BPSC Exam 2025: Integrated 70th Combined Main (Written) Competitive Examination, Optional, Political Science And International Relations
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POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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1. Which of the following is Gandhi’s 5. Who used the term Political Science for
concept of Swaraj ?
(A) Self rule
(A) Aristotle
(B) Oligarchy
(B) Finer
(C) Rule of law
(D) Rule of able persons (C) Machiavelli
(D) Socrates
2. “Political liberty in the absence of
economic equality is a mere myth”
whose statement is this ?
(A) G.D.H. Cole 6. Which of the following is a judicial
function of the executive ?
(B) James Mill
(C) H.J. Laski (A) Providing relief to those who have
been awarded death sentence
(D) J.S. Mill
(B) Punishing common people on the
3. Which of the following is not a source of spot
law ?
(C) Protecting legislative privileges
(A) Legal remedies
(D) Impeachment
(B) Traditions
(C) Religion
(D) Customs
7. According to Locke, in the natural state,
people only enjoyed
4. Who has propounded the theory of
“Survival of the Fittest” ? (A) Divine rights
(A) Herbert Spencer
(B) Political rights
(B) Green
(C) Natural rights
(C) Locke
(D) Legal rights
(D) Hobbes
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8. The theory of natural liberty is related to 11. Who is the author of the book “A Theory
of Justice” ?
(A) Rousseau
(A) Huntington
(B) Kant
(B) Hobbes
(C) Hobbes (C) J.S. Mill
(D) Hegel (D) John Rawls
9. What is meant by the American 12. Which of the following is a book written
Constitutional practice of ‘‘Courtesy to by Proudhon ?
the Senate’’ ? (A) The Poverty of Philosophy
(B) Das Capital
(A) Only a person of the choice of
the most important person of the (C) Communist Manifesto
Senate should be appointed to a (D) Republic
high post
(B) The American President should 13. Who accepted Political Science as the
Supreme Science ?
choose the favorite person of the
Senator of the respective state for a (A) Plato
high level job (B) Maclver
(C) Laski
(C) Appoint a person of your choice
(D) Aristotle
(D) Choose a person loyal to your party
14. For the judiciary of which country is it
10. “The individual is Sovereign over his said that ‘‘We are under a Constitution
body and mind”. Who said this ? but the Constitution is what the judges
say’’ ?
(A) Green
(A) India
(B) Barker
(B) France
(C) Hegel
(C) United States of America
(D) J. S. Mill
(D) Switzerland
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15. Who is the author of ‘‘Modern 19. Which one of the following is not an
Democracy’’ ?
essential element of a State ?
(A) Lord Bryce
(A) Religion
(B) Barker
(C) Garner (B) Sovereignty
(D) Laski
(C) Population
(D) Government
16. Which of the following is not a criterion
for Bentham to measure happiness and
misery ?
(A) Sanctity
20. Which of the following countries has
(B) Intensity plural executive ?
(C) Limitless
(A) Russia
(B) Britain
17. The Right to Equality before law belongs (C) Pakistan
to which category ?
(A) Civil Rights (D) Switzerland
(B) Legal Rights
(C) Religious Rights
21. Pluralists give importance
(D) Economic Rights
(A) To the State
18. Anarchy is anti
(B) To United Nation of Organisation
(A) Church
(C) To the Government
(B) Liberalism
(C) Capitalism (D) To Groups and Associations
(D) The State
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22. Who coined the term POSDCORB 25. “Mandal Panchayat Scheme” was
to promote certain principles of recommended by whom ?
administration ? (A) Balwant Rai Mehta
(A) Luther and Gulick (B) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Max Weber (C) K. Sansthanam
(D) Ashok Mehta
(C) Frederick Taylor
(D) Simon
26.
this statement belongs to which theory of
Origin of State ?
23. Which one of the following is not (A) Divine theory origin of state
a function of the Public Accounts (B) Evolutionary theory
Committee in India ?
(C) Theory of social contract
(A) To ensure proper use of taxpayers’
(D) Force theory
money
(B) To monitor government revenue 27. Who is the author of ‘‘Modern State” ?
(C) To examine government (A) Laski
expenditures
(B) Rousseau
(D) To recommend more revenue to the (C) Garner
country
(D) MacIver
24. Who wrote “Politics” ?
28. Who said ‘‘Where there is no law there is
no liberty’’ ?
(A) Aristotle
(A) John Locke
(B) Bluntschli
(B) Mosca
(C) Plato
(C) T. H. Green
(D) Kautilya
(D) Maclver
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29. “Power corrupts and unlimited power 32. Who is the fathe
corrupts absolutely” is the statement of
(A) Karl Marx
whom ?
(B) Proudhon
(A) Bryce
(C) Stalin
(B) Barker
(D) Mao
(C) Bacon
(D) Lord Acton 33. Which is the most accepted theory in the
context of the origin of the state ?
(A) Evolutionary theory
(B) Force theory
30. Which of the following is the oldest
theory of punishment ? (C) Theory of divine origin
(D) Theory of social contract
(A) Idealistic theory
(B) Reformative theory
34. Popular Sovereignty resides
(C) Deterrent theory
(A) In the Head of the State
(D) Retributive theory
(B) In the Constitution
(C) In the people
(D) In the Head of the Government
31. Which is the modern approach of the
Political Science ?
35. Positive liberty means
(A) Historical approach (A) Freedom without restrictions
(B) Formal approach (B) Personal freedom
(C) Behavioural approach (C) Freedom with some restrictions
(D) Legal approach (D) Freedom to do anything
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36. “Political Science is concerned with the 40. Who among th
State and is instrumentality government”.
the concept of popular sovereignty ?
Whose statement is this ?
(A) Plato (A) Rousseau
(B) Laski (B) Bentham
(C) Finer
(C) Locke
(D) Dimock
(D) Mill
37. Who said “Imperialism is the last stage of
capitalism” ?
(A) Hitler 41. In which year was the merit system
introduced for the recruitment of
(B) Mussolini
permanent Civil Servants for the East
(C) Karl Marx
India Company in Great Britain ?
(D) Lenin
(A) 1857
38. Who said ‘‘Sovereignty is the supreme
(B) 1890
political power over citizens and subjects
unrestrained by law’’ ?
(C) 1872
(A) Bodin
(D) 1855
(B) Hegel
(C) Austin
(D) Hobbes 42. According to Hobbes the period of
natural state was
39.
(A) Peace and security
(A) Robert Owen
(B) Undeclared Peace
(B) Stalin
(C) Lack and brotherhood
(C) Marx
(D) Lenin (D) Constant Warfare
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43. Who were the candidates of United 46. Name the Vice President elected in 2024
Progressive Alliance (UPA) for the in USA.
15th Presidential Election of India ?
(A) J. D. Vence
(A) Yashwant Singh
(B) George H. W. Bush
(B) Narendra Modi
(C) Kamla Harris
(C) Shatrughna Sinha
(D) Michael Pence
(D) Draupadi Murmu
47. Who among the following said “Liberty
44. Who among the following propounded
and equality are complementary to each
the monistic theory of Sovereignty ?
other” ?
(A) Locke
(A) MacIver
(B) Rousseau
(B) Harbart Deen
(C) Aquinas
(C) Lord Acton
(D) Austin
(D) Tocqueville
45. Who is the author of the book ‘‘Political
48. Liberty is derived from the word liber,
Economy” ? which language is it from ?
(A) Hobbes (A) Latin
(B) John Rawls (B) Chinese
(C) Mill (C) Anglo
(D) Locke (D) Greek
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49. 53. According to individualism, the State is
is a politically organised people of a
(A) The State is the incarnation of God
on earth
(A) Laski
(B) Civilizing unit
(B) Gettel
(C) A necessary evil
(C) Garner
(D) The State is a tool of exploitation
(D) Bluntschli
54. Who is the Father of Political Science ?
50. Who has said that ‘‘Man is born free but (A) Aristotle
everywhere he is in chains” ?
(B) Machiavelli
(A) Locke
(C) Plato
(B) Hobbes
(D) Socrates
(C) Hegel
(D) Rousseau 55. Which of the following is not an essential
element of the penal system ?
51. During the Quit India Movement, who (A) Fairness
started the ‘Intelligence Radio’ ? (B) Discretion
(A) Sucheta Kriplani (C) Proportion
(B) Swaroop Rani (D) Sympathy
(C) Annie Besant
56. Which of the following ministries/
organizations has released the Youth in
(D) Usha Mehta
India Report 2022 ?
(A) Ministry of Family and Health
52. According to Marxists, the state is Welfare
(A) A man-made institution (B) Home Ministry
(B) Eternal (C) United Nations Population Fund
(UNPF)
(C) A natural institution
(D) Ministry of Statistics and Program
(D) The result of evolution Implementation (MoSPI)
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57. Who among the following considers 60. In which book of Rousseau, the theory of
“Right to Self-Protection” as a natural Social Contract has been propounded ?
right of the individual ? (A) Social contract
(A) Locke (B) Prince
(B) Aristotle (C) Politics
(D) Leviathan
(C) Bentham
(D) Hobbes
61. ‘‘Atoms for Peace’’ was the disarmament
plan presented by which world leader ?
(A) J. L. Nehru
(B) Eisenhower
58. Who is the author of the book “Power
(C) Khrushchev
and Society” ?
(D) Vladimir Putin
(A) Laswell and Kaplan
(B) Polard 62. Who among the following is a pluralist
thinker ?
(C) Max Weber
(A) Lindsey
(D) MacIver
(B) Mosca
(C) Bodin
(D) Bentham
59. Which of the following is not a direct
democratic device ? 63. Which theory of origin of State was
propounded by Sir Henry Maine ?
(A) Initiative
(A) Social Contract Theory
(B) Intervention of Judiciary
(B) Historical Theory
(C) Recall
(C) Divine Origin Theory
(D) Referendum
(D) Power Theory
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64. Liberalism is a philosophy which 68. Harold J. Laski did not write which of the
following books ?
(A) England (A) The French Presidency
(B) Italy (B) Liberty in Modern State
(C) France (C) Authority in Modern State
(D) Grammar of Politics
(D) Germany
69. Which one of the following is not a State ?
65. The basic elements of liberalism are
(A) United States of America
(A) Equality
(B) India
(B) Public Welfare
(C) United Nations Organisation
(C) Individual liberty
(D) France
(D) Secularism
70. The slogan ‘‘No Taxation without
66. How many elements are there in a State ?
country as a principle of representation ?
(A) Three elements – Population, Area,
Sovereignty (A) Russia
(B) One element – Government (B) America
(C) Four elements – Population, Area, (C) India
Government, Sovereignty (D) England
(D) Two elements – Minister, Sumant
71. The main advantage of proportional
representation system is
67. Who is the author of “Politics of
Developing Areas” ? (A) Giving respect to the majority
(A) Apter (B) Protecting the interests of women
(B) Sidney Verba (C) Creating a sense of security among
the minorities
(C) Easton
(D) Protecting the interests of the
(D) Almond and Coleman majority
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72. The term ‘‘city state’’ is usually 76. According to John Locke, the state of
associated with nature was
(A) Ancient Greece (A) Egoist
(B) Ancient India (B) Solitary
(C) Ancient Egypt (C) State of peace, prosperity,
cooperation, equality and freedom
(D) Ancient China
73. Who among the following is the author of
the book ‘Leviathan’ ? 77. According to Plato, the population of an
ideal state is
(A) Garner
(A) 5040
(B) Rousseau
(B) 100000
(C) Hobbes
(C) 5000
(D) Locke (D) 10000
74. Which one of the following is not 78. From which language are the words
‘super’ and ‘anus’ of Sovereignty taken ?
(A) Traditional power (A) Latin
(B) Charismatic power (B) Russian
(C) Realistic power (C) French
(D) English
(D) Legal power
79. Who among the following is not a
75. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into
supporter of the social contract theory of
effect on
the origin of the state ?
(A) 30-06-24 (A) Rousseau
(B) 31-07-24 (B) Hobbes
(C) 01-06-24 (C) Locke
(D) 01-07-24 (D) Bodin
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80. The concept of welfare state is 84. Which form of Sovereignty did Austin
essentially a synthesis of propound ?
(A) Communism and individualism (A) Political Sovereignty
(B) Individualism and idealism (B) Public Sovereignty
(C) Liberalism and socialism (C) Legal Sovereignty
(D) Popular Sovereignty
(D) Socialism and communism
81. Which of the following is not a major 85. Who is considered the Father of
function of power ? Post-behaviouralism ?
(A) Coordination (A) Robert Dahl
(B) Delegation (B) Rings
(C) Philanthropy (C) David Easton
(D) Control (D) Charles E. Merriam
82. “Justice is to treat equals equally and
86. Who said, “State is the incarnation of
unequals unequally”. Whose statement
God on earth” ?
is this ?
(A) Aristotle (A) Kant
(B) Plato (B) Socrates
(C) J.S. Mill (C) Hegel
(D) Duguit (D) Plato
83. Who is the author of ‘Why Bharat 87. Who was the Chief Exponent of
Matters’ ? liberalism in England ?
(A) S. Jaishankar (A) Bentham
(B) Rajiv Dixit (B) Rousseau
(C) Shashi Tharoor (C) Hobbes
(D) J. Sai Deepak (D) Locke
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88. “Kinship creates society and society at 91. Which of these was included in G20 in
length creates state”. Whose statement 2023 ?
is this ? (A) ASEAN
(B) African Union
(A) Garner
(C) OPEC
(B) Laski
(D) SAARC
(C) Maclver
(D) J. S. Mill 92. ‘‘Political Science begins and ends with
the State’’ whose statement is this ?
(A) Zachariah
89. “Will, not force is the basis of the State” (B) Green
whose statement is this ? (C) James
(A) Hobbes (D) Garner
(B) Rousseau
93. “State is individual writ large” whose
statement is this ?
(C) Green
(A) Bluntschli
(D) Plato
(B) Garner
(C) Plato
(D) Wilson
90. Which technique is most commonly
adopted by pressure groups in America ?
94. Who among the following was a
(A) Election Boycott supporter of economic liberalism ?
(B) Application of Social Media (A) Adam Smith
(C) Peaceful Movement (B) Engels
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Lobbying
(D) Robert Owen
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95. Who has written the book entitled 98. The system of appointing Government
‘‘Lectures on Jurisprudence’’ ? Servants from among the political parties
that win elections is called
(A) Laski
(A) Gerrymandering
(B) Michels
(B) Neutral Bureaucracy
(C) Gatell
(C) Spoils system
(D) Austin
(D) Long Rolling
96. “Power is the right to give orders and the 99. Who among the following was
associated with the theory of natural
power to obey it” whose statement is this ?
rights ?
(A) Henry Fayol
(A) Bentham
(B) Apter
(B) Laski
(C) Alon
(C) Locke
(D) Peterson
(D) Green
100. Who has written ‘‘Human Nature in
97. Sovereignty is a characteristic
Politics’’ ?
(A) of the Parliament
(A) Graham Wallas
(B) of the Military
(B) Sidney Verba
(C) of the Government
(C) David Easton
(D) of the State (D) Almond
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