MAHA SET 2018 Question Paper 3 Political Science

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper III

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Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150
Note : This paper contains Seventy Five (75) multiple choice questions, each
question carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(75) (2)

1. According to the UNDP’s Human 1.

Development Report of 1994, which

one of the following is incorrectly

stated as an issue falls within the

scope of human security.

(A) Economic security, Food

security
(A)

(B) Health security, Environmental

security (B)

(C) Personal security, Community
(C)
security

(D) Political security, Energy (D)

security

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2. What is the ultimate goal of state 2.

according to the offensive realism

propounded by Mearsheimer ?

(A) Power (A)

(B) Hegemony (B)

(C) Authority (C)

(D) Peace (D)

3. Who was/is the UN Secretary 3.

General took the initiative to

conflict prevention and move the UN

from a culture of reactions to a

culture of prevention ?
(A)
(A) Ban Ki Moon
(B)
(B) Butros Butros Ghali

(C)
(C) Kofi Annan

(D)
(D) Kurt Waldheim

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4. You have been asked to design a 4.

comprehensive program to combat

corruption in bureaucracy. Which of

the following measures would you

adopt ?

(a) Reform of Indian Penal Code (a)

(b) Modification of the Prevention
(b)
of Corruption Act.
(c)
(c) Improvement in inter-

ministerial coordination (d)

(d) Reduction in protection given

by Art. 311 of the Constitution
:

Codes :
(A) (a) (d)
(A) (a) and (d)
(B) (b) (c)
(B) (b) and (c)

(C) (c) (d)
(C) (c) and (d)

(D) (a), (b) and (d) (D) (a), (b) (d)

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5. Given below are two statements, one
5.
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
(A) (R) :
other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The Prime (A) :
Minister’s Office
maintains liaison
with the
President and
Governors.
(R) :
Reason (R) : The Prime
Minister’s Office
acts as the think
tank of the Prime
Minister.

In the context of the above which
one of the following is correct ?

Codes : :

(A) (A) is true but (R) is false. (A) (A) (R)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but
(B) (A) (R)
(R) is not the correct
explanation of (A) (R) (A)

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (C) (A) (R)
(R) is the correct explanation of
(R) (A)
(A)
(D) (A) (R)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false
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6. What are the sources of 6.
Development Administration ?
(A)
(A) Globalization, consumerism,
international trade
(B)
(B) Fundamental Rights,
fundamental duties, secularism
(C)
(C) Economic development, Political
awarness, democracy
(D) Directive principles, socio- (D)
economic justice, welfarism
7. Match List I with List II and select 7.
the correct answer from the codes
I II :
given below :
I
List I
(a)
(a) Political Affairs Committee
(b) Estimates Committee (b)

(c) National Development Council (c)

(d) Inter-state Council (d)
List II II
(1) Administrative reforms (1)
(2) Decisions regarding security (2)
(3) Cooperative federalism (3)
(4) Representation to Chief (4)
Ministers
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (4) (3) (2) (1)
(A) (4) (3) (2) (1)
(B) (3) (1) (4) (2)
(B) (3) (1) (4) (2)
(C) (2) (3) (1) (4) (C) (2) (3) (1) (4)

(D) (2) (1) (4) (3) (D) (2) (1) (4) (3)

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8. Which two of the following 8.

statements are linked with

administrative leadership ?
(a)
(a) Influencing people to strive

willingly for mutual objectives.

(b)
(b) Mobilizing people to widen

social base.

(c) Encouraging people for (c)

participation
(d)

(d) Rewarding people for

organizational efficiency.

Codes :
(A) (a) (c) (d)
(A) (a) (c) and (d)

(B) (b) (d)
(B) (b) and (d)

(C) (a), (b) and (d) (C) (a), (b) (d)

(D) (b), (c) and (d) (D) (b), (c) (d)

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9. What is corporate governance ? 9.
(Corporate governance)
(a) It is a government by public

corporations.
(a)
(b) It is a governance protecting
(b)
the interests of the stakeholders.

(c) It is a governance protecting
(c)
ethical and moral values.

(d) International governance.
(d)
Codes : :

(A) (a) and (d) (A) (a) (d)

(B) (b) and (c) (B) (b) (c)

(C) (c) and (d) (C) (c) (d)

(D) (a) and (b) (D) (a) (b)

10. Who of the following advocated the 10.

dependency theory of development

administration ?
(A)
(A) Gunder Frank
(B)
(B) Frank Marini

(C) Chester Barnard (C)

(D) MacGregor (D)

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11. Which of the following critera is 11.
considered while creating a Nagar
Panchayat ?

(A) the degree of urbanization (A)
(B) proportion of employment in
(B)
non-agricultural activities

(C) the degree of people’s (C)
participation
(D)
(D) infrastructure facilities

12. Choose the incorrect statement of the 12.
following :
(A)
(A) The scope of Judicial Review in
Canada was expanded with
Canadian Charter of rights and
freedom in 1982

(B) In India Articles 131-136 of the (B)

Constitution have vested in the
Supreme Court the powers of
Judicial Review
(C)
(C) In US, Judicial Review was
asserted for the first time in
1803 in Marbury Vs. Medison
case

(D) In Switzerland Supreme Court (D)
is empowered to make Judicial
Review of Federal Law

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13. How the President of America is 13.
elected ?
(A)
(A) Directly by people
(B)
(B) Citizens elect the members of
electoral college, these electors
then cast direct votes for the
President

(C) The US Congress elects the (C)

President of America

(D) The Senators elect the (D)
President of America

14. Choose the incorrect statement :
14.
(A) Executive power in Switzerland
(A)
is held by a committee
consisting of 7 members
(B)
(B) Switzerland’s constitution of
1848 provided for a Federal
Council

(C) Each of the ministers in Federal (C)

Council has equal power and is
elected by Parliament

(D) The Swiss Constitution expects (D)
that the executive decisions
should be taken by the President

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15. Choose the incorrect sentence : 15.

(A) Indian President can declare (A)
state emergency in a state
through Article 356

(B) Article 356 gives wider powers
(B)
to the central government to
assert its authority over a state

(C) With Article 356 the powers of
the legislature of the state shall (C)
be exercised by or under the
authority of the Parliament

(D) In the Golaknath case the
(D)
Supreme Court discussed at
length the provisions regarding
Article 356

16. In which state the upper house of 16.
the legislature, gets equal
representation from federating
units ?
(A)
(A) India
(B)
(B) USA

(C) UK (C)

(D) None of the above (D)

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17. Find the wrongly mentioned 17.

member of the Chicago-Michigan

tradition of system theory in

international relations :
(A)
(A) Harold Laski
(B)
(B) Anatoli Raport

(C)
(C) David Singer

(D)
(D) Morton Kaplan

18. Which of the following initiated 18.

the idea of arms control for the first

time ?

(A)
(A) Hague Peace Conference (1899)

(B) Geneva Protocol of 1925 (B)

(C) 14 Points of Woodrow Wilson
(C)
(1919)

(D) Four Powers Declaration of 1945 (D)

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19. Given below are two statements, one 19.
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
(A) (R) :
other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The 17th NAM (A) :
Summit in
Venezuela was
attended by
India’s Vice-
President Hamid (R) :
Ansari.

Reason (R) : In the post-cold
war world NAM
is expected to
focus on core
issues of global
concern.

In the context of the above two
statements, which of the following :
is correct ?
(A) (A) (R)
Codes :

(A) (A) is true, (R) is false (B) (A) (R)

(B) (A) is false, (R) is true (C) (A) (R)
(C) Both (A) and (R) are (R) (A)
individually true, and (R) is the
correct explanation of (A)
(D) (A) (R)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are
individually true, but (R) is not (R) (A)
the correct explanation of (A)

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20. India’s claim for permanent seat in 20.

the UN Security Council is justified

for the following reasons :

(i) India has successfully
(i)
conducted nuclear explosions.
(ii)
(ii) India has never attacked any

country.

(iii)
(iii) Indian economy is growing fast.

(iv) India has achieved greater

diplomatic clout among third (iv)

world countries.

Choose the correct answer from the

following codes :
(A)
(A) All are correct
(B) (i), (ii) (iii)
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct

(D) (i), (iii) (iv)
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct

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21. Which attribute of ‘Power’ is 21.

incorrectly stated ?

(A) Capacity to influence (A)

(B) Embodiment of reason (B)

(C) Based on force (C)

(D) Not backed by law (D)

22. Who among the following has 22.

defined political development as

“increased differentiation and

specialization of political structure

and increased secularisation of

political culture”.

(A) Samuel P. Huntington
(A)

(B) David Easton
(B)
(C) Gabriel A. Almond and G.B.
(C)
Powell

(D) Alfred Diamont (D)

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23. Examine the following statements 23.

about India’s Nuclear Policy and

mark the incorrect one :

(A) India considers Nuclear Non-
(A)
Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as

discriminatory treaty

(B) India is in favour of both (B)

vertical and horizontal nuclear

weapon proliferation
(C)

(C) India is for total nuclear

disarmament

(D)
(D) India is against declaring South

Asia as a Nuclear Weapon Free

Zone

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24. Select from the following statements 24.

the main theme of the 1971 UN

Declaration on Indian Ocean as a

Zone of Peace. Use the codes :

(i) To eliminate the regional and
(i)
extra regional power presence

(ii) To eliminate the great power
(ii)
presence in the context of great

power rivalry

(iii) To make the region a Zone of (iii)

Peace
(iv)

(iv) To declare the region as a

Nuclear Weapon Free Zone.

Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii)
(B) (ii), (iii) only

(C) (iii), (iv)
(C) (iii), (iv) only

(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) only (D) (i), (ii) (iii)

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25. Choose the correct statement about 25.

‘security dilemma’ from the
following. Use codes :
(i)
(i) An important paradox inherent
in the state system.
(ii)
(ii) The existence of states is to
provide security of its citizens
by maintaining armed forces. (iii)

(iii) The existence of armed forces
threatens the very security, they
are expected to maintain.
(iv)
(iv) There is no escape from the
international security dilemma
because there is no possibility
forming a world government.

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

(A) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct and (iv)
is incorrect
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i), (ii) (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (ii) are correct and (iii), (iv)
are incorrect
(D) (i), (ii), (iv) (iii)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct and (iii)
is incorrect

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26. Compare List I (Theory) and List II 26. I II
(Scholars) and select the correct

codes :

List I (Theory) I

(a) Liberalism (a)

(b) Realism (b)

(c) Critical (c)

(d) Dependency (d)

List II (Scholars) II

(1) Immanuel Kant (1)

(2) Kautilya (2)

(3) Immanuel Wallenstein (3)

(4) Jurgen Habermass (4)

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (1) (4) (3) (2) (A) (1) (4) (3) (2)

(B) (4) (3) (2) (1) (B) (4) (3) (2) (1)

(C) (1) (2) (4) (3) (C) (1) (2) (4) (3)

(D) (1) (2) (3) (4) (D) (1) (2) (3) (4)

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27. Which of the following years was 27.

celebrated by India as the

‘E-governance year ?
(A)
(A) 2001

(B)
(B) 2002

(C)
(C) 2003

(D)
(D) 2004

28. Who wrote the book entitled 28.

“Development Administration–

Concept and Problems” ?
(A)

(A) Appleby

(B)
(B) L.D. White

(C)
(C) Willobi

(D) Swerdlow (D)

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29. Sarkaria Commission submitted its 29.

report on ...................... date.

(A) 27th October, 1987 (A)

(B) 26th April, 1966 (B)

(C) 24th November, 1972 (C)

(D) 20th May, 1981 (D)

30. Which Article of the Indian 30.

Constitution describes India as a

‘Union of States’.
(A)

(A) Article 11

(B)
(B) Article 4

(C)
(C) Article 13

(D) Article 1 (D)

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31. Who is the Prime Minister of 31.
Myanmar ?
(A)
(A) Owang San Su Ki
(B)
(B) Thiyen Sen
(C)
(C) Khin Ki

(D) Ne Win (D)

32. Which is the most important 32.

element of current global politics ?

(A) Technical (A)

(B) Economical (B)

(C) Political (C)

(D) Military (D)

33. According to Huntington which of 33.
the following countries can be

considered as coming under the third

wave of democratization ?
(A)
(A) Japan and Germany
(B)
(B) India and Israel
(C)
(C) Britain, France and USA

(D) Southern and Eastern Europe (D)

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34. Which of the following pairs are 34.
correctly matched ?

(a) Samuel Huntington (a)

(b) Mikhail Gorbachev (b)

(c) Henry Kissinger (c)

(1) Clash of civilization (1)

(2) Perestroika and Glasnost (2)

(3) Detente (3)

Codes :

(A) (1) and (2) (A) (1) (2)

(B) (1) and (3) (B) (1) (3)

(C) (2) and (3) (C) (2) (3)

(D) (1), (2) and (3) (D) (1), (2) (3)

35. Who among the following is 35.
the pioneer of the theory of neo-

realism ?
(A)
(A) Kenneth Waltz
(B)
(B) Hans Morgenthau
(C)
(C) Barry Buzan

(D) Raul Prebisch (D)

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36. The speed and intensification of 36.
economic, political, social and
cultural relations across
international borders is known as
................ . (A)
(A) Political economy
(B)
(B) Economic development
(C)
(C) Globalization
(D)
(D) World economy

37. The farmers organisation, Bharatiya 37.

Kissan Union was established by
............................ .
(A)
(A) Sharad Joshi
(B)
(B) Mahendra Singh Tikait
(C)
(C) Nandunjappa

(D) Raju Shetti (D)

38. When was fundamental duties were 38.
incorporated in the Indian
Constitution ?
(A)
(A) 1948
(B)
(B) 1950

(C) 1976 (C)

(D) 1971 (D)

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39. On whose recommendations was the 39.

Constituent Assembly formed ?

(A) Cabinet Mission Plan (A)

(B) Mountbatten Plan (B)

(C) Govt. of India Act, 1935 (C)

(D) Cripps Mission Plan (D)

40. Which one of the following pairs is 40.

not correctly matched ?

(A) Huntington : Differentiation
(A)

(B) Gabriel : Structural
(B)
Almond Differentiation

(C) Huntington : Participation

(D) Gabriel : Centralization (C)

Almond (D)

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41. Which one of the following pairs is 41.

correctly matched ?

(A) Civic culture: Parochial and
(A) :

political culture

(B) Civic culture: Subject and

(B) :
super partici-

pant culture

(C) Civic culture: P a r t ici pa t io n (C) :

and political

culture
(D) :

(D) Civic culture: Parochial, Sub-

ject and partici-

pant culture

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42. Which one of the following pairs is 42.
not correctly matched ?

(A) Vilfredo — The Mind and
(A)
Pareto Society

(B) Gaetano — The Ruling
(B)
Mosca Class
(C)
(C) C. Wright — The Power Elite

Mills

(D) Karl Mann- — Elite and Non- (D)

heim Elite

43. Which one of the following pairs is 43.
correctly matched ?

(A) Steven — Power : Radical
(A)
Lukes View

(B) Michel — Political System
(B)
Foucault

(C) Gramsci — A Theory of
(C)
Justice

(D) Hannah — Political
(D)
Arendt Liberalism

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44. Which of the following statements 44.

are correct ?

(a) Between 1950 and 1967, there (a)

was congress dominant at the

centre level.
(b)
(b) After the fourth general election

of 1967, in six states coalition

government was formed.

(c) Between 1950 and 1967, there (c)

was not congress dominant at

the state level.

Select the correct option from the

following codes :
(A) (a) (c)
(A) (a) and (c)

(B) (b) (c)
(B) (b) and (c)

(C) (a) (b)
(C) (a) and (b)

(D) (a), (b) and (c) (D) (a), (b) (c)

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45. Which of the following statements 45.

are correct ?

(a) The political awareness is (a)

present among the Dalits.
(b)

(b) There are region based political

parties in India
(c)

(c) There are political parties that

are not formed on socio-cultural

basis.

Select the correct option from the

following codes :

(A) (a) (c)
(A) (a) and (c)

(B) (b) (c)
(B) (b) and (c)

(C) (a), (b) and (c) (C) (a), (b) (c)

(D) (a) and (b) (D) (a) (b)

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46. In which state of India the first
46.
communist government was

formed ?
(A)
(A) Kerala

(B) Orissa (B)

(C) West Bengal (C)

(D) Tamil Nadu (D)

47. Which of the following statements 47.

are correct ?

(a) Gender is different from sex (a)

(b) Gender is not social construction
(b)
(c) Gender is division of labour
(c)
Select the correct option from the

following codes :

Codes :

(A) (a), (b) and (c) (A) (a), (b) (c)

(B) (a) and (b) (B) (a) (b)

(C) (b) and (c) (C) (b) (c)

(D) (a) (c)
(D) (a) and (c)

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48. Match List I with List II and select 48. I
the correct answer from the codes II
given below :
I
List I
(a)
(a) Morris-Jones
(b)
(b) Srinivas M.N.

(c) Rajni Kothari (c)

(d) Weiner Myron (ed.) (d)

List II II

(1) The Dominant Caste and Other (1)
Essays
(2)
(2) Government and Politics in
India (3)

(3) State Politics in India (4)

(4) Politics in India

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (2) (1) (4) (3)
(A) (2) (1) (4) (3)
(B) (3) (2) (1) (4)
(B) (3) (2) (1) (4)
(C) (4) (3) (2) (1)
(C) (4) (3) (2) (1)
(D) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(D) (1) (2) (3) (4)

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49. Which one of the following pairs is
49.
correctly matched ? (After 1990)

(A) Tow party — Gujarat
(A)
system

(B) One party — Maharashtra (B)

system (C)
(C) One party — Kerala

dominance
(D)
(D) One party — Rajasthan

system

50. Which of the following is/are forms 50.
or system with which the unitary
system is compatible ?
1.
1. Presidential form of
government. 2.
2. Parliamentary form of
3.
government

3. System of judicial review
Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :

Codes :
(A) 1 2
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 3
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (C) 1, 2 3

(D) only 3 (D) 3

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51. The cabinet form of government
51.
means :

(A) A system of govrnment which
is marked by the existence of a
(A)
group which collectively decides
on the politics of the
government and which is also
collectively responsible to the
parliament

(B) A form of government in which (B)
the cabinet is supreme and is
not accountable to any other
organ of the state

(C) A form of government in which
(C)
all the members of the cabinet
are popularly elected on the
basis of universal audit
franchise

(D) A form of government in which (D)

it is the President, and not the
Prime Minister, who presides
over the cabinet meetings for
the reason that he is directly
elected by the people

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52. A rigid constitution is one which : 52.

(A) cannot be amended (A)

(B) can be amended only by a new (B)

constituent assembly

(C) can be amended only by two-
(C)
thirds majority of the members

present and voting

(D) can be amended by any

procedure other than ordinary (D)

law making process prescribed

by the constitution

53. Who said that “Authority is 53.

federal” ?

(A) Barker (A)

(B) Duguit (B)

(C) Krabbe (C)

(D) Laski (D)

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54. Who among the following said that 54.
all the governments ultimately are
oligarchic in nature ?

(A) F.M. Marx (A)

(B) Vilfredo Pareto (B)

(C) Max Weber (C)

(D) Herbert A. Simon (D)

55. Bureaucracy in the modern state is 55.
the form of :

(A) Traditional authority (A)

(B) Rational legal authority (B)

(C) Charismatic authority (C)

(D) Political authority (D)

56. Which of the following imposes 56.
limitations on the supremacy of the
Parliament in India ?
(A)
(A) Parliamentary system
(B)
(B) Federal system and judicial
review
(C)
(C) Socialistic pattern

(D) Fundamental rights (D)

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57. Which of the following pairs are 57.

correctly matched ?

1. Dependency — Samir Amin 1. —

theory

2. Liberal theory — Lucian Pye 2. —

of development

3. Theory of — Karl Marx 3. —

alienation

4. Theory of — John Rawls 4. —

negative

Select the correct answer using the

codes given below :

Codes :

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

(B) 1 and 2 (B) 1 2

(C) 3 and 4 (C) 3 4

(D) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 3

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58. Match the following : 58. :

List I I

(a) Sovereign is the main source of (a)

law

(b) Laws are passed by legislature (b)

(c) General will is sovereign (c)

(d) Will, and not force, is the basis (d)

of state

List II II

(1) Hobbes (1)

(2)
(2) Locke
(3)
(3) Rousseau
(4)
(4) T.H. Green

Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (4) (2) (3) (1) (A) (4) (2) (3) (1)

(B) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(B) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(C) (2) (1) (3) (4)
(C) (2) (1) (3) (4)
(D) (4) (1) (2) (3)
(D) (4) (1) (2) (3)

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59. Classical liberalism grew out of the 59.

struggle between :

(A) labour and bourgeoisie (A)

(B) capitalists and feudalists (B)

(C) middle class and the down- (C)

trodden

(D) aristocracy and commoners (D)

60. Gandhiji believed in the principle of 60.

non-violence. Satyagraha is :

(A) a weapon to oppose violence by
(A)
non-violence

(B) a method of civil disobedience (B)

(C) a method of people’s
(C)
participation

(D) a weapon of violence (D)

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61. According to the Fascists, the truest
61.

form of democracy is government by

the :
(A)
(A) Elite

(B)
(B) War-mongers

(C)
(C) Democrate

(D)
(D) Anarchists

62. Violation of the ‘Rule of Law’ arises 62.

mostly from :

(A) Limited franchise (A)

(B) Delegated legislation (B)

(C) Lack of checks and balances (C)

(D) Unrestrained freedom (D)

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63. Which of the following is correctly 63.

matched ?

Theories of Statements

Nature Regarding Nature

of State of State

(A) Idealist State will wither away (A)

(B) Mechanistic State is an association of (B)

associations

(C) Legal State has a fictitious
(C)

personality

(D) Organic State is the objectification (D)

of spirit

64. Who of the following wrote ‘The 64.

Subjection of Women’ ?

(A) Jeremy Bentham (A)

(B) Karl Marx (B)

(C) James Mill (C)

(D) John Stuart Mill (D)

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65. Mahatma Gandhi launched the 65.

Satyagraha movement in 1919.

Which of the following was the

correct reason ?

(a) It was a protest against the (a)

British government for its

failure to introduce promised

reforms at the end of the war.

(b) It was a protest against the

massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, (b)

Amritsar.

(c) It was a protest against the
(c)
Rowlatt Act.
(d)
(d) It was a protest against

communal awards.

Codes :
(A) (a) (c)
(A) (a) and (c)
(B) (c)
(B) Only (c)
(C) (c) (d)
(C) (c) and (d)

(D) Only (b) (D) (b)

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66. Who represented the Congress in the 66.
Second Round Table Conference at
London (1931) ?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi (A)

(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru (B)

(C) Srinivas Shastri (C)

(D) B.R. Ambedkar (D)

67. The Lahore Session of the Congress 67.
which adopted a resolution of
complete independence for India was
presided over by :
(A)
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B)
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C)
(C) Motilal Nehru

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru (D)

68. The basic principle of liberalism 68.

is :
(A)
(A) Individual freedom
(B)
(B) Social justice
(C)
(C) Equality

(D) Nationalism (D)

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69. Marxism is considered as a Utopia 69.

but sabine finds this utopia ............ .

(A) Generous and a humane one
(A)

(B) Anti-capitalist and prodemocracy (B)

(C) Restrictive and class oriented

(C)
(D) Anti-imperialist and pro-
(D)
authoritarian

70. Which of the following pairs is 70.

correctly matched ?

(A) Rousseau — Civil society (A)

(B) Locke — Original position (B)

(C) Plato — Veil of ignorance (C)

(D) Machiavelli — Hegemony (D)

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71. Select the correct answer by using 71.

the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Hobbes said
(A) :
“Man is solitary

poor, nasty,

brutish and

short”.

Reason (R) : There can be no (R) :

morality, justice,

industry and

civilisation.

Codes :

(A) (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect (A) (A) (R)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and
(B) (A) (R)
(R) is reason of (A)
(R) (A)
(C) (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct
(C) (A) (R)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct but

(R) is not the correct reason of (D) (A) (R)

(A) (R) (A)

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72. Who said “Inequality is the 72.
constraint in the realization of
liberty” ?
(A)
(A) Rousseau
(B)
(B) Thomas Hobbes
(C) J.S. Mill (C)

(D) T.H. Green (D)

73. Which among the following is an 73.
incorrect statement ?
(A)
(A) Negative liberty is the absence
of obstacles
(B)
(B) Classical liberal state makes a
claim for private property
(C)
(C) Modern liberal state advocates
Laissez-faire economy
(D) Maximum government is main (D)
feature of welfare state
74. Which one of the following pairs is 74.
correctly matched ?
(A) Classical political theory — (A)
Value oriented
(B)
(B) Empirical political theory —
Value oriented
(C)
(C) Empirical political theory —
Anti-positivism
(D)
(D) Classical political theory —
Anti-historicism
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75. Which one of the following pairs is 75.

not correctly matched ?

(A) John Rawls theory of justice
(A)
— Each person is to have an

equal right to the most

extensive liberty compatible

with similar liberty to others (B)

(B) Feminist Account of Justice —

The greatest benefit of the least

advantaged
(C)

(C) John Rawls theory of justice —

Attached to offices and positions

open to all under conditions of

fair equality and opportunity

(D)
(D) Amartya Sen Approach —

Justice as a capability based.

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ROUGH WORK

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