OLITICAL SCIENCE
PAPER – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
June 2014
1. To Kautilya, the concept
“rupadarshaka” means :
(A) Beautician
(B) Magistrate
(C) Inspector of coins
(D) Zamindar
Answer:(C)
2. Plato appropriated the ideas of
(A) Heraclitus (B) Parmenides
(C) Socrates (D) All the above
Answer:(D)
3. For whom “All existence is simply a
matter in motion.” ?
(A) Plato (B) Hobbes
(C) T.H. Green (D) Rousseau
Answer:(B)
4. Rousseau won the prize in an essay
contest sponsored by the Academy of
Dijon in 1749 on the subject
(A) “Has the progress of the
sciences and the Arts
contributed to corrupt or purify
morals ?”
(B) “Has the progress of the
sciences contributed to corrupt
morals ?”
(C) “Has the development of the
sciences contributed to corrupt
or purify morals ?”
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
5. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : For Plato,
knowledge is neither
perception nor opinion.
Reason (R) : Right opinion is
knowledge.
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 and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(C)
6. The laws of the dialectic of Marx
does not include
(A) The law of transformation of
quantity into quality and vice-
versa.
(B) The law of the unity of
opposites.
(C) The law of the negation of the
negation.
(D) Dialectic is confined to its
operation to the understanding
of the past only.
Answer:(D)
7. Who said “Leninism is Marxism of
the era of imperialism and of the
proletarian revolution” ?
(A) Marx (B) Lenin
(C) Stalin (D) Mao
Answer:(C)
8. Identify the correct sequence of the
tenets of Behaviouralism as
advocated by David Easton.
(i) Regularities
(ii) Techniques
(iii) Quantification
(iv) Verification
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
Answer:(B)
9. In which place of South Africa did
Gandhiji for the first time organize
mass protest ?
(A) Cape Town
(B) Johannesburg
(C) Soweto
(D) Pretoria
Answer:(B)
10. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
a. Charles. E. i. The Governmental
Merriam process
b. Heinz ii. What is political
Eulan philosophy ? and
other studies
c. Leo iii. New aspects of
Strauss politics
d. D. Truman iv. The behavioural
persuasion in politics
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer:(A)
11. Who among the following political
thinkers are generally regarded as
founders of philosophical approach ?
(A) Plato and Aristotle
(B) Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
(C) Jeremy Bentham and J.S. Mill
(D) Kant, Hegel
Answer:(A)
12. Which of the following are the
characteristics of Weber’s ideal
bureaucracy ?
1. Staff and line
2. Impersonality
3. Hierarchy
4. Informal organization
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 4
Answer:(B)
13. Which of the following does not
figure in Almond and Verba’s
classification of political cultures ?
(A) Cognitive orientation
(B) Affective orientation
(C) Evaluative orientation
(D) Empirical orientation
Answer:(D)
14. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Dependency is a
relationship between the groups
of economies those, who
condition others and those, who
are conditioned by others.
Reason (R) : Dependency is
dependent on the core
periphery relationship of the
international political economy.
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)
15. Who said “A state is human activity
that successfully claims the
monopoly of the legitimate use of
physical force within a given
territory” ?
(A) David Easton
(B) G.A. Almond
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Max Weber
Answer:(D)
16. The traditional approaches to the
comparative politics neglected the
(A) Study of Government
(B) Institutional studies
(C) Comparison of the
constitutions
(D) Empirical investigations
Answer:(D)
17. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
(Electoral System) (Countries) )
a. First-Past-the 1.India
post system.
b. Two Rounds of ii. Egypt
system
c. List System iii. Brazil
d. Single
Transferable vote iv. Ireland
system
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer:(A)
18. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
(Books) (Authors)
a. Interest groups i. H.W.
in American Ehrmann
Society
b. Interest groups ii. H. Zeigler
of four
Continents
c. Anonymous iii. Graham
Empire Wallas
d. Human Nature iv. Samuel
in Politics Finer
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer:(D)
19. Which one of the following
approaches studies, among others,
public opinion and people’s political
choices ?
(A) Political Philosophical
Approach
(B) Institutional Approach
(C) Behavioural Approach
(D) Legal Approach
Answer:(C)
20. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
(Political Culture) (Countries)
a. Homogeneous i. Uganda
culture
b. Elite mass ii. U.K.
culture
c. Subject political iii. India
culture
d. Parochial culture iv. China
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv iii i ii
Answer:(B)
21. Which one of the following pairs are
not correctly matched ?
List-I List-II
(President) (Vice-President)
(A) Dr. Dr.S. Radha
Rajendra Krishnan
Prasad
(B) Dr. Zakir V.V. Giri
Hussain
(C) Sanjeeva B.D. Jatti
Reddy
(D) Dr.S. Radha Dr. Zakir Hussain
Krishnan
Answer:(C)
22. What is the percentage fixed by the
constitution regarding the strength of
the Ministers including the chief
minister in a state ?
(A) 10% (B) 12%
(C) 15% (D) 16%
Answer:(C)
23. Which one of the following is mainly
associated with Panchayati Raj in
tribal areas ?
(A) P.K. Thungan committee
(B) Dilip Singh Bhuria committee
(C) Sadiq Ali committee
(D) Doomarlal Baitha committee
Answer:(B)
24. Arrange the following writs in the
correct sequence as given in the
Indian Constitution :
i. Certiorari
ii. Habeas Corpus
iii. Quo Warranto
iv. Prohibition
v. Mandamus
Codes :
(A) i, iii, v, ii, iv
(B) ii, iv, iii, i, v
(C) ii, v, iv, i, iii
(D) iii, i, ii, iv, v
Answer:(C)
25. Arrange the following in their
chronological sequence :
i. Cripps Mission
ii. Montague Chelmsford Report
iii. Simon Commission
iv. Morley – Minto Reforms
Codes :
(A) ii, iii, i, iv (B) iv, ii, iii, i
(C) iii, i, ii, iv (D) i, iv, iii, ii
Answer:(B)
26. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
(Parties) (Characteristic)
a. Indian National i. National
Congress Party
b. Telugu Desam ii. State Party
Party
c. Kerala iii. Umbrella
Congress Party
d. Communist iv. Regional Party
party of India
(marxist)
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer:(C)
27. Which one of the following was
denounced by congress as
“inadequate, unsatisfactory and
disappointing” ?
(A) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(B) Montague Chelmsford Report, 1918
(C) Simon commission Report, 1930
(D) Communal Award, 1932
Answer:(B)
28. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : A federal
arrangement aims at
reconciling freedom with unity
and diversity of political
cultures and identities with
effective collective action.
Reason (R) : India opted for a
pluralistic model of nation
building.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct
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 correct, but (R) is not
correct.
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is not
correct.
Answer:(B)
29. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Bulk of the
provisions of the constitution
of India were adopted from the
Government of India Act of
1935.
Reason (R) : The congress party
passed a resolution adopting
the government of India Act of
1935 as the basis of the
constitution.
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:(C)
30. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
(Articles) (Provisions)
a. 359 i. Financial Emergency
b. 312 ii. Finance Commission
c. 280 iii. Suspension of Fundamental Rights
d. 360 iv. All India Services
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer:(A)
31. Who among the following has
created eighteen definitions of public
administration and put them in four
categories of political, legal,
occupational and managerial ?
(A) Gulick and Urwick
(B) Shafritz and Russell
(C) David H. Rosenbloom
(D) Paul H. Appleby
Answer:(B)
32. Who among the following has not
made a distinction between public
and private administration ?
(A) Henry Fayol
(B) Herbert Simon
(C) Paul H. Appleby
(D) John Gaus
Answer:(A)
33. What is the correct chronological
sequence of the following reports ?
1. A.D. Gorwala Report
2. Paul H. Appleby Report
3. Santhanam Committee Report
4. First Administrative Reforms
Commission Report.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 1, 4, 3
(C) 1, 3, 2, 4 (D) 1, 3, 4, 2
Answer:(A)
34. Max Weber used the Greek word
‘Charisma’ to refer to
1. qualities acquired by
experience
2. inherited qualities
3. supernatural qualities
4. super human qualities
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(A) 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1, 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 3 and 4
Answer:(D)
35. Which one of the following is not a
base of organization ?
(A) Function (B) Budgeting
(C) Process (D) Clientele
Answer:(B)
36. Which of the following statement is
not correct in respect of India ?
(A) Tax can be levied except by
authority of law
(B) No expenditure can be incurred
from public funds except in the
manner provided in the
constitution and in accordance
with law
(C) Executive is bound to spend
money in the manner as
sanctioned by parliament
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
37. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
a. Hierarchy i. Dr. K.S. Kothari
b. Report on Public ii. House keeping
Administration
(1951)
c. Preliminary iii. Scalar process
screening
examination in
Indian civil service
d. Auxilliary Agency iv. A.D. Gorwala
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer:(C)
38. Which one of the following was the
first state to establish the institution
of the Lokayukta in India ?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Maharashtra
Answer:(D)
39. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Under the spoils
system the public offices are
distributed to the members of
the party victorious at the polls.
Reason (R) : The public offices are
considered spoils to be enjoyed
by the victors.
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)
40. Who among the following are the
protagonists of the integral view of
public administration ?
1. Henry Fayol
2. Marshall Dimock
3. Simon
4. Gulick
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1 and 4 (B) 1 and 3
(C) 1 and 2 (D) 2 and 3
Answer:(X)
41. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
(Authors) (Books)
a. E.H. Carr i. Neorealism
and its critics
b. R. Keohane ii. From wealth to power
c. J. iii. The twenty year crisis
Mearsheimer
d. F. Zakaria iv. The tragedy of
great power
politics
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer:(C)
42. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Globalization is a
multidimensional process.
Reason (R) : It involves economic,
political, social and cultural
globalizations.
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).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(A)
43. When two combatants are so
different in their characters, and in
their areas of comparative strategic
advantage, that a confrontation
between them comes to turn one
side’s ability to force, the other side
to fight on their own terms. Name the
type of war ?
(A) Unequal war
(B) Asymmetric war
(C) New war
(D) Post-westphalian war
Answer:(B)
44. Name the UN fact finding mission on
the Gaza Conflict 2009 Report
(A) Golding Report
(B) Goldstone Report
(C) Goldman Sachs Report
(D) Gaza Report
Answer:(B)
45. Under which chapter and article does
the UN security council consider a
threat to international peace ; first
explores ways to settle the dispute
peacefully,
(A) Chapter VI, Article 36
(B) Chapter VI, Article 33
(C) Chapter VII, Article 47
(D) Chapter VII, Article 42
Answer:(B)
46. Which of the following are correct
features of the modern institution of
international law ?
(i) Unilateral legislation
(ii) Consent and legal obligation
(iii) Language and practice of
justification
(iv) Discourse of institutional
antonomy
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer:(D)
47. The United Nations Conference well
known as Copenhagen, COP 15 dealt
with the issue of
(A) Global Warming
(B) Climate Change
(C) Environment
(D) Population Explosion
Answer:(B)
48. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II
(Regional ( Year of
Organization) Origin)
a. Organization of i. 1989
American States
(OAS)
b. North Atlantic ii. 1948
Free Trade
Agreement
(NAFTA)
c. Arab Maghreb iii. 1954
Union (AMU)
d. South East Asian iv. 1994
Treaty
Organization
(SEATO)
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii i iv ii
Answer:(B)
49. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : India is pursuing a
positive asymmetry in South Asia.
Reason (R) : India is strategically
contained by China-Pakistan
partnership.
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).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(B)
50. Who is the author of the book
“Pakistan’s Arms Procurement and
Military build-up 1979-99 : In search
of a policy” ?
(A) Ahmed Rashid
(B) Ayesha Jalal
(C) Ayesha Siddiqa Ada
(D) Stephen Cohen
Answer:(C)
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