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MH SET 2025: 15 June, Paper II, Political Science

  • Date: 15 June 2025
  • Paper code: JUN-15225
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 44 pages
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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.   The book ‘Citizenship and Social                   1.

     Class’ is authored by .................... .

     (A) John Rawls                                           (A)

     (B) Will Kymlicka                                        (B)

     (C) Michael Sandal                                       (C)

     (D) T.H. Marshall                                        (D)

2.   Who among the following thinkers                   2.

     is often taken to be a conservative

     thinker ?
                                                              (A)
     (A) Jacques Derrida
                                                              (B)
     (B) David Hume
                                                              (C)
     (C) Noam Chomsky

     (D) E.F. Schumacher                                      (D)

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3.   Who among the following thinkers           3.
     described    ideology    as   ‘false

     consciousness’ ?
                                                     (A)
     (A) Karl Marx
                                                     (B)
     (B) Karl Popper
                                                     (C)
     (C) G.W.F. Hegel

     (D) Jean Bodin                                  (D)

4.   Who among the following thinkers           4.
     introduced the concept of positive

     liberty ?
                                                     (A)
     (A) H.J. Laski
                                                     (B)
     (B) T.H. Green
                                                     (C)
     (C) J.S. Mill

     (D) Robert Nozick                               (D)

5.   German social democracy developed          5.

     by :
                                                     (A)
     (A) Ferdinand Lassalle
                                                     (B)
     (B) Eduard Bernstein
                                                     (C)
     (C) Karl Kautsky

     (D) Georges Sorel                               (D)

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6.   One of the earliest thinkers to give       6.
     detailed attention to the problem of
     inequality in modern civilization
     was :
                                                     (A)
     (A) Karl Marx
                                                     (B)
     (B) Joseph Proudhon
                                                     (C)
     (C) J.J. Rousseau

     (D) Alexis de Tocqueville                       (D)

7.   The concept of ‘hegemony’ was              7.
     developed by ..................... .

     (A) Antonio Gramsci                             (A)

     (B) Karl Marx                                   (B)

     (C) David Held                                  (C)

     (D) Hennah Arendt                               (D)

8.   Male-designed and male-dominated           8.
     institutions are the major threat to
     nature, is the main argument of
     which among the following streams
     of feminism ?
                                                     (A)
     (A) Liberal feminism

     (B) Black feminism                              (B)

     (C) Socialist feminism                          (C)

     (D) Eco feminism                                (D)

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9.   The argument that, ‘the search for           9.
     knowledge is an expression of the
     search for power’ was offered
     by ............ .
                                                        (A)
     (A) J. Derrida
                                                        (B)
     (B) Michel Foucault
     (C) J. Habermas                                    (C)

     (D) G.W.F. Hegel                                   (D)

10. The book titled ‘The Real World of            10.
    Democracy’ is written by ............ .
     (A) Robert Dahl                                    (A)
     (B) C.B. Macpherson                                (B)
     (C) Jeremy Bentham                                 (C)
     (D) Joseph Schumpeter                              (D)
11. Antonio Gramsci introduced the idea           11.
    of ‘‘historical bloc’’ as a key element
    in understanding social change.
    What does this term refer to ?
     (A) The alliance between ruling
         elites and the proletariat
                                                        (A)
     (B) The unity of diverse social
         forces under the leadership of
         a dominant class                               (B)
     (C) The cyclical nature of historical
         events
                                                        (C)
     (D) The inevitability of socialist
         revolution                                     (D)

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12. During the Chinese Civil War, Mao          12.

    Zedong outlined his military

    strategy, which involved the use of

    guerrilla    warfare     and    the

    establishment of base areas in rural

    regions. What is this strategy

    commonly known as ?
                                                     (A)
    (A) Blitzkrieg
                                                     (B)
    (B) People’s War

    (C) Total War                                    (C)


    (D) Tactical Mobilization                        (D)

13. Who among the following wrote,             13.
    ‘‘Laws are the rules of just and

    unjust; nothing being reputed

    unjust that is not contrary to some

    law’’ ?
                                                     (A)
    (A) Bentham
                                                     (B)
    (B) Hegel

                                                     (C)
    (C) Hobbes

    (D) Rousseau                                     (D)

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14. Who is credited with formulating the           14.
    modern concept of nation state
    which possesses the legitimate
    monopoly of use of force ?
                                                         (A)
    (A) Plato
                                                         (B)
    (B) Machiavelli
                                                         (C)
    (C) Max Weber
                                                         (D)
    (D) Karl Marx
15. In Hegel’s notion the highest                  15.
    possible achievement of the mind as
    expressed in social life was in ........
                                                         (A)
    (A) The Contemporary Prussian
         State                                           (B)

    (B) Rome                                             (C)
    (C) Athens
                                                         (D)
    (D) Contemporary Great Britain
16. Which of the following thinker                 16.
    promoted the idea that citizens
    create state for protection of their
    rights and if the state fails, they
    have a right to resist ?                             (A)

    (A) Karl Marx                                        (B)
    (B) John Locke                                       (C)
    (C) J.S. Mill
                                                         (D)
    (D) Mary Wallstonecraft

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17. Which of the following author wrote          17.

    ‘‘Citizen is a free and autonomous

    person’’ ?                                         (A)
    (A) John Locke
                                                       (B)
    (B) J.S. Mill
                                                       (C)
    (C) Rousseau

    (D) Jeremy Bentham                                 (D)

18. ‘‘Over himself, over his own body and        18.

    mind, the individual is sovereign’’,

    is a statement of which philosopher ?

    (A) James Mill                                     (A)

    (B) John Stuart Mill                               (B)

    (C) Jeremy Bentham                                 (C)

    (D) Martin Luther King                             (D)

19. Which thinker believed that the              19.

    individual right to liberty reinforces

    selfishness ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Hobbes
                                                       (B)
    (B) Locke
                                                       (C)
    (C) Marx

    (D) Engels                                         (D)

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20. Which of the following concepts is          20.


    central to Hannah Arendt’s political


    thought ?


    (A) Utilitarianism                                (A)


    (B) Totalitarianism                               (B)


    (C) Libertarianism                                (C)


    (D) Absolutism                                    (D)


21. Who returned the ‘Knighthood’               21.


    award as a protest on Jallianwala


    Bagh Massacre ?
                                                      (A)

    (A) M.K. Gandhi

                                                      (B)
    (B) Jawaharlal Nehru

                                                      (C)
    (C) Sri Aurobindo


    (D) Rabindranath Tagore                           (D)


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22. Match the pair using the codes given        22.
    below :

                     List I                                                   I
    (a) Kautilya                                      (a)
    (b) M.N. Roy                                      (b)
    (c) Jayprakash Narayan                            (c)
    (d) Sri Aurobindo                                 (d)
                 List II                                                      II
    (1) Total Revolution                              (1)
    (2) Spiritual Nationalism                         (2)
    (3) Mandal Theory                                 (3)
    (4) Radical Humanism                              (4)
    Codes :

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

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

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

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

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

23. Which of the following book is              23.
    written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar ?

    (A) Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah                     (A)
    (B) Marx, Gandhi and Socialism                    (B)
    (C) Guilty Men of India’s Partition               (C)
    (D) Why Socialism ?                               (D)
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24. Choose the incorrect statement from            24.
    the following :
                                                         (A)
    (A) Jawaharlal Nehru was the
         architect of Panchasheel
                                                         (B)
    (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak oppose
         ‘Age of Consent Act’
                                                         (C)
    (C) Jayprakash Narayan put forth
         the concept of ‘Four Pillar State’

    (D) M.K. Gandhi put forth the                        (D)
         concept of Trusteeship

25. Which of the following statement is            25.
    correct about the rules listed by M.K.
    Gandhi for Satyagrahi ?

    (a) Must have a living faith in God                  (a)

    (b) Must believe in truth and non-                   (b)
         violence

    (c) Must be angry with opponents                     (c)

    (d) Must be a habitual Khadi                         (d)
         wearer and spinner

    Codes :

    (A) (a), (b), (c)                                    (A) (a), (b), (c)

    (B) (b), (c), (d)                                    (B) (b), (c), (d)

    (C) (a), (b), (d)                                    (C) (a), (b), (d)

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

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26. What are the conditions put forward          26.

    by   Dr.    B.R.    Ambedkar     for

    Democracy to function ? Choose your

    answer by using the codes given

    below :

    (a) Equality        in   Law    and                (a)

         Administration
                                                       (b)
    (b) Existence of a weak opposition
                                                       (c)
    (c) Instills a Passion for Liberty in

         Society                                       (d)


    (d) There is no place for the

         Tyranny of Majority

    Codes :
                                                       (A) (a), (b), (c)
    (A) (a), (b), (c)
                                                       (B) (b), (c), (d)
    (B) (b), (c), (d)

                                                       (C) (a), (b), (d)
    (C) (a), (b), (d)

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

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27. Who says that ‘‘Kama, Artha,               27.
    Dharma and Moksha are the four

    objectives of Humankind ?’’
                                                     (A)
    (A) Deendayal Upadhyaya
                                                     (B)
    (B) Ram Manohar Lohia
                                                     (C)
    (C) Jayprakash Narayan

    (D) Periyar E.V. Ramasamy                        (D)

28. Which Indian Political thinker             28.

    founded ‘‘The League of Radical

    Congressmen’ ?
                                                     (A)
    (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
                                                     (B)
    (B) M.K. Gandhi
                                                     (C)
    (C) M.N. Roy

    (D) Pandita Ramabai                              (D)

29. Which book is written by Political         29.

    thinker Barani ?

    (A) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi                          (A)

    (B) The Causes of the Indian Revolt              (B)

    (C) Asar-us-Sanadid                              (C)

    (D) Javid Nama                                   (D)
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30. Which of the following statements               30.
    are    correct      with   regard    to

    Jayprakash          Narayan’s    Total

    Revolution. Choose your answer

    from the codes given below :
                                                          (a)
    (a) Jayprakash Narayan wanted to

          eradicate corruption from

          India’s Political and Social life.

    (b) Total       Revolution      is    a               (b)

          combination          of    seven

          revolution.                                     (c)

    (c) Aim to Total Revolution is to

          bring change in society on the

          basis of Sarvodaya values.
                                                          (d)
    (d) Total Revolution promote to

          centralization of political power

    Codes :
                                                          (A) (a), (b), (d)
    (A) (a), (b), (d)
                                                          (B) (b), (c), (d)
    (B) (b), (c), (d)
                                                          (C) (c), (d)
    (C) (c), (d)

    (D) (a), (b), (c)                                     (D) (a), (b), (c)

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31. Identify the correct statement :              31.

    (A) New Institutionalism focuses on
                                                        (A)
         formal         institutions   of

         Government

                                                        (B)
    (B) Institutionalism focuses on

         developing a sociological view of

         institutions
                                                        (C)

    (C) New Institutionalism focuses on

         developing a sociological view of

         institutions

                                                        (D)
    (D) New Institutionalism rose in

         19th Century

32. Which type of Anti-colonial struggle          32.

    was witnessed in Africa ?

    (A) Non-violent                                     (A)

    (B) Armed                                           (B)

    (C) Democratic                                      (C)

    (D) Revolutionary
                                                        (D)

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33. Identify the correct event that led          33.
    to nationalism in a European state :

    (A) Great Britain : Magna Carta
                                                       (A)
    (B) France : French Revolution
                                                       (B)
    (C) Germany : Dissatisfaction of

        elite                                          (C)

    (D) Italy : Victory of Giorgia Meloni              (D)

34. Whose objective is to create a new           34.
    man who will sacrifice Bourgeois

    values ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Mahatma Gandhi
                                                       (B)
    (B) Lenin

    (C) Mao Tse Tung                                   (C)

    (D) Fidel Castro                                   (D)

35. Who was the last military dictator           35.
    in Pakistan ?

    (A) Ayub Khan                                      (A)

    (B) Yahya Khan                                     (B)

    (C) Zia Ul Haq                                     (C)

    (D) Pervez Musharraf                               (D)

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36. Identify correct statement in relation        36.

     to Emergency powers in India :

     (A) The federal nature of Indian
                                                        (A)
         state is transformed in the

         unitary form when emergency

         is declared through Article 352
                                                        (B)
     (B) Through Article 356 emergency

         can be declared for economic

         crisis in India

                                                        (C)
     (C) Punjab was the first state where

         emergency was declared

     (D) Golaknath Case was related to                  (D)

         emergency

37. Who is considered the founding                37.

     father of Bangladesh ?
                                                        (A)
     (A) Yahya Khan
                                                        (B)
     (B) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
                                                        (C)
     (C) Zahurul Haq

                                                        (D)
     (D) Mufti Ahmed

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38. Which     Financial     Institutions           38.
    provided helping hand to all the
    Developing Countries ?
                                                         (A)
    (A) Reserve Bank
                                                         (B)
    (B) Bretton Woods institutions
                                                         (C)
    (C) Asian Development Bank

    (D) UNICEF                                           (D)

39. Which is the disadvantage of                   39.
    concentration of power in elite class ?

    (A) Restricted political participation               (A)

    (B) Accountability                                   (B)

    (C) Sustenance of democratic values                  (C)

    (D) Efficiency                                       (D)

40. Identify the correct statement :               40.
    (A) Independent             electoral
                                                         (A)
        machinery is essential in liberal
        democracy

    (B) The head of electoral machinery                  (B)

        is elected in liberal democracy

    (C) In liberal democracy Political                   (C)
        Parties      control   Electoral
        machinery

    (D) In liberal democracy Electoral                   (D)

        machinery is not essential
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41. Choose wrong option :                       41.

    (A) Sir James Stuart Denham : 1767                (A)
        ‘An Inquiry into Principles of

        Political Economy’

    (B) Adam Smith : 1776 ‘An Inquiry                 (B)
        into the Nature and Causes of

        the Wealth of Nations’

    (C) Rudolf Heberle : 1951 ‘Social                 (C)

        Movements An Introduction to

        Political Sociology’

    (D) Lorenda Von Stein : 1840 ‘The                 (D)

        History of Movement in France’

42. Which factor has been emphasized            42.

    in the Earth Summit held in Rio-

    de-Janeiro in 2012 ?

    (A) Building political consensus for              (A)
        sustainable development

    (B) To curb carbon emissions                      (B)

    (C) Decreasing the layer of ozone                 (C)

    (D) Building a global consensus on                (D)

        carbon credit

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43. Who among the following is involved        43.

    in the pact of the century ?

    (A) SOCAR and British Petroleum                  (A)

        in Azerbaijan

    (B) SOCAR       and      American                (B)

        Petroleum in Azerbaijan

    (C) SOCAR and British Petroleum                  (C)

        in Kazakhstan

    (D) SOCAR and British Petroleum                  (D)

        in Uzbekistan

44. Which     university   has     been        44.

    developed to     develop India’s

    relations with Buddhist countries ?

    (A) Delhi University                             (A)

    (B) Nalanda University                           (B)

    (C) Takshashila University                       (C)

    (D) Buddhist University                          (D)

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45. Recognize incorrect pair :                   45.

    (A) BRICS : 2009                                   (A)

    (B) SAARC : 1985                                   (B)

    (C) OPEC : 1963                                    (C)

    (D) ASEAN : 1967                                   (D)

46. Which of the following conferences           46.

    was held by India to clarify its role

    in the Indian Ocean ?

    (A) Indian Naval Symposium                         (A)

    (B) Indian National Council                        (B)

    (C) Indian Strategic Council                       (C)

    (D) Indian Strategic Symposium                     (D)

47. When      was      World      Trade          47.

    Organization established ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Year 1995
                                                       (B)
    (B) Year 1996
                                                       (C)
    (C) Year 1997

    (D) Year 1998                                      (D)

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48. ‘Look East Policy’ was formulated by          48.

    which of the following Prime

    Ministers ?
                                                        (A)
    (A) Rajiv Gandhi
                                                        (B)
    (B) I.K. Gujral
                                                        (C)
    (C) P.V. Narasimha Rao

    (D) Manmohan Singh                                  (D)

49. The primary objective of TRIMS is :           49. TRIMS

    (A) Growth of Trade                                 (A)

    (B) Similar transactions with
                                                        (B)
         domestic and foreign companies

    (C) Control over Multinational
                                                        (C)
         Companies

    (D) Increase in trade in goods                      (D)

50. Which American President added                50.
    fuel to the fire of the Neo-Cold War ?

    (A) Kennedy
                                                        (A)
    (B) Nixon
                                                        (B)
    (C) Reagan                                          (C)

    (D) Carter                                          (D)

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51. Which of the following are not the          51.
    features of Indian foreign policy ?

    (i)   Mutual cooperation                          (i)
    (ii) Peaceful cooperation                         (ii)
    (iii) Respect for mutual sovereignty              (iii)
    (iv) Expansionism                                 (iv)
    (A) (i),   (ii),    (iii)                         (A) (i),   (ii),    (iii)
    (B) (i),   (iii),   (iv)                          (B) (i),   (iii),   (iv)
    (C) (i),   (ii),    (iii),   (iv)                 (C) (i),   (ii),    (iii),   (iv)
    (D) (iv)                                          (D) (iv)
52. In which year Indo-USSR signed the          52.
    treaty of ‘peace, friendship and
    cooperation’.
                                                      (A) 1971
    (A) 1971
                                                      (B) 1972
    (B) 1972

    (C) 1973                                          (C) 1973

    (D) 1974                                          (D) 1974

53. Choose the correct option regarding         53.
    ASEAN :
                                                      (A)
    (A) It was established in 1976

    (B) There are six members in                      (B)
          ASEAN
                                                      (C)
    (C) India is the founding member
          of ASEAN

    (D) ASEAN was established in 1967                 (D)

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54. When did India accept Partial Test         54.                       PTBT

    Ban Treaty (PTBT) ?

    (A) 1962                                         (A) 1962


    (B) 1963                                         (B) 1963


    (C) 1964                                         (C) 1964


    (D) 1965                                         (D) 1965

55. ‘Gujral doctrine’ is related with :        55.

    (A) India’s nuclear policy                       (A)

    (B) India’s energy security policy               (B)

    (C) India’s environmental policy                 (C)

    (D) India’s foreign policy                       (D)

56. Choose the correct pair regarding          56.

    SAARC summit.
                                                     (A)

    (A) First summit—Kathmandu
                                                     (B)
    (B) Second summit—Dhaka
                                                     (C)
    (C) Third summit—Bangalore

                                                     (D)
    (D) Fourth summit—Islamabad

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57. Choose     the   incorrect   option
                                               57.
    regarding United Nations.

                                                     (A)
    (A) India is the founder member of

         United Nations

    (B) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit served
                                                     (B)
         as the President of United

         Nations General Assembly

    (C) India is the permanent member
                                                     (C)
         of United Nations Security

         Council

    (D) India is a major contributor in
                                                     (D)
         United Nations Peacekeeping

         Missions

58. In       which        year      the        58.
    Intergovernmental       Panel   on

    Climate Change was established ?
                                                     (A) 1985
    (A) 1985

    (B) 1986                                         (B) 1986


    (C) 1987                                         (C) 1987

    (D) 1988
                                                     (D) 1988

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59. The ethnic group of the Uighur               59.
    people belongs to which country ?

    (A) Myanmar                                        (A)

    (B) Bangladesh                                     (B)

    (C) China                                          (C)
    (D) Vietnam                                        (D)
60. The Teesta River dispute is a                60.
    dispute between which of the
    following two countries ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) India-Pakistan
                                                       (B)
    (B) India-Bangladesh

    (C) India-Nepal                                    (C)

    (D) India-China                                    (D)

61. In which of the Article of Indian            61.
    Constitution there is provision that
    the State shall take step to separate
    the Judiciary from the Executive in
    the Public services of the State ?
                                                       (A) 55
    (A) 55
                                                       (B) 52
    (B) 52

    (C) 56                                             (C) 56

    (D) 50                                             (D) 50

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62. The pay of Comptroller and Auditor              62.
    General is equal to the pay of .........
     (A) President                                        (A)
     (B) Chief Justice of High Court                      (B)
     (C) Judge of Supreme Court                           (C)
     (D) Vice-President                                   (D)

63. Which of the following statements               63.
    are incorrect about Committee on
    Public Undertakings of the
    Parliament ?                                          (a)
     (a) The    Chairman      of   the
         Committee is appointed only
         from amongst its members who
         are drawn from the Lok Sabha.                    (b)

     (b) Pandit      Nehru        was
         recommended about creation of
                                                          (c)
         this Committee in 1963.
     (c) From 1974, there are 15
         members      elected    from
         Lok Sabha and 7 members
                                                          (d)
         elected from Rajya Sabha.
     (d) The tenure of members of this
         Committee is of two years.
     Answer Options :
                                                          (A) (a)   (b)
     (A) (a) and (b)
                                                          (B) (b)   (d)
     (B) (b) and (d)
     (C) (c) and (d)                                      (C) (c)   (d)

     (D) (b) and (c)                                      (D) (b)   (c)

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64. The Election Commission has given               64.
    Constitutional status in the ...........
    Part of the Constitution of India.

    (A) 6                                                 (A) 6

    (B) 10                                                (B) 10

    (C) 13                                                (C) 13

    (D) 15                                                (D) 15

65. Who said that the Indian federalism             65.
    is Cooperative federalism ?

    (A) Morris Jones                                      (A)

    (B) K.C. Wheare                                       (B)

    (C) Granville Austin                                  (C)

    (D) C.F. Strong                                       (D)

66. The principle of Basic structure of             66.
    the Constitution is propounded by
    the Supreme Court of India in the
    following Judgement :
                                                          (A)
    (A) I.R. Coelho Case
                                                          (B)
    (B) Golaknath Case
                                                          (C)
    (C) Keshavananda Bharati Case
                                                          (D)
    (D) S.R. Bommai Case
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67. Which Act has made the Governor–           67.

    General of Bengal as the Governor–


    General of India ?
                                                     (A)
    (A) Regulating Act of 1773

                                                     (B)
    (B) Charter Act of 1833

                                                     (C)
    (C) Charter Act of 1853


    (D) Government of India Act of 1858              (D)


68. How many seats were won by the             68.


    Unionist Muslim Party in the


    Constituent Assembly election ?
                                                     (A) 73

    (A) 73
                                                     (B) 01
    (B) 01

                                                     (C) 08
    (C) 08


    (D) 05                                           (D) 05


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69. Which of the following sentences are
                                                69.
    correct ?
                                                      (a)
    (a) The President can pardon

         sentences inflicted by Court

         Marshal.

    (b) The Governor also can pardon                  (b)

         sentences inflicted by Court

         Marshal.

    (c) The petitioner for mercy has no               (c)
         right to an oral hearing by the

         President.

    (d) When the earlier petition of
                                                      (d)
         mercy has been rejected by the

         President; stay cannot be

         obtained by filling another

         petition ?

    Answer Options :
                                                      (A) (a), (b), (d)
    (A) (a), (b), (d)

    (B) (c), (b), (d)                                 (B) (c), (b), (d)

    (C) (a), (c), (d)                                 (C) (a), (c), (d)

    (D) (a), (b), (c), (d)                            (D) (a), (b), (c), (d)

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70. The provision of establishment of           70.
    Gram Sabha is in which of the
    Article of the Indian Constitution ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) 243
                                                      (B)
    (B) 243 A

    (C) 243 C                                         (C)

    (D) 243 D                                         (D)

71. Which of the following statement is         71.
    true ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Right to Education Act – 1947

    (B) Announcement of Mandal                        (B)

        Commission–1967
                                                      (C)
    (C) Announcement of LPG Policy –
        1991

    (D) Right to Freedom–2001                         (D)

72. Which of the following caste group          72.
    is ‘Dominant Caste group’ ?

    (A) Patel, Maratha, Reddy, Jatav                  (A)

    (B) Patel, Maratha, Reddy, Mahar                  (B)

    (C) Patel, Maratha, Reddy, Kamma                  (C)

    (D) Patel, Maratha, Reddy, Dhobi                  (D)
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73. Which of the following is Union          73.
    Territory ?
                                                   (1)
    (1) Kashmir
                                                   (2)
    (2) Jammu
                                                   (3)
    (3) Ladakh
                                                   (4)
    (4) Daman and Diu
                                                   (A) (1)         (2)
    (A) (1) and (2)
                                                   (B) (2)         (3)
    (B) (2) and (3)

    (C) (3) and (4)                                (C) (3)         (4)

    (D) All of the above                           (D)

74. Assertion (A) :                          74.           (A) :

    In Indian politics ‘Decline of
    Congress’ took place.
                                                           (R) :
    Reason (R) :

    In 1990’s State-centric politics
    became important.

    Codes :
                                                   (A) (A)                   (R)
    (A) (A) is true but (R) is false
                                                   (B) (A)         (R)
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
                                                         (R)   (A)
        (R) is reason of (A)
                                                   (C) (A)           (R)
    (C) Both (A) and (R) are false

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

        (R) is not reason of (A)                         (R)   (A)

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75. Who was related to centre dominated         75.
    federation ?

    (A) Mahatma Phule                                 (A)

    (B) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar                        (B)

    (C) Mahadeo Govind Ranade                         (C)

    (D) Mahatma Gandhi                                (D)

76. Which of the following is New-Social        76.
    movement ?

    (A) Worker’s Movement (1901-1950)

    (B) Peasant’s Movement (1950-                     (A)

         1970)
                                                      (B)
    (C) Women’s Movement (1901-
         1950)                                        (C)

    (D) Ecology     Movement     (1970
                                                      (D)
         onwards)

77. Who was related to economic reform          77.
    policy in India ?

    (A) Jawaharlal Nehru                              (A)

    (B) Lalbahadur Shastri                            (B)

    (C) Narsimha Rao                                  (C)

    (D) Gulzarilal Nanda                              (D)

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78. Match the following list of political        78.
    leader and their respective political

    party ?
                                                                               I
                     List I
                                                       (a)
    (a) M. K. Stalin
                                                       (b)
    (b) Chandrashekhar Rao
                                                       (c)
    (c) Mamta Banarjee
                                                       (d)
    (d) Omar Abdulla
                                                                               II
                 List II
                                                       (1)
    (1) National Conference
                                                       (2)
    (2) D.M.K.
                                                       (3)
    (3) Bhartiya Telangana Samiti
                                                       (4)
    (4) Trunmul Congress

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

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

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79. Which of the following statement
                                                79.
    about Chief Minister and Prime

    Minister is not correct ?

    (A) V.P. Singh was Chief Minister
                                                      (A)
         of Uttar Pradesh and Prime

         Minister of India

    (B) H.D. Deve Gowda was Chief                     (B)
         Minister of Karnataka and

         Prime Minister of India

    (C) Narendra Modi was Chief                       (C)
         Minister of Gujrat and Prime

         Minister of India

    (D) I.K. Gujral was Chief Minister                (D)
         of Punjab and Prime Minister

         of India

80. Which of the following is recognised        80.
    as leftist Political Party ?

    (A) Indian National Congress
                                                      (A)
    (B) Bhartiya Janta Party
                                                      (B)
    (C) Communist Party of India (M)
                                                      (C)
    (D) Nationalist Congress Party
                                                      (D)
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81. Managers are called as ‘knowledge                     81.
    workers’ by ...................... .

    (A) Peter F. Drucker                                        (A)

    (B) Rensis Likert                                           (B)

    (C) James Buchanan                                          (C)

    (D) Chris Argyris                                           (D)

82. Who among the following is the                        82.
    editor      of     the     book        ‘Public
    Administration in a Time of
    Turbulence’ ?
                                                                (A)
    (A) Frank Marini
                                                                (B)
    (B) Dwight Waldo

    (C) Mohit Bhattacharya                                      (C)

    (D) John Honey                                              (D)

83. Who among the following thinker                       83.
    shares the integral view of public
    administration ?
                                                                (A)
    (A) Henry Fayol
                                                                (B)
    (B) Herbert Simon
                                                                (C)
    (C) Thomson
                                                                (D)
    (D) Luther Gulick
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84. Who among the following thinkers
                                                84.
    mentioned that, ‘Conflict is neither
    good nor bad, and it should not be
    ethically judged’ ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) M.P. Follet

    (B) Elton Mayo                                    (B)

    (C) Chester I. Barnard                            (C)

    (D) Dwight Waldo                                  (D)

85. Who among the following has given           85.
    the typology of ‘Agraria’ and
    ‘Industria’ ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Max Weber
                                                      (B)
    (B) Karl Deutsch
                                                      (C)
    (C) Alvin Gouldner

    (D) F.W. Riggs                                    (D)

86. Who among the following is regarded         86.
    as the father of American Public
    Administration ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Woodrow Wilson
                                                      (B)
    (B) L.D. White

    (C) Frank Goodnow                                 (C)

    (D) Herbert Simon                                 (D)

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87. Who among the following pioneered           87.
    the field of ‘Cybernetics’ ?

    (A) Henry Fayol                                   (A)

    (B) Norbert Weiner                                (B)

    (C) Chester Barnard                               (C)

    (D) Herbert Simon                                 (D)

88. Who    defined     power   as   ‘The        88.
    probability that one actor within a
    social relationship will be in a
    position to carry out his own will,
    despite resistance’ ?                             (A)

    (A) M.P. Follett
                                                      (B)
    (B) Herbert Simon
                                                      (C)
    (C) Max Weber

    (D) Peter Drucker                                 (D)

89. Who among the following gave the            89.
    theory of maturity-immaturity ?

    (A) Douglas McGregor                              (A)

    (B) Chris Argyris                                 (B)

    (C) Frederick Herzberg                            (C)

    (D) Rensis Likert                                 (D)

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90. ....................... can be credited with        90.
     introducing comparative study of
     Public Administration.
                                                              (A)
     (A) Frank J. Goodnow
                                                              (B)
     (B) F.W. Riggs
                                                              (C)
     (C) Woodrow Wilson

     (D) Elton Mayo                                           (D)

91. Which among the following writ                      91.

     provides a remedy for a person
     wrongfully detained ?

     (A) Writ of Habeas Corpus                                (A)

     (B) Writ of Mandamus                                     (B)

     (C) Writ of Certiorari                                   (C)

     (D) Writ of Prohibition                                  (D)

92. Which        Model       of     economic            92.
     development was implemented in
     India in the fifties ?
                                                              (A)
     (A) M.N. Roy
                                                              (B)
     (B) Hayek
                                                              (C)
     (C) Mahalanobis

     (D) Jayprakash Narayan                                   (D)

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93. Jawaharlal Nehru’s concept of Mixed        93.
    economy Model includes :

    (A) Socialist idea                               (A)

    (B) Liberalization idea                          (B)

    (C) Privatization idea                           (C)

    (D) Internet Governance Idea                     (D)

94. Which of the following Commission          94.
    for the first time recommended for
    the appointment of Lokpal and
    Lokayukta ?

    (A) First Administrative Reforms
                                                     (A)
        Commission

    (B) Second Pay Commission                        (B)
    (C) Union        Public    Service
        Commission                                   (C)

    (D) Second Administrative Reforms
                                                     (D)
        Commission

95. Who was the Chairman of 2nd                95.
    Administrative Reforms Commission ?

    (A) Veerappa Moily                               (A)

    (B) Vasantrao Naik                               (B)

    (C) P.B. Patil                                   (C)

    (D) Baburao Kale                                 (D)

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96. NREGA can be seen as a step
                                                  96.
    towards :

    (A) The legal enforcement of Right
                                                        (A)
         to Work

    (B) The legal enforcement of equal

         wages
                                                        (B)

    (C) The legal enforcement of Right
                                                        (C)
         to Education

                                                        (D)
    (D) The legal enforcement of Right

         to Information

97. Which Article of the Constitution of          97.

    India states that the Union Cabinet

    is collectively responsible to the Lok

    Sabha ?
                                                        (A)
    (A) Article 75 (3)
                                                        (B)
    (B) Article 74 (1)

                                                        (C)
    (C) Article 75 (2)

    (D) Article 75 (1)                                  (D)

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98. Which of the following is a non-           98.
    political factor of public policy
    formulation ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Legislature
                                                      (B)
    (B) Election
                                                      (C)
    (C) Executive

    (D) Civil Society                                 (D)

99. Who puts more focus on the                 99.
    processes in Public Policy ?

    (A) Governance                                    (A)

    (B) Revolution                                    (B)

    (C) Military                                      (C)

    (D) Guerilla War                                  (D)

100. Who plays an important role in            100.
    increasing      an   organization’s
    transparency and accountability to
    its stakeholders ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Private Security Agency
                                                      (B)
    (B) Nepotism
                                                      (C)
    (C) Patronage
                                                      (D)
    (D) Social audit
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