1. Who among the following defined civil power as "the right of making laws with penalties… for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community, in the execution of such laws… all this only for the public good."

Rousseau

Karl Marx

(C)John Locke

J.S. Mill


2. Who of the following said that, "the emancipation of the working class is the work of the working class itself"

(A)Mao Tse Tung

V.I. Lenin

(C)Engels

Karl Marx


3. Who of the following gave the slogan "Turn the imperialist war into a civil war, that is, into to a proletarian revolution."

(A)Kautsky

Trotsky

(C)Engels

Lenin


4. Which of the following is not a feature of liberal communitarian debate

(A)Conception of self 'encumbered' vs. 'unencumbered'


(B)'Universalism' vs. 'Particularism'


neutrality' vs. 'non-neutrality of State'


(D)Totalitarianism 'procedural' vs. 'communitarian'


5. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion For Plato great diversity of wealth was inconsistent with good government.

Reason He saw no way to abolish the evil except by abolishing wealth itself, so far as soldiers and rulers are concerned.

Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.

6. Identify the correct sequence of the books written on Mahatma Gandhi on ascending order:

i. Richard Attenborough In Search of Gandhi
ii. C.F. Andrews Mahatma Gandhi's Ideas
iii. B. Bhattacharya Evolution of the Political Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi
iv. J.B. Kripalani Gandhian Thought
Select the correct answer from the codes given below


iv, iii, i

ii, iii, iv

iv, ii

iv, iii, ii


7. St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei is divided into

books

20 books

books

22 books


8. Which of the following is not a reason for the decline of political theory of David Easton

(A)Historicism

Moral Relativism

(C)Ideological Reductionism

Hyperfactualism


9. Which of the following is not a feature of Jayaprakash Narayan's partyless democracy

(A)Dispersal of political power


(B)Constant watch of the representatives by the electing bodies


(C)Maximum propaganda


(D)Comparatively less expensive elections


10. Who of the following advocated economic theory of democracy

Lively

C.B. Macpherson

(C)Anthony Downs

D. Held


11. Comparative politics as an autonomous discipline emerged

the 1970s

in the 1960s

the 1950s

in the 1930s


12. Which of the following are the characteristics of a system, according to Almond

1. Comprehensiveness

2. Inter-dependence

3. Existence of boundaries

4. Availability of resources

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

3 and 4

3 and 4

2 and 4

2 and 3


13. Who among the following has used the concepts of goal changing, feedback and learning

(A)David Easton

Karl Deutsch

(C)Gabriel Almond

Lucian Pye


14. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below List I List II

a. Positive feedback i. Edward Shils

b. The development of underdevelopment ii. Karl Deutsch

c. Modernising Oligarchy iii. Ortega Gasset

d. Nation an organised human mass iv. Andre Gunder Frank

Codes
a b c d

iv i iii


(B)iiv iii ii


ii iii iv


iv iii i


15. The cultural thrust in comparative politics became prominent during

(A)the 1950s

the 1960s

(C)the early 1970s

the late 1970s

16. Riots and demonstrations are the examples of

(A)Institutional interest groups


(B)Associational interest groups


(C)Non-associational interest groups


(D)Anomic interest groups


17. Who among the following has defined legitimacy as "conviction on the part of the member that it is right and proper to accept and obey the authorities"

(A)David Easton

Seymour Lipset

(C)Mark Suchman

Karl Friedrich


18. Who among the following has classified dependency into 'Colonial dependency', 'Financial-industrial dependency' and 'Technological-industrial dependency'

(A)Andre Gunder Frank

Dos Santos

(C)Maurice Wallerstein

Samir Amin


19. Who said, "Revolutions are the festivals of the oppressed and the exploited"

(A)Karl Marx

Lenin

(C)Mao

Skocpol


20. Which of the following are the characteristics of Weber's bureaucracy

1. Selection on the basis of professional qualifications

2. Appointment on contract basis

3. Staff members personally free

4. Officials free to leave the post

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

and 3

1 and 4

2 and 3

1,2,3and4

21. Khilafat Movement in India was started to show solidarity with the Sultan of

(A)Saudi Arabia

Turkey

(C)Iran

Iraq


22. Which one of the following writs is issued against an inferior tribunal which has declined to exercise its jurisdiction

(A)Certiorari

Prohibition

(C)Quo Warranto

Mandamus


23. Who was the protem speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha

(A)Sumitra Mahajan

Meira Kumar

(C)Kamal Nath

L.K. Advani


24. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
(Authors) (Books)

a. S. Khilnani i. India After Gandhi The History of the World's Largest Democracy

b. Rajni Kothari ii. The Idea of India

c. R. Guha iii.The State Against Democracy In Search of Human Governance

d. Atul Kohli iv. The Success of India's Democracy


Codes

a b c d

iii i iv


iv iii ii


(C)iii iv ii i


ii i iii


25. Who of the following is associated with the concept "Congress System"

(A)Morris Jones

Paul R. Brass

(C)Rajni Kothari

Subrata K. Mitra

26. In India, 'Collegium System' was first introduced in relation to

(A)Executive


(B)Legislature


(C)Judiciary


(D)Union-State Relations


27. Which one of the following does not qualify for curtailing the freedom of speech and expression under Indian Constitution

(A)Security of the state


(B)Public order, decency, morality


(C)Demand for autonomy


(D)Contempt of Court


28. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion The transformation of the party system in India has centralized power at tier two of the government, namely at the State level.

Reason Regional parties have less willingness to decentralize power.

Codes


(A)Both and are true and is correct explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


29. Which one of the following, bearing names of Chief Election Commissioners of India, is arranged in chronological order

(A)S.P. Sen Verma, Sukumar Sen, J.M. Lyngdoh, T.N. Seshan


(B)Sukumar Sen, S.P. Sen Verma, T.N. Seshan, J.M. Lyngdoh


(C)S.P. Sen Verma, T.N. Seshan, Sukumar Sen, J.M. Lyngdoh


(D)Sukumar Sen, T.N. Seshan, S.P. Sen Verma, J.M. Lyngdoh

30. Which of the following kinds of special provisions are made for the Scheduled Tribes in India

1. Reservation of seats in Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies.

2. Central Government to give special grants for welfare.

3. Reservation of seats in public services and in employment.

4. Reservation of seats in educational institutions.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

2 and 3

3 and 4

3 and 4

3 and 4


31. Which one of the following statements about the disadvantages of territorial principle of administrative organization is wrong

(A)Not suitable for large areas


(B)Uniformity of administration becomes difficult


(C)Encourages localism


(D)Dominated by regional interests


32. Which one of the following was not a substitute of Merit System found earlier

(A)Exchange System

Spoils System

(C)Sale of Offices

Patronage System


33. What is the bill called that contains all the demands voted by the Lok Sabha and the consolidated fund charges

(A)The Appropriation Bill


(B)Voting of Demands Bill


(C)Fiscal Policy Bill


(D)The Finance Bill


34. Money received by the government of India under the State Provident Fund is credited to

(A)Consolidated Fund


(B)Treasury


(C)Public Account


(D)Contingency Fund


35. Arrange the following in correct chronological order of the hierarchy of human needs given by Maslow

(A)Security Social Self-esteem Biological Self-actualization


(B)Self-esteem Social Biological Self-actualization Security


(C)Self-actualization Self-esteem Social Security Biological


(D)Biological Security Social Self-esteem Self-actualization


36. In UK, merit-based recruitment was adopted on the recommendation of which report

(A)Fulton Committee Report


(B)Northcote Trevelyan Report


(C)Redcliff Maud Commission Report


(D)Tomlin Commission Report


37. Which one of the following was not included in the minimum criteria for ensuring good national governance by Nayef Al-Rodhan in his book 'Sustainable History and Dignity of Man'

(A)Equity and Inclusiveness

Rule of Law

system of checks and balances

Transparency


38. Regarding the liability of holders of public office, when an official fails to perform a legal duty, it is known as

(A)Malfeasance

Nonfeasance

(C)Disfeasance

Misfeasance


39. Ombudsman in Sweden can take the following actions

1. Can act against the judiciary

2. Can act on individual complaints

3. Can act against members of Parliament

4. Can act suo moto

Choose the correct answer from the code below

Codes

4 4


3 4

40. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer with the help of the code given below List I List II (Committees Commissions) (Year of appointment)

a. Ashok Mehta Committee i. 1953-54

b. The Taxation Enquiry Committee ii. 1949-51

c. The Local Finance Enquiry Committee iii. 1978

d. G.V.K. Rao Committee iv. 1985

Codes

a b c d

(A)iii ii iv i


i iii iv


(C)iii i ii iv


iii i ii


41. Game theory owes a heavy debt to the seminal work entitled, "The Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour". It has been written by

(A)Mortan Kaplan


(B)John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern


(C)Karl Deutsch


(D)Michael Hass


42. Who among the following has remarked that, power in a political context means "the power of man over the minds and actions of other men"

(A)George Schwarzenberger


(B)Herman Heller


(C)Hans Morgenthau


(D)Bertrand Russell


43. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II (Treaties/Proposals) (Year)

a. SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) i. 1987

b. PTBT (Partial Test Ban Treaty) ii. 1979

c. Atom for Peace Proposal iii.1963

d. INF Treaty (Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty) iv. 1953


Codes

a b c d

ii iii iv


iii iv i


ii i iii


(D)iii ii i iv


44. Which one of the following factors contributed to the emergence of 'New Detente' after Cold War

(A)Pressure by the Non-aligned Movement


(B)The signing of INF Treaty by Reagan and Gorbachev.


(C)Emergence of Namibia as a free African Nation


(D)Deployment of RDF (Rapid Deployment Force) in Persian Gulf


45. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion India chose Non-alignment as a foreign policy choice in the post independence period.

Reason NAM was an assertion of independence, equality and sovereignty. Codes

(A)Both and are true and is correct explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is true, but is false.


46. The demand for New International Economic Order was first made at

(A)Tehran Summit


(B)Durban Summit


(C)Kuala Lumpur Summit


(D)Algiers Summit


47. Which one of the following is not correct about Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

(A)First India ASEAN Summit was held in November, 2002.


(B)ASEAN declared South East Asian Nuclear Weapon free zone in 1995.


(C)ASEAN is working to remove trade barriers and develop economic relationship with China, Japan and South Korea.


(D)India became full dialogue partner of ASEAN in 1991.


48. Who among the following used the phrase The United Nations is 'sharing in the name of solidarity' for underlining the necessity of the U.N.

(A)Winston Churchill


(B)Dag Hammarskjold


(C)Trygve Lie


(D)Woodrow Wilson


49. Which one of the following is not a feature of 'Shopkeeper diplomacy'

is based on peaceful approach.


is a means of diplomacy for maintaining peace through compromise.


is based on the sound business principles of moderation.


tries to safeguard national interest through war only.


50. Positive peace implies

ceasefire


(B)stopping the formation of death squads


(C)transformation of relationship


(D)social construction of war