Pol Science 2014 June Paper III Solved

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Paper – III

Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.

All questions are compulsory

June 2014

1. Who described political theory as

‘the systematic thinking about the

purpose of the government’ ?

(A) Leacock (B) Garner

Answer:(C)

2. Who is the author of the book ‘The

Philosophy of J.S. Mill’ ?

(A) M. Cowling

(B) J. Gray

(D) J.W. Mueller

Answer:(C)

3. Who is the author of ‘Savitri’ ?

(A) M.N. Roy

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) R. Tagore

Answer:(C)

4. “Once God is let in, there is an end to

the sovereignty of man.” Who said

this ?

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Vivekananda

(D) J. Nehru

Answer:(C)

5. Who said “Man is what he eats” ?

(A) Marx (B) Engels

Answer:(D)

6. Who is the propounder of labour

theory of value ?

(A) Hobbes (B) Locke

Answer:(B)

7. Which one of the following is correct

regarding the writings of Machiavelli ?

(A) Discourses

(B) The Golden Ass

(D) All the above

Answer:(D)

8. Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer form the codes

given below :

List-I List-II

(Thinker) (Dominent Concept)

a. Beitz i. Justice as mutual

advantage

b. Gauthier ii. Entitlement

Theory of Justice

c. Dworkin iii. On Global Justice

d. Nozick iv. On equality

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iii i iv ii

(D) iv i ii iii

Answer:(B)

9. Plato developed his theory of the

nature of the ultimate reality

explaining the actual world in

(A) The Republic (B) The Politics

Answer:(D)

10. Given below are two statements one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : For Rawls the Right

is prior to good.

Reason (R) : The loss of freedom

for some is made right by

greater good shared by others.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)

is the right explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the right explanation

of (A).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(B)

11. Identify the correct sequence in

ascending order of Lenin’s writings :

i. Left Wing Communism

ii. The State and Revolution

iii. the Proletarian Revolution and

the Renegade Kautsky

iv. The War and the Second

International

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

(A) iv ii iii i

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) ii iii iv i

Answer:(A)

12. Which one of the following is not

included in the well known sayings

of Mao ?

(A) Weapons are an important

factor in war but not the

decisive one.

(B) Politics is war without

bloodshed.

and the gun must never be

allowed to command the party.

(D) Let a hundred flowers blossom

and a hundred schools of

thought contend.

Answer:(B)

13. Which one of the following books is

not written by Tilak ?

(A) The Orion

(B) Arctic Home in Vedas

(D) Life Divine

Answer:(D)

14. Marx’s theory of the state and

revolution is taken from

(A) German classical philosophy

(B) British political economy

(D) American war of independence

Answer:(C)

15. Aristotle devoted himself to a critical

study of the ideal states projected by

(A) Phaleas

(B) Hippodamus

(D) All the above

Answer:(D)

16. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : According to Lucian

W. Pye political development

is characterized by equality,

capacity and differentiation.

Reason (R) : A state should attempt

to strengthen these aspects.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A)

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer:(B)

17. The process of socialization in

Traditional Society is

1. diffuse

2. particularistic

3. ascriptive

4. instrumental

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 3, 4

Answer:(A)

18. Which one of the following is not a

kind of power mentioned by Alvin

Tofler in his book Powershift ?

(A) Violence

(B) Social structure

(D) Knowledge

Answer:(B)

19. Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer form the codes

given below :

List-I List-II

(Schools of (Authors)

Modernization)

a. Structural i. Daniel Lerner

School

b. Normative ii. G.A. Almond

School

c. Technological iii. Mahatma Gandhi

School

d. Psychological iv. David Apter

School

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii iv i

(B) ii i iii iv

(D) i iii ii iv

Answer:(A)

20. The Presidents and Vice-presidents

of the following countries can not

seek re-election for a third term.

1. The US President

2. The French President

3. Indian President

4. Indian Vice-President

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

(A) 1 (B) 1 and 2

Answer:(A)

21. Which one is not the feature of the

Presidential form of government of

U.S.A. ?

(A) Direct election of the President

(B) Fixed terms of offices for the

president and legislature

legislature and executive

(D) President serves as head of the

state

Answer:(C)

22. Which one among the following

countries, according to Almond and

Verba, came closest to their

conception of civic culture ?

(A) U.S.A.

(B) West Germany

(D) Great Britain

Answer:(D)

23. “Efficiency Record” method for

determining the merit for promotion

is practised in

(A) The USA

(B) Switzerland

(D) India

Answer:(A)

24. In which of the following countries

judges are elected by the people ?

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

i. U.S.A.

ii. Switzerland

iii. India

iv. U.K.

Codes :

(A) i, ii (B) i, ii, iii

Answer:(A)

25. In which of the following countries

the courts do not have the power of

Judicial Review ?

i. USA ii. UK

iii. France iv. India

Codes :

(A) iii (B) ii and iii

Answer:(B)

26. Who among the following said

“Federalism is obsolescent, it is

essentially negative in its effect. It is

not suitable for positive action, it is

financially expensive due to

duplication of work.” ?

(A) David Easton

(B) S.P. Huntington

(D) H.J. Laski

Answer:(D)

27. Who among the following has argued

that modernization could be

associated with a highly

differentiated political structure and

the diffusion of political power and

authority into all spheres of society ?

(A) Max Weber

(B) Talcott Parson

(D) Walt W. Rostow

Answer:(C)

28. Consider the following statements

about a constitutional government. A

constitutional government is

1. a form of limited government

2. one where authority is derived

from the constitution

3. one where the constitution and

the laws limit the exercise of

power

4. Where the head of the state

enjoys nominal powers

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4

Answer:(A)

29. Who among the following thinkers

gave the concept of “lions” and

“foxes” ?

(A) Robert Michaels

(B) C. Wright Mill

(D) Burham

Answer:(C)

30. Given below are two statements one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Parliamentary form

of government is the most

acceptable system in the entire

world today.

Reason (R) : In the parliamentary

system, ministers get their

democratic legitimacy from the

legislature and are accountable to it.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)

is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(A)

31. Which of the following is not related

to electoral reforms in India ?

(A) Santhanam Committee

(B) Tarkunde Committee

(D) Dinesh Goswami Committee

Answer:(A)

32. Who of the following gave the idea

of a dominant caste ?

(A) Rajni Kothari

(B) Paul R. Brass

(D) Lloyd I. Rudolph

Answer:(C)

33. Which one of the following states in

India has instituted Ombudsman For

Local Governments until 2013 ?

(A) Bihar

(B) Kerala

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer:(B)

34. Who is the author of “Factional

politics in an Indian State” ?

(A) Paul R. Brass

(B) Myron Weiner

(D) S.K. Mitra

Answer:(A)

35. Which one of the following pairs are

not correctly matched ?

List-I List-II

(Political Parties) (Leaders)

(A) Telangana Chandra Shekhar Rao

Rastriya

Samiti

(B) Peoples Mahbooba Mufti

Democratic

party

janata Party

(D) Shiromani Navjot Singh Siddhu

Akali Dal

Answer:(D)

36. In which one of the following cases

the supreme court of India held that

both Fundamental Rights and

Directive Principles of state policy

are equally important and one cannot

be sacrificed for the other ?

(A) S.R. Bommai v/s Union of India

(B) Balaji v/s State of Mysore

(D) A.K.Gopalan v/s State of Madras

Answer:(C)

37. Which one of the following is

arranged in chronological order ?

(A) Anandpur sahib resolution,

Rajamannar committee report,

West Bengal government

memorandum, Sarkaria

commission report.

(B) Rajamannar committee report,

West Bengal government

memorandum, Anandpur sahib

resolution, Sarkaria

commission report.

West Bengal government

memorandum, Anandpur sahib

resolution, Rajamannar

committee report.

(D) Rajamannar committee report,

Anandpur sahib resolution,

West Bengal government

memorandum, Sarkaria

commission report.

Answer:(D)

38. Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer form the codes

given below :

List-I List-II

(Deputy Prime (Government)

Ministers)

a. Morarji Desai i. Janata Party

b. Jagjivan Ram ii. Congress

c. Devilal iii. National

Democratic

Alliance

d. L.K. Advani iv. United Front

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iii ii iv

(B) ii iv iii i

(D) iii ii i iv

Answer:(C)

39. Who one of the following was not a

member of states reorganization

commission, 1953 ?

(A) Fazl Ali (B) H.N. Kunzru

Answer:(C)

40. The governor of a state has the power

to dismiss a chief minister.

Which of the following pairs are not

correctly matched ?

Governor Chief Minsiter

Dismissed

(A) Dharma Vira – Ajoy Mukherjee

(B) Gopal Reddy – Charan Singh

(D) Romesh Bhandari – Kalyan Singh

Answer:(C)

41. Who among the following talked

about the politics of scarcity in India ?

(A) Paul R. Brass

(B) Paul Wallace

(D) Morris Jones

Answer:(C)

42. In which case the Supreme Court

decided that the confidence of the

house in the ministry should be tested

on the floor of the house itself ?

(A) B.R. Kapoor v/s State of Tamil

Nadu

(B) S.R.Bommai v/s Union of India

India

(D) Shamsher singh v/s State of

Punjab

Answer:(B)

43. Different parts of the constitution

will act and react on each other and

the (supreme) court will have to

decide questions arising from such a

situation…discharging its duties as

perhaps no other court has so far

been called upon to do. Whose

statement is this ?

(A) Justice Patanjali Sastri

(B) Justice Harilal Kania

(D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Answer:(B)

44. Which one among the following

authorities has the power to declare a

caste, race or tribe or part of group

within the caste as scheduled castes in

relation to a state or union territory ?

(A) Prime Minister

(B) Parliament

(D) President of India

Answer:(D)

45. Which one of the following is the chief

function of the inter-state council ?

(A) To settle inter-state river water

disputes

(B) To settle disputes relating to the

movement of good between

states

state relations

(D) To act as a forum for settling

inter-state boundary disputes

Answer:(C)

46. Which one among the following is

considered as the first coherent

theory of organization ?

(A) The Human Relations Theory

(B) Scientific Management Theory

(D) The Bureaucracy Theory

Answer:(B)

47. Which one of the following was the

first committee to demand

constitutional recognition for

Panchayats ?

(A) Balwantrai Mehta Committee

(B) Ashok Mehta Committee

(D) G.V.K. Rao Committee

Answer:(B)

48. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The Central service

officers are not all India service

officers, but the nature of their

job and postings make them

truly all India in character.

Reason (R) : Unlike officers of the

All-India services, central

service officer’s do not work

under the state governments

while working in the states.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)

is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(B)

49. Which one of the following is not a

function of the UPSC ?

(A) Advise the union government

on all matters relating to the

method of recruitment and

principles to be followed in

making appointments to civil

service.

(B) Advise the government on the

suitability of candidates for

promotion.

disciplinary matters affecting

civil servants.

(D) Advise the government on all

matters relating to the transfer

of civil servants.

Answer:(D)

50. Name the country which was the first

to evolve a sound recruitment system ?

(A) Prussia (B) India

Answer:(C)

51. Which one among the following is

described as the ‘corner-stone’ of the

whole public personnel structure ?

(A) Promotion

(B) Recruitment and selection

(D) Morale

Answer:(B)

52. The term ‘spoil system’ applies to :

(A) Guardian bureaucracy

(B) Caste bureaucracy

(D) Merit bureaucracy

Answer:(C)

53. Chronologically arrange the correct

sequence of the following landmarks

in the growth and emergence of New

Public Administration :

1. The minnowbrook conference

2. The honey report on higher

education for public service

3. The Philadelphia conference on

the theory & practices of public

administration

4. Publication of ‘Towards a new

public administration : The

Minnowbrook perspective’

Codes :

(A) 4, 3, 1, 2 (B) 2, 3, 1, 4

Answer:(B)

54. Who amongst the following

emphasized development

administration as an approach ?

1. Riggs 2. Fainsod

3. Heady 4. Weidner

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

(A) 1, 2 and 4 (B) 2, 3 and 4

Answer:(D)

55. Which of the following political

rights are not available to a civil

servant in India ?

1. Expressing a political view

2. Supporting a political

movement

3. Contributing financially to a

political party

4. Voting in state and national

elections

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

(A) 1, 3 and 4 (B) 2, 3 and 4

Answer:(C)

56. Which among the following is not a

principle of organization ?

(A) Collective Responsibility

(B) Hierarchy

(D) Integration

Answer:(A)

57. Who among the following has

divided the scope of public

administration into administration

theory and applied theory ?

(A) H. Walker

(B) Ferral Heady

(D) Nicholas Henry

Answer:(A)

58. “Officials make work for each

other”. This is said by :

(A) Peter Drucker

(B) Ramsay Muir

(D) H. Finer

Answer:(C)

59. The first country in the world to

introduce the right to information was :

(A) Norway (B) USA

Answer:(C)

60. Which one among the following

statements is false ?

(A) The first hour of every

parliament day is reserved for

questions.

(B) Zero hour is a typical Indian

innovation in the field of

parliamentary practice.

is an uniquely American

phenomenon.

(D) Judicial control over

administrative acts stems from

natural law

Answer:(D)

61. Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List-I List-II

(Approaches- (Feminist

Feminism) thinkers)

a. Critical Theory i. Elisabeth Prugl

b. Social ii. Chandra Mohanty

Constructivism

c. Post iii. Sandra Whiteworth

Structuralism

d. Post iv. Charlotte Hooper

Colonialism

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) iii i iv ii

62. Globalization signifies which of the

following :

(A) Time-space compression

(B) The integration of the world-

economy

relations between people

(D) All the above

Answer:(D)

63. Who said the following “In crucial

situations, however the ultimate

concern of states is not for power but

for security” ?

(A) Thomas Schelling

(B) Kenneth Waltz

(D) John Mearshemier

Answer:(B)

64. Institutionalist approach of

international political economy

draws on theories from

(A) Incentive structures

(B) Delegation and agency

(D) Sociological factors

Answer:(B)

65. Who has proposed a three tiered

conception of international law based

on Moravsik’s new liberalism ?

(A) M. Byers

(B) A.M. Slaughter

(D) A. Guzman

Answer:(B)

66. Identify the correct sequence of the

process as recommended by the

seminal report, ‘An Agenda for

Peace’ (1992)

i. Peace keeping

ii. Preventive diplomacy

iii. Peace building

iv. Peace making

Codes :

(A) ii iv i iii

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(A)

67. Who said that ‘the United States is

not simply a superpower ; it is a

hyper power’ ?

(A) Hubart Vedrine

(B) Robert Gates

(D) Paul Kennedy

Answer:(A)

68. Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer form the codes

given below :

List-I List-II

(UN conference (Issues)

place)

a. Rio de Janeiro i. Population

(1992)

b. Vienna (1993) ii. Women

c. Cairo (1994) iii. Human Rights

d. Beijing (1995) i v. Environment

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iv ii iii

(B) ii i iii iv

(D) iv iii i ii

Answer:(D)

69. Bay of pigs is associated with which

crisis during the cold war ?

(A) Cuban Missile

(B) Hungary

(D) Suez Canal

Answer:(A)

70. Black widows are women terrorists.

To which country do they belongs ?

(A) Palestine (B) Chechenya

Answer:(B)

71. Chronologically arrange the

following treaties on environment in

the correct ascending order,

i. UN Law of the Sea

ii. Kyoto Protocol

iii. Antarctic Treaty

iv. Cartogena protocol on

Biosafety

Codes :

(A) iii, i, ii, iv (B) ii, iv, i, iii

Answer:(A)

72. Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer form the codes

given below :

List-I List-II

(Authors) (Books)

a. S.D. Muni i. Crossing the

Rubicon

b. C. ii. Anatomy of a

Rajamohan flawed Inheritance / Indo

Pak relations

c. Urmila iii. Pangs of proximity

Phadnis

d. J.N. Dixit iv. Ethnicity and nation-building

in South Asia

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iii i iv ii

(B) ii i iii iv

(D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(A)

73. India’s tryst with Asia was

enunciated in the vision of

engagement which was articulated

by :

(A) Indira Gandhi

(B) Sardar Patel

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer:(D)

74. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The factors and

forces that constrained Nehru’s

India from playing its

legitimate role in Asia have

either been mitigated to an

extent, or redefined.

Reason (R) : The end of the cold

war and expansion of the

strategic space for India to

pursue its national interests has

widened.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(A)

75. When did the United Nations general

assembly resolution 2832 on the

declaration of the Indian Ocean as a

zone of peace, adopt ?

(A) 1970 (B) 1971

Answer:(B)

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