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MH SET 2019: 23 June, Paper II, Political Science

  • Date: 23 June 2019
  • Paper code: JUN-15219
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 40 pages
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                                                    POLITICAL SCIENCE
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                            Political Science
                                   Paper II


                                                   II
Time Allowed : 120 Minutes]                          [Maximum Marks : 200
Note : This Paper contains Hundred (100) multiple choice questions. Each question
       carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
                              (100)                                           (2)


1.   Which of the following description       1.
     does not fit the concept of
     ‘Multiculturalism’ ?
                                                    (A)
     (A) Salad Bowl
                                                    (B)
     (B) Cultural Mosaic
                                                    (C)
     (C) Melting Pot
                                                    (D)
     (D) Homogeneous Society
                                              2.
2.   Who among the following argued
     that ‘Man is working species’ ?
                                                    (A)
     (A) Babeuf
                                                    (B)
     (B) Karl Marx
                                                    (C)
     (C) Hegel
     (D) Gramsci                                    (D)

3.   Who among the following argued           3.
     that ‘Power is repressive’ ?
     (A) Gramsci                                    (A)

     (B) Karl Marx                                  (B)

     (C) Hegel                                      (C)
     (D) Foucault                                   (D)
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4.   What is the source of Marx’s famous         4.
     statement that “The History of all
     hitherto existing societies is the
     history of class struggle” ?
     (A) The Civil War in France                      (A)
     (B) On the Jewish Question                       (B)
     (C) Manifesto of Communist Party                 (C)
     (D) Contribution to a Critique of
         Political Economy                            (D)

5.   Which variant of liberalism
     espouses sympathetic consideration          5.
     of cultural differences, group rights
     and majority-minority relations as
     its core values ?
     (A) Multiculturalism
     (B) Classical liberalism                         (A)

     (C) Communitarianism                             (B)
     (D) Libertarianism                               (C)
6.   Give the correct answer to the
                                                      (D)
     statement below :
     Post-modernist typically argued             6.
     that ........
     (A) ‘Universalist’ narratives which
                                                      (A)
         attempt to explain the world
         are invariably false.
     (B) The    world   is  socially                  (B)
         constructed in a variety of
         ways.
                                                      (C)
     (C) Differences of viewpoints should
         be celebrated not deplored
     (D) All of the above                             (D)
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7.   Which of the following pairs is            7.
     correct ?
     (A) Conservatism — Anti-social
                                                     (A)
         change
                                                     (B)
     (B) Conservatism — Anti-authority
     (C) Conservatism — Anti-organic                 (C)
         society                                     (D)
     (D) Conservatism — Anti-tradition
                                                8.         I           II
8.   Match List I with List II and select
     the correct answer from the codes
     given below :                                                           I

                     List I                          (a)
     (a) T.H. Marshall                               (b)
     (b) Thomas Paine                                (c)
     (c) James Madison                               (d)
     (d) Samuel Smiles
                                                                             II
                 List II
                                                     (1)
     (1) The Rights of Man
                                                     (2)
     (2) Advocated the concept of
         enterprise, hardwork and self-
         reliance
     (3) Citizenship and social class                (3)
     (4) Advanced      constitutional                (4)
         republicanism
     Codes :
                                                           (a)   (b)   (c)        (d)
         (a)   (b)     (c)    (d)
                                                     (A) (1)     (4)   (3)        (2)
     (A) (1)   (4)     (3)    (2)
     (B) (4)   (2)     (1)    (3)                    (B) (4)     (2)   (1)        (3)

     (C) (3)   (1)     (4)    (1)                    (C) (3)     (1)   (4)        (1)
     (D) (2)   (4)     (3)    (1)                    (D) (2)     (4)   (3)        (1)
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9.   Give the correct answer by using the            9.
     codes given below :
                                                                  (A) :
     Assertion (A) :

     The    economic       theory     of   the
     ‘Philosophical Radicals’ was directed
     from the start, towards the practical
     purpose of freeing commerce from
     the restrictions.
                                                                  (R) :
     Reason (R) :

     The general outline of utilitarian
     thinking        was       announced    in
     Bentham’s earliest work, ‘The
     Fragment of Government’.

     Codes :

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

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

           explanation of (A)
                                                          (C) (A)                   (R)
     (C) (A) is true but (R) is false
                                                          (D) (A)                  (R)
     (D) (A) is false but (R) is true
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10. Match List I with List II and select             10.         I           II
    the correct answer from the codes
    given below :
                                                                        I
         List I (Ideologies)

    (a) Liberalism                                         (a)

    (b) Conservatism                                       (b)

    (c) Socialism                                          (c)
    (d) Ecologism
                                                           (d)
       List II (Core Values)
                                                                       II
    (1) Holism, anti-anthropocentrism
                                                           (1)
    (2) Community, equality, labourism,
         cooperation                                       (2)

    (3) Tradition, organic society,
                                                           (3)
         hierarchy, property
                                                           (4)
    (4) Freedom,            justice,   reason,
         toleration

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

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

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11. Who is the author of the book ‘Prison       11.
    Notebooks’ ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Franz Fanon
                                                      (B)
    (B) Karl Marx
                                                      (C)
    (C) Antonio Gramsci
                                                      (D)
    (D) V.I. Lenin
                                                12.
12. Who among the following wrote the
    book ‘Wretched of the Earth’ ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Karl Marx

    (B) Lenin                                         (B)

    (C) Franz Fanon                                   (C)

    (D) Hannah Arendt                                 (D)

13. The negative theory of liberty was          13.
    advocated by :

    (A) John Stuart Mill                              (A)
    (B) T.H. Green                                    (B)
    (C) Isaih Berlin                                  (C)
    (D) Karl Popper
                                                      (D)
14. Which one of the following thinkers
                                                14.
    stressed the productive dimension of
    power ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Foucault
                                                      (B)
    (B) Mill

    (C) Marx                                          (C)

    (D) Lasswell                                      (D)

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15. Who among the following used the            15.
    expression ‘forced to be free’ in
    connection with the notion of liberty
    of the individual ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Rousseau
                                                      (B)
    (B) Locke
                                                      (C)
    (C) Green
                                                      (D)
    (D) Hobhouse
                                                16.
16. Who among the following said that
    democracy can become ‘tyranny of
    the majority’ ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) J. Rousseau
                                                      (B)
    (B) De Tocqueville
                                                      (C)
    (C) J.S. Mill

    (D) James Madison                                 (D)

17. Who argued that ‘life, liberty and          17.

    property’ are inalienable rights of
    men ?

    (A) Aristotle                                     (A)

    (B) Rousseau                                      (B)

    (C) Hobbes                                        (C)

    (D) Locke                                         (D)
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18. The term Legitimation crisis is most        18.
    associated with :
    (A) Gramsci                                       (A)
    (B) Foucault                                      (B)
    (C) Habermas                                      (C)
    (D) Lenin
                                                      (D)
19. From whom does Marx borrow but
                                                19.
    fundamentally modify his dialectic
    method ?
    (A) Kant                                          (A)

    (B) Hegel                                         (B)

    (C) Adam Smith                                    (C)

    (D) Ludewig Feuerbach                             (D)

20. Who described freedom as the                20.
    ‘silence of the laws’ ?
    (A) Isaiah Berlin                                 (A)
    (B) Thomas Hobbes                                 (B)
    (C) Milton Friedman                               (C)
    (D) J.S. Mill
                                                      (D)
21. The historic ‘Quit India’ resolution
                                                21.
    was passed under Mahatma
    Gandhi’s leadership at Gowalia
    Tank median in the city of :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Kolkata
    (B) Chennai                                       (B)

    (C) Lucknow                                       (C)

    (D) Mumbai                                        (D)
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22. Who was the revolutionary Marxist           22.                       1919-1920
    leader with whom M.N. Roy had
    a prolonged political debate in
    1919-1920 ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Karl Marx
    (B) V.I. Lenin                                    (B)

    (C) Joseph Stalin                                 (C)
    (D) Mao Tse Tung                                  (D)
23. Who     among     the  following            23.
    personalities established the
    organisation ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) B.G. Tilak
    (B) M.K. Gandhi                                   (B)

    (C) Rabindranath Tagore                           (C)
    (D) V.D. Savarkar                                 (D)
24. Which of the following were the             24.
    tenents of Jayprakash Narayan’s
    concept    of   Communitarian
    Democracy ?
    (a) Decentralised political economy               (a)

    (b) Competitiveness                               (b)
    (c) Deliberate process of devolution              (c)
    (d) Harmonization of interest                     (d)
    Choose the answer from the
    following codes :
                                                      (A) (b), (c), (d)
    (A) (b), (c), (d)
    (B) (a), (b), (c)                                 (B) (a), (b), (c)

    (C) (a), (c), (d)                                 (C) (a), (c), (d)
    (D) (a), (b), (d)                                 (D) (a), (b), (d)
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25. Which one of the following is not            25.

    separatist movement ?

    (A) JKLF                                           (A)

    (B) ULFA                                           (B)

    (C) PLA
                                                       (C)

    (D) Naxalism
                                                       (D)
26. Who     among      the    following
                                                 26.
    launched Kalaram Mandir Entry

    Satyagraha ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Mahatma Gandhi
                                                       (B)
    (B) Vinoba Bhave
                                                       (C)
    (C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
                                                       (D)
    (D) J.P. Narayan

                                                 27.
27. Which one of the following is the

    characteristic of post-behaviourism ?

    (A) Quantification                                 (A)

    (B) Relevance                                      (B)

    (C) Value free                                     (C)

    (D) Pure science                                   (D)

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28. With which of the following               28.
    organizations  Periyar   E.V.
    Ramsamy was associated ?
    (a) Self-Respect Movement                       (a)
    (b) Justice Party                               (b)
    (c) Dravidar Kazhagam
                                                    (c)
    (d) Home-rule Movement
                                                    (d)
    Choose your answer from the
    following codes :
    Codes :
    (A) (a), (c), (d)
                                                    (A) (a), (c), (d)
    (B) (b), (c), (d)
                                                    (B) (b), (c), (d)
    (C) (a), (b), (c)
    (D) (a), (b), (d)                               (C) (a), (b), (c)
29. Agganna Sutta is in which text ?                (D) (a), (b), (d)
    (A) Digha Nikaya
                                              29.
    (B) Tripitika
                                                    (A)
    (C) Vinaya Pitaka
    (D) Dhammapada                                  (B)

30. In Buddhist literature what is                  (C)
    ‘Sutta’ ?
                                                    (D)
    (A) Dialogue between Buddha and
        Sanjaya                               30.
    (B) Discourse imparted by the                   (A)
        Buddha to two Brahmins :
        Bharadvaja and Vasistha                     (B)
    (C) Dialogue between Sariputta and
        Assaji
                                                    (C)
    (D) Discourse between Anuruddha
        and Katyayana                               (D)

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31. Which imperialist country had                31.
    maximum number of colonies ?
    (A) Great Britain                                  (A)
    (B) France                                         (B)
    (C) Portugal
                                                       (C)
    (D) Holland
                                                       (D)
32. Which leader of anti-colonial
                                                 32.
    struggle served as President of
    Zambia from 1964 to 1991 ?
                                                             1964   1991
    (A) Kenneth Kaunda
                                                       (A)
    (B) Harry Nkumbula
                                                       (B)
    (C) Julius Nyerere
    (D) Robert Mugabe                                  (C)

33. Who among the following leaders                    (D)
    was not associated with anti-colonial        33.
    struggle ?
    (A) Mahatma Gandhi                                 (A)
    (B) Kenneth Kaunda
                                                       (B)
    (C) Harry Nkumbula
                                                       (C)
    (D) Daniel Lisulo
                                                       (D)
34. Identify the non-democratic regimes
    from the following :                         34.

    (A) Switzerland                                    (A)

    (B) Australia                                      (B)

    (C) Cuba                                           (C)

    (D) Denmark                                        (D)
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35. In which of the following developing        35.
    countries transition from democracy
    to consolidated democracy can be
    witnessed ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Kenya
                                                      (B)
    (B) India
                                                      (C)
    (C) Uruguway
                                                      (D)
    (D) Pakistan
                                                36.
36. Choose the incorrect statement :
    (A) New social movements focus on                 (A)
         issues related to human rights.
    (B) Gay rights movement can be                    (B)
         considered as new social
         movement.
                                                      (C)
    (C) New social movement emerged
         in mid 1960 i.e. in a post-
         industrial economy.
                                                      (D)
    (D) Animal rights movement
        cannot be called new social
         movement as it is not related
         to human rights.
                                                37.
37. Which among the following is not
    new social movements ?
    (A) Women’s movement                              (A)

    (B) Ecology movement                              (B)

    (C) Gay rights movements                          (C)

    (D) Peasant movement                              (D)
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38. Which of the following political               38.
    systems has multiparty system ?

    (A) USA
                                                         (A)
    (B) Great Britain
                                                         (B)
    (C) France
                                                         (C)
    (D) Australia
                                                         (D)
39. Which is not the feature of

    Schumpeter’s      elite   model      of        39.
    participatory democracy ?

    (A) Common people do not have

        capacity to make intelligent
                                                         (A)
        decisions in area of politics.

    (B) In democracy the actual power

        is in the hands of an elite                      (B)

        minority.

    (C) Democracy is competition                         (C)
        between elites and masses.

    (D) In democracy the role of citizens
                                                         (D)
        duty begins and ends with

        selecting — via ballot box — the

        individual or party.

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40. Match List I with List II and select                   40.           I       II
    the correct answer from the codes
    given below :
                                                                                      I
                     List I
                                                                 (i)
      (i)   Patrimonialism
                                                                 (ii)
      (ii) Majoritarianism
      (iii) Bureaucratic authoritarianism                        (iii)

      (iv) Military dictatorship                                 (iv)

                    List II                                                           II
      (a) Argentina between 1966-1973                            (a) 1966-1973
      (b) Iraq during 1979 to 2003                               (b) 1979      2003
      (c) Czar during 12th century                               (c)     12           1917
          to 1917
                                                                 (d)
      (d) Athenian democracy
      Codes :
      (A) (i–c), (ii–d), (iii–a), (iv–b)                         (A) (i–c), (ii–d), (iii–a), (iv–b)

      (B) (i–b), (ii–c), (iii–a), (iv–d)                         (B) (i–b), (ii–c), (iii–a), (iv–d)

      (C) (i–a), (ii–b), (iii–c), (iv–d)                         (C) (i–a), (ii–b), (iii–c), (iv–d)
      (D) (i–d), (ii–c), (iii–b), (iv–a)                         (D) (i–d), (ii–c), (iii–b), (iv–a)
41. ................................. Committee was        41.
    appointed for advising the
    Government about Non-Scheduled
    Languages.
                                                                 (A)
      (A) Chandrashekhar Kambar
      (B) Bhalachandra Nemade                                    (B)

      (C) Sitakant Mahapatra                                     (C)

      (D) Ashok Vajpayee                                         (D)
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42. ............................... accord was an        42.
    attempt to contain terrorism in
    Punjab.
                                                               (A)
     (A) Rajiv — Longowal
                                                               (B)
     (B) Indira Gandhi — Bhindranwale
     (C) Nehru — Laldenga                                      (C)

     (D) Vajpayee — Badal                                      (D)
43. Who led the All Assam Students’                      43.
    Movement against migration ?
     (A) Prafulla Mahanta
     (B) Hiteshwar Saikia                                      (A)
     (C) Gopinath Bardoloi                                     (B)
     (D) Tarun Gogoi
                                                               (C)
44. Frequent use or misuse of Article
    ........................ has caused rift in                (D)
    Centre-State Relations.                              44.
     (A) 352
     (B) 360
     (C) 356                                                   (A) 352
     (D) 32                                                    (B) 360
45. Which of the following is not                              (C) 356
    correct ?
                                                               (D) 32
     (A) Demolition of Babri Masjid
         — 1992                                          45.
     (B) Announcement of LPG Policy                            (A)                — 1992
         — 1991
                                                               (B)              — 1991
     (C) RTI Act — 2005
                                                               (C)             — 2005
     (D) Assassination of Indira Gandhi
         — 1985                                                (D)          — 1985
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46. Reorganisation of states was done on                      46.
    the recommendations of ......................
    Commission.
                                                                    (A)
      (A) Fazal Ali
                                                                    (B)
      (B) Dar
      (C) Sarkaria                                                  (C)

      (D) Mandal                                                    (D)
47. Which of the following is not a                           47.
    Dravidian Political Party ?
                                                                    (A)
      (A) Dravida Kazhagam
                                                                    (B)
      (B) Marumalarchi      Dravida
          Munnetra Kazhagam                                         (C)
      (C) Telangana Rashtra Samiti                                  (D)
      (D) All India Anna Dravida                              48.
          Munnetra Kazhagam
48. Which of the following castes is not
    mobilised recently for seeking
    reservation ?                                                   (A)

      (A) Jats                                                      (B)
      (B) Patidars                                                  (C)
      (C) Marathas                                                  (D)
      (D) Malis
                                                              49.
49. ............................... is the new entrant
    in the voting process in India.
                                                                    (A)
      (A) Ballot Paper
                                                                    (B)
      (B) EVMs
      (C) VVPATs                                                    (C)

      (D) Electoral Violence                                        (D)
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50. The leader of the opposition in the          50. 16
    16th Lok Sabha was :

    (A) Kamal Nath                                     (A)
    (B) Mallikarjun Kharge                             (B)
    (C) Rahul Gandhi                                   (C)
    (D) Gulam Nabi Azad                                (D)
51. Which of the following is not a Union        51.
    Territory ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Mizoram
                                                       (B)
    (B) Lakshadweep
                                                       (C)
    (C) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
                                                       (D)
    (D) Daman & Diu
                                                 52.
52. Article 1 of the Indian Constitution
    describes India as the :
                                                       (A)
    (A) Territories of the States

    (B) Union of State                                 (B)

    (C) Indian Federation                              (C)

    (D) Confederation                                  (D)

53. The Joint Session of the Parliament          53.
    is chaired by the :

    (A) Speaker of Lok Sabha                           (A)

    (B) Vice-President of India                        (B)

    (C) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha                    (C)

    (D) Prime Minister of India                        (D)

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54. The President of India addresses             54.
    both the Houses of Parliament
    assembled together :
    (A) During the emergency session
         of the Parliament                             (A)
    (B) Every Session
                                                       (B)
    (C) First Session after each General
                                                       (C)
         Election and First Session each
         year
    (D) Any Session
55. Supremacy of the Constitution                      (D)
    means :
                                                 55.
    (A) Constitution is above States
    (B) Constitution         is   above                (A)
        Government
                                                       (B)
    (C) Constitution is above all
                                                       (C)
        institutions, organisations and
         citizens
    (D) Constitution is above the                      (D)
         Parliament
                                                 56.
56. Which of the following is the largest
    Committee of the Parliament ?                      (A)
    (A) The Estimates Committee
                                                       (B)
    (B) The Public Accounts Committee
                                                       (C)
    (C) Committee on Public Sector
         Enterprises
    (D) The Committee on Petitions                     (D)

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57. The Council of Ministers hold              57.
    office :
                                                     (A)
    (A) During the pleasure of the
        President                                    (B)
    (B) During the pleasure of the                   (C)
        Speaker
                                                     (D)
    (C) For a fixed term of five years
    (D) During the pleasure of Prime           58.
        Minister
58. The following word was added
    to the Preamble by the 42nd
                                                     (A)
    Amendment :
    (A) Secular                                      (B)

    (B) Democratic                                   (C)
    (C) Republic                                     (D)
    (D) Sovereign
                                               59.
59. According to the Constitution, the
    President of India works on the aid
    and advice of :                                  (A)
    (A) The Vice-President                           (B)
    (B) The Prime Minister and the
                                                     (C)
        Council of Ministers
    (C) The Supreme Court of India                   (D)
    (D) The Attorney General of India          60.
60. Which Article of the Constitution
    envisages a Supreme Court ?
                                                     (A) 128
    (A) 128
                                                     (B) 124
    (B) 124
    (C) 132                                          (C) 132

    (D) 136                                          (D) 136
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61. One of the key features of                  61.
    development administration is
    that it :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Emphasizes on regulatory work
                                                      (B)
    (B) Emphasizes on rule-bound
        conduct                                       (C)
    (C) Emphasizes on centralization                  (D)
    (D) Emphasizes on participation             62.
62. The New Public Administration
    advocated :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Management science approach
                                                      (B)
    (B) Efficiency and economy
                                                      (C)
    (C) Social   relevance       based
        approach                                      (D)
    (D) Value neutrality                        63.
63. The Minnowbrook Perspective and
    Frank Marini are associated with
    the emergence of :
                                                      (A)
    (A) New Public Administration
                                                      (B)
    (B) Development Administration
    (C) Scientific Management                         (C)

    (D) Rational Choice Theory                        (D)
64. Which one of the following subfields        64.
    emphasized on values and ethics ?
    (A) Comparative Public Adminis-
                                                      (A)
        tration
                                                      (B)
    (B) New Public Management
    (C) New Public Administration                     (C)

    (D) Rational Choice Theory                        (D)

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65. Which one of the following actions            65.
    is indicative of ‘integral’ dimension
    in the working of an organization ?
                                                        (A)
    (A) Filing papers
                                                        (B)
    (B) Planning
                                                        (C)
    (C) Staffing
                                                        (D)
    (D) Coordinating

66. Give the correct answer by using the          66.
    correct code given below :
    Assertion (A) :                                           (A) :

    Some scholars have ridiculed
    and rejected the principles of
    administration as “myths” and
    “proverbs”.
                                                              (R) :
    Reason (R) :

    For almost every principle, one can
    find an equally plausible and
    acceptable contradictory principles.

    Codes :
                                                        (A) (A)          (R)
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
                                                                   (R)     (A)
         (R) is the correct explanation
         of (A)

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

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67. Accountability as one of the three          67.
    cardinal principles of Public
    Administration is ensured in New
    Public Management by :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Performing agency’s goods
                                                      (B)
    (B) Following procedures in totality
                                                      (C)
    (C) Not obeying orders of superiors
                                                      (D)
    (D) Preventing misuse of public
                                                68.
         money

68. Max Weber identified it as essential
    feature of modern bureaucracy :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Hierarchy
                                                      (B)
    (B) Flexibility of rules
                                                      (C)
    (C) Patronage

    (D) Personal charisma                             (D)

69. The principle that “a subordinate           69.

    employee should receive orders from
    one superior only” is known as :

    (A) Span of Control                               (A)

    (B) Unity of Command                              (B)

    (C) Hierarchy                                     (C)

    (D) Delegation                                    (D)

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70. Match List I (Theorists) with List II           70.         I                              II
    (Ideas, Arguments) and select the
    correct answer from the codes given
    below :                                                                    I
          List I (Theorists)                              (a)
    (a) Vincent Ostrom                                    (b)
    (b) David Easton                                      (c)
    (c) F.W. Riggs                                        (d)
    (d) Mary Parker Follett                                         II
    List II (Ideas, Arguments)                            (1)
    (1) Advanced           the     idea   of
         ‘constructive conflict’                          (2)
    (2) Presented ‘defracted model’                       (3)
    (3) Critiqued bureaucratic model

    (4) Conceived of public policy as an                  (4)
         output of the political system

    Codes :

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

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

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

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

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

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71. Which one of the following is not           71.
    a characteristic of new local
    governance ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Organised on formal and legal
        pattern

    (B) Based on the post-bureaucratic                (B)
        notion of organisation

    (C) Operate through open networks
                                                      (C)
    (D) Participation of stakeholders in
                                                      (D)
        decision-making process
                                                72.
72. Functions discharged by the
    Panchayat Raj Institutions fall
    under :
                                                      (A) 9
    (A) the 9th schedule
                                                      (B) 10
    (B) the 10th schedule
                                                      (C) 11
    (C) the 11th schedule
                                                      (D) 12
    (D) the 12th schedule

73. Article 243 I of the Indian                 73.                  243 I
    Constitution provides for the
    constitution of :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Panchayat Raj Institutions
                                                      (B)
    (B) Municipalities
                                                      (C)
    (C) State Finance Commission

    (D) State Election Commission                     (D)

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74. Major challenges faced by urban             74.
    local governance bodies in India
    are :
    (a) Financial crunch
                                                      (a)
    (b) Low     level    of    citizens
        participation in local bodies                 (b)

    (c) Privatization of public services
    Codes :                                           (c)

    (A) (a) and (b)
    (B) (b) and (c)                                   (A) (a)        (b)
    (C) (a), (b) and (c)                              (B) (b)        (c)
    (D) (a) and (b)
                                                      (C) (a), (b)         (c)
75. How many states in India have
                                                      (D) (a)        (b)
    constituted    the Lokayukta
    institutions ?                              75.
    (A) 15
    (B) 20                                            (A) 15
    (C) 17                                            (B) 20
    (D) 19                                            (C) 17
76. Lokpal consists of :
                                                      (D) 19
    (A) 9 members including chair-
        person                                  76.

    (B) 8 members including chair-
        person                                        (A)
    (C) 10 members excluding chair-                   (B)
        person
                                                      (C)
    (D) 7 members excluding chair-
        person                                        (D)

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77. Which among the following is not                  77.
    the feature of good governance ?
    (A) Equitable and inclusive                             (A)
    (B) Non-responsive              and   non-              (B)
        consensus
                                                            (C)
    (C) Participatory and accountable
                                                            (D)
    (D) Transparent
                                                      78.         I           II
78. Match List I with List II and select
    the correct answer from the codes
    given below :
                                                                                     I
                     List I
                                                            (a)
    (a) Good Governance
                                                            (b)
    (b) Citizen Charter
                                                            (c)
    (c) Ombudsman
                                                            (d) RTE
    (d) RTE
                                                                                     II
                 List II
                                                            (1)
    (1) People’s defender
    (2) Equitable and inclusive                             (2)

    (3) Empowerment of citizens                             (3)

    (4) Article 21A                                         (4)         21A

    Codes :
         (a)   (b)     (c)    (d)                                 (a)   (b)    (c)        (d)

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

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

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

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79. In which Article right to education           79.
    is incorporated ?

    (A) Article 22                                      (A)         22
    (B) Article 19(2)                                   (B)         19(2)
    (C) Article 21(A)                                   (C)         21(A)
    (D) Article 23                                      (D)         23
80. What are the features of MNREGA ?             80.               (MNREGA)
    (a) A person above the age of 14
        years is entitled to apply for
                                                        (a)
        work.

    (b) Any applicant is entitled to
                                                        (b)
        work within 15 days of his
                                                                         15
        application.

    (c) It is limited to 100 days per
                                                        (c)                          100
        household per year.

    (d) The applicant will be provided
                                                        (d)
        if possible within radius of
        5 km.

    Codes :

    (A) (a), (b) and (d) are incorrect and              (A) (a), (b)          (d)
        (c) is correct                                        (c)

    (B) (a) is incorrect and (b), (c) and               (B) (a)                     (b), (c)         (d)
        (d) are correct

    (C) (a) and (b) are correct and (c)                 (C) (a)        (b)                     (c)
        and (d) are incorrect                                 (d)

    (D) (a), (b) and (d) are correct and                (D) (a), (b)          (d)
        (c) is incorrect                                      (c)
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81. Which of the following statements            81.
    is not correct ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Military capability is a tangible
        element of National power.

    (B) The quality of leadership can                  (B)
        improve the power of a state.

    (C) Demographic indicators are
                                                       (C)
        important for understanding
        the power of a state.

    (D) Geography is an element of soft                (D)
        power of a state.
                                                 82.             2015
82. Which of the following statements
    is not correct about Paris agreement
    on Climate Change 2015 ?

    (A) It has determined uniform
                                                       (A)
        target of emission reduction for
        all countries.

    (B) It has asked countries to                      (B)
        determine their own emission
        reduction targets.

    (C) It relies on the principle of
        differential     treatment     of              (C)
        developed and underdeveloped
        countries for emission targets.

    (D) It has made a detailed time-
                                                       (D)
        table for emission reduction for
        all countries.
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83. Which of the following is an               83.

    incentive behind the Look East

    Policy of India ?
                                                     (A)
    (A) Weapons purchases
                                                     (B)
    (B) Quest for energy security
                                                     (C)
    (C) To build relations to counter

        China-Pak axis
                                                     (D)
    (D) Dominate the Indian Ocean
                                               84.
84. Which of the following regional

    trade groups have lowest percentage

    of intra-regional trade ?

                                                     (A)
    (A) SAFTA (South Asian Free

        Trade Association)

                                                     (B)
    (B) NAFTA (North Atlantic Free

        Trade Association

    (C) EU (European Union)                          (C)


    (D) ASEAN (Association of South-                 (D)

        East Asian Nations)

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85. Which of the following principles of           85.
    the WTO applies specifically to the
    developing countries ?

    (A) Special         and   differential               (A)
         treatment
                                                         (B)
    (B) Reciprocity           and      non-
         discrimination
                                                         (C)
    (C) Predictability              through
         transparency                                    (D)

    (D) Equal treatment to locally
         produced and foreign goods
                                                   86.
86. Which of the following statements
    is correct ?                                         (A)
    (A) World system theory believes
         that anarchic international
         system is the root cause of
         conflict.
                                                         (B)
    (B) Structural realism believes that
         human nature is the root cause
         of conflict.
                                                         (C)
    (C) Realist theory of International
         Relations draws inspiration
         from Hobbes’ thought

    (D) Constructivism analyses the
                                                         (D)
         core        and   periphery     in
         International Relations.

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87. Which of the following pairs is not        87.
    matched correctly ?

                  List I                                           I

    (a) Balance of power                             (a)

    (b) Deterrence                                   (b)

    (c) Collective security                          (c)

    (d) UN peace keeping                             (d)

                  List II                                          II

    (i)   Making alliances                           (i)

    (ii) Nuclear weapons                             (ii)

    (iii) Isolating the aggressor                    (iii)

    (iv) War with the aggressor                      (iv)

    (A) (a–i)                                        (A) (a–i)

    (B) (b–ii)                                       (B) (b–ii)

    (C) (c–iii)                                      (C) (c–iii)

    (D) (d–iv)                                       (D) (d–iv)

88. Which of the following are forced          88.
    migrants ?

    (A) Mexicans crossing the border to              (A)
          enter the US                               (B)
    (B) Sri Lankan Tamils living in
          camps in Tamil Nadu                        (C)
    (C) Indian workers in Saudi Arabia               (D)
    (D) Pakistani workers in UAE
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89. A new model of public sector               89. 1990
    management which emerged in
    1990s is known also as :

    (A) Managerialism                                (A)
    (B) Market-based public adminis-                 (B)
          tration
                                                     (C)
    (C) Entrepreneurial government
                                                     (D)
    (D) All of the above
                                               90.
90. Which of the following pairs is not
    matched correctly ?
                                                                   I
                  Column I
                                                     (a)
    (a) Critical Theory
                                                     (b)
    (b) Realism
                                                     (c)
    (c) World System Theory
                                                     (d)
    (d) Social Constructivism
                                                                   II
                Column II
                                                     (i)
    (i)   Regime, Institutions

    (ii) Interests, Power                            (ii)

    (iii) Core, Periphery                            (iii)

    (iv) Norms, Values                               (iv)

    (A) (a–i)                                        (A) (a–i)

    (B) (b–ii)                                       (B) (b–ii)

    (C) (c–iii)                                      (C) (c–iii)

    (D) (d–iv)                                       (D) (d–iv)

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91. Which of the following is an element        91.
    of India’s ‘Look East’ Policy ?

    (A) Nuclear co-operation treaty

         with ASEAN countries                         (A)

    (B) Co-operation with ASEAN                       (B)
         countries on South China Sea

         disputes

    (C) Promoting       Democracy     in              (C)

         ASEAN countries
                                                      (D)
    (D) Free Trade Agreement with

         ASEAN countries

92. Among the following regional                92.

    groups, which has signed a Free

    Trade Agreement with India ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) European Union

    (B) Association of South-East Asian               (B)

         Nations

    (C) Shanghai         Co-operation
                                                      (C)
         Organisation

    (D) Gulf Co-operation Council                     (D)

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93. Which of the following is not                 93.
    an   element       of   India-Russia
    co-operation ?

    (A) Joint ventures in weapons                       (A)

         production
                                                        (B)
    (B) Joint ventures in exploration
         of natural gas                                 (C)

    (C) Joint ventures in sea-bed                       (D)
         exploration
                                                  94.
    (D) Nuclear partnership
                                                        (A)
94. Which of the following statements
    is true ?                                                 (Indus Commission)

    (A) Indus Water Treaty created the
         Permanent Indus Commission.
                                                        (B)
    (B) Indus Water Treaty gave the
         control of three ‘eastern’ rivers
         (Beas, Ravi, Sutlej) to Pakistan.

    (C) Indus Water Treaty appointed
                                                        (C)
         an international mediator for
         resolving     water    disputes
         between India and Pakistan.

    (D) Indus Water Treaty appointed                    (D)
         a third party arbitrator to
         resolve water disputes between
         India and Pakistan.

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95. Which one of the following is not          95.
    a principle of India’s Nuclear
    Doctrine ?
                                                     (A)
    (A) Non-proliferation of nuclear
        technology                                   (B)
    (B) Minimum Credible Deterrence
                                                     (C)
    (C) No First use of Nuclear
                                                     (D)
        Weapons

    (D) No use of nuclear weapons
        against non-nuclear states             96.
96. In which year did India host and
    chair the summit of the non-aligned
    movement ?
                                                     (A) 1983
    (A) 1983

    (B) 1979                                         (B) 1979

    (C) 1976                                         (C) 1976

    (D) 1986
                                                     (D) 1986
97. Which of the following terrorist
                                               97.
    groups is not banned by Government
    of India ?

    (A) Abu Sayyaf Group                             (A)

    (B) Babbar Khalsa International                  (B)
    (C) Communist Party of India
                                                     (C)
        (Maoist)

    (D) Hizb-ul-Mujahideen                           (D)

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98. ‘Chakmas’ are the migrants in India          98.
    who have come from :
    (A) Bangladesh                                      (A)
    (B) Myanmar                                         (B)
    (C) Bhutan                                          (C)
    (D) Nepal                                           (D)
99. Who are regarded             as the          99.
    ‘founding fathers’ of the non-aligned
    movement ?
                                                        (A)
    (A) Nehru, Nasser, Sukarno
                                                        (B)
    (B) Nehru, Tito, Sukarno
                                                        (C)
    (C) Nehru, Nasser, Tito
                                                        (D)
    (D) Nehru, Sukarno, Ho Chi Minh
                                                 100.           (A) :
100. Assertion (A) :
    India-Vietnam friendship dates back
    to Cold War period.
                                                                (R) :
    Reason (R) :
    Vietnam has supported India’s bid
    for UN Security Council permanent
    membership.
    Codes :
    (A) (A) is true, (R) is not true                    (A) (A)                 (R)

    (B) (A) is not true, (R) is true                    (B) (A)                (R)

    (C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but                  (C) (A)         (R)
        (R) is not a cause of (A)                             (R)   (A)

    (D) Both (A) and (R) are true and                   (D) (A)         (R)
        (R) is a cause of (A)                                 (R)   (A)

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