Pol Science June 2013 Paper III Solved ( Re-Conduct Sep 2013)

Sep 2013

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 is

correct regarding the decline of

Political theory ?

(A) Historicism

(B) Hyper factualism

(D) All of the above

Answer:(D)

2. Who among the following is not an

exponent of contextualism ?

(A) Skinner (B) Pocock

Answer:(D)

3. Who amongst the following is a

defender of Plato ?

(A) Popper (B) Crossman

Answer:(D)

4. Who defines citizen as sharing “in

the civic life of ruling and being

ruled in turn” ?

(A) Plato (B) Aristotle

Answer:(B)

5. Amongst the following whose political

theory is based on nominalism ?

(A) Hobbes (B) Locke

Answer:(A)

6. John Locke’s ‘Two Treatises on

Civil Government is a critique of

(A) Hobbes (B) Filmer

Answer:(B)

7. Which among the following is

correct ?

General Will refers to

(A) My Own Real Will

(B) Group Mind

(D) All of the above

Answer:(D)

8. Who among the following thought of

human beings as ‘home faber’ ?

(A) St. Simon (B) Guizot

Answer:(C)

9. Who among the following says that

the workers do not spontaneously

become socialists, but only trade

unionists, and revolutionary ideology

must in consequence be brought to

them by professional revolutionaries ?

(A) Marx (B) M.N. Roy

Answer:(D)

10. Which among the following is

correct so far as Aurobindo beliefs

are concerned ?

(A) Belief that his education and

talent belong to God which

could not be utilised for

personal happiness alone.

(B) His resolve that he would not

merely repeat the name of God,

but have direct realisation of

Him.

regard the country as an inert

object, but as the Mother.

(D) All of the above.

Answer:(D)

11. Who among the following criticized

Marxian theory of surplus value ?

(A) Savarkar

(B) M.N. Roy

(D) Jayaprakash Narayan

Answer:(B)

12. Who among the following said :

“Those who say that religion has

nothing to do with politics do not

know what religion means” ?

(A) Aurobindo (B) M.K. Gandhi

Answer:(B)

13. Identify the correct sequence of the

books written by F.A. Hayek

(i) Rules and Order

(ii) The Mirage of Social Justice

(iii) The Constitution of Liberty

(iv) The Road to Serfdom

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

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

(D) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

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. M. Sandel i. The Restructuring

of Social and

Political theory

b. M. Waltzer ii. Contemporary

Political

Philosophy

c. W. Kymlicka iii. Spheres of Justice:

A Defence of

Pluralism and

Equality

d. R.J. iv. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

Bernstein

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iv iii ii i

(D) ii i iv iii

Answer:(B)

15. 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) : Great Political

theories, originated as Sabine

put it, in the interstices of

Political and Social crises.

Reason (R) : There is no

disinterested political theory.

Codes :

(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).

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

Answer:(A)

16. According to Almond and Verba the

individuals, in a Parochial culture

have low

(A) Cognitive Orientation about the

Political System, its leaders and

operation.

(B) Affective Orientation about the

system, its leaders and operation.

the system, its leaders and

operation.

(D) All of the above.

Answer:(D)

17. The ‘Block Vote System’ is also

known as

(A) First-past-the-post system

(B) Limited vote system

(D) List system

Answer:(A)

18. In the American Presidential

election, in case no candidate secures

the required majority, the decision is

referred to the

(A) Electorate

(B) Electoral college

(D) House of Representatives

Answer:(D)

19. According to S.P. Huntigton Political

Development takes place when

(A) Mass Mobilisation and

Participation is greater than

Institutionalisation.

(B) Mass Mobilisation and

Participation is lesser than

Institutionalisation.

Institutions.

(D) There is no generational

change in Institutions

Answer:(B)

20. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Model)

a. Party i. Linking voting behaviour to

Identification group membership.

Model

b. Sociological ii. Voting a national actor.

Model

c. National iii. Voting shaped by process of

Choice ideological manipulation.

Model

d. Dominant iv. Psychological attachment of

Ideology people to political parties.

Model

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iii iv i ii

(B) ii iv iii i

(D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(C)

21. The concept of Unified and divided

government was invented in the

U.S.A. Divided Government means

(i) That the Presidency is held by

one party and Senate of the

Congress is controlled by the

other party.

(ii) That the Presidency is held by

one party the House of

Representative of the congress

is held by the other party.

(iii) that the Presidency is held by

one party and both the

chambers of Congress are

controlled by the other party.

(iv) That the Presidency and both

the chambers of congress are

under the control of same

party.

Select the correct answer from the

following codes :

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iv)

(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)

(D) (iii) and (iv)

Answer:(C)

22. Who among the following regards

political development as political

modernization plus institutionali-

zation ?

(A) Almond

(B) Helio Jaquaribe

(D) None of the above

Answer:(B)

23. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Schools of (Writers)

Modernization)

a. Psychological i. Daniel Lerner

School

b. Structural ii. G.A. Almond

School

c. Normative iii. Sheldon Wolin

School

d. Post-modernist iv. Lyotard

School

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii i iii iv

(D) iii ii iv i

Answer:(A)

24. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. Walter i. Theories of Under

Rodney development and Development

b. Geoffray ii. How Europe Under developed

Kay Africa

c. Ronald iii. Development and Under development :

H. Chilcote A Marxist Analysis

d. Joseph iv. Imperialism: Social classes

Schumpeter

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) iii iv i ii

(D) ii iii i iv

Answer:(D)

25. The pressure groups – the National

Council of Churches and the Anti-

Saloon League are in

(A) the United States of America

(B) the United Kingdom

(D) Switzerland

Answer:(A)

26. Name the variety of motives that can

underpin the decision to join interest

groups provided by James Wilson.

(i) Instrumental

(ii) Purposive

(iii) Expressive

(iv) Selective Incentives

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

Answer:(C)

27. Who of the following makes a

distinction between liberal

constitutionalism and Democratic

disorder ?

(A) Francis Fukuyama

(B) Theda Skocpol

(D) Fareed Zakaria

Answer:(B)

28. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

a. Pre-occupations i. Robert Dahl

with faction and

pressure groups.

b. Managerial ii. Burnham

Revolution

c. Participatory iii. Pateman

Democracy

d. Instrumentalist iv. Miliband

theory of the state

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) i iii ii iv

(D) iii iv i ii

Answer:(A)

29. Which of the following are the

features of the list system of voting ?

(i) The Constituencies are both

single and multi-member ones.

(ii) The Constituencies are only

multi-member ones.

(iii) The voters vote for the

individual candidates.

(iv) Parties put up a panel of

candidates for election.

Select the correct answer :

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct.

Answer:(D)

30. Assertion (A) : Lucian Pye

identified three key ingredients

of Political development as

equality, capacity and

differentiation.

Reason (R) : High level of

differentiation leads to

development and capacity

building.

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

Answer:(A)

31. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Prime (Tenure of the

Minister) Prime Minister)

a. I.K. Gujral i. 16 May 1996 – 1

June 1996

b. A.B. ii. 21 April 1997 –

Vajpayee 18 March 1998

c. H.D. Deve iii. 10 November

Gowda 1990 – 21 June, 1991

d. Chandra iv. 1 June, 1996 –

Shekhar 20 April, 1997

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) ii i iv iii

(D) iii ii i iv

Answer:(B)

32. Which of the following is the correct

sequence regarding the passage of

the Budget ?

1. Voting on Grants

2. General Discussion

3. Finance Bill

4. Appropriation Bill

Select the correct code from the

following :

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

Answer:(B)

33. Which of the following is not a

Directive Principle of State Policy ?

(A) Right to adequate means of

livelihood.

(B) Protection of language, script

or culture of minorities.

raise the level of nutrition and

standard of living and to

improve public health.

(D) to develop cottage industries.

Answer:(B)

34. Assertion (A) : The President of

India is indirectly elected.

Reason (R) : Under a

Parliamentary system of

Government, the head of State

is only a nominal head.

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

Answer:(A)

35. Assertion (A) : Money bills

originate only in the Lower

House of the Parliament.

Reason (R) : The Lower House

of the Parliament is a popularly

elected body.

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

Answer:(A)

36. Which one of the following

committees, is an exclusive

committee of Rajya Sabha ?

(i) Committee on Subordinate

Legislation.

(ii) Committee on Government

Assurance.

(iii) Committee on Papers Laid on

the Table.

(iv) Committee on Public

Undertakings.

Choose the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

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

Answer:(D)

37. According to Article 170, the

maximum members of the State

Legislative Assemblies which are

directly elected could be

(A) 403 (B) 485

Answer:(D)

38. Who is the editor/author of the book

– “Politics and the State in India” ?

(A) M.N. Srinivas

(B) Dharma Kumar

(D) Atul Kohli

39. Which of the following has been

provided by the Indian Constitution ?

(A) Religious education can not be

imparted in private educational

institutions.

(B) In private religious institutions

presence is not compulsory in

religious education.

presence is compulsory in

religious education.

(D) Religious education can be

imparted in government

educational institutions.

Answer:(B)

40. Which of the following is not a

peasants’ movement ?

(A) Kheda Movement

(B) Tabligh Movement

(D) Tebhaga Movement

Answer:(B)

41. Which of the following phrase has

been used by Bendict Anderson for

Indian Nationalism ?

(A) Polycentric Nationalism

(B) Ethnocentric Nationalism

(D) Liberal Nationalism

Answer:(C)

42. Which of the following are Atul

Kohli’s definition of the crisis of

governability in India as

(i) The absence of enduring

coalitions.

(ii) Policy ineffectiveness.

(iii) An incapacity to accommodate

political conflict without

violence.

(iv) Growing disjuncture between

centralization and development.

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

Answer:(A)

43. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Ideas)

a. Lloyd and i. State is Chief

Susanne allocator of resources and

Rudolph Chief facilitator among social

groups.

b. Partha ii. Indian State embedded in

Chatterjee group and class pluralism.

c. Frankel and iii. Over developed post colonial

MSA Rao state.

d. Hamza Alavi iv. Democratic politics split

between public institutions and

political institutions.

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii i ii

(B) iii iv ii i

(D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(C)

44. Who pointed out that the western

antonym of “secular” is “religious”.

But in India, the antonym of

“secular” is “communal” ?

(A) T.N. Madan

(B) Rajeev Bhargav

(D) Thomas Pantham

Answer:(D)

45. Which one is not an element of the

Secular State is India ?

(A) Civil Equality.

(B) Freedom of Religion.

State.

(D) Taxation on religious property.

Answer:(D)

46. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. Seldon i. A power of

Oliver Public Administration

b. Lepaworky ii. The Philosophy

Albert (ed.) of Management

c. Ashok iii. Administration

Chanda the Art and Science of

Organisation and Management

d. Finer S.E. iv. Indian Administration

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv i ii iii

(B) i iv iii ii

(D) iii i ii iv

Answer:(C)

47. In India promotion cases of senior

Civil Servants are decided by

(A) The Head Office

(B) The Departmental Promotion

Committee

(D) The Cabinet Committee

Answer:(D)

48. Who among the following says that

Public Administration includes the

operations only of the executive

branch of Government ?

(A) Luther Gulick

(B) L.D. White

(D) L.D. White and Luther Gulick

Answer:(A)

49. The concept of the “Zone of

indifference” is associated with

(A) Motivation

(B) Authority

(D) Decision-making

Answer:(B)

50. Which of the following is a feature of

Public Corporation ?

(A) It enjoys complete

administrative autonomy from

the control from ministry.

(B) It has its own budget separate

from National Budget.

the Management of funds.

(D) It enjoys the initiative of a

Private Enterprise.

Answer:(A)

51. Which of the following is not

included in “hygiene” factors in the

Herzberg two-factor theory of

motivation ?

(A) Responsibility

(B) Salary

(D) Company policy

Answer:(A)

52. The term “Performance Budget was

coined by

(A) Administrative Reforms

Commission of India.

(B) First Hoover Commission of USA.

USA.

(D) Estimates Committee of India.

Answer:(B)

53. Which one of the following was not

the recommendation of Administrative

Reforms Commission in India about

the working of Public Corporations ?

(A) High functionaries should be

full time employees.

(B) Secretary of the Ministry

concerned should always be

included as the member of the

board of Management.

more effective.

(D) All of the above.

Answer:(B)

54. ‘Position classification’ is the

classification of

(A) Duties

(B) Salaries

(D) Departments

Answer:(A)

55. The Civil Service was defined as a

“Professional body of officials,

permanent, paid and skilled” by

(A) Felix Nigro (B) O.G. Stahl

Answer:(C)

56. Which of the following reports deals

with the relations between the

specialists and generalists ?

(A) Kothari Committee Report

(B) Sarkaria Committee Report

(D) Fulton Committee Report

Answer:(D)

57. Reservation for the Scheduled Castes

and Scheduled Tribes in the services

has been provided under

(A) Article 315 (B) Article 335

Answer:(B)

58. The “Gang-Plank” refers to

(A) Equity (B) Level jumping

Answer:(B)

59. Which one of the following is not the

characteristic of Public Corporation ?

(A) It is a legal identity.

(B) It can neither sue nor can be

sued.

(D) It can own property.

Answer:(B)

60. Assertion (A) : The All-India

Services do not violate the

federal principle of the

Constitution as well as the

autonomy of the states.

Reason (R) : The All-India

Service Officers are governed

by the Central Government

rules and the State

Governments do not have full

control over them.

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:(D)

61. Under which theoretical approach

will you place Alexander Wendt ?

(A) Post modernism

(B) Critical theory

(D) Social constructivism

Answer:(D)

62. What is the correct ascending

chronological order of the treaties

give below :

(i) Comprehensive Test Ban

Treaty.

(ii) Landmines Ban Treaty.

(iii) Chemical Weapons Agreement.

(iv) Indefinite Extension of NPT.

Codes :

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

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

(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

Answer:(B)

63. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Type of Political (Countries)

Systems)

a. Constitutionally i. USA

decentralized

unions.

b. Union with ii. UK

certain federal

features.

c. Confederation iii. India

d. Federation iv. Switzerland

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii iv i

(B) iii ii i iv

(D) i iv iii ii

Answer:(A)

64. Origin of the Communication

approach can be traced to

(A) Biology

(B) Philosophy

(D) Cybernetic Engineering

Answer:(D)

65. Third tier states are states as stated

by Steven Metz are marked by

(A) Corruption

(B) Crisis of Governance

(D) Periodic instability

Answer:(B)

66. The concept of the League of Nations

was conceived in the ideas of

(A) E.H. Carr

(B) Kaiser Wilhem

(D) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer:(C)

67. Assertion (A) : the emergence and

strengthening of regional

parties are connected.

Reason (R) : Regionalism from

below has its roots in

distinctive cultures and

identities.

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).

(D) (R) is true and (A) is false.

Answer:(A)

68. Which one of the determinants of

Indian Foreign Policy is not the

reason for defacto recognition of

Israel by India before 1980 ?

(A) Economic factor

(B) Pluralist nature of Indian

Society

(D) Ideology of Indian Nation

Answer:(C)

69. Which one of the countries was not a

member of the Commission

appointed by the Security council to

solve the Indo-Pak Kashmir dispute ?

(A) Argentina (B) U.S.A.

Answer:(D)

70. “Hot Line” in International Relations

means

(A) Fascimile Transmission

Capability to Direct

Communication Link (DCL)

(B) To send Graphic Material via

DCL.

between Head of States (Head

of Governments)

(D) As above of all.

Answer:(D)

71. Indo-Bangladesh relations was

strained because of one of the

followings reasons :

(A) Agreement over the claim of

adverse enclaves.

(B) To construct Akhaura-Agartala

link.

the Bangladesh-Meghalaya

border.

(D) Teesta River water distribution.

Answer:(D)

72. Assertion (A) : Each state now goes

to great lengths to manipulate

media images of the conflict,

and journalists have effectively

been transformed from

observers into active

participants.

Reason (R) : Media warfare is

setting agendas and

manufacturing consent.

(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).

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

Answer:(B)

73. Answer the following Indo-Pak

agreements in chronological order :

(i) Agra Accord

(ii) Tashkent Agreement

(iii) Lahore Agreement

(iv) Shimla Agreement

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

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

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

(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

Answer:(C)

74. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Countries) (Problems)

a. Pakistan i. Illegal immigrants

b. Bangladesh ii. Baghlihar Hydro-project

c. Nepal iii. Transitory Passage

d. China iv. Tawang Incident

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii i iii iv

(D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(B)

75. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Countries) (Dispute)

a. Cambodia - i. Spratlys Island

Vietnam

b. Myanmar - ii. Ladrang and Islands of baie

Thailand

c. Malaysia - iii. Dai Lang

Philippines

d. Vietnam - iv. Sabah/North Borneo

Philippines

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii iv i

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) iv i ii iii

Answer:(A)

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