Pol Science December 2014 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.

Dec 2014

1. Who among the following said that “Political theory is,

quite simply, man’s attempt to consciously understand

and solve the problems of his group life and organization” ?

(A) Ernest Barker (B) G.H. Sabine

Answer:(B)

2. Who of the following lamented the ‘death’ of

political philosophy ?

(A) Robert Dahl (B) Peter Laslett

Answer:(B)

3. Which one of the following answers is incorrect regarding

neo-liberalism ?

(A) Neo-liberal vision largely evolved during the governments of

Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

(B) It attacked the Keynesian notion of the international economic order.

(D) Its emphasis is on free markets and liberal reforms.

Answer:(C)

4. Which one of the following answers is correct regarding Post-Marxism ?

(A) The working class has not evolved into a revolutionary movement.

(B) Economic class interests are relatively autonomous from ideology

and politics.

(D) All the above

Answer:(D)

5. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Dominant Concept)

a. Thomas Pogge i. Distributive Justice

b. Michael Walzer ii. Communitarian Perspective of Justice

c. Susan Moller Okin iii. Feminist Conception of Justice

d. John Rawls iv. Global Justice

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iv ii iii i

(D) i ii iv iii

Answer:(B)

6. Which one of the following statements is incorrect regarding

political ideology ?

(A) It is a belief system which helps to structure how the world

is understood and explained.

(B) It is a set of ideas which provides the basis for some kind

of political action.

(D) Political ideology is not the same thing as political theory.

Answer:(All are correct)

7. Who of the following said “Lenin’s party was designed to be

an elite, a minority chosen for intellectual and moral superiority,

the most advanced part of the working class and so

its vanguard”. ?

(A) C.B. MacPherson (B) D. McLellan

Answer:(C)

8. Nocturnal Council finds a mention in Plato’s

(A) The Republic (B) The Statesman

Answer:(C)

9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as

Assertion (A) and the other labelled as

Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : For Aristotle the authority of a constitutional ruler over his subjects is

quite different from that of a master over his slaves.

Reason (R) : Because the slave is inferior from birth and incapable of ruling himself.

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)

10. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. Willmoore Kendall i. John Locke, A Biography

b. J.W. Gough ii. John Locke and the Doctrine of Majority-rule

c. M.W. Cranston iii. John Locke’s Political Philosophy

d. Richard Cox iv. Locke on Peace and War

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii i iv

(B) i ii iv iii

(D) iv i iii ii

Answer:(A)

11. For whom of the following, science is the fruit of idle curiosity;

philosophy is mere intellectual frippery; the amenities

of polite life is tinsel ?

(A) Thomas Hobbes (B) John Locke

Answer:(C)

12. Which one of the following is not correct regarding

Marx’s theory of alienation ?

(A) Alienation from the product

(B) Alienation from the activity of labour

(D) Alienation of man from man

Answer:(C)

13. Who of the following is of the view that it is not

Gandhi who made Satyagraha but it is Satyagraha

which made Gandhi the Mahatma ?

(A) R.R. Diwakar (B) C.F. Andrews

Answer:(A)

14. In which of the following countries Narendranath

Bhattacharya settled under the name of

Manabendra Nath Roy ?

(A) Java (B) United States of America

Answer:(D)

15. Who of the following said that God had appeared to him

in prison, placed the Gita in his hands and made him realize the

simple truths of the Sanatana Dharma ?

(A) Vivekananda (B) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer:(C)

16. Comparative Politics is the study of

(A) institutions and functions

(B) all forms of political activity-governmental as well as

non-governmental and all political phenomena

(D) techniques and tools of comparative inquiry

Answer:(B)

17. What is the correct sequence in which the following

approaches to the study of Comparative Politics’ emerged ?

1. Philosophical Approach 2. Systems Approach

3. New Institutional Approach 4. Behavioural Approach

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

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

Answer:(B)

18. Identify the correct sequence of the following input

functions and select the correct answer from the codes

given below :

1. Interest-aggregation

2. Interest-articulation

3. Political communication

4. Political socialization and recruitment

Codes :

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

Answer:(D)

19. The sociologists who influenced Gabriel Almond in

his structural functionalism were

1. Max Weber 2. Talcott Parsons

3. David Truman 4. Karl Deutsch

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

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

Answer:(B)

20. Which of the following statements about the Vice-President

of India and Vice-President of America are true ?

1. Both the Vice-Presidents are elected.

2. Both of them are the presiding officers of their respective upper Houses.

3. Both the Vice-Presidents are not the members of their respective Houses.

4. Both of them do not have a casting vote in case of a tie.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

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

Answer:(B)

21. Which one of the following governmental systems is

considered to be the off-spring and successor of the theory

of separation of powers ?

(A) Swiss (B) American

Answer:(B)

22. According to Riggs, lack of balance between

equality and capacity is

(A) Developmental syndrome (B) Developmental trap

Answer:(B)

23. Arrange the following books in order in which they appeared :

1. Political Order in Changing Societies

2. The Politics of Modernization

3. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

4. Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

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

Answer:(All are correct)

24. Which one of the following articles of the US Constitution

vests the executive powers in the President ?

(A) Article 1 (B) Article 2

Answer:(B)

25. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List – I List – II

a. Both Houses have equal powers i. America

b. Upper House is more powerful than Lower House ii. India

c. Lower House is more powerful than Upper House iii. France

d. National Assembly can overthrow the government iv. Switzerland

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv i ii iii

(B) iii ii i iv

(D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(A)

26. Consider the following :

1. Pocket Veto

2. President message to federal legislature

3. Caucus system

4. Pigeon hole-a bill

These are the parts of constitutional practice of

(A) Indian Political System

(B) American Political System

(D) The British Political System

Answer:(B)

27. Who among the following former British Prime Ministers

belonged to the Labour Party ?

1. Harold Wilson 2. Edward Heath

3. John Major 4. Tony Blair

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

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

Answer:(A)

28. The Judges of the US Supreme Court hold office

(A) upto the age of 65 years

(B) upto the age of 70 years

(D) until death or resignation or removal by the Congress

Answer:(D)

29. Which one of the following Federal Courts has the power to

declare laws passed by the state or the constituent unit of the

federation invalid but not the federal laws ?

(A) The Supreme Court of America (B) The Supreme Court of India

Answer:(C)

30. Given below are two statements, one labelled as

Assertion (A) and the other labelled as

Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : The British Parliament is sovereign.

Reason (R) : The Queen in England is a nominal head of the State.

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)

31. “Since Indians wish to unite and develop a common culture, it is the

bounden duty of all Indians to own up Hindi as their language…

Any Indian who does not accept this proposal…, has no right

to be Indian.” Who among the following said this ?

(A) B.R. Ambedkar (B) Bala Saheb Deoras

Answer:(A)

32. Who has described Indian society as ‘Apolitical Society’ ?

(A) Rajni Kothari (B) Morris Jones

Answer:(B)

33. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(States) (Chief Ministers [2014])

a. Arunachal Pradesh i. T.R. Zeliang

b. Mizoram ii. Lal Thanhawla

c. Nagaland iii. Manik Sarkar

d. Tripura iv. Nabam Tuke

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii i iv iii

(B) iv ii i iii

(D) i iii iv ii

Answer:(B)

34. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Features of Indian Constitution) (Sources)

a. Judicial Review, Fundamental Rights i. British

b. Single Citizenship ii. Irish

c. Nomination of Members to Rajya Sabha iii. Canadian

d. Residuary Powers iv. American

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv i ii iii

(B) iii ii i iv

(D) i iv iii ii

Answer:(A)

35. In which of the following Acts the provincial subjects were

divided into transferred and reserved subjects ?

(A) Indian Council’s Act, 1892

(B) Indian Council’s Act, 1909

(D) Government of India Act, 1935

Answer:(C)

36. Who of the following gave the idea of ‘Saintly Idiom’ in

Indian politics ?

(A) Jayaprakash Narayan (B) Rajni Kothari

Answer:(C)

37. Arrange the following in chronological order :

i. Navnirvan Movement in Gujarat

ii. Formation of Maharashtra as a State

iii. Split of the Communist Party of India

iv. Formation of Janata Party

Codes :

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

Answer:(D)

38. Who describes social movements as ‘non-party

political formations’ ?

(A) Ramchandra Guha (B) Rajni Kothari

Answer:(B)

39. Arrange the following in chronological sequence :

i. Naxalite Movement ii. Sarvodaya Movement

iii. Narmada Bachao Andolan iv. Chipko Movement

Codes :

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

Answer:(B)

40. Who among the following was a member of the Justice J.S.

Verma Committee constituted following Nirbhaya case ?

(A) Justice Fatima Beevi (B) Justice Leila Seth

Answer:(B)

41. Which one of the following is not the function of the Election Commission of India ?

(A) Conduct of election to Parliament, State Legislatures, President and Vice-President

(B) Preparation of electoral rolls

(D) Declaring an election void

Answer:(D)

42. On which date National Integration Day is celebrated in India ?

(A) 14th November (B) 19th November

Answer:(B)

43. Which one of the following principles did not emerge out of Bommai

case in relation to Article 356 ?

(A) Proclamation issued under Art. 356 is subject to judicial review.

(B) State Assembly should be dissolved only after the approval of proclamation by

Parliament.

Ministries formed by other parties in the States.

(D) The Court may require the Union Government to disclose the materials on the basis

of which Art. 356 was invoked.

Answer:(C)

44. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Committees of Parliament) (Number of Members)

a. Public Accounts Committee . 1.45

b. Estimates Committee ii. 22

c. Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee iii. 15

d. Rules Committee of Lok Sabha iv. 30

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iii ii iv i

(B) ii iv i iii

(D) iv i iii ii

Answer:(B)

45. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as

Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : The Courts follow the principle of natural justice while deciding cases.

Reason (R) : Justice should not only be done but should manifestly and undoubtedly

be seen to be done.

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)

46. The post 1970 phase in the development of Public Administration

was characterized by

(A) Status-quoism (B) Stability

Answer:(D)

47. What was he referring to when Mooney said ‘conferring of

specified authority by a higher authority’ ?

(A) Division of powers (B) Responsibility

Answer:(D)

48. Which one of the following was not in the list of functional

requisites for any society, given by Fred W. Riggs ?

(A) Economic (B) Administrative

Answer:(B)

49. Which one of the following is not a stage in decision-making

process given by Herbert Simon ?

(A) Intelligence activity (B) Speculative activity

Answer:(B)

50. Which one of the following is not one of the styles of

leadership given by Likert ?

(A) Exploitative authoritative (B) Benevolent authoritative

Answer:(C)

51. Choose the correct code for the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) as given below :

Assertion (A) : To be valid and part of a science of public administration, hypothesis

developed in the American cultural context should be tested in cross-cultural

settings.

Reason (R) : Comparative study has brought Politics and Public Administration closer

to each other.

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)

52. What is the name of the Committee in Britain that

takes up voting of demands and of taxes (revenue part) ?

(A) Appropriation Committee

(B) Committee of Ways and Means

(D) Estimates Committee

Answer:(B)

53. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Books) (Authors)

a. The Administrative State i. Ordway Tead

b. The Art of Administration ii. Piffner and Presthus

c. Public Administration iii. Dwight Waldo

d. Organization and Management iv. Seckler-Hudson

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iii iv ii

(B) iv ii iii i

(D) ii iv i iii

Answer:(C)

54. ‘Rule of Lapse’ is essential for the effective financial control by the

(A) Estimates Committee (B) Parliament

Answer:(B)

55. Desk Officer System in the ministries of government of

India had the following advantages :

1. Speedy disposal of cases 2. Dual records were available

3. Reduced expenditure 4. Qualitative improvement

Choose the correct answer from the code given below :

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

Answer:(C)

56. Which one of the following institutions was established in

India on the recommendations of Paul A. Appleby ?

(A) L.B.S. Academy of Administration

(B) Indian Institute of Public Administration

(D) Indian Police Academy

Answer:(B)

57. Arrange the following in correct chronological sequence in the

stages of performance budgeting :

(A) Objectives – Classification – Analysis – Evaluation

(B) Analysis – Objectives – Evaluation – Classification

(D) Objectives – Analysis – Classification – Evaluation

Answer:(D)

58. Public Service Commissions for the Union and States in India

are created under which Article of the Constitution ?

(A) 268 (B) 315

Answer:(B)

59. Which one of the following was not recommended for

Panchayatiraj by Thungon Committee ?

(A) Constitutional Status

(B) Planning at Zila Parishad level

(D) Three year term

Answer:(D)

60. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer with the

help of the code given

below :

List – I List – II

(Acts/Agencies) (Year)

a. All-India Services (Conduct) Rules i. 1941

b. Central Bureau of Investigation ii. 1860

c. Indian Penal Code iii. 1963

d. Special Police Establishment iv. 1954

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iv iii ii i

(D) i iv ii iii

Answer:(B)

61. Match List – I with List – II and select the answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Statements) (Scholar)

a. “There is no possibility of drawing a i. Haushofer

sharp line between the

will to live and the will to power.”

b. “In its essence power is an ii. Hans Morgenthau

indivisible whole.”

c. “For military reasons a state should iii. Reinhold Neibuhr

be economically self

sufficient.”

d. “The struggle for power is universal iv. E.H. Carr

in time and space and

is an undeniable fact of experience.”

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iii iv ii

(B) iii iv i ii

(D) i ii iv iii

Answer:(B)

62. Arrange the following in their chronological sequence and choose your

answer from the

codes given below :

i. Churchill’s Fulton Speech

ii. Launching of the African Union

iii. A treaty to create South East Asian Nuclear weapon free zone

iv. Recognition of South Sudan as a sovereign State and 193rd member

of the U.N.

Codes :

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

Answer:(B)

63. Which one of the following statements regarding realism are true ?

i. Thucydides is called the first classical realist.

ii. Power is the key to international politics.

iii. The main goal of states is survival.

iv. All states do not posses power to inflict some harm on its neighbour.

Choose your answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

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

Answer:(D)

64. Who defined Non-alignment as a “Policy of keeping out

of alliances” ?

(A) K.M. Pannikar (B) George Schwarzenberger

Answer:(B)

65. The North American Free Trade Agreement 1994 (NAFTA) includes :

(A) U.S.A., Canada and Mexico

(B) Mexico, Japan and South Korea

(D) Canada, New Zealand and U.S.A.

Answer:(A)

66. Who among the following realist thinkers identifies ‘three images

of politics’ ?

(A) Hans Morgenthau (B) Kenneth Waltz

Answer:(B)

67. Read the following statements about South-South Co-operation :

1. South-South Co-operation is an alternative to North-South Aid.

2. It refers to co-operative mutually beneficial activities in the field of trade, service

and technology.

3. UN General Assembly declared 19 December the annual UN Day for South-South

Co-operation.

4. W.T.O. came into existence for facilitating South-South Co-operation.

Select your answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

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

Answer:(C)

68. Operation Enduring Freedom 2001 is related to

(A) Eviction of terrorists from Iraq

(B) Eviction of Taliban regime from Afghanistan

(D) Eviction of Arabs from Gaza strip

Answer:(B)

69. Which one of the following countries is not a member

of BIMSTEC that started in 1997 ?

(A) Bangladesh (B) India

Answer:(D)

70. What is not true about ASEAN (Association of South East

Asian Nations) ?

(A) Its declared objectives is regional peace and stability.

(B) It stands for strategic cooperation at regional level.

cultural, scientific and

(D) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdul Razak announced that ASEAN

was not committed to any political ideology.

Answer:(B)

71. Which one of the following is the report that triggered the process of U.N. reform ?

(A) Secretary General Kofi Annan’s Report 2005 entitled ‘In Larger Freedom’

(B) Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali Report 1992 ‘An Agenda for Peace’

Stronger Organisation World Wide.

(D) Amnesty International Report 1997 entitled, ‘Refugees’ : Human Rights have no

Borders’.

Answer:(B)

72. Which one of the following Reports cites the unjust global trade regime

as primary cause in increasing global inequality ?

(A) Doha Round (of GATT) Resolution, 2003

(B) Development Assistance Committee Report, 2003

(D) World Bank Report of 1989

Answer:(C)

73. Read the following statements and choose your answer from the codes given below :

1. “While all politics is necessarily pursuit of power, ideologies render involvement in

that contest for power, psychologically and morally acceptable to the actors and

their audience”.

2. The Ideals of Peace and of International law are eminently qualified to serve as

ideologies for a policy of status quo.

3. The Ideology of Peace has a tremendous role in attaining the objectives of the U.N.

4. Ideology has always an edge over National Interest.

Codes :

(A) All statements 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct

(B) Only 1 is correct

(D) Only 4 is correct

Answer:(C)

74. Match List – I with List – II and choose your answer from the codes

given below :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. Walden Bello i. A Globalizing World ? Culture,

Economics, Politics

b. Jagadish Bhagwati ii. Globalization and its Discontents

c. D. Held iii. In Defence of Globalization

d. Joseph E. Stiglitz iv. Deglobalization : Ideas for a New Economy

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii i ii

(B) iii i iv ii

(D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(A)

75. Which one of the following is not an IGO (Intergovernmental

Organization) ?

(A) United Nations (B) Amnesty International

Answer:(B)

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