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Subject : POLITICAL SCIENCE

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1. The book ‘The Concept of the Political’ is written by

(A) Theodore Adorno (B) Immanuel Kant

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(A) Scheduled Caste Advisory Council (B) Tribes Advisory Council

(C) Scheduled Areas Advisory Council (D) None of the Above

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5. Humza Alavi in theorizing the over developed post-colonial State focused on

(A) Bangladesh (B) Pakistan

(C) Bangladesh and India (D) Bangladesh and Pakistan

6. Machiavelli is considered the first political thinker because of his focus on

(A) Democracy (B) Republicanism

(C) Power (D) Communitarianism

7. Match the List I with List II in connection with the approaches to political theory :

List I List II

(1) Dharma (a) Material Wealth

(2) Artha (b) One’s Duty

(3) Karma (c) Liberation of Soul

(4) Moksha (d) Gratification of Desires

(A) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d (B) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c

(C) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a (D) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b

8. Who argued that nationalism strives for one culture or ethnicity under one roof or state ?

(A) Hans Kohn (B) Ernest Gellner

(C) Eric Hobsbawm (D) Benedict Anderson

9. The Transgender person (Protection of Rights) Act was passed in :

(A) 2017 (B) 2018

(C) 2019 (D) 2020

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10. Who coined the term ‘information elites’ in Political Communication discourse ?
(A) Robert Denton (B) Karl Deutsch
(C) Everett Rogers (D) Daniel Lerner

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(C) i-b, ii-c, iii-d, iv-a (D) i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b

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(C) Ralph Miliband (D) Partha Chatterjee

13. What is/are the features of the shift in the defense policy of Japan in December, 2022 ?
(A) Focus on National Defense Strategy
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(A) 377 (B) 370
(C) 375 (D) None of the above

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15. The 103rd Constitutional Amendment regarding the reservation for the Economically
Weaker Section amended the following articles :

(A) Articles 9 and 10 (B) Articles 15 and 16

(C) Articles 18 and 19 (D) Articles 30 and 31

16. Dalit Panthers was founded by

(A) B. R. Ambedkar (B) Jyotiba Phule

(C) Namdeo Dhasal (D) Kanshiram

17. Who is the author of ‘The Indian War of Independence 1857’ ?

(A) B. G. Tilak (B) G. K. Gokhale

(C) M. N. Roy (D) V. D. Savarkar

18. Who proposed the concept of ‘bounded rationality’ ?

(A) F. W. Taylor (B) H. A. Simon

(C) L. Gullick (D) F. W. Riggs

19. Kenneth Neal Waltz is associated with

(A) World System theory (B) World Culture theory

(C) Neorealism (D) None of the above

20. First Past the Post voting system is known as

(A) List system (B) Simple majority system

(C) Mixed-member system (D) None of the above

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21. Who said ‘Where there is no law, there is no freedom’ ?

(A) G. Austin (B) J. Locke

(C) H. Laski (D) J. J. Rousseau

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23. Who expounded the idea of political expediency in Islamic history ?

(A) Abul Fazl (B) Zia ul Barani

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(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) M. K. Gandhi

(C) J. P. Narayan (D) Ram Manohar Lohia

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27. Who decides the service conditions of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ?

(A) President of India (B) Parliament

(C) Union Cabinet (D) Chief Justice of Supreme Court

28. The New Institutionalism is associated with

(A) J. P. Olsen and J. G. March (B) J. Baylis and S. Smith

(C) I. Wallerstein (D) S. P. Huntington

29. Détente means

(A) An alliance (B) Withdrawal of arms race

(C) Relaxation of strained relations (D) None of the above

30. Who wrote ‘The Civic Culture’ ?

(A) G. Almond and S. Verba (B) D. Easton

(C) H. Laski (D) G. Almond and G.B. Powell

31. Positive liberty is advocated by

(A) J. S. Mill (B) Isaiah Berlin

(C) J. Locke (D) T. H. Green

32. The first Minnowbrook Conference was commissioned in

(A) 1965 (B) 1968

(C) 1970 (D) 1975

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33. The Institutional approach to Comparative Politics is associated with
(A) M. Duverger and G. Sartori (B) D. Easton and R. Dahl
(C) L. Strauss and A. V. Dicey (D) G. A. Almond and J. Blondel

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35. ‘The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge’ was written by
(A) Lyotard (B) Foucault
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37. According to Marx, the governing principle in the stage of Communism will be
(A) From each according to his ability, to each according to his work
(B) From each according to his ability, to each according to his need
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(A) Savitribai Phule (B) Pandita Ramabai
(C) B. G. Tilak (D) Sarojini Naidu

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39. ‘The Art of War’ is written by

(A) Niccolo Machiavelli (B) Mao Ze Dong

(C) Leon Trotsky (D) Michael Howard

40. Kyoto Protocol is related to

(A) Elimination of nuclear weapons (B) Emission of Greenhouse gases

(C) Conservation of wetlands (D) Conservation of biodiversity

41. Which of the following is not a BRICS member ?

(A) Brazil (B) Russia

(C) Ireland (D) South Africa

42. In which year was the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed ?

(A) 1970 (B) 1996

(C) 2000 (D) 2005

43. Which of the following are called the Bretton Woods Institutions ?

(A) IMF and Asian Development Bank (B) IMF and World Bank

(C) UNICEF and FAO (D) ILO and IMF

44. Who appoints the Lokayukta ?

(A) President (B) Prime Minister

(C) Governor (D) Chief Minister

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45. On which date was NITI Aayog established ?

(A) 25th January, 2015 (B) 15th January, 2016

(C) 1st January, 2015 (D) 1st July, 2015

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47. Who described the Constituent Assembly of India as ‘Nation on the Move’ ?

(A) B. R. Ambedkar (B) J. L. Nehru

(C) K. M. Munshi (D) Rajendra Prasad

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49. Who said “Political liberty without economic equality is a myth” ?

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