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POLITICAL SCIENCE [Set-D]

1. Consider the following statements: a. 1 and 2

The Sarkaria Commission recommended b. 2 and 3
1. the overlapping membership between c. 3 and 4
Planning Commission and Finance d. 1 and 4
Commission e. d
2. that experts with established reputation 5. Which one of the following pairs is not
for professional integrity be appointed correctly matched?
to the Planning Commission
Content Schedule in the Constitution of
3. that centrally sponsored schemes India
should be kept to the minimum
a. Languages Eighth Schedule
4. that States should not be involved in b. The forms oath or affirmations Second
the implementation of centrally Schedule
sponsored schemes
c. Allocation of seats in council of
Which of the statements given above are ministers Fourth Schedule
correct?
d. Provisions as to disqualification on
a. 2 and 3 only The ground of defection Tenth
b. 2, 3 and 4 Schedule
c. 1 and 4 e. b
d. 1, 2 and 3 6. Match List-I with List-II and select the
e. * correct answer using the code given below
2. Under which of the following regimes was the Lists
the Inter-State Council (ISC) set up? List I
a. Congress Government in 1975 A. Taxes belonging to the Union
b. Janata Government in 1978 exclusively
c. Janata Dal led Government in 1990 B. Taxes belonging to the State
d. United Front Government in 1996 exclusively
e. c C. Duties levied by the Union but
3. Parliament of India passed the States collected and appropriated by the
Reorganization Act in 1956 to create States
a. 16 States and 3 Union Territories D. Duties levied as well as collected by
b. 15 States and 5 Union Territories the Union but assigned to the states
List II
c. 14 States and 6 Union Territories
d. 24 States and 9 Union Territories List II
1. Sales tax
e. c
4. Which of the following have caused the 2. Customs
growth of cooperative federalism in India? 3. Excise duties on medicinal preparation
1. Union-State collaboration in economic 4. Duties on succession of property other
matters than agricultural land
2. Union-State legislative relations Code:
3. Compulsion of developmental finance A B C D
4. Dynamics of electoral politics a. 4 3 1 2
Select the correct answer using the code b. 2 1 3 4
given below c. 2 3 1 4
Code: d. 4 1 3 2
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e. b 2. The President has absolute power to

7. Consider the following statements appoint and remove the chairman and
1. Articles 64 and 89(l) of the members of statutory bodies at his
Constitution of India provide that the discretion.
Vice-President of India shall be Ex- Which of the statements given above is/are
officio Chairman of the Council of correct?
States and shall not hold any other a. 1 only
office of profit. b. 2 only
2. There is no such office as that of the c. Both 1 and 2
Vice-President of India in other d. Neither 1 nor 2
parliamentary systems of Governments
e. a
in Commonwealth countries.
11. Which of the following Articles of the
Which of the statements given above is/are Constitution of India gives the right to
correct? Ministers and Attorney-General to speak
a. 1 only in or to take part in the proceedings of
b. 2 only either House?
c. Both 1 and 2 a. Article 84
d. Neither 1 nor 2 b. Article 85
e. c c. Article 87
8. Consider the following statements d. Article 88
1. Interest aggregation is the activity in e. d
which the political demands of 12. Which one of the following political
individuals and groups are combined theorists finds the concept of `imagined
into policy programmes. community' inadequate to describe
2. Large nations usually develop more nationalism in post-colonial societies?
specialized organizations for the a. Partha Chatterjee
specific purpose of aggregating b. V. R. Mehta
interests and resources behind a policy.
c. Hans Cohn
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? d. Ernest Gellner
a. 1 only e. a
b. 2 only 13. Consider the following events
c. Both 1 and 2 1. OPEC's Oil Embargo
d. Neither 1 nor 2 2. Accession of UK, Ireland and
Denmark to the European Economic
e. c Community (EEC)
9. Which one of the following judgments 3. Demand for a New International
stated that secularism and federalism are Economic Order by developing
the basic features of the Indian countries in the General Assembly of
Constitution? the United Nations
a. Keshavananda Bharati Case 4. Suez Crisis
b. S. R. Bommai Case What is the correct chronological sequence
c. Indira Sawhney Case of the above events?
d. Minerva Mills Case a. 1-2-3-4
e. b b. 2-3-4-1
10. Consider the following statements c. 4-2-1-3
1. The President nominates 12 members d. 4-3-2-1
of the Rajya Sabha on the advice of the
e. d
Council of Ministers.
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14. The key to Gramsci's analysis of the 2. It is more descriptive and less
failure of socialist revolution to take off in empirical.
the West is the concept of 3. It is value neutral.
a. ideology 4. It puts emphasis on qualitative
b. intellectuals judgement.
c. hegemony Select the correct answer using the code
d. civil society given below
e. c Code
15. The zero-sum game as employed by the a. 1, 2 and 4
supporters of the game theory assumes that b. 1 and 3 only
a. the loss of one player is the gain of the c. 1, 3 and 4
other d. 2 and 3
b. the loss of one player is the loss of the e. b
other as well 19. The Supreme Court of India enjoys the
c. the gain or the loss of one player has power of judicial review', which means the
nothing to do with the gain or the loss power to
of the other a. review the judgements of State High
d. the gain of one player is the gain of the Courts
other player b. review the functioning of the Council
e. a of Ministers
16. Consider the following developments: c. advise the President of India
1. Outsourcing of services d. decide the Constitutionality of an Act
2. Shrinking of geographical distance (or part thereof) passed by the
3. Rise of ethnic identity Legislature
4. Emergence of regional associations e. d
Which of the above developments are 20. Consider the following statements:
associated with globalization? The Supreme Court judgement in S. R.
a. 1 and 2 only Bommai us. Union of India has been
b. 2 and 3 only interpreted to mean that the Governor can
dismiss a Council of Ministers or the Chief
c. 1, 3 and 4 only
Minister
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
1. at his pleasure on his subjective
e. d estimate of the strength of the Chief
17. The old institutional approach to the study Minister in the Assembly
of political and government systems lays 2. when the Legislative Assembly has
emphasis on expressed its want of confidence in the
a. the study of formal aspects of Council of Ministers
government and politics 3. when a measure of the Council of
b. finding out principles underlying all Ministers has been defeated on the
political activities floor of the Assembly
c. the search for regularities and for 4. when a censure motion against the
making generalizations Council of Ministers has been rejected
d. transcendental ideals embodying in the Legislative Assembly
different views of 'what ought to be' Which of the statements given above are
e. a correct?
18. Which of the following statements a. 1 and 2
regarding behavioural approach are b. 2 and 3
correct? c. 1 and 3
1. It is interdisciplinary in nature. d. 3 and 4
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e. b 4. Allocation of values and goal

21. Which of the following best perform the attainment
function of interest articulation in a Select the correct answer using the code
political system? given below
1. Trade unions and ethnic associations Code :
2. Organizations of businessmen and a. 1 and 3
civic groups b. 2 and 3, 4
3. Judiciary and law-making institutions c. 1 and 4
Select the correct answer using the code d. 1 and 2
given below e. a
Code 24. Which one of the following was not
a. 1, 2 and 3 identified by Almond as a stage of
b. 2 and 3 only conversion process of a political system?
c. 1 and 2 only a. Interest articulation
d. 1 only b. Interest aggregation
e. c c. Political recruitment
22. Match List-I with List-II and select the d. Rule adjudication
correct answer using the code given below e. c
the Lists: 25. Which one of the following thinkers
List I proposed the criterion of falsifiability as
(Approach and Theory the measure of scientific truth?
A. Structural-Functional Approach a. Levi-Strauss
B. Communication theory b. Max Weber
C. General System theory c. Karl Popper
D. Rational Choice theory d. Karl Marx
List II e. c
(Political Scientist associated with) 26. Match List-I with List-II and select the
1. David Easton correct answer using the code given below
2. Karl Deutsch the Lists:
3. Antony Downs List I
4. Gabriel Almond A. The State comes into existence for the
bare needs of life and continue to exist
Code:
for the sake of good life
A B C D
B. Rights are the conditions of social life
a. 3 1 2 4 without which no man can seek in
b. 3 2 1 4 general to be himself at his best
c. 4 1 2 3 C. Greatest happiness of the greatest
d. 4 2 1 3 number
e. d D. From each according to his ability to
23. According to Gabriel Almond, which of each according to his needs
the following are the basic characteristics List II
of a system? 1. Harold Laski
1. Comprehensiveness and 2. Bentham
interdependence 3. Aristotle
2. Interdependence and existence of 4. Marx
boundaries
Code:
3. Existence of boundaries and allocation A B C D
of values a. 4 1 2 3
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b. 3 2 1 4 2. Individuals are a product of historical

c. 3 1 2 4 and social conditions.
d. 4 2 1 3 3. Customs and values play an important
e. c role in defining the identity of the
27. Match List-I with List-II and select the individual.
correct answer using the code given below 4. Power should be vested in the office
the Lists : rather than the individuals holding the
List I office.
(Approach) Select the correct answer using the code
A. New Institutionalism given below
B. Neo-Liberalism Code :
C. Communitarianism a. 1 and 2 only
D. Behaviouralism b. 1, 2 and 3 only
List II c. 3 and 4 only
(Scholar) d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
1. Michael Walzer e. *
2. David Apter 31. Who among the following has coined the
3. Milton Friedman term power elite?
4. Douglass North Code a. Robert Dahl
Code: b. C. Wright Mills
A B C D c. Karl Marx
a. 4 3 1 2 d. V. Pareto
b. 2 3 1 4 e. b
c. 2 1 3 4 32. Antonio Gramsci establishes a strong link
between which one of the following four
d. 4 1 3 2
sets of concepts?
e. a
a. Ideology-Leadership-Domination-
28. For Aristotle, the State should be governed Religion
by a political statesman having which one
of the following virtues? b. Ideology-Leadership-War of
Manoeuvre- Domination
a. Reason
c. Ideology-Leadership-Domination-
b. Knowledge Passive Revolution
c. Prudence d. Ideology-Leadership-Domination-
d. Wealth Intellectuals
e. a e. *
29. Which one of the following is correct with 33. Which one of the following is suggested
regard to all theorists of social contract? by the concept of universal citizenship?
a. Erasing the distinction between law a. Identical rights for all persons
and morality b. Identical rights for all citizens
b. The principle of separation of powers c. Common rights for all with some
c. Formation of public authority with special rights for minorities
social consent d. Single citizenship in the world
d. Belief in innate rights e. b
e. d 34. Which one of the following is not correct
30. With regard to conservatism, which of the with regard to ethnicity and nationalism?
following statements are correct? a. Both trace common bonds across their
1. Society is an achievement, which members
despite all its imperfections, is b. Both distinguish between we and they
preferable to the state of nature.
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c. There is unanimity among scholars a. 3 only

today that both are imagined relations b. 1 and 2
d. While nationalism tends towards c. 1 and 3
Nation-State, ethnicity seeks the d. 2 and 4
recognition of its distinct identity
e. c
e. c 38. The New Right rejects the principle of
35. Match List-I with List-II and select the social justice because it
correct answer using the code given below
1. violates liberty
the Lists :
2. is against merit
List I
3. is not conducive to efficiency
A. Natural Right
4. does not respect different wants and
B. Legal Right needs
C. Moral Right Select the correct answer using the code
D. Cultural Right given below
List II Code:
1. Immanuel Kant a. 1 and 2 only
2. Jeremy Bentham b. 2 and 3 only
3. Will. Kymlicka c. 1, 3 and 4 only
4. H. L. A. Hart d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Code: e. b
A B C D 39. Match List-I with List-II and select the
a. 4 2 1 3 correct answer using the code given below
b. 3 1 2 4 the Lists:
c. 3 2 1 4 List I
d. 4 1 2 3 (Form of Citizen Interest Articulation)
e. a A. Voting in elections
36. Which one of the following political B. Informal group, social movement
philosophers is an advocate of positive C. Direct Contact
liberty? D. Protest activity
a. Isaiah Berlin List II
b. Iris Marion Young (Scope of Interest)
c. John Stuart Mill 1. Highly expressive support for specific
d. T. H. Green interests
e. c 2. Normally deals with specific, personal
37. Consider the following statements In his problem
theory of justice, John Rawls 3. Collective action focused on a
1. reconciles a liberal conception of common interest
political obligation with a 4. Broad, collective decision on
redistributive conception of social government leaders and their
justice programmes.
2. affirms the utilitarian principle for Code:
determining what is good and desirable A B C D
3. uses the instrument of the social a. 1 2 3 4
contract to ensure fairness
b. 4 3 2 1
4. maintains that the concern for
c. 1 3 2 4
redistribution trumps individual liberty
d. 4 2 3 1
Which of the statements given above are
correct? e. b
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40. Article 371(A) provides for special 2. The provision for Address by the Head
provisions with respect to which of the of State to Parliament was made for the
following States? first time under the Government of
a. Maharashtra and Gujarat India Act, 1935.
b. Andhra Pradesh Which of the statements given above is/are
c. Nagaland correct?
d. Assam a. 1 only
e. a b. 2 only
41. According to the Constitution of India, c. Both 1 and 2
which of the following statements is/are d. Neither 1 nor 2
not correct with regard to Jammu and e. c
Kashmir (J & K)? 44. Consider the following political / parties of
1. Provisions of Article 368 cannot be India
extended to J & K unless it is extended 1. DMK
by an order of the President under 2. CPI(M)
Article 370(1).
3. AGP
2. No alteration of the boundaries of the 4. TDP
State without the consent of the
Legislature of the State of J & K. Which one of the following is the correct
chronology of their formation?
3. The Union has power to make a
proclamation of financial emergency a. 1-2-4-3
with respect to the State of J & K b. 1-2-3-4
under Article 360. c. 2-1-4-3
Select the correct answer using the code d. 4-3-2-1
given below e. b
Code : 45. Consider the following statements with
a. 1 only respect to the 73rd Constitutional
b. 1 and 2 Amendment :
c. 3 only 1. It envisages the Gram Sabha as the
d. 1 and 3 foundation of the Panchayati Raj
System.
e. c
2. It ensures that Panchayat bodies will
42. Identify the characteristics of the have an assured duration of five years.
`Congress System' as described by Rajni
Kothari 3. It stipulates that the Chairperson of a
Panchayat shall be elected by and from
a. Faction-ridden party with charismatic amongst the elected members thereof.
leadership
4. It has reserved 33 percent of the seats
b. One-party dominance with weak to Other Backward Classes in
opposition Panchayati Raj Institutions.
c. One-party dominance and factions in Which of the statements given above are
the party networking with the correct?
opposition
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
d. One-party dominance and a strong
regional leadership b. 1, 2 and 3 only
e. b c. 2, 3 and 4 only
43. Consider the following statements d. 1 and 4 only
1. Article 86(1) of the Constitution e. b
provides that the President may 46. Match List-I with List-II and select the
address either House of Parliament or correct answer using the code given below
both the Houses assembled together. the Lists
List-I
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(Movement) 3. Providing permanent structures for

A. Chipko Movement district planning
B. Narmada Bachao Andolan Select the correct answer using the code
C. Jharkhand Movement given below
D. Bandhua Mukti Morcha Code :
List-II a. 1 and 2
(Person) b. 1 only
1. Sunderlal Bahuguna c. 2 only
2. Medha Patkar d. 3
3. Jaipal Singh e. b
4. Swami Agnivesh 49. Which one of the following States has the
Code: highest percentage of woman
representatives in the Panchayati Raj
A B C D Institutions?
a. 1 2 3 4 a. Karnataka
b. 4 3 2 1 b. Madhya Pradesh
c. 1 3 2 4 c. Kerala
d. 4 2 3 1 d. Bihar
e. a e. d
47. Match List-I with List-II and select the 50. One of the following is not a part of the
correct answer using the code given below objectives of the Science and Technology
the Lists: Policy, 2003?
List I a. To ensure food, agricultural,
A. Democratic Decentralization nutritional, environmental, water,
B. Nagar Panchayats health and energy security of the
C. Panchayati Raj Elections people on a sustainable basis
D. Two-tier System b. Optimal utilization of existing physical
List II and knowledge resources,
1. 73 Amendment c. Restricting brain drain
2. 74 Amendment d. Development of innovative
3. B. R. Mehta Committee technologies
4. Ashok Mehta Committee e. c
Code: 51. According to Paul Brass, which one of the
following was the crucial factor for the
A B C D
occurrence of communal riots in India?
a. 3 1 2 4
a. Absence of social trust
b. 4 1 2 3
b. Economic rivalry between
c. 4 2 1 3 communities
d. 3 2 1 4 c. Organized riot system
e. d d. Memories of cultural conflict
48. Which of the following is/are correct with e. a
respect to the 73rd Amendment to the
52. According to Census 2001, which of the
Constitution of India?
following sets of States/Union Territories
1. Constitutional status to Panchayats has the highest literacy rate in India?
2. Reservation of seats for women a. Kerala-Mizoram-Himachal Pradesh-
belonging to the Scheduled Castes or, Maharashtra
as the case may be, the Scheduled
b. Mizoram - Manipur -Tamil Nadu -
Tribes
Maharashtra

c. Tamil Nadu - Andhra Pradesh-
Karnataka - Goa
d. Kerala-Mizoram – Lakshadweep - Goa
e. b
53. What is the correct sequence of States in
terms of descending order of percentage of
Scheduled Cast population to the total
population o the concerned State?
a. Punjab-Uttar Pradesh-Maharashtra
b. Tamil Nadu- West Bengal-Uttar
Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh-Karnataka-Tamil Nadu
d. Andhra Pradesh-West Bengal-Kerala
e. c
54. On which of the following issues can a
Governor make recommendation to the
President?
1. Dismissal of the State Counci of
Ministers
2. Removal of the Judges of thi High
Court
3. Dissolution of the Stat, Legislative
Assembly
4. Declaration of the breakdowi of the
Constitutional Machiner in the State
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
Code :
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
e. b
55. Consider the following statements with
respect to Governor of a State
1. A Governor shall, notwithstanding the
expiration of his term, continue to hold
office until his successor enters upon
his office.
2. No person shall be eligible for
appointment as Governor unless he has
completed the age of thirty years.
3. The question whether any, and if so
what, advice was tendered by
Ministers to the Governor shall not be
inquired into in any court.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
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b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 3 only
e. a
Directions
The following five (5) items consist of two
statements, one labeled as `Assertion (A)' and the
other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these
two statements carefully and select the answers to
these items using the code given below.
56. Assertion (A): T. H. Marshall divided
citizenship rights as civil, political and
social.
Reason (R): The civic virtue of
citizenship is regarded as an important
supplement to theories of institutional
justice today.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually 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
e. b
57. Assertion (A): T. H. Marshall divided
citizenship rights as civil, political and
social.
Reason (R): The civic virtue of
citizenship is regarded as an important
supplement to theories of institutional
justice today.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually 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
e. b
58. Assertion (A): As traditions and customs
stabilize owing to their constant and
continuous usage, they take the shape of
rights.
Reason (R): A legal right is a claim that is
recognized by law and enforced by a court.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A

b. Both A and R are individually 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
e. b
59. Assertion (A): Preferential policies need
not always violate the principle of fairness.
Reason (R): Treating citizens as equals
may require treating them differently.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually 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
e. a
60. Assertion (A): Nazism in Germany
resorted to a relentless course of
militarization and expansionism.
Reason (R): Nazism subscribed to the
belief of `master-race' destined to world
domination.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually 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
e. a
61. Which one of the following is not
associated with the duties of the Prime
Minister?
a. To communicate to the President all
decisions of the Council of Ministers
b. To recommend to the President about
the decision that a particular Bill may
be certified as Money Bill
c. To furnish such information relating to
the administration of the affairs of the
Union and proposals for Legislations
as the President may call for
d. If the President so requires, to submit
for the consideration of Council of
Ministers any matter on which a
decision has been taken by a Minister
which has not been considered by the
Council
e. b
62. The Kamraj Plan proposed
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a. priority to agriculture over industry
b. inducting senior leaders to party work
c. election to all party offices
d. an overhaul of the Congress Working
Committee
e. b
63. Consider the following statements
1. The representation of women in the
Lok Sabha (up to 14th) has never
exceeded 10 percent of the total
strength.
2. The maximum strength of the Lok
Sabha envisaged by the Constitution is
552, which is made up by election of
up to 530 members to represent the
States, up to 20 members to represent
the Union Territories and not more
than two members of the Anglo-Indian
Community to be nominated by the
President.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
e. b
64. Which one of the following statements is
not correct with regard to Parliamentary
Committees?
a. The Public Accounts Committee and
the Public Undertakings Committee
are joint committees of both the
Houses of Parliament
b. 17 Departmentally Related
Committees were set up in early 1990s
c. There are Standing and Ad hoc
Committees
d. The Estimates Committee and the
Public Accounts Committee are always
headed by a senior leader of the ruling
party/ coalition
e. b
65. Which one of the following Parliamentary
Committees consists exclusively of
members of the Lok Sabha?
a. The Public Accounts Committee
b. The Estimates Committee
c. The Committee on Public
Undertakings
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d. The Committee on the Welfare of c. 1, 2 and 3

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled d. 2, 3 and 4
Tribes e. *
e. b 69. Which one of the following pairs is
66. Rule of lapse means correctly matched?
a. all pending Bills in Parliament lapse a. ADM Jabalpur Case Rights of citizens
with its prorogation under emergency
b. the demand for grants of a Ministry b. Vishakha Case Centre-State relations
lapses if the Departmentally Related c. Indira Sawhney Case Rights of women
Committee disapproves it at work
c. the Appropriation Bill lapses if it is not d. Kartar Singh Case Rights of minorities
returned by the Rajya Sabha within 14
e. *
days
70. Which Supreme Court Judge played a
d. all appropriations voted by the pivotal role in the introduction of Public
Legislature expire at the end of the Interest Litigation?
financial year
a. Justice P. N. Bhagwati
e. d
b. Justice K. S. Hegde
67. The Supreme Court has increased the
ambit of the Right to life (Article 21) to c. Justice A. N. Ray
include which of the following? d. Justice P. B. Gajendragadkar
1. Right to life includes the Right to live e. a
with dignity 71. Which of the following States were
2. Right to life includes the Right to reorganized in 1950s following strong
livelihood demands for linguistic States?
3. Right to life includes the Right to 1. Karnataka
receive minimum wages 2. Maharashtra
4. Right to life includes the Right to 3. Punjab
guaranteed employment for 100 days 4. Andhra Pradesh
in a year Select the correct answer using the code
Select the correct answer using the code given below
given below Code:
Code: a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
a. 4 only b. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 2 only c. 2 and 4 only
c. 1, 2 and 3 only d. 1 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 e. c
e. b 72. Consider the following propositions :
68. Verdicts of the Supreme Court of India in 1. Trusteeship implies making use of
which of the following cases have a direct resources at one's command for the
bearing on Centre-State relations? welfare of all.
1. S. R. Bommai Case 2. Nayee (Nai) Taleem (Basic Education)
2. Keshavananda Bharati Case is integration of learning with work.
3. Vishakha Case 3. Satyagraha is holding on to truth even
4. Indira Sawhney Case at one's cost.
Select the correct answer using the code With which of the above propositions did
given below Gandhi disagree?
Code: a. None
a. 1 only b. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 2 only c. 2 only
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d. 3 76. Which one of the following was the first

e. a country-wide pressure group of the
73. Which one of the following pairs is not organized Indian working class
correctly matched? a. India Trade Union Congress
a. Mahatma Gandhi's Ideas C. F. b. Indian National Trade Union Congress
Andrews c. Indian Mining Federation
b. The Gandhian Way J. B. Kriplani d. Hind Mazdoor Sabha
c. Marx, Gandhi and Socialism Ram e. a
Manohar Lohia 77. With which one of the following is the
d. Gandhi's Political Philosophy B. R. expression 'gift of grace' associated?
Nanda a. Legal-rational authority
e. * b. Traditional authority
74. Consider the following countries c. Charismatic authority
1. Sri Lanka d. Autocratic authority
2. Malaysia e. c
3. Australia 78. Match List-I with List-II and select the
4. Canada correct answer using the code given below
Which of the above countries has/have the Lists:
formally declared itself/ themselves as List-I
multi-cultural? (Exponent)
a. 2, 3 and 4 only A. Eva Balfour
b. 2 only B. W. W. Rostow
c. 3 and 4 only C. A. G. Frank
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 D. Samir Amin
e. * List II
75. Match List-I with List-II and select the (Theory)
correct answer using the code given below 1. Stages of development
the Lists
2. Centre-periphery theory
List I 3. Environmental theory
(Country) 4. Development of underdevelopment
A. Egypt 5. Sustainable development
B. Nigeria Code:
C. Sri Lanka A B C D
D. Syria a. 5 1 4 2
List II b. 3 4 1 5
(Party) c. 5 4 1 2
1. National Democratic Party d. 3 1 4 5
2. People's Democratic Party
e. a
3. United National Party 79. Which of the following is/are the major
4. Baath Party theme(s) of New International Economic
Code: Order (NIEO)?
A B C D 1. Self-reliance
a. 1 2 3 4 2. Globalization and liberalization
b. 1 3 2 4 Select the correct answer using the code
c. 4 2 3 1 given below
d. 4 3 2 1 Code:
e. a a. 1 only
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b. 2 only c. 4-2-1-3
c. Both 1 and 2 d. 4-1-2-3
d. Neither 1 nor 2 e. *
e. a 84. Consider the following statements
80. Consider the following statements: The classification of authoritarian systems
The New Social Movements made by Almond and Powell includes
1. do not seek 'total' change 1. radical and conservative totalitarian
2. are not class-based 2. pre-mobilized authoritarian and pre-
3. do not believe in direct action mobilized democratic
Which of the statements given above is/are 3. conservative and modernizing
correct? authoritarian
a. 2 and 3 only 4. secularized City-States and pyramidal
b. 1 and 2 only systems
c. 3 only Which of the statements given above are
correct?
d. 1, 2 and 3
a. 1 and 2
e. b
b. 2 and 4
81. Consider the following International
Women's Conferences c. 1 and 4
1. Nairobi d. 1 and 3
2. Mexico e. *
3. Copenhagen 85. Consider the following
4. Beijing 1. Timocracy and oligarchy
What is the correct chronological sequence 2. Democracy and tyranny
of the above Conferences? 3. Republics and autocracy
a. 3-2-4-1 4. Theocracy and polity
b. 2-1-3-4 Which of the above are included Plato's
classification of governments
c. 4-3-1-2
d. 2-3-1-4 a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 4
e. *
82. Who of the following Presidents of India c. 2 and 3
was associated with the Trade Union d. 2 and 4
Movement in India? e. c
a. V. V. Giri 86. Match List-I with List-II and select the
b. N. Sanjiva Reddy correct answer using the code given below
the Lists
c. K. R. Narayanan
d. Zakir-Hussain List-I
(Institutions/ Units associated)
e. a
83. Consider the following political systems: A. Laender
1. Czech Republic B. Procuratorates
C. Privy Council
2. Malaysia
3. South Africa D. Commissions de modernization
4. Sri Lanka List-II
What is the correct chronological sequence (Countries of Government)
of the above opting to a sustained 1. France
competitive electoral democracy? 2. China
a. 2-4-3-1 3. Great Britain
b. 2-3-4-1 4. German Federal Republic
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Code: signed by not less than 4th of the total

A B C D number of members of that House
a. 1 2 3 4 2. the resolution is passed by a majority
b. 1 3 2 4 of not less than 3rd of the total
c. 4 3 2 1 membership of that House
d. 4 2 3 1 Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
e. d
a. 1 only
87. In the US House of Representatives, the
second reading of a Bill is undertaken in b. 2 only
which one of the following Committees? c. Both 1 and 2
a. Select Committee d. Neither 1 nor 2
b. Standing Committee e. b
c. Conference Committee 92. During the cultural revolution in China,
d. Committee of the Whole House public security organs known as workers
provost corps were created for which of
e. b the following?
88. When the Senate of the United States sits 1. Dealing with counterrevolutionary
for a trial for impeachment of the US activities
President, the House is presided over by
the 2. Keeping surveillance over the
activities of the Red Guard
a. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Select the correct answer using the code
b. President of the House given below
c. Vice-President of the United States Code
d. Senator representing the largest a. 1 only
province of the United States
b. 2 only
e. a
c. Both 1 and 2
89. In several States of the US, the Jim Crow
Legislation was responsible for d. Neither 1 nor 2
a. segregation of different communities e. a
b. reparations for previously segregated 93. The National Assembly of South Africa,
communities by a resolution adopted with a supporting
vote of at least two-thirds of its members,
c. common schools for blacks and whites can remove the President from the office
d. ban of civil rights movement on which of the following grounds?
e. a 1. Serious violation of the Constitution or
90. The final outcome of the French the Law
presidential election is on the completion 2. Serious misconduct
of (run of election) second ballot among 3. Moral corruption
a. all the candidates 4. Inability to perform the functions of
b. top two candidates the office
c. top three candidates Select the correct answer using the code
d. top four candidates given below
e. b Code :
91. Consider the following statements a. 1, 2 and 3 only
The charge of violation of the Constitution b. 1, 2 and 4 only
by the President of India for his c. 3 and 4 only
impeachment cannot be preferred by a d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
House unless
e. b
1. a resolution containing the proposal is
moved after a 7 days' notice in writing
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94. Which of the following are included in the a. Maharashtra 19

Right to Privacy under the Constitution of b. Tamil Nadu 18
South Africa? c. Bihar 18
Right not to have d. West Bengal 16
1. person or home searched e. c
2. property searched 98. Which one of the following is a
3. possession seized Constitutional Body?
4. privacy of their communication a. National Commission for Scheduled
infringed Tribes
Select the correct answer using the code b. National Commission for Minorities
given below c. National Commission for Women
Code : d. Planning Commission
a. 1 and 2 only e. a
b. 1, 2 and 3 only 99. Under the Citizenship Act, 1955, by which
c. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the following ways can a person
d. 3 and 4 only become a citizen of India?
e. c 1. By birth
95. Which one of the following Committees/ 2. By descent
Commissions prepared the groundwork for 3. By registration
the communal award granting separate 4. By nationalization
representation to depressed classes in
5. By incorporation of territory
India?
Select the correct answer using the code
a. Southborough Committee given below
b. Simon Commission Code:
c. Nehru Committee a. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
d. Lothian Committee b. 1 and 2 only
e. b c. 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
96. Consider the following statements with d. 3, 4 and 5 only
respect to the Rajya Sabha
e. c
1. The origin of the Rajya Sabha can 'be
traced back to 1919, when in 100. Which of the following are Fundamental
pursuance to the Government of India Duties of an Indian citizen according to
Act, 1919, a second chamber known as Article 51A of the Constitution?
the Council of States was created. 1. To believe in socialism, secularism and
2. The Rajya Sabha has special powers to democracy
declare that it is necessary and 2. To abide by the Constitution and
expedient in the national interest that respect the National Flag and the
Parliament may make laws with National Anthem
respect to a matter in the State List. 3. To protect the sovereignty, unity and
Which of the statements given above is/are integrity of India
correct? 4. To preserve the rich heritage of the
a. 1 only country's composite culture
b. 2 only 5. To help the poor and weaker sections
c. Both 1 and 2 of the society
d. Neither 1 nor 2 Select the correct answer using the code
given below
e. c
Code
97. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched? a. 1, 2 and 3
State No. of Members in the Rajya Sabha b. 2, 3and 4
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c. 3, 4 and 5 the following scholars draws attention to

d. 1, 4 and 5 such a consequence?
e. b a. Rajni Kothari
101. Which of the following are considered as b. Samuel Huntington
basic structure of the Indian Constitution? c. Robert Dahl
1. Republican and democratic form of d. David Held
Government e. b
2. Secular character of the Constitution 105. Match List-I with List-II and select the
3. Division between Fundamental Rights correct answer using the code given below
and Directive Principles of State Policy the Lists :
4. Federal character of the Constitution List I
Select the correct answer using the code (Idea of Justice)
given below A. Treating likes alike
Code: B. Fairness
a. 1, 2 and 3 C. Net aggregate
b. 2, 3 and 4 D. Interest of the
c. 1, 3 and 4 List II
d. 1, 2 and 4 (Thinker)
e. d 1. Rawls
102. To whom does the Chairperson of every 2. Aristotle
Metropolitan Planning Committee forward 3. Thrasymachus satisfaction
the development plan, as recommended by
4. Bentham stronger
such a Committee?
5. Nozick
a. The Planning Commission
Code:
b. The Finance Minister, Government of
India A B C D
c. The Urban Development Minister, a. 1 2 5 3
Government of India b. 2 1 3 5
d. The Government of the State c. 3 2 1 4
e. d d. 2 1 4 3
103. According to Rawls, which of the e. d
following sets of social primary goods is 106. Match List-I with List-II and select the
likely to be pursued by all human beings? correct answer using the code given below
a. Income and wealth, opportunities and the Lists:
powers, rights and liberties, and social List I
bases of self respect (Concept of Civil Society)
b. Income and wealth, opportunities and A. Civil society as the arena of cultural
powers, health and intelligence, and politics
social bases of self respect B. Civil society as the arena of civic
c. Rights and liberties, income and association
wealth, health and intelligence, and C. A Civil society as the zone between
social bases of self-respect family and state
d. Income and wealth, health and D. Civil society as the space for the
imagination, opportunities and powers, emergence of public opinion
and social bases of self respect independent of the State and the
e. a Church
104. Public institutions may not cope with the List II
expansion of democratic participation (Thinker)
leading to political decay. Which one of 1. Hegel
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2. de Tocquivelle 110. The concept of civil disobedience is not

3. Gramsci central in the thought of who of the
4. Jurgen Haberman following?
Code: a. John Rawls
A B C D b. M. K. Gandhi
a. 2 4 1 3 c. Leo Tolstoy
b. 3 1 2 4 d. Michel Foucault
c. 3 2 1 4 e. a
d. 2 1 4 3 111. Which one of the following theories
considers democracy not as a government
e. a
of the people but as the iron law of
107. Consider the following statements oligarchy'?
1. In the Hind Swaraj, Mahatma Gandhi a. The Pluralist
formulates a conception of good life
for the individual as well as the b. The Marxist
society. c. The Elitist
2. The Hind Swaraj was the outcome of d. The Idealist
the experience of Gandhi's prolonged e. c
struggle against Colonial Raj in India. 112. Match List-I with List-II and select the
Which of the statements given above is/are correct answer using the code given below
correct? the Lists :
a. 1 only List-I
b. 2 only (Theories of Democracy)
c. Both 1 and 2 A. Elite theory
d. Neither 1 nor 2 B. Pluralist theory
e. c C. Radical theory
108. Who among the following argues that 108 D. Neo-Liberal theory
fault lines of civilizations are the breeding List - II
grounds of conflict in 21st Century? (Champions)
a. Francis Fukuyama 1. C. B. Macpherson
b. Samuel Huntington 2. Robert Nozick
c. Henry Kissinger 3. Vilfredo Pareto
d. Sanjay Subramaniam 4. Robert Dahl
e. b Code:
109. Consider the following classics of A B C D
Marxism a. 2 4 1 3
1. The German Ideology (Marx and b. 2 1 4 3
Engels)
c. 3 4 1 2
2. The Paris Commune (Marx) d. 3 1 4 2
3. The Critique of the Gotha Programme
e. c
(Marx)
113. Consider the following statements
4. State and Revolution (Lenin)
Liberal feminists advocate
Which of the above are a strong
endorsement of direct democracy? 1. equality before the law for women
a. 1, 2 and 3 2. same rights for men and women
b. 2, 3 and 4 3. special representation for women in
decision-making bodies
c. 1, 3 and 4
4. assault on patriarchy
d. 1, 2 and 4
e. *
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Which of the statements given above are 1. Epistemological break

correct? 2. Relative autonomy of the
a. 1, 2 and 3 only superstructure
b. 1 and 2 only 3. Economy in the last instance
c. 3 and 4 only 4. Paradigm shift
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Althusser is credited with which of the
e. a above concepts?
114. The public and private spheres came to be a. 1, 2 and 3
strongly demarcated in which one of the b. 1, 3 and 4
following ideological orientations? c. 1, 2 and 4
a. Fascism d. 2, 3 and 4
b. Liberalism e. a
c. Feminism 119. Consider the following
d. Marxism 1. Decentralization
e. c 2. Labour-intensive industry
115. Which one of the following books makes 3. Promotion of Indian languages vis-a-
value and meaning crucial determinants of vis English
human action? 4. Opposition to caste system
a. Rousseau's 'Discourse on the Origin of Which of the above were the central tenets
Inequality' of Lohia-inspired, socialism in India?
b. Marx's 'On the Jewish Question' a. 1 and 2 only
c. Weber's 'Protestant Ethic and the Spirit b. 2 and 3 only
of Capitalism'
c. 1, 3 and 4 only
d. Paine's 'Rights of Man' d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
e. * e. d
116. According to Lenin, what are the three 120. Consider the following statements
sources of Marxism?
1. Truth is a subjective quality, available
a. Russian anarchism, French socialism only to a few gifted people, whose will
and British economy or spirit or personality is greater than
b. German philosophy, British political that of the masses.
economy and French socialism
2. Non-violence is the law of our species
c. French philosophy, British economy as violence is the law of brute.
and German socialism
Which political ideologies are reflected in
d. Hegelian dialectics, Blanqui's the statements 1 and 2 above respectively?
socialism and Ricardo's political
a. Marxism in 1 and Gandhism in 2
economy
b. Syndicalism in 1 and Gandhism in 2
e. d
c. Fascism in 1 and Liberalism in 2
117. In which one of the following texts is the
concept of 'dialectics' examined? d. Fascism in 1 and Gandhism in 2
a. Imperialism, the Highest Stage of e. d
Capitalism (Lenin)
b. The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis
Bonaparte (Marx)
c. Social Reform or Revolution
(Luxemburg)
d. For Marx (Althusser)
e. *
118. Consider the following concepts