Pol Science June 2012 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

1. Which among the following
statements is not correct ?
 (A) Post-behavioural political
theory interrelates value and
fact.
 (B) Post-behavioural political
theory is ethnocentric.
 (C) Post-behavioural political
theory is tied to action and
relevancy.
 (D) Post-behavioural political
theory is change oriented.
Answer:(B)


2. Positive liberalism does not believe in
 (A) Welfare State
 (B) Nanny State
 (C) State as a moral agency
 (D) Minimal State
Answer:(D)


3. Marx does not believe in
 (A) Human consciousness
determines social existence
 (B) Ideas are the reflections of the
interplay of material forces
 (C) The base determines the
superstructure
 (D) Matter is active and dynamic
Answer:(A)


4. Rawlsian concept of justice is based on
 (A) Distributive principle
 (B) Agreement principle
 (C) Difference principle
 (D) Joint method principle
Answer:(C)


5. The term ‘Ideology’ was first used in
the year
 (A) 1789 (B) 1792
 (C) 1795 (D) 1797
Answer:(D)


6. Satyavir Ki Katha, translated into
Gujarati by Gandhiji was from
 (A) The Prince
 (B) Dialogues of Plato
 (C) The Social Contract
 (D) War and Peace
Answer:(B)

7. Who adopted communism to Asiatic
form ?
 (A) M.N. Roy
 (B) Mao – Tse – Tung
 (C) Lenin
 (D) Trotsky
Answer:(B)


8. Which one among the following
statements is correct ?
 (A) Platonic justice is a legal
concept.
 (B) The Greek word for Justice is
dikaisune.
 (C) Platonic justice meant true in
word and deed and paying
one’s debts to Gods and men.
 (D) Platonic Justice consists in
conformity to the laws and
institutions laid down by the
Sovereign for his benefit and
enforced by his power.
Answer:(B)

9. Locke’s view on ‘state of nature’ is
 (A) Pre-social
 (B) Pre-political
 (C) Pre-social and pre-political
 (D) Social and Political
Answer:(B)

10. Which one among the following
statements is true ?
 (A) The Prince deals with
providing requirements for the
maintenance of political
instability in the Republics.
 (B) The Discourses expounds the
requirements for the
maintenance of political
instability in principalities.
 (C) The Prince is concerned with
the qualities of Princes, the
Discourses place a greater
emphasis on the civic demands
on citizens.
 (D) None of the above.
Answer:(C)


11. Who said : “Human nature is an
ensemble of social relations” ?
 (A) Gandhiji (B) M.N. Roy
 (C) Aurobindo (D) Mao
Answer:(B)

12. Aurobindo is mainly famous because
of his
 (A) Political Ideology
 (B) Revolutionary Activities
 (C) Life Divine
 (D) Association with Mother
Answer:(C)

13. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Platonic justice
represents a disposition to do
the right thing.
 Reason (R) : It is good to be
unjust but bad to suffer
injustice.
 (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 correct
explanation of (A).
 (C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
 (D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer:(C)

14. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List-I  List-II
(Authors)  (Books)
(a) Friedrich  (i) The Politics
Hayek

(b) John Rawls  (ii) Idea of Justice

(c) Amartya  (iii) The Road to Serfdom
Sen

(d) Plato  (iv) A Theory of Justice

 Code :
 (a) (b) (c) (d)
 (A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
 (B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
 (C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
 (D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
 Answer:(B)


15. What is the correct sequence of the
following in the Aristotle’s Theory
of Causation ?
 (i) Material cause
 (ii) Formal cause
 (iii) Final cause
 (iv) Efficient cause
 Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
 (A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
 (B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
 (C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
 (D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Answer:(D)

16. Who said that the structural–
functional approach was weak in
change, the social process approach
was weak in politics and the
comparative history approach was
weak in theory ?
 (A) Huntington
 (B) Paul F. Kress
 (C) Jean Blondel
 (D) Samir Amin
Answer:(A)

17. Who among the following
interpreted functionalism as an
alternative approach to Marxism ?
 (A) Paul F. Kress
 (B) Nicholson and Reynolds
 (C) W.G. Runciman
 (D) Morton Kaplan
Answer:(C)

18. Which one of the following has tried
to give an essentially engineering
orientation to human behaviour ?
 (A) Input-output analysis
 (B) Structural–functional approach
 (C) Communications theory
 (D) Behavioural approach
Answer:(C)

19. The characteristics of Almond’s
political system mostly resemble
those of the political system(s) of
 (A) United States of America
 (B) Scandinavian countries
 (C) Developing countries
 (D) Latin American countries
Answer:(A)

20. Who among the following identifies
political development with the
“institutionalisation of political
organisations and procedures” ?
 (A) Huntington
 (B) Lucian Pye
 (C) Organski
 (D) Almond
Answer:(A)


21. Which one of the following
approaches/theories was first started
as a critique of democracy and
socialism ?
 (A) Elite theory
 (B) Structural–functional approach
 (C) Communications theory
 (D) Game theory
Answer:(A)

22. Who among the following divided
the non-competitive party system
into one-party authoritarian, one-
party pluralistic and one-party
totalitarian ?
 (A) Alan Ball
 (B) La Palombara and Myron
Weiner
 (C) Harry Eckstein
 (D) James Jupp
Answer:(B)


23. In which of the following forms of
Government is the second chamber
as indispensable part of legislature ?
 (A) Presidential
 (B) Parliamentary
 (C) Unitary
 (D) Federal
Answer:(D)

24. Which one of the following books
has a chapter on ‘Politics in India’ ?
 (A) The Civic Culture Revisited
 (B) Politics and Government
 (C) Political Development and
Social Change
 (D) Comparative Politics Today
Answer:(D)

25. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below the lists :
List-I  List-II
(Form of  (Name of the Country)
Government)
(a) Parliamentary,         (i) The United
Federal,  Kingdom
Republican

(b) Presidential,  (ii) India
Federal,
Republican

(c) Parliamentary,          (iii) France
Unitary,
Monarchical

(d) Parliamentary (iv) The United Sates
cum-Presidential,            of   America
Unitary,
Republican
Code :
 (a) (b) (c) (d)
 (A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
 (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
 (C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
 (D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Answer:(D)

26. In which country all courts including
all levels of the State Courts have the
power of Judicial review ?
 (A) India (B) Switzerland
 (C) America (D) Australia
Answer:(C)


27. The Indian Federal System differs
from the American Federal System
in respect of the following :
 (1) Representation of the States in
the Upper House of the Federal
Legislature.
 (2) Existence of a Written
Constitution.
 (3) Vesting of Residuary Powers.
 (4) Dual Citizenship
 Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
 (A) (1) and (2) (B) (3) and (4)
 (C) (1), (2) and (3) (D) (4) only
Answer:(B)

28. Which one of the following is the
most important characteristic of a
Parliamentary Government ?
 (A) Majority Rule
 (B) Rule of Law
 (C) Direct election of Member of
Parliament
 (D) Collective responsibility of the
Executive to the Legislature
Answer:(D)


29. Which one of the following federal
systems was taken as a model by
K.C. Wheare for judging other
federal systems ?
 (A) Australian federal system
 (B) American federal system
 (C) Swiss federal system
 (D) Canadian federal system
Answer:(B)

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.
Assertion (A) : Presidential system
is suitable for meeting crises.
 Reason (R) : The President has a
fixed tenure.
 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
 (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct
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.
Answer:(B)

31. The Constituent Assembly was set-
up under the
 (A) Cripp Mission
 (B) Cabinet Mission Plan
 (C) Wavell Plan
 (D) Nehru Report
Answer:(B)

32. Who said the following ? ‘India’s
Constitution was born more in fear
and trepidation than in hope and
inspiration’
 (A) Paul Brass
 (B) Myron Weiner
 (C) K.C. Wheare
 (D) Jennings
Answer:(A)

33. Which of the following Articles of
the Constitution shields legislation
from being declared unconstitutional
and void ?
 (A) Art. 15 B (B) Art. 51 A
 (C) Art. 31 B (D) Art. 29 A
Answer:(C)

34. Which of the following Amendments
to the Indian Constitution has made
Right to Education a Fundamental
Right ?
 (A) 92nd (B) 94th

 (C) 93rd (D) 91st
Answer:(X)


35. Which of the following statements is
not correct ?
 (A) First Proclamation of
Emergency was declared in
1962.
 (B) Second Proclamation of
Emergency was declared in
1971.
 (C) Third Proclamation of
Emergency was declared in
1975.
 (D) Second and Third
Proclamations of Emergency
were revoked in 1978.
Answer:(D)

36. The power of Supreme Court of
India to decide the dispute between
the Centre and the States falls under
its
 (A) Advisory Jurisdiction
 (B) Appellate Jurisdiction
 (C) Original Jurisdiction
 (D) Advisory and Appellate
Jurisdiction
Answer:(C)

37. Who tried to period Indian politics in
terms of the tussle between a
“demand polity” and a “command
polity” ?
 (A) Rajni Kothari
 (B) Partha Chatterjee
 (C) Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph
 (D) Myron Weiner
Answer:(C)


38. Caste based reservations are labelled
as
 (A) Affirmative Action
 (B) Positive Discrimination
 (C) State Intervention
 (D) Society Egalitarianism
Answer:(B)

39. Which of the following was headed
by Raja Dhare and Nam Devdhasal ?
 (A) Dalit Tiger
 (B) Bheem Shakti
 (C) Dalit Panther
 (D) Dalit Elephant
Answer:(C)

40. Lloyd and Susanne Rudolf saw the
State in India as ‘Polymorphous’.
What does it mean ?
 (A) Creature of manifold forms
and orientation
 (B) Creature of multiple layers
 (C) Hybrid creature
 (D) Constantly changing creature
Answer:(A)

41. Who is the author of ‘Political
Economy of Development in India’ ?
 (A) Amartya Sen
 (B) Subipta Kaviraj
 (C) Pranab Bardhan
 (D) Hanza Allavi
Answer:(C)

42. In order to ensure free and fair
elections and to conduct all elections
to the Panchayats, the power is
vested with
 (A) Chief Election Commissioner
of India
 (B) Chief Minister of the State
 (C) State Election Commission
 (D) Chief Secretary of the State
Answer:(C)

43. Assertion (A) : The President of
India is the Constitutional Head
of the State.
 Reason (R) : All powers are
vested in the Council of
Ministers headed by the Prime
Minister.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
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).
 (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
 (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(A)

44. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List-I  List-II
(a) Emergence of  (i) 1940
Muslim League

(b) Lucknow Pact  (ii) 1906

(c) Motilal Nehru  (iii) 1916
Report

(d) Two-Nation  (iv) 1928
Theory

 Code :
 (a) (b) (c) (d)
 (A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
 (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
 (C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
 (D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Answer:(B)

45. What is the correct sequence of the
following Presidents of India ? Use
the code given below :
 (i) Dr. Zakir Hussain
 (ii) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
 (iii) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
 (iv) R. Venkataraman
 (A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
 (B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
 (C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
 (D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Answer:(B)

46. Consider the following statements :
 In the area of organizational
principles
 (1) In working out organizational
principles, Gulick was
influenced by Fayol’s fourteen
principles.
 (2) Urwick warns against the ‘use
of committees for the purpose
of administration’
 (3) Gulick gives no regard to the
bases on which work may be
divided.
 (4) Fayol believed in the principle
of ‘unity of command’.
 Which of these statements is/are
correct ?
 (A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
 (B) 1, 2 and 3
 (C) 1 and 4
 (D) 1, 2 and 4
Answer:(D)


47. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List-I  List-II
(a) Frederick  (i) The Need Hierarchy
Herzberg

(b) Abraham  (ii) The existence of
Maslow  Clects’


(c) Fred W. (iii) Motivator – Hygiene
Riggs  Approach


(d) M.P. Follett (iv) Concept of
Partnership
 Codes :
 (a) (b) (c) (d)
 (A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
 (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
 (C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
 (D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Answer:(A)

48. According to Chester I. Barnard
which one of the following is not
correct about an order to be
authoritative ?
 (A) It should conform to the
purpose of the organization.
 (B) It should be intelligible.
 (C) It should be motivating
monetarily.
 (D) It should be feasible.
Answer:(C)


49. According to Mooney, conferring of
specified authority by a higher
authority is
 (A) Decentralization
 (B) Delegation
 (C) Deconcentration
 (D) Disintegration
Answer:(B)

50. Who defined development
administration as “Action-oriented,
goal-oriented administrative system” ?
 (A) Fred W. Riggs
 (B) Dwight Waldo
 (C) Robert Dahl
 (D) Edward Weidner
Answer:(D)

51. According to David Nachmias and
D.H. Rosenbloom, which one of the
following is not a feature of
participatory bureaucracy ?
 (A) Civil Service Associations to
protect them from political
tyranny.
 (B) High level of social
representativeness in a national
bureaucracy.
 (C) Participation of bureaucratic
employees in decisions.
 (D) Citizen participation in
bureaucratic policy making
Answer:(A)

52. Who among the following
introduced the concept of ‘Zone of
Indifference’ in an organization ?
 (A) Herbert Simon
 (B) Douglas McGregor
 (C) Chester I. Barnard
 (D) Chris Argyris
Answer:(C)


53. Taylor’s concept of Mental
Revolution stands for
 (A) Cooperation, Harmony and
Restricted output
 (B) Restricted output and
Cooperation
 (C) Harmony and Cooperation
 (D) Economy, Cooperation and
restricted output.
Answer:(C)

54. Which of the following committee
recommended two-tier Panchayatiraj
institutions ?
 (A) Ashok Mehta Committee
 (B) G.V.K. Rao Committee
 (C) R.R. Diwakar Committee
 (D) L.M. Singhvi Committee
Answer:(A)

55. When was the Central Vigilance
Commission set up by the
Government of India ?
 (A) 1961
 (B) 1964
 (C) 1967
 (D) 1971
Answer:(B)

56. Arrange the following committees in
chronological order and choose the
correct answer from the codes given
below :
 (i) Kripalani Committee
 (ii) Santhanam Committee
 (iii) Tek Chand Committee
 (iv) Vivian Bose Committee
Codes :
 (A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
 (B) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
 (C) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
 (D) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
Answer:(D)

57. Which of the following committees
recommended Block Level Planning ?
 (A) Hanumantha Rao Committee
 (B) G.V.K. Rao Committee
 (C) L.N. Singhvi Committee
 (D) Dantwala Committee
Answer:(D)

58. Which among the following is not a
feature of Liberalisation ?
 (A) Deregulation
 (B) Debureaucratisation
 (C) Disinvestment
 (D) Statisation
Answer:(D)

59. The institution of ‘Ombudsman’ was
first introduced in
 (A) Denmark
 (B) UK
 (C) Sweden
 (D) Switzerland
Answer:(C)

60. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R).
 Assertion (A) : Talking about
responsibility, Follett
maintains that “the distinction
between those who manage
and those who are managed is
somewhat fading.’
 Reason (R) : ‘Each individual
function must be seen in terms
of its interdependence with
other functions’ in the
organization.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
 (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.
Answer:(B)

61. Which of the following was an
important figure in the development
of liberal perspectives on
international politics ?
 (A) Thomas Hobbes
 (B) Woodrow Wilson
 (C) Hans J. Morganthan
 (D) Henry Kissinger
Answer:(B)

62. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List-I  List-II
(a) Samuel P.  (i) Retreat of the State
Huntington
(b) Joseph Nye  (ii) World Systems

(c) Susan  (iii) Clash of Civilizations
Strange

(d) Immanuel  (iv) Soft Power
Wallerstein

 Codes :
 (a) (b) (c) (d)
 (A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
 (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
 (C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
 (D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Answer:(A)

63. The Bretton Woods Agreement
 (A) led to a campaign to save the
rainforest
 (B) argues that the Soviet Union
was a success of the unmixed
economy
 (C) led to the establishment of the
International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
 (D) led to the establishment of the
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Answer:(C)

64. According to many realists, how is
international peace best secured ?
 (A) Concessions by peaceful States
to powerful ones.
 (B) A balance of power between
States.
 (C) Trying to spread democratic
values throughout the world.
 (D) A worldwide federation of
States.
Answer:(B)


65. In the field of nuclear strategy what
does MAD stand for ?
 (A) Missiles Are Dangerous
 (B) Mammals Are Doomed
 (C) Make America Die
 (D) Mutually Assured Destruction
Answer:(D)

66. Who said the following, ‘War is
Foreign Policy by other means” ?
 (A) Carl von Clausewitz
 (B) Napoleon Bonaparte
 (C) Quincy Wright
 (D) Hugo Clausewitz
Answer:(A)

67. Non-alignment as India’s foreign
policy meant
 (A) neutrality
 (B) equidistance between the three
blocs during the cold war
 (C) independence and judging each
issue on its relevance to our
national interest.
 (D) interference into the internal
affairs of other States.
Answer:(C)

68. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : India is for nuclear
disarmament at the global level
and for a credible minimum
deterrence at the regional level.
 Reason (R) : India’s nuclear
policy has dual objectives.
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).
 (C) (A) is true but (R) is false
 (D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Answer:(A)


69. What is the correct sequence of the
following Ministers of External
Affairs of India ?
 (i) S.M. Krishna
 (ii) Atal. B. Vajpayee
 (iii) Pranab Mukherjee
 (iv) Swarna Singh
 Arrange the following
chronologically from who came first :
 (A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
 (B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
 (C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
 (D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Answer:(A)

70. “Indira Doctrine” is considered an
important aspect of India’s foreign
policy for it defines
 (A) The objectives of India’s
foreign policy.
 (B) It equates India’s security with
that of the region and the
predominance of India.
 (C) India’s security is coterminous
with the region and any
interference of external powers
is taken as a threat to India’s
security.
 (D) Doctrine enunciated by Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi which
was for the neighbours.
Answer:(C)

71. The United Nations Charter is
mainly
 (A) largely concerned with
individual human rights.
 (B) wholly concerned with the
relationship between States.
 (C) devoted to a wide range of
subjects including peace,
justice, freedom and economic
and social rights.
 (D) devoted to duties and rights of
great, medium and small
powers
Answer:(C)


72. International society tradition is also
known as the
 (A) Anglo-American School of
International Relations.
 (B) English School of International
Relations.
 (C) European School of
International Relations
 (D) Alternative School of
International Relations
Answer:(B)

73. The main purpose of the Indo-Sri
Lanka Accord was
 (A) India’s war against Tamils.
 (B) India’s intention to partition
Sri Lanka.
 (C) To end the ethnic strife
between the Sinhalese and
Tamils.
 (D) To legalise Tamil Militant
groups.
Answer:(C)

74. The Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum
 (A) is part of a more general trend
towards regional blocs.
 (B) accounts for over half the
world’s GDP
 (C) has member states which
include authoritarian regimes
as well as democracies.
 (D) All of the above are true
Answer:(D)
.
75. The US approach to the Cold War
was originally set out in
 (A) The Nixon Doctrine
 (B) The Marshall Plan
 (C) The Monroe Doctrine
 (D) The Truman Doctrine
Answer:(D)