Kerala SET 2018 Jul Question Paper Political Science

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1. When did the Constituent Assembly of India met for the first time?
A) 15 th August 1945 B) 9th December 1946
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C) 26 January 1946 D) 30 th November 1946

2. Who was the first recognized leader of Opposition in the Indian Lok Sabha?
A) Jayapraksh Narayanan B) Alladi Krishna Swami Ayyer
C) Ram Subhag Singh D) Dr Sacchidanand Sinha

3. Which among the following articles speak about the advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court of India?
A) Article 143 B) Article 32
C) Article 123 D) Article 226

4. Which among the following is not a recommendation of Sarkaria Commission?
A) Five year tenure for Governor
B) Establishment of LokPal
C) Establishment of Inter State Council
D) Use of Art.356 only as last resort

5. Identify the case which established the ‘basic structure of the constitution’
A) A.K Gopalan Vs State of Kerala
B) Golaknath Vs State of Punjab
C) Minerva Mills Ltd Vs The Union of India
D) Kesavanda Bharati Vs State of Kerala

6. Find out the parliamentary committee which is generally chaired by an opposition member.
A) Joint Committee on Office of Profit
B) Public Accounts Committee
C) Estimates Committee
D) Committee on Public Undertakings

7. Identify the wrong pair
A) Article 54 - Amendment with ratification of state legislature
B) Article 4 - Amendment with special majority
C) Article 315 - Amendment with special majority
D) Article 162 - Amendment with ratification of state legislature

8. The idea of ‘Residual Powers’ in the Indian constitution is adopted from -------
A) Canadian Constitution B) Soviet Constitution
C) South African Constitution D) French Constitution

9. Which Article of the Constitution empowers the President to declare emergency in India?
A) Article 352 B) Article 74 C) Article 356 D) Article 53

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10. In which case, the Supreme Court held that “the Indian Constitution is founded on the
bedrock of the balance between the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles”.
A) Waman Rao Case B) Keshavananda Bharati Case
C) Golak Nath Case D) Minerva Mills Case

11. According to Aristotle what is the end product of democratic form of Government?
A) Wealth B) Liberty C) Self Protection D) Education

12. Which among the following statements are true about ‘sophists’?
1) They collected money for teaching 2) They taught ‘rhetoric’
3) They argued for public education 4) Taught man as ‘measure of everything’
A) 1, 2 & 3 B) 1, 3 & 4 C) 1, 2 & 4 D) 1, 2, 3 & 4

13. Who wrote the book ‘Anarchy, State and Utopia’?
A) John Rawls B) Antonio Gramci
C) Theodore Adorno D) Robert Nozick

14. In which year the Supreme Court was established in UK?
A) 2009 B) 2012 C) 2014 D) 2010

15. The concept of ‘sub-elite’ is related to:
A) Pareto B) Michels C) Mosca D) Dahl

16. Which among the following was not a constituent of Janatha Party in 1977?
A) Socialist Party B) Congress(O)
C) Bharatiya Jan Sangh D) None of the Above

17. Which of the following amendments of the US constitution are related to the President?
1) 12 2) 15 3) 20 4) 22
A) 1,2 & 3 B) 1,2 & 4 C) 1, 3 & 4 D) 1, 2, 3 & 4

18. “England has no constitution” Who made this statement?
A) Walter Bagehot B) De Tocqueville
C) Ramsay Muir D) A V Dicey

19. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below
List-1 List-II
a. John Dewey 1. Frankfurt School
b. Max Horkheimer 2. Feminism
c. Rudolf Carnap 3. Vienna Circle
d. Mary Astell 4. Pragmatism
Code :
a b c d
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 4 2 3 1
C) 2 3 1 4
D) 4 1 3 2

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20. What is the required majority of parliament for passing constitutional amendment in France?
A) 2/3 of each house B) 1/2 of each house
C) 3/5 of in joint session D) 2/3 of National Assembly

21. Which among the following articles contain the provision for ‘financial emergency’ in India?
A) Article 360 B) Article 365 C) Article 356 D) Article 357

22. Which country among the following hosted the BRICS summit in 2017?
A) South Africa B) Russia C) Brazil D) China

23. Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): The National Green Tribunal is the highest appeal authority in
environmental disputes in India.
Reason (R): The Tribunal shall be guided by principles of natural justice.
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) Both (A) and (R) false
D) (A) is false and (R) is true

24. Which among the following is not a component of New Public Administration?
A) Change B) Neutrality C) Economy D) Efficiency

25. Arrange the following events in chronological order
1. Model Parliament 2. Long Parliament
3. Treaty of Union 4. Magna Carta
A) 4,1,3,2 B) 2,3,1,4 C) 4,1,2,3 D) 3,4,2,1

26. Which among the following is not a characteristics of Plato’s ideal state?
A) Gender Equality B) Democracy
C) Functional Specialization D) Communism

27. What according to Marx is the major source of alienation?
A) Surplus value B) Dialectical materialism
C) Religion D) Class Divisions

28. The idea of ‘historic bloc’ in Gramci is taken from --------
A) George Sorel B) Louis Althusser
C) Gyorgy Lukacs D) None of the above

29. Identify the person who is associated with the ‘theory of identity formation’ in political
socialization
A) Erik Erikson B) Herbert Mead
C) Talcott Parson D) Albert Bandura

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30. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below
List-1 List-II
a. Zeno 1. Lyceum
b. Antisthenes 2. Stoicism
c. Aristotle 3. Sophist
d. Antiphon 4. Cynicism
Code
a b c d
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 2 4 1 3
C) 2 3 1 4
D) 4 1 3 2

31. The idea of democratic centralism was developed by --------
A) Karl Marx B) Frederick Engels C) Mao D) V. I. Lenin

32. Who wrote the book “End of History and the Last Man”?
A) Condoleezza Rice B) Barry Buzan
C) Quincy Wright D) Francis Fukuyama

33. In which year the ‘Poona Pact’ was signed
A) 1946 B) 1936 C) 1932 D) 1928

34. Which among the following are included in the classification of foreign policy by Kautilya?
1) Sandhi 2) Vigraha 3) Mitra 4) Asana
A) 1, 2, 3 & 4 B) 1, 3 & 4 C) 1, 2 & 4 D) 2&3

35. Who among the following developed the idea of Economic State Apparatus?
A) Karl Marx B) Gyorgy Lukacs
C) Nicos Poulantzas D) Louis Althusser

36. According to Woodrow Wilson one reason for the slow progress in the science of
administration in USA was…….
A) Wrong recruitment B) Popular sovereignty
C) Economic issues D) Absence of accountablity
37. Identify the book not authored by Peter F Drucker?
A) The ecology of public administration
B) The age of Discontinuity
C) The future of Industrial Management
D) The New Society

38. Who among the following is not an advocate of Structural-functional analysis?
A) Gabriel Almond B) Talcott Parson
C) Malinowski D) Augustus Comte

39. “The study of Politics is the study of influence and the influential”. Who made this
observation?
A) David Easton B) Graham Wallas
C) Harold Lasswell D) David Apter
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40. Who remarked that “ If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and
acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony”?
A) Albert Einstein B) Romain Rolland
C) Martin Luther King Jr. D) Rabindranath Tagore

41. Which among the following form a part of Ram Manohar Lohia’s Four Pillars of state?
1) Village 2) Block 3) District 4) Province
A) 2, 3 & 4 B) 1,3 & 4 C) 1,2 & 3 D) 1&4

42. The L.M. Singhvi Committee 1986 was associated with
A) Panchayati Raj B) Financial reforms
C) Judicial reforms D) Electoral reforms

43. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below
List-1 List-II
a. Organisation of Village Panchayats 1. Art-44
b. Uniform Civil Code 2. Art-50
c. Separation of Judiciary from Executive 3. Art-41
d. Right to work 4. Art-40
Code
a b c d
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 4 1 2 3
C) 2 3 1 4
D) 4 3 2 1

44. Which among the following country was not a member of League Council (League of Nations)?
A) France B) USA C) Italy D) Japan

45. Which was the first country to offer voting rights to all women?
A) USA B) UK C) France D) New Zealand

46. Who is the founder of Amnesty International?
A) Peter Benenson B) Sean MacBride
C) Nelson Mandela D) Martin Ennals

47. What was the subject matter of third Geneva Convention?
1) Wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces in the sea
2) Protection of civilian persons in times of war
3) Treatment of Prisoners of war
A) 2 only B) 1 only C) 3 only D) 1&2 only

48. In which year the United Nations Organisation passed the ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution?
A) 1950 B) 1965 C) 1946 D) 1952

49. Who delivered the ‘Four Freedoms Speech’?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) John F Kennedy
C) Martin Luther King Jr. D) Abraham Lincoln

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50. Identify the subject matter of the 3 rd Article of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A) Right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty
B) The right to marry and to found a family
C) The right to life, liberty and security of person
D) The right to take part in the government of his country

51. Which among the following agencies is not excluded from the purview of Right to Information?
A) RAW B) CBI C) CAG D) NSG

52. “The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with
the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection”. - Who made this statement?
A) T H Green B) JS Mill C) Jeremy Bentham D) Harold J Laski

53. In the social contract theory Rousseau, the general will was -------
A) The sum of real wills of individuals
B) Sum of the actual wills of individuals
C) The will of majority of individuals
D) The will of all the individuals

54. In which year the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) was signed?
A) 2003 B) 1993 C) 2013 D) None of the above

55. Who among the following thinkers argued for the ‘merger of base and superstructure’?
A) Robert Nozik B) John Rawls
C) Francis Fukuyama D) Nicos Poulantzas

56. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below
List-1 List-II
a. Felicific Calculus 1. John Locke
b. Common wealth 2. Jeremy Bentham
c. New Democracy 3. J J Rousseau
d. General Will 4. Mao-Tse-Tung
Code
a b c d
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 3 2 4 1
C) 2 3 1 4
D) 4 3 2 1

57. Identify the correct statement about Game Theory.
A) Game theory is a game of chance B) Game theory is game of strategy
C) Game theory is an irrational game D) Game theory is about a singular model

58. Who among the following can take a decision on the disqualification of a member of State
Legislative Assembly?
A) The Governor B) The President C) The Speaker D) The Chief Justice

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59. Find out the right statements on the characteristics of legal-rational bureaucracy
1) Administration is conducted on the basis of written documents
2) Official business is conducted on a continuous basis
3) Officials have their own characteristics as social beings
4) Every official is part of a hierarchy
A) 1, 2, 3 & 4 B) 1 & 2 only C) 3 only D) 4 only

60. Arrange the following events in chronological order
1. Kellogg-Briand Pact 2. Treaty of Westaphalia
3. Atlantic Charter 4. Geneva summit
A) 4,1,3,2 B) 2,3,1,4 C) 1,2,4,3 D) 3,4,2,1

61. Which among the following movement is associated with Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh
(DGSS)?
A) Chipko Movement B) Silent Valley
C) Narmada Bachavo Andolan D) Apico Movement

62. Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Men obey the laws because the ‘probable mischief of obedience is
lesser than the probable mischief of disobedience’.
Reason (R): Government exists only because they promote the happiness of those
who live under it.
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) (A) is true and (R) is false
D) (A) is false and (R) is true

63. “Marxism is an Utopia, but a generous and humane one” . Identify the author of this comment.
A) Harold Laski B) GH Sabine C) Paul Janet D) William Ebensteine

64. In which year the Arab Springs started?
A) 2002 B) 2014 C) 2011 D) 1999

65. Which organ of the UN exercise control over the specialized agencies under UN?
A) General Assembly B) Security Council
C) Secretariat D) Economic and Social Council

66. In which year the Bandung Conference was organized?
A) 1965 B) 1952 C) 1955 D) 1951

67. What is the subject matter of Article 4 of French constitution?
A) Political Parties B) Judiciary
C) Parliament D) Amendment

68. Arrange the following events in chronological order
1) First Minnobrok Conference
2) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
3) Appleby Report
4) Lee Commission
A) 1,2,3,4 B) 2,1,4,3 C) 4,3,2,1 D) 4,2,1,3

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69. Which among the following were the purpose of cultural revolution
1) Democratic involvement 2) Socialist transformation
3) Suppression of reactionaries 4) Continuing revolution
A) 1,2,3,4 B) 1,2,3 C) 2,3,4 D) 1,2,4

70. Identify the wrong statement with regard to Chinese constitution
A) The constitution Guarantees right to run for elections
B) The constitution Guarantees right to form political parties
C) The constitution Guarantees freedom of speech
D) The constitution Guarantees freedom of assembly

71. In which year the ‘Kyoto Protocol’ was signed
A) 1997 B) 2001 C) 1996 D) 2000

72. In Canada the residual powers belongs to-
A) The provinces B) The people
C) Federal Government D) The Governor General

73. The term ‘Fourteen points of Peace’ is associated with
A) John F Kennedy B) Franklin Roosvelt
C) Woodrow Wilson D) Winston Churchil

74. The term ‘blue helmets’ is related to
A) Red Cross B) Human Right Watch
C) UN Peace Keeping D) Medecins Sans Frontiers

75. Which among the following country provides for a weak federal judiciary?
A) France B) Canada C) USA D) India

76. Identify the country which is not a member of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
A) Singapore B) UK C) USA D) Saudi Arabia

77. In which year NOTA was introduced in Indian Elections?
A) 2013 B) 2014 C) 2009 D) 2010

78. Identify the term of the president of UN General Assembly
A) One Year B) Five years C) Two Years D) None of the above

79. Arrange the names of UN Secretary Generals in Chronological Order.
1. Boutros Boutros Ghali 2. Dag Hammarskjold
3. Kurt Waldheim 4. Ban Ki moon
A) 2, 3, 1, 4 B) 3,4,1,2 C) 1, 3, 2, 4 D) 4,3,2,1
80. “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”. Identify the author of the quote
A) V. I. Lenin B) Mao-Tse -Tung
C) Karl Marx D) Herbert Marcause

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81. Which among the following is a right statement about post behaviouralism?
A) Science has to be evaluatively neutral
B) Abstraction and analysis is a part of discipline
C) Quasi-extra-territorial protection from the onslaughts of society is a must for
academics
D) It is better to be vague than to be non-relevantly precise

82. Which among the following is not a component of development as developed by FW Riggs?
A) Differentiation B) Participation
C) Penetration D) None of the above

83. Who among the following prime ministers of UK belongs to Labour Party?
1) David Cameron 2) Tony Blair 3) Theresa May 4) Clement Atlee
A) 1&2 B) 2&4 C) 3&4 D) 1&4

84. Which of the following Government is described as the instigator of multiculturalism as
an ideology?
A) India B) China C) France D) Canada

85. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below
List-1 List-II
a. Head Quarters of WTO 1. Vienna
b. Head Quarters of IAEA 2. Washington
c. Head Quarters of IBRD 3. Rome
d. Head Quarters of FAO 4. Geneva
Code
a b c d
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 3 2 4 1
C) 4 1 2 3
D) 4 3 2 1

86. Which among the following are the immunities offered to a diplomat?
1) Inviolability of correspondence 2) Exemption from direct taxes
3) Inviolable right of passage 4) Inviolability of domestic access
A) All the above B) 1, 2 & 3 C) 2, 3 & 4 D) 1, 3 & 4

87. Who remarked “freedom is positive power of doing and enjoying something worth doing
and worth enjoying”?
A) F W Hegel B) T H Green C) J S Mill D) John Locke

88. Which among the following was not a characteristic Hobbesian ‘state of nature’?
A) Fear of Death B) Pre-Political state
C) Absence of Authority D) Mutual understanding

89. What according to Gramsci is the urgent task of working class in modern society?
A) Initiate a total revolution B) Bring democracy
C) Make secret groups D) Develop own culture class

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90. In the opinion of Robert Nozik, which among the following state is legitimate?
A) Minimal state B) Democratic state
C) Welfare State D) Socialist State

91. Which among the following are the basic structures of the Indian constitution?
1) Secularism 2) Fundamental Rights
3) Federal structure 4) Parliamentary Supremacy

A) All the above B) 1&3 C) 2,3 & 4 D) 1,2 & 3

92. Identify the author of the book ‘Prismatic Society Revisited’
A) David Shuman B) James D Mooney
C) F.W. Riggs D) Max Weber

93. In which case the court observed that the principles of natural justice are implicit in
Article 21 of the Indian constitution?
A) Meneka Gandhi Vs Union of India B) A.K.Gopalan Vs State of Madras
C) I.C. Golaknath Vs State of Punjab D) Minerva Mills Ltd Vs The Union of India

94. “ If our civilization fails, it will be mainly because of a breakdown of administration.”
Who made this statement?
A) W.B Donham B) Charles A Beard
C) LD White D) Woodrow Wilson

95. Which among the following is not a factor affecting span of control?
A) Function B) Personality C) Time D) None of the above

96. The POSDCRRB view of Public Administration was proposed by
A) Luther Gullick B) LD White
C) Henri Fayol D) Nicholas Henry

97. Which among the following is a judicial writ?
A) Mandamus B) Prohibition
C) Quo Warranto D) None of the above

98. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below
List-1 List-II
a. M.P Follet 1. Scientific management
b. F.W Taylor 2. The New State
c. Dwight Waldo 3. General and Industrial Management
d. Henry Fayol 4. The Administrative State
Code
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 4 1 2 3
C) 2 3 1 4
D) 2 1 4 3

99. From which constitution, the fundamental duties of the Indian constitution was borrowed?
A) French B) Japan C) Canada D) USA

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100. How many members are there in the Constitutional Council of France?
A) Twelve B) Nine C) Six D) Fifteen

101. Who authored the book ‘Reinventing Government’?
A) Robert Putnam B) John Rawls
C) Ted Gabler D) Harold J Laski

102. Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Good Governance was considered central to creating and sustaining an
environment, which fosters strong and equitable development and is
an essential component of sound economic policies
Reason (R): Good governance is the negation by all the stakeholders in an issue of
approved public policy outcome and agreed governance principles,
which are both implemented and regularly evaluated by stakeholders.
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) (A) is true and (R) is false
D) (A) is false and (R) is true

103. In the ‘Bank wiring experiment‘of Elton Mayo, who is a ‘chesler’?
A) One who does too much work B) One who report negatives of colleagues
C) One who does not report negatives D) One who does too little work

104. Who among the following is related to public choice approach?
A) Herbert Marcuse B) Peter Drucker
C) Duncan Black D) Steve Fuller

105. Which among the following country gives absolute veto power to the Chief Executive of the
country?
A) USA B) France C) Canada D) None of the above

106. Identify the case related to Public Interest Litigation?
A) Anil Yadav Vs. State of Bihar B) R.C Cooper & Others Vs Union of India
C) M.P Sharma Vs P.C. Ghose D) Minerva Mills LTD Vs Union of India

107. Which Constitutional Amendment Act in India is depicted as ‘mini constitution?’
A) 44 B) 27 C) 42 D) 74

108. Who among the following is related with the concept of ‘derivation’ and ‘residues’?
A) C Wright Mills B) Vilfredo Pareto
C) Joseph A Schumpeter D) Gaetano Mosca

109. Radical Humanism of M N Roy gives predominance to:
A) Violent Revolution B) Human freedom and progress
C) Radical Revolution D) Communist System

110. According to Machiavelli what is the guiding principle of a wise prince?
A) Humanitarian considerations B) Dictates of Necessity
C) Divine dictates D) Natural law
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111. Which among the following are the characteristics associated with political modernization?
1) Differentiation 2) Ideology 3) Equality 4) Capacity

A) 2, 3, 4 B) 1, 3, 4 C) 1, 2, 3 D) All the above

112. What is meant by Psephology?
A) Study of political parties B) Study of constitutions
C) Study of elections D) Study of parliaments

113. Who among the following is the founder of Backward and Minority Communities
Employees Federation (BAMCEF)?
A) Kanshi Ram B) Raja Dhale
C) B R Ambedkar D) Namdev Dhasal

114. The idea of ‘credo of relevance’ is related to…
A) Eurocommunism B) System Theory
C) Behaviouralism D) Post behaviouralism

115. According to Aristotle, what is the best option to prevent revolution
A) Develop Spirit of Obedience to law B) Develop democratic culture
C) Excessive authority to ruler D) Strict use of state power

116. Which among the following are the ingredients of inputs in the System Approach to
public administration by David Easton?
1) Demand 2) Policies 3) Laws 4) Resource

A) Both 1&2 B) Both 1&4 C) Both 2&4 D) Both 1&3

117. According to Plato what is the optimum population in an ideal state
A) 5040 B) 16200 C) 8040 D) 53000

118. What is the normal time limit for furnishing information under the ‘Right to Information
Act 2005’?
A) 45 days B) 30 Days C) 7 Days D) 60 days

119. In which year the ‘National E-Governance Plan’ started?
A) 2006 B) 2014 C) 2009 D) 2011

120. The term ‘inauguration day’ in USA is associated with
A) Beginning of the Presidents term
B) Anniversary of declaration of independence
C) Anniversary of Civil War victory
D) Beginning of Congress session

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