PSC/VI/09 Student's Copy
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6th Semester
POLITICAL SCIENCE
NINTH PAPER
Indian Political Thought
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. Kautilya's Arthashastra consists of
10 books
22 books
15 books
2. M. N. Roy's contribution to modern Indian political philosophy lies in his
radical humanism
organized democracy
party-less democracy
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3. Who was the advocate of Swadeshi Movement?
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Kautilya
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave birth to Home Rule Movement in
1896
1905
1916
5. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?
Raja Rammohan Roy
Kautilya
Gokhale
6. Satyagraha is a philosophy of action based on
violence
non-violence
love
7. J. P. Narayan was involved in the formation of which of the following parties?
Socialist
Lokdal
Janata Party
8. Arya Samaj was founded by
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Raja Rammohan Roy
Swami Vivekananda
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9. Nehru's Socialism was given a concrete form at the Avadh Session of the
Congress in
1955
1947
1933
10. The extreme form of Satyagraha recommended by Gandhi is
strike
Hijrat or migration
civil disobedience
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Answer the following questions in about 4/5 sentences each 3×5=15
1. Write about Kautilya's theory of Statecraft.
2. What do you know about social liberalism as propounded by Raja Rammohan
Roy?
3. Write about Mahatma Gandhi's concept of Non-violence.
4. What do you know about Dayananda Saraswati's Arya Samaj?
5. Discuss Jawaharlal Nehru's idea on individualism.
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PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The questions are of equal value
1. Examine various sources of ancient Indian political thought.
OR
Analzye Kautilya's theory of Government as laid down in his Arthashastra.
2. Explain the main tenets of Vedic Nationalism as propounded by Dayanand
Saraswati.
OR
Discuss Swami Vivekananda's notion of nationalism.
3. Analzye Gopal Krishna Gokhale's concept of Swadeshi.
OR
Discuss the concept of Swaraj as advocated by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
4. Examine Mahatma Gandhi's concept of Satyagraha.
OR
Discuss Jawaharlal Nehru's idea of socialism.
5. Discuss M. N. Roy's concept of party-less democracy.
OR
Explain and discuss J. P. Narayan's total revolution.