MAHA SET 2015 Question Paper 2 Political Science

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper II

II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions. Each question
carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(50) (2)

1. Which phrase did Kautilya use to 1.
describe human life in the absence
of the state ?
(A)
(A) State of Nature
(B)
(B) Law of the fishes
(C)
(C) Perpetual peace
(D)
(D) State of innocence
2.
2. Which of the following pairs is
incorrectly matched ?

(A) M.K. Gandhi — Swaraj (A)

(B) M.N. Roy — Radical (B)

Humanism

(C) Aurobindo Ghosh— Spiritual (C)

Unity

(D) B.R. Ambedkar— Hindutva (D)
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3. Which thinker staunchly defended 3.
Papal Supremacy ?

(A) Alighieri Dante (A)

(B) William of Ockham (B)
(C)
(C) Marsiglio of Padua
(D)
(D) Giles of Rome

4. Which of the following statements 4.

are correct ?

(a) Positivism was the (a)
philosophical basis of
behaviourism
(b)
(b) Behaviourists emphasised the
separation of facts and values

(c) Post-behaviourists considered (c)
relevance to be more important
than rigour
(d)
(d) Behaviourism triumphed over
post-behaviourism
(A) (a), (b) (c)
(A) (a), (b) and (c)

(B) (a), (b) and (d) (B) (a), (b) (d)

(C) (b), (c) and (d) (C) (b), (c) (d)

(D) (a), (c) and (d) (D) (a), (c) (d)

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5. The liberty of the ancients is in 5.
consonance with :

(A) Liberal individualism (A)

(B) Civic republicanism (B)
(C) Totalitarianism
(C)
(D) Theocracy
(D)
6. Give the correct answer by using the
6.
codes given below :

(1) Plato is the father of political
(1)
philosophy

(2) Aristotle is not the father of
(2)
political science
(3)
(3) Machiavelli is the father of
political realism
(4)
(4) Antonio Gramsci is not the
father of passive revolution

Codes :

(A) (1) and (2) are correct (A) (1) (2)

(B) (2) and (3) are correct (B) (2) (3)

(C) (2) and (4) are correct (C) (2) (4)

(D) (3) is correct (D) (3)

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7. Which one of the following pairs is 7.

correctly matched ?

(A) G.W.F. Hegel—Civil Society (A)

(B) T.H. Green—Social Contract
(B)

(C) Karl Marx—General Will
(C)

(D) Machiavelli—Political Idealism
(D)

8. According to Marx what is the
8.
correct sequence of the modes of

production ?
(A)
(A) Slavery, Feudalism and

Capitalism

(B)
(B) Feudalism, Slavery and

Capitalism

(C) Capitalism, Slavery and (C)

Feudalism

(D) Slavery, Capitalism and (D)

Feudalism

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9. Which one of the following pairs is 9.

not correctly matched ?

(A) J.S. Mill—The subjection of
(A)
women
(B)
(B) Machiavelli—The Prince
(C)
(C) Aristotle—Utilitarianism
(D)
(D) Hobbes—The Leviathan

10. Which one of the following pairs is 10.

not correctly matched ?

(A) Mao Zedong—Cultural

Revolution
(A)
(B) Antonio Gramsci—Cultural

hegemony
(B)

(C) V.I. Lenin—Bolshevik

Revolution (C)

(D) Karl Marx—Cultural
(D)
Revolution

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11. Identify the incorrect statement :
11.

(A) In Switzerland the members of
(A)
the executive are the members

of Legislature

(B) In USA the members of the (B)

executive are not the members

of Legislature

(C)
(C) In UK the members of

executive are the members of

Legislature

(D) In India the members of the

(D)
executive are the members of

the Legislature

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12. Match the List-I with List-II by
12. I

using the codes given below :
II

List-I List-II
I II

(1) USA (a) Council of States
(1) (a)

& National Council

(2) Switzerland (b) House of Lords &
(2) (b)
House of Commons

(3) France (c) Senate & House of
(3) (c)
Representatives

(4) UK (d) National Assembly

(4) (d)
& Senate

Codes :

(A) (1—c) (2—a) (3—d) (4—b) (A) (1—c) (2—a) (3—d) (4—b)

(B) (1—d) (2—c) (3—b) (4—a) (B) (1—d) (2—c) (3—b) (4—a)

(C) (1—b) (2—d) (3—a) (4—c) (C) (1—b) (2—d) (3—a) (4—c)

(D) (1—d) (2—b) (3—c) (4—a) (D) (1—d) (2—b) (3—c) (4—a)

9 [P.T.O.

13. Which one of the following is not 13.

correctly matched ?
(A)
(A) France — Biparty System
(B)
(B) USA — Biparty System

(C)
(C) India — Multiparty System

(D) China — One Party System (D)

14. Which among the following pairs is
14.
not correctly matched ?

(A)
(A) Consti- — Supremacy

tutionalism of Constitution

(B) Federalism — Division of
(B)
Powers

(C)
(C) Parliamentary —Supremacy of

System Executive

(D) Presidential — Separation of
(D)
System Powers

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15. Judicial Review is absent in which 15.

political system ?

(A) USA (A)

(B) India (B)

(C) UK (C)

(D) Switzerland (D)

16. What is the tenure of Swiss 16.

Executive ?

(A) 5 Years (A)

(B) 4 Years (B)

(C) 6 Years (C)

(D) 7 Years (D)

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17. Which one of the following 17.

statements is incorrect ?
(A)

(A) Constitutionalism implies
(B)
limited Government

(B) War is the important threat to

Constitutionalism
(C)

(C) American Constitution

guarantee rights to the citizens

(D)
(D) British Constitution is the first

Enacted Constitution

18. Who described bureaucracy as a 18.

“continental nuisance” ?

(A) Thomas Carlyle (A)

(B) R.K. Merton (B)

(C) Max Weber (C)

(D)
(D) M. Crozier

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19. Who said, “Revolution is a sweeping 19.
fundamental change in the

predominant myth of a social

order” ?
(A)
(A) Huntington
(B)
(B) G.S. Peter
(C)
(C) H. Arendt

(D) Neumann (D)

20. Arrange in the order that AFK 20.

Organski examined the role of

government through the four stages

of his “Stages of Political

Development”. (1)
(1) Industrialization
(2)
(2) Primitive national unification
(3)
(3) Abundance
(4)
(4) National welfare

Codes :

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

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

13 [P.T.O.

21. Who gave the slogans of “Jai Hind” 21.

and “Delhi Chalo” ?

(A) Aurobindo Ghosh (A)

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru (B)

(C) Mahatma Gandhi (C)

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose (D)

22. The preamble enshrines certain 22.
ideals that were first spelt out in :

(A) The speech by Jawaharlal

Nehru on the banks of Ravi
(A)
when he called for Purna

Swaraj

(B) The Nehru Report

(C) A resolution adopted at the (B)

Karachi Session of the Indian
(C)
National Congress

(D) The objectives Resolution

adopted by the Constituent (D)

Assembly

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23. Match List-I with List-II and choose 23. I II
the correct answer from the codes

given below :
I II
List-I List-II
(a) (1)
(a) Article 43A (1) Legal aid to the poor

(b) Article 43 (2) Prohibition of

(b) (2)
consumption of alcoholic

drinks

(c) Article 47 (3) Prohibition of Cottage (c) (3)

Industries (d) (4)

(d) Article 39A (4) Workers Participation

in Management

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

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24. Which of the following provisions of 24.
the Constitution can be amended by
Parliament by a simple majority ?
(A) Creation of new states in the (A)
union
(B)
(B) Fundamental Rights
(C) Directive Principles of States (C)
Policy
(D) Provisions related to (D)

Panchayati Raj (Article 243)
25.
25. Which one of the following
statements related to President of
India is incorrect ?
(A)
(A) President shall have the power
to summon or prorogue the
session of parliament
(B)
(B) President shall have the right
to send message to either House
of Parliament
(C) President shall have power to
(C)
send message not only
legislative matters but also
“otherwise”
(D) President shall have the power
to send message only on (D)
Legislative matters

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26. One of the following is incorrect 26.
about NITI Aayog :
(A) The power to allocate funds is
not vested with Finance (A)

Ministry
(B) The number of full time
(B)
members could be fewer than
Planning Commission
(C) Chief Ministers of Union (C)
Territories are not part of NITI
Aayog
(D) Only four Cabinet Ministers (D)

will serve as ex-officio
members
27.
27. Select the correct answer by using
the codes given below :
(a) (1)
(a) Regional Party (1) Akali Dal/TDP

(b) National Party (2) BJP/DMK (b) (2)
(c) Bahujan Party (3) BSP/Bahujan

Mahasangh (c) (3)
(d) (4)
(d) Ideology Based (4) CPM/CPI

Political Party

(A) (1) and (2) are correct (A) (1) (2)
(B) (2) and (3) are correct (B) (2) (3)
(C) (3) and (4) are incorrect (C) (3) (4)
(D) (1), (3) (4)
(D) (1), (3) and (4) are correct
17 [P.T.O.

28. The 73rd Act is not applicable to 28.
which one of the states given
below ?
(A)
(A) Nagaland, Tripura and Assam
(B)
(B) Mizoram, J & K and Nagaland
(C)
(C) Meghalaya, Tripura and J & K
(D) J & K, Nagaland and Jharkhand (D)

29. Match List-I with List-II and choose 29.
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List-I List-II I II
(Constitutional (Effects)
Amendment)
(a) (1)
(a) 58th (1) Lowering of voting age

from 21 to 18
(b) (2)
(b) 61st (2) Right to education

(c) 77th (3) Publication of the
(c) (3)

Constitution in Hindi

(d) 86th (4) Reservation in (d) (4)
promotions to SCs and

STs

Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) ( d)
(A) (2) (3) (1) (4)
(A) (2) (3) (1) (4)
(B) (3) (1) (4) (2)
(B) (3) (1) (4) (2)
(C) (1) (4) (3) (2)
(C) (1) (4) (3) (2)
(D) (4) (2) (1) (3)
(D) (4) (2) (1) (3)
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30. Given below are two statements, one 30.
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
(A) (R)
other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Leftist Government

of West Bengal suggested to initiate (A)

an amendment to include the word

‘Federal’ in the description of

‘Republic of India’

Reason (R) : They suggested to

replace the ‘Union’ by the expression (R)

‘Federation’ in all places to protect
states autonomy.

In this context of the above which

one of the following is correct ?

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true but

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

(A) (A)

(C) (A) is false and (R) is true (C) (A) (R)

(D) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A) (R)
19 [P.T.O.

31. Match List-I with List-II and select 31.

the correct answer by using the

codes given below the list :

List-I List-II I II

(a) Purpose (1) Education (a) (1)

(b) Process (2) Tribal Welfare (b) (2)

(c) Clientele (3) Law (c) (3)

(d) Area (4) North-East (d) (4)

Codes :

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

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

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

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

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

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32. Select the correct answer by using 32.
the code below about ‘Adhocracy”.

(i) The term coined by Warren

Bennis (i)

(ii) It is popularised by Alwin (ii)
Toffler
(iii)
(iii) It is the opposite of

bureaucracy (iv)

(iv) It refers to a small project team

which work across the

departmental boundaries of an

organisation :

Codes :
(A) (i ) ( iii ) ( ii )
(A) (i) and (iii) are correct, (ii) and
(iv)
(iv) are incorrect

(B) (i) and (ii) are correct, (iii) and (B) (i ) ( ii ) (iii )

(iv) are incorrect (iv)

(C) ( i ), ( ii ), ( iii ) and ( iv ) are
(C) (i) (ii), (iii) (iv)
correct

(D) (i) and (ii) are incorrect, (iii) and (D) ( i ) ( ii ) ( iii )

(iv) are correct (iv)

21 [P.T.O.

33. Arrange chronologically the 33.

institution related to planning in

India. Choose the correct code :

(i) Planning and Development
(i)

Department
(ii)

(ii) Advisory Planning Board
(iii)
(iii) Planning Commission

(iv)
(iv) NITI Aayog

Codes :

(A) (ii), (i), (iii) (iv)
(A) (ii), (i), (iii) and (iv)

(B) (i), (ii), (iii) (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(C) (iii), (ii), (i) (iv)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i) and (iv)

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

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34. Select the correct statement about
34.
Estimate Committee from the

codes :

(i) It is a standing committee (i)

(ii) All members belonging to Lok (ii)
Sabha
(iii)
(iii) Members are elected on the

basis of proportional

representation (iv)

(iv) Suggest alternative policies to

bring efficiency and economy in

administration

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

(A) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct, (iv) is

incorrect
(B) (i), (ii), (iv) (iii)

(B) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct, (iii) is

incorrect
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct

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

are incorrect

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35. Select the incorrect statement about 35.

decentralisation :
(A)

(A) Decentralisation may be

political or administrative

(B)
(B) Administrative decentralisation

may be vertical and territorial

or horizontal and functional

(C) Creation of Panchayati Raj (C)

Institution within the states is

an example of decentralisation

(D)
(D) Planning Commission

symbolizes the trend towards

decentralisation

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36. Select the incorrect statement about
36.

Asoka Mehta Committee on

Panchayati Raj :

(A)
(A) Main thesis of the Committee

was functional necessity for

decentralisation of

administration
(B)

(B) Recommended the creation of a

two-tiered system

(C)
(C) Compulsory powers of taxation

to Panchayati Raj Institution

(D) Recommended the creation of a (D)

three-tiered system

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37. When did the Essential Services 37.
Maintenance Act come into

force ?
(A) 1978
(A) 1978
(B) 1968
(B) 1968
(C) 1962
(C) 1962

(D) 1979
(D) 1979

38. Arrange chronologically the various 38.

stages of Budget in the Parliament

by selecting the correct code :
(1)

(1) General Discussion
(2)
(2) Presentation in the Parliament
(3)
(3) Consideration and Passing
(4)
(4) Voting on Demand for Grant
:
Codes :
(A) (2), (1), (3), (4)
(A) (2), (1), (3), (4)
(B) (1), (2), (3), (4)
(B) (1), (2), (3), (4)

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

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

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39. Select the correct answer about 39.

Ombudsman by using codes below :

(i) Officer of state appointed to
(i)
provide an extra check on the

right of citizens against

governmental action (ii)

(ii) It is a Scandinavian origin (iii)

system
(iv)

(iii) It is an institution for

decentralisation
(A) (i) (ii) , (iii)
(iv) It is against Federal system
(iv)
Codes :

(B) (i ), ( ii ) ( iii )
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct, (iii) and

(iv) are incorrect (iv)

(B) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct, (iv) (C) ( i ), ( ii ), ( iii ) ( iv )

is incorrect

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

(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are incorrect

27 [P.T.O.

40. Right to Information Act, 2005 40.
provides :

(A) Transperancy (A)
(B) Accountability
(B)
(C) Decentralisation
(C)
(D) Anti-corruption
(D)
41. Which of the following is not a tenet
41.
of Realism ?

(A) The centrality of security and
(A)
survival

(B) The importance of the virtues
of strength and cunning (B)

(C) Values of Intelligence, nerve (C)

and risk taking

(D) State is a major actor along with (D)
others non-state actors

42. What did the Westphalian system 42.
denote ?
(A)
(A) The duty of nation-states to
adhere to the Church
(B)
(B) International alliances would
(C)
take precedence
(D)
(C) Rise of the modern nation-state

(D) King had the divine right to rule

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43. Who enunciated the Fourteen points
43.
at the Treaty of Versailles ?
(A) Castlereagh (A)
(B) Metternich (B)
(C) Talleyrand (C)
(D) Woodrow Wilson (D)
44. What was the name of the massive 44.
economic rebuilding plan for
Western Europe which was to
rebuilt was torn economies after
Second World War ?
(A)
(A) NATO
(B) Marshall Plan (B)

(C) Containment (C)
(D) IMF Loans (D)
45. Which among the following are 45.
tangible elements of power ?
(1) Physical Geography and
(1)
Geopolitics
(2) Natural Resources and raw (2)
materials (3)
(3) Technology (4)
(4) National character and morale
Codes :
(A) (1), (2) (3)
(A) (1), (2) and (3) are correct
(B) (1), (2) and (4) are correct (B) (1), (2) (4)

(C) (2), (3) and (4) are correct (C) (2), (3) (4)

(D) (1), (3) and (4) are correct (D) (1), (3) (4)

29 [P.T.O.

46. The Acheson Plan which was a 46.

result of the Korean war in 1950 was

an example of :

(A) Splendid Isolation (A)

(B)
(B) Peaceful coexistence

(C)
(C) Collective Security

(D)
(D) Balance of Power
47.
47. Choose the correct chronological

order on the basis of the codes given

below : (1)

(1) Tokyo Round (2)

(2) Kennedy Round (3)

(3) Doha Round
(4)
(4) Uruguay Round

Codes :
(A) (2), (1), (4), (3)
(A) (2), (1), (4), (3)
(B) (1), (2), (3), (4)
(B) (1), (2), (3), (4)
(C) (4), (3), (2), (1)
(C) (4), (3), (2), (1)

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

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48. Give correct answer by using the
48.
codes given below :
Assertion (A) : India’s LEAP (Look
East and Act Policy) began before (A) LEAP

1991.
Reason (R) : The Cholas were a
naval power that traded in the Indo- (R)
Pacific region
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and
(R) is the right explanation of
(A) (A) (R)
(A)
(R) (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but
(B) (A) (R)
(R) is not the correct
(R) (A)
explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false (C) (A) (R)

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true (D) (A) (R)
49. Where did the first summit of the 49.
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) take
place in 1961 ? (A)
(A) Cairo
(B)
(B) Belgrade
(C)
(C) Bandung
(D) New Delhi (D)
50. Which one of the following countries 50. BIMSTEC
is not a member of BIMSTEC ?
(A) Bangladesh (A)
(B) Australia (B)
(C) Myanmar (C)
(D) Thailand (D)

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