parliament of India passed the States
Reorganization Act in 1956 to create
a. 16 States and 3 Union Territories
b. 15 States and 5 Union Territories
c. 14 States and 6 Union Territories
d. 24 States and 9 Union Territories
e. c
4. Which of the following have caused the
growth of cooperative federalism in India?
1. Union-State collaboration in economic
matters
2. Union-State legislative relations
3. Compulsion of developmental finance
4. Dynamics of electoral politics
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code:
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4
d. 1 and 4
e. d
5. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
Content Schedule in the Constitution of
India
a. Languages Eighth Schedule
b. The forms oath or affirmations Second
Schedule
c. Allocation of seats in council of
ministers Fourth Schedule
d. Provisions as to disqualification on
The ground of defection Tenth
Schedule
e. b
6. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists
List I
A. Taxes belonging to the Union
exclusively
B. Taxes belonging to the State
exclusively
C. Duties levied by the Union but
collected and appropriated by the
States
D. Duties levied as well as collected by
the Union but assigned to the states
List II
List II
1. Sales tax
2. Customs
3. Excise duties on medicinal preparation
4. Duties on succession of property other
than agricultural land
Code:
A B C D
a. 4 3 1 2
b. 2 1 3 4
c. 2 3 1 4
d. 4 1 3 2
e. b
7. Consider the following statements
1. Articles 64 and 89(l) of the
Constitution of India provide that the
Vice-President of India shall be Exofficio
Chairman of the Council of
States and shall not hold any other
office of profit.
2. There is no such office as that of the
Vice-President of India in other
parliamentary systems of Governments
in Commonwealth countries.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. c
8. Consider the following statements
1. Interest aggregation is the activity in
which the political demands of
individuals and groups are combined
into policy programmes.
2. Large nations usually develop more
specialized organizations for the
specific purpose of aggregating
interests and resources behind a policy.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. c
9. Which one of the following judgments
stated that secularism and federalism are
the basic features of the Indian
Constitution?
a. Keshavananda Bharati Case
b. S. R. Bommai Case
c. Indira Sawhney Case
d. Minerva Mills Case
e. b
10. Consider the following statements
1. The President nominates 12 members
of the Rajya Sabha on the advice of the
Council of Ministers.
2. The President has absolute power to
appoint and remove the chairman and
members of statutory bodies at his
discretion.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. a
11. Which of the following Articles of the
Constitution of India gives the right to
Ministers and Attorney-General to speak
in or to take part in the proceedings of
either House?
a. Article 84
b. Article 85
c. Article 87
d. Article 88
e. d
12. Which one of the following political
theorists finds the concept of `imagined
community' inadequate to describe
nationalism in post-colonial societies?
a. Partha Chatterjee
b. V. R. Mehta
c. Hans Cohn
d. Ernest Gellner
e. a
13. Consider the following events
1. OPEC's Oil Embargo
2. Accession of UK, Ireland and
Denmark to the European Economic
Community (EEC)
3. Demand for a New International
Economic Order by developing
countries in the General Assembly of
the United Nations
4. Suez Crisis
What is the correct chronological sequence
of the above events?
a. 1-2-3-4
b. 2-3-4-1
c. 4-2-1-3
d. 4-3-2-1
e. d
14. The key to Gramsci's analysis of the
failure of socialist revolution to take off in
the West is the concept of
a. ideology
b. intellectuals
c. hegemony
d. civil society
e. c
15. The zero-sum game as employed by the
supporters of the game theory assumes that
a. the loss of one player is the gain of the
other
b. the loss of one player is the loss of the
other as well
c. the gain or the loss of one player has
nothing to do with the gain or the loss
of the other
d. the gain of one player is the gain of the
other player
e. a
16. Consider the following developments:
1. Outsourcing of services
2. Shrinking of geographical distance
3. Rise of ethnic identity
4. Emergence of regional associations
Which of the above developments are
associated with globalization?
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1, 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. d
17. The old institutional approach to the study
of political and government systems lays
emphasis on
a. the study of formal aspects of
government and politics
b. finding out principles underlying all
political activities
c. the search for regularities and for
making generalizations
d. transcendental ideals embodying
different views of 'what ought to be'
e. a
18. Which of the following statements
regarding behavioural approach are
correct?
1. It is interdisciplinary in nature.
2. It is more descriptive and less
empirical.
3. It is value neutral.
4. It puts emphasis on qualitative
judgement.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code
a. 1, 2 and 4
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 2 and 3
e. b
19. The Supreme Court of India enjoys the
power of judicial review', which means the
power to
a. review the judgements of State High
Courts
b. review the functioning of the Council
of Ministers
c. advise the President of India
d. decide the Constitutionality of an Act
(or part thereof) passed by the
Legislature
e. d
20. Consider the following statements:
The Supreme Court judgement in S. R.
Bommai us. Union of India has been
interpreted to mean that the Governor can
dismiss a Council of Ministers or the Chief
Minister
1. at his pleasure on his subjective
estimate of the strength of the Chief
Minister in the Assembly
2. when the Legislative Assembly has
expressed its want of confidence in the
Council of Ministers
3. when a measure of the Council of
Ministers has been defeated on the
floor of the Assembly
4. when a censure motion against the
Council of Ministers has been rejected
in the Legislative Assembly
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 3 and 4
e. b
21. Which of the following best perform the
function of interest articulation in a
political system?
1. Trade unions and ethnic associations
2. Organizations of businessmen and
civic groups
3. Judiciary and law-making institutions
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 2 only
d. 1 only
e. c
22. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists:
List I
(Approach and Theory
A. Structural-Functional Approach
B. Communication theory
C. General System theory
D. Rational Choice theory
List II
(Political Scientist associated with)
1. David Easton
2. Karl Deutsch
3. Antony Downs
4. Gabriel Almond
Code:
A B C D
a. 3 1 2 4
b. 3 2 1 4
c. 4 1 2 3
d. 4 2 1 3
e. d
23. According to Gabriel Almond, which of
the following are the basic characteristics
of a system?
1. Comprehensiveness and
interdependence
2. Interdependence and existence of
boundaries
3. Existence of boundaries and allocation
of values
4. Allocation of values and goal
attainment
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code :
a. 1 and 3
b. 2 and 3, 4
c. 1 and 4
d. 1 and 2
e. a
24. Which one of the following was not
identified by Almond as a stage of
conversion process of a political system?
a. Interest articulation
b. Interest aggregation
c. Political recruitment
d. Rule adjudication
e. c
25. Which one of the following thinkers
proposed the criterion of falsifiability as
the measure of scientific truth?
a. Levi-Strauss
b. Max Weber
c. Karl Popper
d. Karl Marx
e. c
26. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists:
List I
A. The State comes into existence for the
bare needs of life and continue to exist
for the sake of good life
B. Rights are the conditions of social life
without which no man can seek in
general to be himself at his best
C. Greatest happiness of the greatest
number
D. From each according to his ability to
each according to his needs
List II
1. Harold Laski
2. Bentham
3. Aristotle
4. Marx
Code:
A B C D
a. 4 1 2 3
b. 3 2 1 4
c. 3 1 2 4
d. 4 2 1 3
e. c
27. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists :
List I
(Approach)
A. New Institutionalism
B. Neo-Liberalism
C. Communitarianism
D. Behaviouralism
List II
(Scholar)
1. Michael Walzer
2. David Apter
3. Milton Friedman
4. Douglass North Code
Code:
A B C D
a. 4 3 1 2
b. 2 3 1 4
c. 2 1 3 4
d. 4 1 3 2
e. a
28. For Aristotle, the State should be governed
by a political statesman having which one
of the following virtues?
a. Reason
b. Knowledge
c. Prudence
d. Wealth
e. a
29. Which one of the following is correct with
regard to all theorists of social contract?
a. Erasing the distinction between law
and morality
b. The principle of separation of powers
c. Formation of public authority with
social consent
d. Belief in innate rights
e. d
30. With regard to conservatism, which of the
following statements are correct?
1. Society is an achievement, which
despite all its imperfections, is
preferable to the state of nature.
2. Individuals are a product of historical
and social conditions.
3. Customs and values play an important
role in defining the identity of the
individual.
4. Power should be vested in the office
rather than the individuals holding the
office.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code :
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1, 2 and 3 only
c. 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. *
31. Who among the following has coined the
term power elite?
a. Robert Dahl
b. C. Wright Mills
c. Karl Marx
d. V. Pareto
e. b
32. Antonio Gramsci establishes a strong link
between which one of the following four
sets of concepts?
a. Ideology-Leadership-
Religion
b. Ideology-Leadership-War of
Manoeuvre- Domination
c. Ideology-Leadership-
Passive Revolution
d. Ideology-Leadership-
Intellectuals
e. *
33. Which one of the following is suggested
by the concept of universal citizenship?
a. Identical rights for all persons
b. Identical rights for all citizens
c. Common rights for all with some
special rights for minorities
d. Single citizenship in the world
e. b
34. Which one of the following is not correct
with regard to ethnicity and nationalism?
a. Both trace common bonds across their
members
b. Both distinguish between we and they
c. There is unanimity among scholars
today that both are imagined relations
d. While nationalism tends towards
Nation-State, ethnicity seeks the
recognition of its distinct identity
e. c
35. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists :
List I
A. Natural Right
B. Legal Right
C. Moral Right
D. Cultural Right
List II
1. Immanuel Kant
2. Jeremy Bentham
3. Will. Kymlicka
4. H. L. A. Hart
Code:
A B C D
a. 4 2 1 3
b. 3 1 2 4
c. 3 2 1 4
d. 4 1 2 3
e. a
36. Which one of the following political
philosophers is an advocate of positive
liberty?
a. Isaiah Berlin
b. Iris Marion Young
c. John Stuart Mill
d. T. H. Green
e. c
37. Consider the following statements In his
theory of justice, John Rawls
1. reconciles a liberal conception of
political obligation with a
redistributive conception of social
justice
2. affirms the utilitarian principle for
determining what is good and desirable
3. uses the instrument of the social
contract to ensure fairness
4. maintains that the concern for
redistribution trumps individual liberty
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 3 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 1 and 3
d. 2 and 4
e. c
38. The New Right rejects the principle of
social justice because it
1. violates liberty
2. is against merit
3. is not conducive to efficiency
4. does not respect different wants and
needs
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code:
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1, 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. b
39. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists:
List I
(Form of Citizen Interest Articulation)
A. Voting in elections
B. Informal group, social movement
C. Direct Contact
D. Protest activity
List II
(Scope of Interest)
1. Highly expressive support for specific
interests
2. Normally deals with specific, personal
problem
3. Collective action focused on a
common interest
4. Broad, collective decision on
government leaders and their
programmes.
Code:
A B C D
a. 1 2 3 4
b. 4 3 2 1
c. 1 3 2 4
d. 4 2 3 1
e. b
40. Article 371(A) provides for special
provisions with respect to which of the
following States?
a. Maharashtra and Gujarat
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Nagaland
d. Assam
e. a
41. According to the Constitution of India,
which of the following statements is/are
not correct with regard to Jammu and
Kashmir (J & K)?
1. Provisions of Article 368 cannot be
extended to J & K unless it is extended
by an order of the President under
Article 370(1).
2. No alteration of the boundaries of the
State without the consent of the
Legislature of the State of J & K.
3. The Union has power to make a
proclamation of financial emergency
with respect to the State of J & K
under Article 360.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code :
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 3 only
d. 1 and 3
e. c
42. Identify the characteristics of the
`Congress System' as described by Rajni
Kothari
a. Faction-ridden party with charismatic
leadership
b. One-party dominance with weak
opposition
c. One-party dominance and factions in
the party networking with the
opposition
d. One-party dominance and a strong
regional leadership
e. b
43. Consider the following statements
1. Article 86(1) of the Constitution
provides that the President may
address either House of Parliament or
both the Houses assembled together.
2. The provision for Address by the Head
of State to Parliament was made for the
first time under the Government of
India Act, 1935.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. c
44. Consider the following political / parties of
India
1. DMK
2. CPI(M)
3. AGP
4. TDP
Which one of the following is the correct
chronology of their formation?
a. 1-2-4-3
b. 1-2-3-4
c. 2-1-4-3
d. 4-3-2-1
e. b
45. Consider the following statements with
respect to the 73rd Constitutional
Amendment :
1. It envisages the Gram Sabha as the
foundation of the Panchayati Raj
System.
2. It ensures that Panchayat bodies will
have an assured duration of five years.
3. It stipulates that the Chairperson of a
Panchayat shall be elected by and from
amongst the elected members thereof.
4. It has reserved 33 percent of the seats
to Other Backward Classes in
Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
b. 1, 2 and 3 only
c. 2, 3 and 4 only
d. 1 and 4 only
e. b
46. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists
List-I
(Movement)
A. Chipko Movement
B. Narmada Bachao Andolan
C. Jharkhand Movement
D. Bandhua Mukti Morcha
List-II
(Person)
1. Sunderlal Bahuguna
2. Medha Patkar
3. Jaipal Singh
4. Swami Agnivesh
Code:
A B C D
a. 1 2 3 4
b. 4 3 2 1
c. 1 3 2 4
d. 4 2 3 1
e. a
47. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists:
List I
A. Democratic Decentralization
B. Nagar Panchayats
C. Panchayati Raj Elections
D. Two-tier System
List II
1. 73 Amendment
2. 74 Amendment
3. B. R. Mehta Committee
4. Ashok Mehta Committee
Code:
A B C D
a. 3 1 2 4
b. 4 1 2 3
c. 4 2 1 3
d. 3 2 1 4
e. d
48. Which of the following is/are correct with
respect to the 73rd Amendment to the
Constitution of India?
1. Constitutional status to Panchayats
2. Reservation of seats for women
belonging to the Scheduled Castes or,
as the case may be, the Scheduled
Tribes
3. Providing permanent structures for
district planning
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code :
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 only
c. 2 only
d. 3
e. b
49. Which one of the following States has the
highest percentage of woman
representatives in the Panchayati Raj
Institutions?
a. Karnataka
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Bihar
e. d
50. One of the following is not a part of the
objectives of the Science and Technology
Policy, 2003?
a. To ensure food, agricultural,
nutritional, environmental, water,
health and energy security of the
people on a sustainable basis
b. Optimal utilization of existing physical
and knowledge resources,
c. Restricting brain drain
d. Development of innovative
technologies
e. c
51. According to Paul Brass, which one of the
following was the crucial factor for the
occurrence of communal riots in India?
a. Absence of social trust
b. Economic rivalry between
communities
c. Organized riot system
d. Memories of cultural conflict
e. a
52. According to Census 2001, which of the
following sets of States/Union Territories
has the highest literacy rate in India?
a. Kerala-Mizoram-Himachal Pradesh-
Maharashtra
b. Mizoram - Manipur -Tamil Nadu -
Maharashtra
9 of 18
c. Tamil Nadu - Andhra Pradesh-
Karnataka - Goa
d. Kerala-Mizoram – Lakshadweep - Goa
e. b
53. What is the correct sequence of States in
terms of descending order of percentage of
Scheduled Cast population to the total
population o the concerned State?
a. Punjab-Uttar Pradesh-Maharashtra
b. Tamil Nadu- West Bengal-Uttar
Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh-Karnataka-Tamil Nadu
d. Andhra Pradesh-West Bengal-Kerala
e. c
54. On which of the following issues can a
Governor make recommendation to the
President?
1. Dismissal of the State Counci of
Ministers
2. Removal of the Judges of thi High
Court
3. Dissolution of the Stat, Legislative
Assembly
4. Declaration of the breakdowi of the
Constitutional Machiner in the State
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code :
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
e. b
55. Consider the following statements with
respect to Governor of a State
1. A Governor shall, notwithstanding the
expiration of his term, continue to hold
office until his successor enters upon
his office.
2. No person shall be eligible for
appointment as Governor unless he has
completed the age of thirty years.
3. The question whether any, and if so
what, advice was tendered by
Ministers to the Governor shall not be
inquired into in any court.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 3 only
e. a
Directions
The following five (5) items consist of two
statements, one labeled as `Assertion (A)' and the
other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these
two statements carefully and select the answers to
these items using the code given below.
56. Assertion (A): T. H. Marshall divided
citizenship rights as civil, political and
social.
Reason (R): The civic virtue of
citizenship is regarded as an important
supplement to theories of institutional
justice today.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
e. b
57. Assertion (A): T. H. Marshall divided
citizenship rights as civil, political and
social.
Reason (R): The civic virtue of
citizenship is regarded as an important
supplement to theories of institutional
justice today.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
e. b
58. Assertion (A): As traditions and customs
stabilize owing to their constant and
continuous usage, they take the shape of
rights.
Reason (R): A legal right is a claim that is
recognized by law and enforced by a court.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
e. b
59. Assertion (A): Preferential policies need
not always violate the principle of fairness.
Reason (R): Treating citizens as equals
may require treating them differently.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
e. a
60. Assertion (A): Nazism in Germany
resorted to a relentless course of
militarization and expansionism.
Reason (R): Nazism subscribed to the
belief of `master-race' destined to world
domination.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
e. a
61. Which one of the following is not
associated with the duties of the Prime
Minister?
a. To communicate to the President all
decisions of the Council of Ministers
b. To recommend to the President about
the decision that a particular Bill may
be certified as Money Bill
c. To furnish such information relating to
the administration of the affairs of the
Union and proposals for Legislations
as the President may call for
d. If the President so requires, to submit
for the consideration of Council of
Ministers any matter on which a
decision has been taken by a Minister
which has not been considered by the
Council
e. b
62. The Kamraj Plan proposed
a. priority to agriculture over industry
b. inducting senior leaders to party work
c. election to all party offices
d. an overhaul of the Congress Working
Committee
e. b
63. Consider the following statements
1. The representation of women in the
Lok Sabha (up to 14th) has never
exceeded 10 percent of the total
strength.
2. The maximum strength of the Lok
Sabha envisaged by the Constitution is
552, which is made up by election of
up to 530 members to represent the
States, up to 20 members to represent
the Union Territories and not more
than two members of the Anglo-Indian
Community to be nominated by the
President.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. b
64. Which one of the following statements is
not correct with regard to Parliamentary
Committees?
a. The Public Accounts Committee and
the Public Undertakings Committee
are joint committees of both the
Houses of Parliament
b. 17 Departmentally Related
Committees were set up in early 1990s
c. There are Standing and Ad hoc
Committees
d. The Estimates Committee and the
Public Accounts Committee are always
headed by a senior leader of the ruling
party/ coalition
e. b
65. Which one of the following Parliamentary
Committees consists exclusively of
members of the Lok Sabha?
a. The Public Accounts Committee
b. The Estimates Committee
c. The Committee on Public
Undertakings
d. The Committee on the Welfare of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes
e. b
66. Rule of lapse means
a. all pending Bills in Parliament lapse
with its prorogation
b. the demand for grants of a Ministry
lapses if the Departmentally Related
Committee disapproves it
c. the Appropriation Bill lapses if it is not
returned by the Rajya Sabha within 14
days
d. all appropriations voted by the
Legislature expire at the end of the
financial year
e. d
67. The Supreme Court has increased the
ambit of the Right to life (Article 21) to
include which of the following?
1. Right to life includes the Right to live
with dignity
2. Right to life includes the Right to
livelihood
3. Right to life includes the Right to
receive minimum wages
4. Right to life includes the Right to
guaranteed employment for 100 days
in a year
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code:
a. 4 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1, 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. b
68. Verdicts of the Supreme Court of India in
which of the following cases have a direct
bearing on Centre-State relations?
1. S. R. Bommai Case
2. Keshavananda Bharati Case
3. Vishakha Case
4. Indira Sawhney Case
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code:
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 2, 3 and 4
e. *
69. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched?
a. ADM Jabalpur Case Rights of citizens
under emergency
b. Vishakha Case Centre-State relations
c. Indira Sawhney Case Rights of women
at work
d. Kartar Singh Case Rights of minorities
e. *
70. Which Supreme Court Judge played a
pivotal role in the introduction of Public
Interest Litigation?
a. Justice P. N. Bhagwati
b. Justice K. S. Hegde
c. Justice A. N. Ray
d. Justice P. B. Gajendragadkar
e. a
71. Which of the following States were
reorganized in 1950s following strong
demands for linguistic States?
1. Karnataka
2. Maharashtra
3. Punjab
4. Andhra Pradesh
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code:
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 2 and 4 only
d. 1 and 4 only
e. c
72. Consider the following propositions :
1. Trusteeship implies making use of
resources at one's command for the
welfare of all.
2. Nayee (Nai) Taleem (Basic Education)
is integration of learning with work.
3. Satyagraha is holding on to truth even
at one's cost.
With which of the above propositions did
Gandhi disagree?
a. None
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 only
d. 3
e. a
73. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
a. Mahatma Gandhi's Ideas C. F.
Andrews
b. The Gandhian Way J. B. Kriplani
c. Marx, Gandhi and Socialism Ram
Manohar Lohia
d. Gandhi's Political Philosophy B. R.
Nanda
e. *
74. Consider the following countries
1. Sri Lanka
2. Malaysia
3. Australia
4. Canada
Which of the above countries has/have
formally declared itself/ themselves as
multi-cultural?
a. 2, 3 and 4 only
b. 2 only
c. 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. *
75. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists
List I
(Country)
A. Egypt
B. Nigeria
C. Sri Lanka
D. Syria
List II
(Party)
1. National Democratic Party
2. People's Democratic Party
3. United National Party
4. Baath Party
Code:
A B C D
a. 1 2 3 4
b. 1 3 2 4
c. 4 2 3 1
d. 4 3 2 1
e. a
76. Which one of the following was the first
country-wide pressure group of the
organized Indian working class
a. India Trade Union Congress
b. Indian National Trade Union Congress
c. Indian Mining Federation
d. Hind Mazdoor Sabha
e. a
77. With which one of the following is the
expression 'gift of grace' associated?
a. Legal-rational authority
b. Traditional authority
c. Charismatic authority
d. Autocratic authority
e. c
78. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists:
List-I
(Exponent)
A. Eva Balfour
B. W. W. Rostow
C. A. G. Frank
D. Samir Amin
List II
(Theory)
1. Stages of development
2. Centre-periphery theory
3. Environmental theory
4. Development of underdevelopment
5. Sustainable development
Code:
A B C D
a. 5 1 4 2
b. 3 4 1 5
c. 5 4 1 2
d. 3 1 4 5
e. a
79. Which of the following is/are the major
theme(s) of New International Economic
Order (NIEO)?
1. Self-reliance
2. Globalization and liberalization
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code:
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. a
80. Consider the following statements:
The New Social Movements
1. do not seek 'total' change
2. are not class-based
3. do not believe in direct action
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 2 and 3 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3
e. b
81. Consider the following International
Women's Conferences
1. Nairobi
2. Mexico
3. Copenhagen
4. Beijing
What is the correct chronological sequence
of the above Conferences?
a. 3-2-4-1
b. 2-1-3-4
c. 4-3-1-2
d. 2-3-1-4
e. *
82. Who of the following Presidents of India
was associated with the Trade Union
Movement in India?
a. V. V. Giri
b. N. Sanjiva Reddy
c. K. R. Narayanan
d. Zakir-Hussain
e. a
83. Consider the following political systems:
1. Czech Republic
2. Malaysia
3. South Africa
4. Sri Lanka
What is the correct chronological sequence
of the above opting to a sustained
competitive electoral democracy?
a. 2-4-3-1
b. 2-3-4-1
c. 4-2-1-3
d. 4-1-2-3
e. *
84. Consider the following statements
The classification of authoritarian systems
made by Almond and Powell includes
1. radical and conservative totalitarian
2. pre-mobilized authoritarian and premobilized
democratic
3. conservative and modernizing
authoritarian
4. secularized City-States and pyramidal
systems
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 4
c. 1 and 4
d. 1 and 3
e. *
85. Consider the following
1. Timocracy and oligarchy
2. Democracy and tyranny
3. Republics and autocracy
4. Theocracy and polity
Which of the above are included Plato's
classification of governments
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 4
c. 2 and 3
d. 2 and 4
e. c
86. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists
List-I
(Institutions/ Units associated)
A. Laender
B. Procuratorates
C. Privy Council
D. Commissions de modernization
List-II
(Countries of Government)
1. France
2. China
3. Great Britain
4. German Federal Republic
CODE:
A B C D
a. 1 2 3 4
b. 1 3 2 4
c. 4 3 2 1
d. 4 2 3 1
e. d
87. In the US House of Representatives, the
second reading of a Bill is undertaken in
which one of the following Committees?
a. Select Committee
b. Standing Committee
c. Conference Committee
d. Committee of the Whole House
e. b
88. When the Senate of the United States sits
for a trial for impeachment of the US
President, the House is presided over by
the
a. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
b. President of the House
c. Vice-President of the United States
d. Senator representing the largest
province of the United States
e. a
89. In several States of the US, the Jim Crow
Legislation was responsible for
a. segregation of different communities
b. reparations for previously segregated
communities
c. common schools for blacks and whites
d. ban of civil rights movement
e. a
90. The final outcome of the French
presidential election is on the completion
of (run of election) second ballot among
a. all the candidates
b. top two candidates
c. top three candidates
d. top four candidates
e. b
91. Consider the following statements
The charge of violation of the Constitution
by the President of India for his
impeachment cannot be preferred by a
House unless
1. a resolution containing the proposal is
moved after a 7 days' notice in writing
signed by not less than 4th of the total
number of members of that House
2. the resolution is passed by a majority
of not less than 3rd of the total
membership of that House
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. b
92. During the cultural revolution in China,
public security organs known as workers
provost corps were created for which of
the following?
1. Dealing with counterrevolutionary
activities
2. Keeping surveillance over the
activities of the Red Guard
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. a
93. The National Assembly of South Africa,
by a resolution adopted with a supporting
vote of at least two-thirds of its members,
can remove the President from the office
on which of the following grounds?
1. Serious violation of the Constitution or
the Law
2. Serious misconduct
3. Moral corruption
4. Inability to perform the functions of
the office
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code :
a. 1, 2 and 3 only
b. 1, 2 and 4 only
c. 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. b
94. Which of the following are included in the
Right to Privacy under the Constitution of
South Africa?
Right not to have
1. person or home searched
2. property searched
3. possession seized
4. privacy of their communication
infringed
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code :
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1, 2 and 3 only
c. 1, 2, 3 and 4
d. 3 and 4 only
e. c
95. Which one of the following Committees/
Commissions prepared the groundwork for
the communal award granting separate
representation to depressed classes in
India?
a. Southborough Committee
b. Simon Commission
c. Nehru Committee
d. Lothian Committee
e. b
96. Consider the following statements with
respect to the Rajya Sabha
1. The origin of the Rajya Sabha can 'be
traced back to 1919, when in
pursuance to the Government of India
Act, 1919, a second chamber known as
the Council of States was created.
2. The Rajya Sabha has special powers to
declare that it is necessary and
expedient in the national interest that
Parliament may make laws with
respect to a matter in the State List.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. c
97. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
State No. of Members in the Rajya Sabha
a. Maharashtra 19
b. Tamil Nadu 18
c. Bihar 18
d. West Bengal 16
e. c
98. Which one of the following is a
Constitutional Body?
a. National Commission for Scheduled
Tribes
b. National Commission for Minorities
c. National Commission for Women
d. Planning Commission
e. a
99. Under the Citizenship Act, 1955, by which
of the following ways can a person
become a citizen of India?
1. By birth
2. By descent
3. By registration
4. By nationalization
5. By incorporation of territory
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code:
a. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
d. 3, 4 and 5 only
e. c
100. Which of the following are Fundamental
Duties of an Indian citizen according to
Article 51A of the Constitution?
1. To believe in socialism, secularism and
democracy
2. To abide by the Constitution and
respect the National Flag and the
National Anthem
3. To protect the sovereignty, unity and
integrity of India
4. To preserve the rich heritage of the
country's composite culture
5. To help the poor and weaker sections
of the society
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3and 4
c. 3, 4 and 5
d. 1, 4 and 5
e. b
101. Which of the following are considered as
basic structure of the Indian Constitution?
1. Republican and democratic form of
Government
2. Secular character of the Constitution
3. Division between Fundamental Rights
and Directive Principles of State Policy
4. Federal character of the Constitution
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code:
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
e. d
102. To whom does the Chairperson of every
Metropolitan Planning Committee forward
the development plan, as recommended by
such a Committee?
a. The Planning Commission
b. The Finance Minister, Government of
India
c. The Urban Development Minister,
Government of India
d. The Government of the State
e. d
103. According to Rawls, which of the
following sets of social primary goods is
likely to be pursued by all human beings?
a. Income and wealth, opportunities and
powers, rights and liberties, and social
bases of self respect
b. Income and wealth, opportunities and
powers, health and intelligence, and
social bases of self respect
c. Rights and liberties, income and
wealth, health and intelligence, and
social bases of self-respect
d. Income and wealth, health and
imagination, opportunities and powers,
and social bases of self respect
e. a
104. Public institutions may not cope with the
expansion of democratic participation
leading to political decay. Which one of
the following scholars draws attention to
such a consequence?
a. Rajni Kothari
b. Samuel Huntington
c. Robert Dahl
d. David Held
e. b
105. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists :
List I
(Idea of Justice)
A. Treating likes alike
B. Fairness
C. Net aggregate
D. Interest of the
List II
(Thinker)
1. Rawls
2. Aristotle
3. Thrasymachus satisfaction
4. Bentham stronger
5. Nozick
Code:
A B C D
a. 1 2 5 3
b. 2 1 3 5
c. 3 2 1 4
d. 2 1 4 3
e. d
106. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists:
List I
(Concept of Civil Society)
A. Civil society as the arena of cultural
politics
B. Civil society as the arena of civic
association
C. A Civil society as the zone between
family and state
D. Civil society as the space for the
emergence of public opinion
independent of the State and the
Church
List II
(Thinker)
1. Hegel
2. de Tocquivelle
3. Gramsci
4. Jurgen Haberman
Code:
A B C D
a. 2 4 1 3
b. 3 1 2 4
c. 3 2 1 4
d. 2 1 4 3
e. a
107. Consider the following statements
1. In the Hind Swaraj, Mahatma Gandhi
formulates a conception of good life
for the individual as well as the
society.
2. The Hind Swaraj was the outcome of
the experience of Gandhi's prolonged
struggle against Colonial Raj in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. c
108. Who among the following argues that 108
fault lines of civilizations are the breeding
grounds of conflict in 21st Century?
a. Francis Fukuyama
b. Samuel Huntington
c. Henry Kissinger
d. Sanjay Subramaniam
e. b
109. Consider the following classics of
Marxism
1. The German Ideology (Marx and
Engels)
2. The Paris Commune (Marx)
3. The Critique of the Gotha Programme
(Marx)
4. State and Revolution (Lenin)
Which of the above are a strong
endorsement of direct democracy?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
e. *
110. The concept of civil disobedience is not
central in the thought of who of the
following?
a. John Rawls
b. M. K. Gandhi
c. Leo Tolstoy
d. Michel Foucault
e. a
111. Which one of the following theories
considers democracy not as a government
of the people but as the iron law of
oligarchy'?
a. The Pluralist
b. The Marxist
c. The Elitist
d. The Idealist
e. c
112. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists :
List-I
(Theories of Democracy)
A. Elite theory
B. Pluralist theory
C. Radical theory
D. Neo-Liberal theory
List - II
(Champions)
1. C. B. Macpherson
2. Robert Nozick
3. Vilfredo Pareto
4. Robert Dahl
Code:
A B C D
a. 2 4 1 3
b. 2 1 4 3
c. 3 4 1 2
d. 3 1 4 2
e. c
113. Consider the following statements
Liberal feminists advocate
1. equality before the law for women
2. same rights for men and women
3. special representation for women in
decision-making bodies
4. assault on patriarchy
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. a
114. The public and private spheres came to be
strongly demarcated in which one of the
following ideological orientations?
a. Fascism
b. Liberalism
c. Feminism
d. Marxism
e. c
115. Which one of the following books makes
value and meaning crucial determinants of
human action?
a. Rousseau's 'Discourse on the Origin of
Inequality'
b. Marx's 'On the Jewish Question'
c. Weber's 'Protestant Ethic and the Spirit
of Capitalism'
d. Paine's 'Rights of Man'
e. *
116. According to Lenin, what are the three
sources of Marxism?
a. Russian anarchism, French socialism
and British economy
b. German philosophy, British political
economy and French socialism
c. French philosophy, British economy
and German socialism
d. Hegelian dialectics, Blanqui's
socialism and Ricardo's political
economy
e. d
117. In which one of the following texts is the
concept of 'dialectics' examined?
a. Imperialism, the Highest Stage of
Capitalism (Lenin)
b. The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis
Bonaparte (Marx)
c. Social Reform or Revolution
(Luxemburg)
d. For Marx (Althusser)
e. *
118. Consider the following concepts
1. Epistemological break
2. Relative autonomy of the
superstructure
3. Economy in the last instance
4. Paradigm shift
Althusser is credited with which of the
above concepts?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 2, 3 and 4
e. a
119. Consider the following
1. Decentralization
2. Labour-intensive industry
3. Promotion of Indian languages vis-avis
English
4. Opposition to caste system
Which of the above were the central tenets
of Lohia-inspired, socialism in India?
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1, 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. d
120. Consider the following statements
1. Truth is a subjective quality, available
only to a few gifted people, whose will
or spirit or personality is greater than
that of the masses.
2. Non-violence is the law of our species
as violence is the law of brute.
Which political ideologies are reflected in
the statements 1 and 2 above respectively?
a. Marxism in 1 and Gandhism in 2
b. Syndicalism in 1 and Gandhism in 2
c. Fascism in 1 and Liberalism in 2
d. Fascism in 1 and Gandhism in 2
e. d
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