Sep 2013
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All
questions are compulsory.
1. For Savarkar, what were the three
fundamental bonds that united the
Hindus ?
(A) Territory, Race, Culture.
(B) Territory, Population,
Sovereignty.
(C) Territory, Government and
International Recognition.
(D) None of the above.
Answer:(A)
2. The idea of Participatory democracy
originates with
(A) Aristotle (B) Cicero
(C) Locke (D) Rousseau
Answer:(D)
3. Plato describes the working of the
human mind by
(A) the allegory of the cave
(B) the metaphor of the divided
line
(C) the doctrine of forms
(D) All of the above
Answer:(D)
4. Who among the following regarded
Buddhism as a moral and tolerant
alternative to Marxism ?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) M.N. Roy
Answer:(C)
5. John Rawls’ theory of Justice
combines
(A) People’s democracy, market
economy, and the redistributive
welfare scheme.
(B) Liberal democracy, command
economy and distributive
justice.
(C) Liberal or associational
socialistic democracy, market
economy and the redistributive
welfare scheme.
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
6. Who among the following envisaged
the conflict of the present age as
between the all devouring collective
ego – whether of the nation or of the
class and the individual struggling
for freedom ?
(A) Gandhi
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Aurobindo
(D) Ambedkar
Answer:(B)
7. Who differentiated between
antagonistic and non-antagonistic
contradictions ?
(A) Marx
(B) Lenin
(C) Mao
(D) M.N. Roy
Answer:(C)
8. Identify the correct sequence
regarding the debate on the
decline/demise of Political theory.
(i) David Easton on decline of
Political theory.
(ii) R.A. Dahl on death of Political
theory.
(iii) Riemer-Political theory is in
the dog house.
(iv) Peter Laslett on demise of
Political theory.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(C) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
Answer:(B)
9. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. D. Held i. Participation and
Democratic theory
b. J. Lively ii. Models of
Democracy
c. MacPherson iii. Democracy
d. C. Pateman iv. The Real World of
Democracy
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer:(B)
10. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : John Stuart Mill is
a reluctant democrat.
Reason (R) : All peoples are fit
for democracy.
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 correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(C)
11. Which of the following statements
are true of the British Parliamentary
system ?
(i) Parliament can make law on
any subject.
(ii) The Queen acts on the advice
of the Cabinet.
(iii) The House of Lords can delay
a bill passed by the House of
Commons for two years.
(iv) The Cabinet functions on the
principle of collective
responsibility.
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer:(D)
12. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Electoral Process) (Countries)
a. First-Past-the i. Germany
Post system
b. Second Ballot ii. Switzerland
system
c. Additional iii. USA
member system
d. Party list system iv. France
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer:(B)
13. Structural-functionalism is primarily
(A) a measurement for comparison
(B) an ideology of development
(C) a framework of investigation
(D) a method of governance
Answer:(C)
14. According to S.P. Huntigton
“Political Decay” takes place when
(A) Mass Mobilisation plus
participation is greater than
Institutionalisation.
(B) Mass mobilisation and
participation is lesser than
Institutionalisation.
(C) The Institutions have both
complexity and simplicity.
(D) There is longevity of
Institutions.
Answer:(A)
15. Assertion (A) : The US Senate is
the most powerful second
chamber in the world.
Reason (R) : There are few
things which the President and
the House of Representatives
can do together without the
approval of the Senate.
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) (R) is true but (A) is false.
Answer:(A)
16. Which of the following pairs are
correctly matched ?
(i) Dependency : Samir Amin
theory
(ii) Theory of : Lucian Pye
Development
(iii) Theory of : Karl Marx
Alienation
(iv) Theory of : Johan Rawls
Negative Liberty
Select the correct
(A) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct.
Answer:(D)
17. Which of the following are the
common features of India and U.K ?
(i) Supremacy of Parliament
(ii) A written Constitution
(iii) Bicameralism
(iv) Prime Minister is the leader of
the largest party on the floor of
the House.
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct.
Answer:(C)
18. Which among the following defined
the electoral law as – “The majority
(plurality) single ballot system that
tends to a party dualism”.
(A) Duverger’s law
(B) Rae/Riker proposition
(C) Sartori’s tendency law
(D) Cox’s coordination argument
Answer:(A)
19. Which one of the following theories
developed by the European thinkers
came under the active discussion of
social scientists in the US in the
fifties ?
(A) Communications theory
(B) Elite theory
(C) Structural functionalism
(D) Decision-making theory
Answer:(B)
20. Ralph Miliband mewed the state as
an instrument in the hands of the
ruling class. Which perspective of
comparative politics can he be placed
under ?
(A) Structural
(B) Feminist
(C) Instrumental
(D) Plural Socialist
Answer:(C)
21. Who among the following was not a
member of the Indian Constituent
Assembly ?
(A) Sir Firoz Khan Nur
(B) Sir Zafarullah Khan
(C) Dr. Jay Shankar
(D) Jai Prakash Narayan
Answer:(D)
22. The Drafting Committee member of
the Constituent Assembly said that
Governor nominated by the President
will be the agent of the Central
Government. Identify
(A) T.T. Krishnamachari
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer:(A)
23. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Books) (Editors/
Authors)
a. Development i. Anthony D. Smith
Planning and the
Indian State.
b. India : ii. T.V. Satyamurthy
Globalization
and change
c. Industry and iii. Pamela Shurmer
Agriculture in Smith
India Since
independence
d. Theories of iv. Partha Chatterji
Nationalism.
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer:(A)
24. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Chief Ministers (Governors
dismissed) responsible)
a. Ajay Mukherjee i. Gopala
Reddy
b. Charan Singh ii. Jagmohan
c. N.T. Rama Rao iii. Dharam Vira
d. Farooq iv. Ram Lal
Abdullah
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv ii i iii
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) iii i iv ii
Answer:(D)
25. Which of the former presidents was
associated with the Trade-Union
Movement in India ?
(A) K.R. Narayanan
(B) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(C) V.V. Giri
(D) Rana Swami Venkat Raman
Answer:(C)
26. In which state of India seat is
reserved in the Legislative Assembly
on religious basis ?
(A) Goa
(B) Mizoram
(C) Sikkim
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer:(C)
27. “Communalism is the political
assertiveness of a community to
maintain its identity in a plural
society undergoing modernization”.
Who among the following has given
the above mentioned statement ?
(A) Robert Melson and Howard
Wolpe
(B) William Riker
(C) Mark Robinson
(D) Charles Metcalfe
Answer:(A)
28. Which of the following is the correct
explanation of regional parties ?
(i) The democratization of state
structures and political
practices.
(ii) The resurgent articulation of
local and regional interests in
the wake of the retrenchment of
the welfare state and turn to
neo-liberalism.
(iii) The modernization paradigm
defined regions as spatial units.
(iv) The politicization of minority
nations. (nations without states)
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (iii), (i) and (iv) are correct.
Answer:(C)
29. In whose book caste has been defined
as “endogamous group on collection of
endogamous groups bearing a common
name, membership of which is
hereditary, imposing on its members
certain restrictions in matter of social
intercourse, either following a
common traditional occupation or
claiming a common origin, and
generally regarded as forming a single
homogeneous community”.
(A) M.N. Srinivas
(B) Bipin Chandra
(C) E. Blunt
(D) Zoya Hasan
Answer:(C)
30. Who has given the following
statement in reference to India ?
“There three forces (computing forces
of nationalism, regionalism and
globalism) are relative to and
overlapping with one another,
sometimes antagonistic and sometimes
co-operative towards each other but
never harmonious.”
(A) Rumki Basu
(B) Arie M.M. Kacowicz
(C) Sanjay Basu
(D) Jagdish Bhagwati
Answer:(B)
31. Which one of the following describe
administration as “the organisation
and direction of human and material
resources to achieve desired ends” ?
(A) H.A. Simon (B) L.D. White
(C) J.A. Veig (D) J.M. Pfiffner
Answer:(D)
32. “Good governance” and
“Participating Civil Society for
Development” mere stressed in
World Bank Report of
(A) 1992 (B) 1997
(C) 2000 (D) 2003
Answer:(A)
33. If the administrative authority within
a department is vested in a single
individual, then that system is known
as
(A) Commission (B) Council
(C) Bureau (D) Board
Answer:(C)
34. Audit of State Government is
(A) A state subject
(B) A union subject
(C) In the concurrent list
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
35. The rule of Lapse means
(A) All pending bills in Parliament
lapse with its propagation.
(B) The demand for grants of a
ministry lapse with criticism of
its policy by the opposition.
(C) All appropriations voted by the
legislature expire at the end of
the financial year.
(D) The appropriation bill lapses if
it is not returned by Rajya
Sabha within 14 days.
Answer:(C)
36. A new All India Service can be
created by
(A) An amendment of the
Constitution
(B) A resolution under Article 312
of the Constitution
(C) An executive order
(D) A statute
Answer:(B)
37. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. W.F. i. Principles of
Willougby Organisation
b. Mary ii. Industrial General
Parker Management
Follet
c. Mooney iii. Principles of Public
And Reiley Administration
d. Henri Fayol iv. Creative
experience
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(B)
38. Which of the following is not an All
India Service ?
(A) Indian Police Service
(B) Indian Administrative Service
(C) Indian Forest Service
(D) Indian Foreign Service
Answer:(D)
39. Who developed the concept of
“Managerial Grid” ?
(A) Blake and White
(B) Mouton and Shophan
(C) Blake and Schmidt
(D) Blake and Mouton
Answer:(D)
40. Which one of the following is not a
provision to ensure the independence
of U.P.S.C. ?
(A) The Chairman and member
hold office for a fixed term.
(B) A member may be removed
only by the President and that
too on the grounds and in
manner provided in the
Constitution.
(C) The expenses of the
commission are charged on the
consolidated fund of India.
(D) A member on the expiry of his
term is eligible for re-
appointment for other
governmental jobs.
Answer:(D)
41. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Emphasis) (Theories)
a. Security i. Liberalism
b. Freedom ii. International
Political
Economy
c. Order and iii. Realism
Justice
d. Welfare iv. International Society
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer:(X)
42. With which approach broadly would
you associate the following statement :
“All power requires knowledge and
all knowledge relies on and reinforces
existing power relations” ?
(A) Normative theory
(B) Empirical theory
(C) Postmodernism
(D) Post-behaviouralism
Answer:(C)
43. Assertion (A) : As per dependency
model under development is
caused by the factors external
to the poor countries.
Reason (R) : Developing world
countries are dominated by
foreign capital interests
originating in developed west.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation of
(A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(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
(Trans National
Corporation)
(Country)
a. Toyata i. USA
b. General ii. Japan
Electric
c. Nestle iii. Switzerland
d. Electrolux iv. Canada
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i ii iv iii
Answer:(C)
45. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Regional (Head Quarters)
Economic
Commission)
a. Economic i. Switzerland
Commission
for Europe
b. Economic ii. Ethipoia
Commission
for Africa
c. Economic iii. Chile
Commission
for Latin
America
d. Economic iv. Iraq
Commission
for West Asia
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer:(A)
46. Commenting on the importance of
the Himalayan frontier on Indian
Foreign policy which one of
following leader said “If it is
breached, the way to Indian Plains
and Indian ocean beyond would be
exposed and threats and India would
then like wise, be threat to other
countries of South and South east
Asia.
(A) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
(B) Prime Minister Lal Bhadhur
Shastri
(C) Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi
(D) Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal
Nehru
Answer:(D)
47. The CECA (Comprehensive
Economic Cooperation Agreement)
was formally announced to bost
bilateral ties between
(A) India – Vietnam
(B) India – Myanmar
(C) India – Malaysia
(D) India – Singapore
Answer:(D)
48. The “Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and
Friendship (1950)” is being criticised
by Nepali Maoist because
(A) Unequal Treaty
(B) Rising Assertion of Nepali
Identity
(C) Policy of equidistance with
China
(D) All of the above
Answer:(D)
49. Which one of the following leaders
did not participate in four continent
peace initiative of nuclear
disarmament of 1984 ?
(A) President Raul Alfonsin
(B) Prime Minister Andreas
Panpan Andreas
(C) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
(D) President Zia-ul-Haq
Answer:(D)
50. Assertion (A) : Although China has
invested large capital in
Pakistan projects exclusively in
the Gwadar harbour yet
Chinese reconsider their
policies which has led to a
reduction in the importance
enjoyed by Pakistan.
Reason (R) : Apart from
available huge opportunity of
selling Chinese goods in Indian
market, the growing tentacles
of Islamic fundamentalism in
Xingjiang with the
collaboration of the Taliban
and Al-Qaeda have pushed
China to reconsider its South
Asian Policy.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation of
(A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(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)
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