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57. 'sMfei                                        ?       57. Who coined flie tenn 'Industrial Democracy' ?
                                                                                                       j


       (A)                                                     (A) Rudolph and Rudolph

       (B)                                                     (B) Marx and Engels .

       (C)          311^              ^                       . (C) Sidney and Beatrice Webb

       (D)          ^ 1^                                        (D) Elinor and Vincent Ostrom

58. PiMfdRsid '^*           d^lH-yi            "g^T^      58. Which of the following authors and his
       li^cb                  "t ?                              book is not correctly matched ?

       (A)                 ^ yi-M'^ldTd) a^TT H^i^n             (A) George Kelly-'The Psychology of
                                                                     Personal Constructs'

       (B)        cfidWlHstil^ti- fq"sl«iifn          ^         (B) Mary Wollstonecraft-'Vindication
               Xi|^ arf^ ^Ai'                                         of the Rights of Woman'

       (C)                                aOT 1^'               (C) J.S. Mill-Subjection of Women'
       (D) #dT             ^siTTT-'^^                           (D) Sheila Rowbotham-Waves of
                                                                      Feminism'



59. RnldRsid                          ■^-                  59. Who among the following is considered
       ^ aitl^ 17RT "^STTgr t ?                                as a precursor of Post-modernism ?
        (A)            dl^                                       (A) Friedrich Nietzsche

        (B) ^l^d)d 4?ldiT<rti                                    (B) Michael Foucault

        (C) "HTSg                                                (C) Martin Heidegger

       ■ (D) ^                                                   (D) Jacques Derrida

 60.              ^^                  ^                    60. The theory of 'Iron Law of Oligarchy' is
                                                                                                       i'

               1^ W t ?                                          given by,:                            ]

        (A) "^Tt.-swr^j. "Rl^ (B)           "Wt                  (A) C.W. Mills        (B) V. Paretoj
        (C)                       (D) ^                          (C) G Mosca           (D) R. Michels
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61. ■f¥=#ffeci                          r=<ch(rM ^           61. Amongst the following options, choose
                    gKI Rrndl if      "3^1^                      the correct. option which arranges the
                   ^ ^ 37mR "qr 3itM ^                           books authored by Rousseau in
                   t :                                           ascending order on the basis of their
      (i)
                                                                 respective years of publication :
                                                                   (i)    The Emile
      (ii)- ^lifiei
                                                                   (ii) Social Contract
      (iii) ^chnTlHct) MiTdfd«+y
                                                                   (iii) Economic Politics
      (iv) ^3^             w irWtq
                                                                   (iv) Letters de La Montagne
      (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
                                                                   (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
      (B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
                                                                   (B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
      (C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)                                   (C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
      (D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)                                   (D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
62.         cfiTtriH ^ I          ^Kn+1 ^        "q^ "afer   62.   There are two columns. In one column, the
      W3T t 4l ^                      "^f                          famous statements on justice are given,
                   ^^t I ^                               ^         while in other column, names of famous
             3TmR TR fHdi^y, 1^                  xmtf^             political philosophers are given. Those
                                                                   statements are attributed to the famous
      xi#i^ ^                                   t ?                political philosophers. Match the following:
                e<cWo4|                      TTsHHrrar                   Statements               Political
                                          <ivFPi«t>                                              Philosophers
(a)                                   (i) "qtf^FI*?          (a)   Justice is the             (i) Polemarchus
      ^ "flci f I                                                  interest of the stronger
                                                             (b)   Justice consists           (ii) Glaucon
(b)           Hril=t> "SETto          (ii) MfqPT
                                                                   in giving to each
                                                                   man of what is
      aTfq^ ^               t I                                    proper to him
(c)                                   (iii)                  (c)   Justice is an              (iii) Thrasymachus
      ^ t,             -q^nra                                      artificial thing.
      ^ "^q^ ^ I                                                   a product of convention
      ^ :                                                          Codes :

             (a)           (b)        (c)                                 (a)      (b)         (c)
      (A) (i)              (ii)       (iii)                        (A) (i)         (ii)        (iii)
      (B) (iii)            (ii)       (i)                          (B) (iii)       (ii)        (i)
      (C) (ii)             (i)        (iii)                        (C) (ii)        (i)         (iii)
      (D) (iii)            (i)        (ii)                         (D) (iii)       (i)         (ii)

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63. Which one of John Stuart Mill's authored

            "d^         wff       ychiPifid       ?          books was published in two volumes ?

   (A) ^                       dTPdd).                       (A) The System of Logic

   . (B) r^P^Mcr^ ^ MFcriPcidid ^<=hlHHl                     (B) Principles of Political Economy

    (C) ^ 3TR                                                (C) Essay on Liberty                ;
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    (D)-                                                     (D) Utilitarianism
                  t
64. HlcHfdKl              ■^* ■ "SFWT^ ^"lPd<*>qis      64. Dialectic materialism was adopted in
                                                                                                 i

    1^*         Pdi^^                             W          Marxian philosophy after getting inspired

    8TT ?                                                    from which of the following ?        j
    (A) "flr^           <wd1[d4i ar^S^n^          ^          (A) Knowledge ofPolitical Economy of
                                                                  Britain
    ,(B)                Pc|«bPHd VIlWl'M. ^#T                (B) Classical Philosophy developed in
                                                                  Germany
     (C) 3f>ra ^ sblPddiKl WRR -                              (C) Revolutionary Traditions of France
     (D)              -^f ^ ^ "^T#                            (D) None of the above              |

65. "STO ^fo5T ^ <Hdlid=6                     ^         65. In the context of Political Philosophy of
     ■^f, PlHlP+id cicKloql       Chilli          ^i\       Thomas Hobbes, which one of the
     ^i 7                                                   following statements is not correct ?
                                                                                                 i

  ■ (A)               ^ ^ «T3^.-                  ^           (A) According to Thomas Hobbes,
                                                                   Monarchy is the best form of the
                       "?TRR          t I                          government.
     (B) "SW ^                                                (B) For Hobbes, the sovereignty is not
            ■^T^' t I                                              regulated by the laws.
     (C) "3^ ST^^TR                                           (C) According to him, instability is the
                                                                  problem in the democratic forn of
         '^iNtcRTc'W "^TRTT              WR^ ^ I                   government.
     (D) "^nlt' tmftoRt <Ndil«4 ^iT^* ^                       (D) All the religious authorities are not
            TTH^        1^ RT«ZT "^T^* t I                         bound to obey a state's laws, j
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66.            ^           ^                 ;                   66. The following was foe nature of Lodce's State;
        (A)                                                            (A) Limited State

        (B)                                                            (B) Legal State
        (C)                                                            (G) Tolerant State

        (D) ^3^ ^                                                      (D) All of the above

 67.            -qi^ ^              ^ -^8^ {H^chi Tjjt           67. When was 'The Communist Manifesto',
                      APiii'wV Ri<ai, ^^ ycbifvid                      written by Karl Marx in collaboration
               ?                                                       with Engels, published ?
       (A) 1840                   (B) 1842                            (A) 1840               (B) 1842
       (C) 1848                   (D) 1846                            (C) 1848               (D) 1846

68. "to qnnttilishi4^ ^ {Nh1R|4i                                 68. In the context of political philosophy of
       ■^1^        Pi^^RiRaa       ^ chln^I ^78H                      Maiy Wollstonecraft, which one of the
       ^ t ?                                                          following statements is not correct ?
       (A) ^ trf^^                        sn^f^                       (A) She is considered to be the founder
              3if^=tiK aiKlenT           "41^ 7^ ^1^                       of     modem        women        rights
              fTHt ^ f I                                                   movements in the Westem world.
       (B) "3^                           aro ^                       (B) She authored 'A Vindication of the
                                                                           Rights of Woman', which is
              1I<1=1I'^                              ilPTt                 considered to be a classic work on
             ^ t I                                                         Feminism.

       (C) ^              H|cH[cjit{l Hi<lci|t{l gjf I               (C) She was a Marxist Feminist
       (D)                          3ff3> ■^' ypf^                   (D) She wrote 'The Rights of Men' in
             shila ^ "3^ ^                fd^sil I                        defence of the French Revolution.

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69. In which year was the famous book of

      ^ -^f                lan s^T ?                            Machiavelli 'The Prince* published ?

      (A^ 1513                                                 (A) 1513


      (B) 1532                                                 (B) 1532

      (C) 1533                                                 (C) 1533


      (D) 1535                                                 (D) 1535


70.                   ^RlPl=f •^T'1 <Tq^ ^             ^   70. ^ith reference to the political philosopher

                                                                John Rawls, which of the following
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        1*7                                                     statement(s) is/are correct ?

      (1) ^^ OT 1981                      *"^1 ^                (1) 'A Theory of Justice' titled book

                         Tf«l ydilfVId 1^          I                  was published by John Rawls in
                                                                      1981.
      (2)             ^ W3T "^*                ^
              ofit           ^^                                 (2) Rawls tried to resolve the problem
             1^ 1                                                     of distributive justice in society.

              "f^                          ^                     Select the correct answer using the code

                                                                 given below :

      (A) =tiqci (1)                                            (A) Only (1)                         '

      (B)              (2)                                      (B) Only (2)
                                                                                                      I


       (C)            (1) 3^k (2)                               (C) Both (1) and (2)                  i

       (D)           eft (1) sk     (2)                          (D) Neither (1) nor (2)              ^
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71.                                                    71. The Saptang theory of State was
        ^                       (a^ezjiq) if                 propounded by Kautilya in which of the
         WFT Rl^m ^ MidMKH "f^i^ m ?                         following 'Adhikaran' (chapter) of his
        .(A) sm aifeq^Rq                                     classic work known as 'Arthashastra' ?
                                                             (A) First Adhikaran
        (B) Tm a#R?K^
                                                             (B) Fifth Adhikaran
        (C) -TO
                                                             (C) Sixth Adhikaran
        (D)            arfq^RUT                              (D) Fifteenth Adhikaran
 72. ""TfeciT "^TOTf "EFt PiHiRhri      ^        «TR[   72. Pandita Ramabai is considered scholar of
       ^ Iqgli Hill ^5TRTT ^ ?                               which of the following streams ?
       (A) HHcjc^Kl s^RT ^ ^gpT                              (A) A scholar of Humanist stream           r
       (B) ^^RcT "^* ^aiRft HldciK ^ STRI ^                  (B) A pioneer scholar of early feminism
              aiil^n IqSH                                         in India
       (C) aiR^f^ TO ^                    f^sR              (C) A scholar of Idealist stream
       (D)                          ^ aRuit                 (D) A pioneer scholar of Islamic thought
73.          Tfro          ^^          iHHlIid ^«Rf     73. Consider the following about Bal
       ■^R          ^11^y. a^ fHMlRFd ^ ^                   Gangadhar Tilak and choose the correct
       iTWTOi ^ ^ ^ ^                                       answer using the codes given below :
       (i)      ^                          ^                (i) Tilak is known for his statement
               ^ t                        ^                     'Swaraj is my birthright andIshall
           fe: a;Tf«RJR t aSk                                    have it'.
             % r                                            (ii) Tilak helped in foimding the 'All
       (ii) ftfR^ ^                 ^ ■JHf^ ^ -f^                India Home Rule League' devoted
             ^IRf% 'aflR ffe^TT ^ ^                              to attainment of Swaraj; '
             ^                   1^ 1                       (iii) Tilak started two weeklies 'Kesari'
       (iii) "fcTel^ ^ ^HNlfeefi-iRI^ "^f '^^rI''                 in Marathi and 'Maratha' in
            ak a#5ft 'ttoi' ^       i                             English.
       (iv) feRF «7RW ^ TRjtol ^ 1w                         (iv) Tilak was opposed to the opening
            '^.        W^RT yulldl ^                             of Western type schooEcolIeges for
                                                                 imparting National Education to the
                                                                Indians.
      ^ :                                                   Codes :
       (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
                                                           (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
       (B) (i), (ii), (iii)
                                                           (B) (i), (ii), (iii)
       (C) (i) V^ (iv)                                     (C) (i) and' (iv)
      (D) (i), (ii)      (iv)                              (D) (i), (ii) and (iv)
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74.                         ^           ^               74.   "When a man does not realize his kinship
              ^                   "fkn f, eft                 with the world, he lives in a prison house
               "^f W t, 1^RT^                     ^
                                                              v\4iose walls are alien to him." This statonent
      "TOf f l" "ZT^      PiHRiRslel "ftf ^
            "gRT "f^ "W "I ?                                  is given by ^^dlom among the following ?
      (A) X#^2T tijk                                          (A) Rabindranath Tagore
      (B)                                                     (B) Kautilya
      (C) «ft 3Ri^                                            (C) Shri Aurobindo

      (D)                                                     (D) V.D. Savarkar
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75. ■ftfro ^ ^             PiHiPbd               ^ f^   75. Consider the following statements about
      ^ftt^           PHMlPbd ^ ^                   ^         Periyar and choose the correct answer
              "HtR             =ti1p5ii< :                    from the codes given below :

      (i) ■3^' '"ftf^' "3=^ TRra^ T?^*                        (i)   He was given the title 'Periyar' by
          ST^^nW OT 1^      I ■                                     his admirers and followers.           ,

      (ii) "ftft^TR ^ 3T8f t '-q^ W 3ia?m                     (ii) Periyar 'means 'Great Father' or
              *3T?qqi ^WHMHld*                                      'Greatly honourable'.
                                                              (iii) Periyar launched a Satyagraha for
      (iii)              ^ TiqR        SRTqpmr ^
                                                                    fighting against inequality and
              Wife             ^             ^     ^
                                                                    social evils in the society.
              ■qeqmw STRiq %qT I                                                              /

                                                              (iv) He      launched      'Self     Respect
      (iv) "3^# ^S[q q4 "^R STisfRFT ^ 1^                           Movement'           and        attacked
              '"WiI^hH STRtoRT* STR^ Ptiql I
                                                                    Vamashram Dharma.

      W '                                                     Codes :                                     1

                                                                                                          I

              ^tR -^Pm. :                                     Choose the correct answer :

      (A)            (i), (ii) sSk (iii)                      (A) Only (i), (ii) and (iii)                |
      (B)            (ii), (iii) Rq (iv)                      (B) Only (ii), (iii) and (iv)               !

      (C) ciiqet. (i)        (iii)                            (C) Only (i) and (iii)                      ^
      (D) (i), (ii), (iii) T3^' (iv)                          (D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)               ;


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76. * dl'i ^T4>                      * 3||;( '^fschcri   76. 'League of Radical Congressmen' and
                    "qr^' ^ wht PiHiT^d ■^*                    'Radical Democratic Party' was established
                    ^ Mt ?                                     by whom among the following ?
      (A)                                                      (A) V.D. Savarkar

      (B)       <IMIWW1                                        (B) V. Ramaswami

     (C) -qiT.TiTI. -m                                         (C) M.N. Roy

     (D) Wi%q                                                  (D) Ram Manohar Lohia

77. ■^.^. ^H<ch< ^ smt shlTd^Kl sfk                       77. V.D. Savarkar regulated his revolutionary
     <|t^^K'l dPdRiM ^ PHHlTdid ^ ^ ^                          and nationalist activities from which of
                            ("^sn^)         ?                  the following places ?

     (A)            ^              (w)                         (A) Maison de Indel, Paris (France)
     (B)                    cfqq                               (B) India House, London

     (C)            R^l^<^fdW          Tp                     (C) Hindu Revivalist House, Poona

     (D)                           '^m                        (D) A Common Holyland (India)

78. PdHlTdid            ^                ^                78. Which of the following is not a
     ^                  feTcT ^ m            i7               component      of    the   doctrine    of

     (A)                ^          3^ 3RFW ^                  'Panchsheel' of Jawaharlal Nehru ?

            ^fFTF                                             (A) Mutual respect for sovereignty and
                                                                  territorial integrity
     (B) 3TqWFT
                                                              (B) Non-aggression
     (C)                ^    3k             (3^1^)            (C) Mutual respect to each other's
                                                                   religion and belief
                                                              (D) Peaceful        coexistence       and
    (D) ^ifRr^yf -^T^sTfeR^ 3k
                                                                   cooperation

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79.             ^ if                         dUdd ^             79. Who among the following advocated for
      ddiMd ^              ?                                         Partyless Democracy ?                       '
      (A) TR '^im                                                   (A) Ram Manohar Lohia
      (B) wmim HKHUl                                                (B) Jaya Prakash Narayan
      (C)                "SqrWT                                     (C) Deen Dayal Upadhyay
      (D)              JHId<di<                                     (D) V.D. Savarkar

80. PHHlPd)d "^f                  ^                6^M\M        80. In which of the following years Deen
      'qrofPq                  ^              ^ 7T^                  Dayal Upadhyay was elected President of
      ^ ?                                                            'Bhartiya Jansangh' ?
   • (A) 1951                     (B) 1961                          (A) 1951              (B) 1961
      (C) 1964                    (D) 1967                          (C) 1964              (D) 1967

81. PHHPdRdd               ^              ^ WTO                 81. Which ofthe following is not a feature^ of
                ^                       t ?                          rational choice of institutional approach ?
      (A)                  "WTT^             #fl t I                (A) All recruitment institutions ^e
                                                                          selfish.
      (B)                             dil4cjl^1
                        ^^                 "it "f^ sldl             (B) Institutions are meant to resolve the
            t I                                                           collective action dilemmas.

      (C) "W 3T^ ifWw "^f SWTOl^ f I                                (C) It is inductive in its approach.
      (D) wiiaif ^ "Scqf^ PdiWuT ^ ^                                 (D) Institutions     originate    due       to
                                        diK^I Wit "I" 1                   voluntary action between actors.

82. IdHPdP^dd ^                     Wt^                 ^       82. From the following \^ho gave the tenn civic
    "dt^idfiW xrWtf^                              ^'qii ^ ?          culture as democratic political culture ?
      (A)                                         ^                  (A) Gabriel Almond and Sydney Verba
      (B) ^ wiUnld ^ "te                                             (B) Theda Skocpol and Peter Evansj
      (C) 4lqs                                                       (C) David Easton

      (D)               M                                            (D) Lucian Pye                          ,
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83. Pi*-i[^Raa        ^ ■csnPi'^^iqis ^ "f^^WrTT      83. Select from the following features of
       ^          chlFiny. :                                 Colonialism :

       (A)             w\ 3RRPT t^rfwr arir                  (A) Unequal exchange of labour and
                                                                  productivity
      (B)           ^ qfe'Fn'i         ^T^pftfer             (B) Drain of Wealth and Political
             snfmc^T                                              Dominance

      (C)         (A) 4c (B)                                (C) Both (A) and (B)
      (D)               ^                                   (D) None of the above

84. *jidHlcH4) CNHlfd' ^                   ^ ?        84. Who was the felher of 'Comparative Politics* ?
      (A)                      (B)                          (A) Chanakya          (B) Plato
      (C) 37^                  (D)                          (C) Aristotle         (D) Sabine

                                                      85.   Who    is   the   author   of the book
      aqfqr -qr^'                ^          ^               'Constitutionalism and Separation of
      t ?                                                   Powers' ?

      (A) T^rr.^.4. M                                       (A) M.J.C. Vile
      (B) ^                                                 (B) Woodrow Wilson
      (C) 4t <«nT"€<                                        (C) Jean Blonder
      (D) qiw                                               (D) Walter Bagehot

86.            4gK -qi^ 4             PHHfdl^d        86. The concept of modem Cadre Party was
        ^ 1^ t^SF ^ ^ ^ TTf                  ?              given by which of the following scholars ?
      (A)                                                   (A) Ruod Koole
      (B) 4f^                                               (B) Maurice Duverger
      (C) Mcini                                             (C) Giovanni Sartori
      (D)              ^ 4f -^T^*                           (D) None of the above

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87.                                            87. Who said, "Pressure Groups are attitude
      t, # W5T ^                  ^^^                groups that make certain claims upon
      ^ t ?"                                         other groups in the society ?"

      (A) -^(q-s                                     (A) David Truman
                    Cs




      (B) ^                                          (B) Pareto

      (C) 'iPsl^d                                    (C) Gabriel Almond

      (D)                                            (D) Duverger

88.                          fer "JJTO ^ Tl^   88.   The word *^Laissez Faire^ is related with

      ^ amrw ^ ^ t ?                                 which form of State ?

      (A) "MMW TRT                                   (A) Democratic State

      (B) -tiHi^qi^ TI^                              (B) Socialist State

      (C) ^rrMlui^ld TRT                             (C) Welfare State

      (D)                ^                           (D) None of the above

89.         ^^                 ^ feR'1^        89. *The Theory of Bureaucracy' of Max Weber
      ■q^WT 1^ ^                  t ?                belongs to v^ch school of thought ?

      (A)                                            (A) English

      (B) 3^^                                        (B) French

      (C)                                            (C) German

      (D) "sq^ '4* ^ ^                               (D) None of the above

90. PiHPdRdd             ^31^ it. ^TdqiH ^     90.   Select the name of the book from the
                                                                                           I


            PnRaa Phaiq ^ ■^Pm, :                    below written by Samuel P. Huntingtpn:
                                                                                           I


      (A) "qf^ ^                                     (A) Asian Drama

      (B) ^ «T^ ^                                    (B) The Third Wave

      (C) "q^ a#Ti                                   (C) End of Ideology

      (D) <iM^dd i* ^ ^ ^                            (D) None of the above

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91.                    ^           -qf^                        91. How many non-permanent members are
                      f^d^                 «t)l4chl(rl             elected to Security Council of United
              Piqlf^d ^ "1^' ?                                     Nations and for what term length ?
      (A) "TT^                             cf)i4chi(ri               (A) Five members for a term of two
                                                                          years

      (B) "^tN iR^ "^K                     cfii^chiei                (B) Five members for a term of four
              t^                                                          years

      (C) ^ ^RPT                    ^ «t)l4^M ^                      (C) Ten members for a term of two
                                                                          years

      (D)          ''ER^ "ciK              «fti4<*)i*ri              (D) Ten members for a term of four
              %q                                                          years


92. (HHfdRdrt ■£[ ^                                            92. Which of the following books has been
      OT H^8?T8f^ -qr                 "JFit t ?                    written by Kenneth Waltz on Neorealism ?
      (A)           aqfqi             MTfdfd^                        (A) Theory of International Politics
      (B) q                     srfqr ^ qTRriPd^                     (B) The Globalisation of World Politics
      (C) ^ ^ aw                       ^                  ^          (C) The End of History and the Last Man
      (D) Rcilo^VH ^ ^ ^ fesq                                        (D) Revolution in the World System

93.               -smR                 ^             -qem      93.   Where    was    the    first   ministerial
      4r?iki<1q                 W aiiqlRd ^arr                       conference of World Trade Organisation
      sqi ?                                                          (W.T.O.) organised ?
      (A) f^niy                 (B) ^                                (A) Singapore         (B) Geneva
      (C) twd                   (D) qfel                             (C) Seattle           (D) Doha

94. "Mdfef             ^         ^u^dH ^ ^■^d'R4l'             94. In which of the following conventions
      ^            ^              1^ -^STTfe %q                    were rules regarding dealing with.
      TR ?                                                           prisoners of war established ?
      (A) ^ ^ftw, 1856                                               (A) Paris Declaration, 1856
      (B) ^ itaW                    1899                             (B) St. Petersburg Declaration, 1899
      (C)       -^rtd^T, 1907                                        (C) The Hague Convention, 1907
      (D)           aqfwrq, 1949                                     (D) Geneva Convention, 1949
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95. 11              2001 ^                       '%         95. After September 11, 2001 attacks by
                              ^ ti<=bNdl ^                       terrorists, what were the two impoitot
    ^         2001         ^15^ TT^ ^                            resolutions passed by United Nations
    •qft^ IRT -qifci ^ TiWc^Tiyf. wm                             Security Council in 2001 to counter
    (^f^) ^ ^ ?                                                  intemational terrorism ?

    (A)             1368 "Q;^* 1373                             (A) Resolutions 1368 and 1373
    (B)             1365 Ti;^* 1370                              (B) Resolutions 1365 and 1370
    (C)             1362 "Q^* 1367                              (C) Resolutions 1362 and 1367
    (D)             1359 "Q^' 1364                              (D) Resolutions 1359 and 1364

96. aiRRf^                                     'm           96. Which of the following is not
     rHHPdnsid           Pcti^djl       ^                       supported by Idealism in Intemational
     ^IRTT ^ ?                                                   Relations ?

    (A)                  ^ 3TRRf^                               (A) Establishment of Intemational
          ^ ^I4dl                                                   organisations like United Nations
    (B)                                                         (B) Collective Security               |
    (C) aRRf^hr                       ^ Rny.                     (C) Necessity of war for maintaining
                                                                      Intemational Balance

    (D) "RH^ arf^R ^ yl(NHi^d                                   (D) Promotion of Human Rights

97. "^if^ ^               ^       ^ PdHRriRdd               97. Which of the following statements is
    "^* ^ d^ld^l           ^icdn ^ ?                            incorrect regarding the concept of power ?
    (A)            ^ PH^P-^d ^^                  ^              (A) Power is the ability to control
                   f 1                                                others.

    (B)              "SPiW              cl81T pJl-ni             (B) Political power is a psychological
          fq<'<S                      f,                              relation between those who exercise

               Hdl^^llPlch            ^ XTrRtfcT^                     it and those over whom it is

                 t I                                                  exercised                        i

    (C) ^ TRlh ^                    ^ TRR^                       (C) Power means to defeat the enemy
          ^ ?Tfe t I                                                 by use of force                    ,

    (D) ^fiPw aPRlt                  aRT <1^1 "^"                (D) Power is the ability to influence the
                                                                      actions of other states according to
          ctJNT      "S^lPld "^R^         ^Hdl "i" I                  one's own will.                  ,

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98.                      ^ iTPTcTTsjf ^                 98. Which of the following is correct regarding
        PHHRrlRsid        ^        ^f ?                       assumptions of collective security ?
       (A)           TI^ ^ ^RI                               (A) All the nations are of one opinion
                         TT^ ^IshRcb t I                           regarding which state is the aggressor.
       (B) ^lsbW<4i ^                       ^                (B) Everyone has an equal interest
                  ^t I                                             regarding checking the aggressor
       (C)        ^ s^mr ^ Ticr^* ^               ^          (C) Nations should always be ready to
             ^lsh^U|e+,Kl     ^                                    collectively act against the aggressor
             =til4qi6l        ^ "f^                                keeping     aside   their    political
             ^Tf^ I                                                dififerences.

       (D)            ^                                      (D) All of the above

99.                  ^^^                    OT           99. In which conference was the United

       ^H^eH                  1%;^ 7TTT 7                    Nations Charter signed by nations ?

       (A)                                                  ^(A) Dumbarton O^s conference
       (B) ^                  ^w^dH                          (B) San Francisco conference

       (C) ^TT^ ^ftro ^                                      (C) Moscow declaration

       (D) "qr^                                              (D) Yalta conference
                                             I




100.           TT^ ^ ir8TTT                      ^ 100. Who was the first Secretary G^eral of
       ^ ?                                                   United Nations ?

       (A)           #                                      (A) Trygve Lie

       (B) tn twi^                                          (B) Dag Hammarskjold

       (C) ^ STF                                            (C) U. Thant

       (D)           3FIPT                                  (D) Kofi Annan

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101. pHMPdRsid -^r ^                           ^ wt    101.        v^ch of the following countries did

       oqiqR           (1954) -^i w ^ -"T^^                   India first enunciate the principles of

                  ^ yPdMiPid               ?                  Panchsheel in the trade agreement (1954) ?


       (A) ^T1?1.11?1.31R.     (B) ^T3?H.T1.                  (A) USSR              (B) USA


       (C) ^                   (D)                            (C) China             (D) Britain
                  I




102. ■#!                              ^ " w "m         102. When did China finally cease treating

                                                              Sikkim as an "Independent nation

       *11111     ^ "feJT ?                                   annexed by India" ?


       (A) 1978                (B) 1985                       (A) 1978              (B) 1985


       (C) 1998                  (D)'. 2004                   (C) 1998              (D) 2004


103.         ^ ^             ^ HlftiWH ^ ^             103. Who was the Russian President when

       etiKpId ^'*h4         ^K1 ^ <?<S1                      Russia siqjported IncHa's stand on the Kargil

       1^ «IT, ^ ^ ^ ^H^MPd ^ ^ ?                             conflict between India and Pakistan ?


       (A)                                                    (A) Boris Yeltsin


       (B)             'iloiWq                                (B) Mikhail Gorbachev


       (C)                                                    (C) Brezhnev


       (D) <^iRfi<                                            (D) Vladimir Putin


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104. w ^ "wimgh ^ "qitM ^                                 104. India decided on "extension of unilateral

       Rhiha"        ^ Ri"Fh              I                    concessions to neighbours in the sub
       ^ ^ TRfn t ?                                            continent". This is a theme of which policy ?
       (A)               ^                                     (A) Non-alignment Policy
       (B)               RH4ld                                 (B) Panchsheel Principles
       (C)                                                     (C) Gujral Doctrine

       (D)      ^ dk ^■■dfcT                                   (D) Look East Policy
                     f



105.         ^ dk                dRr ^ ^aiRT ^            105. Who was the Prime Minister of India at the

       wi w ^                       ^ ^ ?                      time of initiation of 'Look East Policy' ?
       (A) ^<rm\ ^                                             (A) Narasimha Rao

       (B)                                                     (B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
       (C)           km                                        (C) Manmohan Singh
       (D)        *il^                                         (D) Narendra Modi

106. "R?# ^ 1^ artfeft xn^d^ k MRdkr                      106. Which American President visited India

     TOik     ^         -q^ -g^sq a;Tf^aT                      for the first time as Chief Guest on the

       ^ ?^q k'                  kkr 1^ri s?t ?                occasion of Indian Republic Day ?
       (A) ikr^ ^                (B) '^m akro                  (A) Donald Trump (B) Barack Obama
       (C)                       (D) #3f g?T                   (C) Bill Clinton      (D) George Bush

107. "mk 2022 k                  TO ^^fkkfTOT             107. In which global index, Institute for
                                              ^■44)14)         Economics and Peace (I.E.P.) rated India
       k «TRcr ^ 12kl WT                 ?                     12th in March 2022 ?

       (A) 'TTO adkro                                          (A) Human Right

       (B) ^FRksqr                                             (B) Population

       (C) a#fe f^TOT                                          (C) Economic Development

       (D)                                                     (D) Terrorism


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108. PiHidfed                                           108. Which one of the following is not

   ^ ^ feM ^                        iTfTt#m                 included in the principles of Indian.

    t ?                                                      Foreign Policy ?

    (A) M^sfUci                                             (A) Panchsheel

    (B)                                                     •(B) Non-alignment

    (C) -^TTf^                                              (C) ,Peaceful coexistence

    (D) ?Tf^ -ti'sitrti                                     (D)' Balance of Power


109.^^ WTTJI ^ ^                              feRi      109. The principle related to India's nuclear

                                                             policy is/are :

    (i)                    ^          "51^                   (i) No first use of nuclear weapons.

    (ii)                                  I                  (ii) Credible minimiun deterrence.

    (A)          (i)                                         (A) Only (i)

    (B)           (ii)                                       (B) Only (ii)

    (C)         (i)       (ii)                               (C) Both (i) and (ii)

    (D)      ^ (i)               ^ (ii)                      (D) Neither (i) nor (ii)             |

110. PlHldRdd         ^          ^ G-4 ^ W^T            110. Which of the following countries is'not

    ^f ?                                                     a member of the G-4 ?


     (A) ^                  (B)               anffi^         (A) India           (B) South Africa

     (C)                    (D) WTH                          (C) Germany         (D) Japan

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111.          W#!T                   ^                 111. Which of the following features of a
       •4'                         "4' r^^HM                   classical federal government is not
       t ?                                                     present in India ?
       (A)           ^                          ^              (A) Division of powers between the
                                                                    diflferent levels of the government.

       (B) V^ PdRsId                                           (B) A written constitution.
       (C)           o^ej^ipMchl     ^^                        (C) Equal representation of the federating
              ^ W=T                                                 units in the Union Legislature.

       (D)           IqqisT ^ 1^            tiqT-cq            (D) A Supreme Court for federal
                                                                    disputes.


112.                                                   112. Who is appointed by the President as the
                  ^f ?                                         Prime Minister of India ?

       (A)            ^ W^ilf ^            ^^                  (A) The leader of the majority of the
                                                                    members of Lok Sabha

       (B) TRRM ^                  ^       ^%                  (B) The leader of the majority of
                                                                    members of Rajya Sabha

       (C) IRRT^ sflr                          "9^             (C) The leader of the collective majority
                                                                    of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

       (D)               ^                                     (D) None of the above

113. TO ^                 W^             PHHPdPidd         113. The Constituent Assembly of India was
             ^ -fej -^fmr ^ iTOTfeT ^                           elected according to a scheme by one of
       %qT "w 811 ?                                             which plans ?

       (A) 1^ ^ftro                                             (A) Cripps Plan

       (B)^ ■'ter                                               (B) WavellPlan

       ■(C)              ^ftro                                  (C) Mountbatten Plan

       (D)                   ^qtro                              (D) Cabinet Mission Plan

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),




114. 3WT/f^                   ^           :                114. Choose the odd one out :

       (A) XT^hr                                                 (A) National Commission for-Minorities
              (13^.^.M,M.)                                            (NCM)
                                                                 (B) National          Human           Rights
       (B) ^ ^                    iTTOTfVTO                           Commission (NHRC) of India
                                                                 (C) Comptroller and Auditor General
       (C) W                                                          (CAG) of India
              (#.Ti.^.)                                          (D) National Commission for Women
       (D) TT^                                                        (NCW)

115.                     ^ ■^*                            ■ 115. Which constitutional body does recognise
              ^ in^ %it t ?                                      the political parties in India ?
       (A) W ^                    -41-4H^                        (A) Supreme Court of India
       (B) Wl^                                                   (B) Election Commission of India
       (C)                                                       (C) Lok Sabha
       (D)                                                       (D) The Law Ministry

116. [HHfdRsld ^               ^1-sl           :            116. Match the following :
              giTOTA                   WcWB                        Column A                   Column B ,
            3*55^             Tira«iH                                Article                  Provision ,
                                                                  (a) Article 243 A     (i) Reservation
        (a) Si^-c^s 243 A (i) t!leJ
                                                                                              of seats
                                       3TROT
                                                                  (b) Article 243 B     (ii) Composition
        (b)    315^ 243 B (ii)                 ^
                                                                                               of Panchayat
                                                                  (c) Article. 243 C    (iii) Gram Sabha
        (c)            243 C (iii) TFT                                                  (iv) Constitution
                                                                  (d) Article 243 D
        (d)            243 D (iv) M-c^Na           "HSH                                        of Panchayat
                                                                  Code :
            (a)       (b)     (c)      (d)                            (a)      (b)     (C) (d)
        (A) (iii)     (iv)    (ii)     (i)                        (A) (iu)     (iv)    (ii) (i)
        (B) (ii)      (iii)   (i)      (iv)                       (B) (ii)     (iii)   (i)   (iv)
        (C) (iv)      (ii)    (iii)    (i) .                      (C) (iv)     (ii)    (iii) (i)

        (D) (i)       (iv)    (ii)     (iii)                      (D) (i)      (iv)    (ii)    (iii)
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117. -M#* ^ 3}iUT ^ ^                                    117. In the context of taking a financial loan
             :
                                                                from abroad, the States in India :

       (A) 1^^* ^               ^         t I                  (A) can take a loan from abroad.

      (B)             ^ 3TT^                     -5*4111       (B) can take a loan from abroad with

            ^              I                                        the permission of the governor.

      (C) ^IHICl^Kn                 ^      ^                   (C) can take a loan from abroad in case

            t I                                                     of an emergency.

      (D) f^#' ^ ^                  ^           t I            (D) cannot take a loan jfrom abroad.


 118. r-i-iPoiRafl ii il        ^ TFHJW ^ 118. Which of the following statements                  IS not


     ^ ^^ t ?                                                  true about the Governor of a state ?

     (A) IMMld 'qRd                              -ijfn        (A) The Governor is responsible to the

                                                                    President of India.

     (B) IMlHld ^                   ^     ^-q^                (B) The Governor can be removed from

              ?^PTT ^               t I                            the office by the President of India.

     (C) <Mmd ^                     ^ OT iriWtcT              (C) The Governor is nominated by the •

                  -^IRTT t" I                                      President of India.

     (D) <MHId TFHT ^                                        (D) The      Governor is responsible

                                                                   towards \^dhan Sabha of the State.


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119. rHHPeinsid       ^                         ^       119. Which of the following statements is not
                                                            '\ '-        \- •       . - .( *■■ " /,

    ^ ^"^.t ?                                                true about Rajya Sabha ?                          -
                                                                                                                               I
                                                    '                                                                          I



    (A)                   TF^                   ^            (A) Its members are elected by elected
                                                                 ' ■ ,          '    i t'             -'       ^. •            j

          Pic<FPqci              "gKr ^ «IT^                      members of the State Legislative

       't I                                                         Assemblies. .                          /


    (B) ^             ^               ^ I                    (B) It is a Permanent House of Parliament

    (C) -2??              ^ WI ^                           ! (C), It is equEd in power and stapis as

      ' 1^ w^ i I                                             V Lok Sabha. '


    (D) TO ^                    ^FTOn ^ aim                  (D) The ^^ce President acts as ,the

          ^ ^ "^f ^irf            ."t I                             Chairperson of the Rajya, Sabha.
                                                                                                                               I



                                                                                      f , .                           ■ ; -j
120.'^m ^                   ai5^ ^                      120. Which Article of the Con^tution gives
                                                                                            '    'I                    '   *
                                                                                            iV    '




     TOT t 1^ ^IRd ^ {I'^hPcI                                power to the President of India to coiisult

               ^ TOT? ^ "y^irTT t" ?                      - • the Supreme Court ? ■


     (A) 31^^ 142                                            (A) Article 142


     (B) 373^ 143 .                       ...                (B) Article 143,. 5"


     (C) 3T3^ 144                                            (C) Article 144

    ■ (D) ai3^^ 145 ,                                        (D) Article 145


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121.                            ^Kd1^                ^         121. After independence, planned economy was
              ■§!            STsfoq^^           smRi                 adopted for the development of Indian
                        315?^ "3^?^ ^ :                              economy, the main objectives of which wctc :
        (1) •srHlSl oFt 37fVWT dioHl 1^RT^                           (1) To increase production as much as
                    31FI 38Tr 3# Bqfe 3IH                                 possible so that national income and
                    ^        I                                            per capita income can increase.

        (2)         4k 3TP? ^ Pd^Hdl ^ W<I                          (2) Disparity in wealth and income along'
                          f^T^m            w          I                   with poverty can be eliminated.
        (3) lyf TpSFTR ^ 3ITf^ ^ I                                  (3) Full employment should be achieved.
        (4)                  ^                    I                 (4) Strengthening the market system
               ^            ^ 3Piln ^            ^                  Select the correct answer using the codes
                                                                    given below :
    (A) (1) ^ (3)                                                   (A) (1) and (3)
    (B) (2) A (4)                                                   (B) (2) and (4)
    (C) (1),.(2) 3fk (3)                                            (C) (1), (2) and (3)
    (D) 3*?^ ^                                                      (D) All of the above

122. TOT ^ 3m                        Mi 23                     122, India's first Human Development Report
    2002 ^                         3mm^ ^ TO                        was released by the Prime Minister on
    ■=5n^ ^ 3^ 8ft I 3^                        TOT ^                23rd April, 2002 in New Delhi. Who was
    HtTHHdl 3^3 ^ ?                                                 the Prime Minister of India at that time ?

    (A) ^ -tft.^. 3Tfw 33                                          (A) Shri P.V. Narsimha Rao

    (B)                    1W                                      (B) Dr. Manmohan Singh
    (C) «ft 3T3R                 TOftzft                           (C) Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    (D) ?ft. ^.Tft.                                                (D) Shri V.P. Singh

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123. TOI                 ^             1¥=TfM^          123. Consider the followirig statements in the
            "qR         ^Ftf^ :                              context of globalization in India ?
    (1) W T?                   ^ 3#% felH                    (1) Globalization   has    promoted
           ^ s(Giqi           ^ I                                economic development in India.
    (2)            ^ TTtMHciJilij                            (2) India's middle class consumers have
           Pi«^;fiqii  1^             ^    ^                      become a centre of attraction for

                 t I                                              foreign investors.
    (3) w          ^ wft^ ^ frqfe ^                          (3) Export of advanced technology has
           t I                                                    increased in India.

       i^                ^ HqVl            <H51              Select the correct answer using the codes
    "3^ W             qilRnk. :                              given below :
    (A) (1) 3lk (3)                                          (A) (1) and (3)
    (B) (2) alk (3)                                          (B) (2) and (3)
    (C) (1) alk (2)                                          (C) (l)and(2)
    (D) (1),(2) ak (3)                                       (D) (1), (2) and (3)

124. ^        «irf 4t TFspftf^ ^            ^           124. Consider the following statements in the
                  PiHrdRsid                                  context   of the interaction between
                                                             religion and politics in India :      i
    (1) "qsT     iNHlPd ^ fTPf                               (1) The path of secular politics ijas
        l^TT t I                                                  weakened. "                       '
                                                                                                   I



    (2) ^ ^ 3imR -qr                  TI^ ^^                 (2) Separate states are demanded on the
           ^^ t I                                                basis of religion.
    (3) "^Tf TT^ WT ^                                        (3) It does not become an obstacle in
           ■q^* ^kn f I                                          the path of national unity.   ;
    ■fl^ P\^ "T^          "qJT MqVl        '<H?1             Select the correct answer using the codes
    "^tR "qiT         qilPni^ :                              given below :
    (A) (1) ak (3)                                           (A) (1) and (3)
    (B) (1) ak (2)                                           (B) (l)and(2)
    (C) (2) ak (3)                                           (C) (2) and (3)

■   (D) (1), (2) ak (3)                                      (D) (1), (2) and (3)

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125. TO              ^               ^        125. In which year, the formation of the
             3n^ ^              ^                  National Commission for        Scheduled
            TRTO      OT             ^             Castes   and   Scheduled     Tribes   was
     s# ?                                          announced by the Government of India ?
    (A) 1991              (B) 1990                 (A) 1991             (B) 1990
    (C) 1992              (D) 1993                 (C) 1992            (D) 1993

126. TOt^ -LNHird      ^^                ^    126. A detailed analysis of the role of caste
                                                   in Indian Politics has been defined in the
    MFdfdcW"         "W t I ^                      book 'Caste in Indian Politics". Who is
    ^        ci^ f* ?                              the author of this book ?

    (A) ifffeT                                     (A) Morris Jones
    (B) wit ^feRt                                  (B) Rajni Kothari
    (C)                                            (C) Subhash Kashyap
    (D)            3fef                           (D) Granville Austin

127. ^fTOir ^iPd^ll ^^ 1873 "^f               127. In which State did Mahatma Jyotiba
    tow'         TOW TOW                           Phule establish 'Satya Sodhak Samaj' in
    TRW '^' Wit ^ ?                                1873 for social reform ?

    (A) dPHdHI^                                   (A) Tamil Nadu
    (B)^                                          (B) Kerala
    (C) TOW^                                      (C) Maharashtra
    (D) srfu                                      (D) Andhra Pradesh

128. TO ^ awWR WT TO              Wfew WWW    128. Which is the first State formed in India
    TRW wftWTTT t ?                                on the basis of language ?
    (A) TOI^                                      (A) Maharashtra
    (B) wiwfewr                                   (B) Kamataka
    (C) WfWTO|                                    (C) Tamil Nadu

    (D) 3TTW W^                                   (D) Andhra Pradesh

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129. ^TRcfht                               6 37^^,     129. Bhartiya Janta Party was formed on


     1980 ^                            I      ■RSR         6 April, 1980 in Delhi. Who was its first


     3T«ZT^ ^          ?                                   President ?



     (A) 3T2^                                              (A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee


     (B) eneJfWT ^ii^ciiuH                                 (B) Lai Krishna Advani


     (C) "3^#              ^                               (C) Murli Manohar Joshi

                   H           •




     (D)                                                   (D) Sikandar Bakht



130. *1R?T ^ «iTq^n ^ "f^i^                 ^ ^IRcl    130. Which amendment of constitution of



     W             "f^^fl" "^Pf? ^ ^IPJ,                   India introduced the anti-defection Law

                           \       "




    1^?                                                    in India ?



     (A) 52^                                               (A) 52nd Amendment


     (B) 61^                                               (B) 61st Amendment


     (C) 73^                                               (C) 73rd Amendment


     (D) 86^                                               (D) 86th Amendment


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131.        ^                 WRPT ^                            131. "As long as the study of Public
                                       TJfT^            ^             Administration is not comparative,
                                                                     claims     for   a    * Science   of     Public
       ^ <^*11   <^'11 1'*                           r^^ctii         Administration' sound rather hollow."
       t ?                                                            Who stated this ?

    (A) TJ^^ ^                                                       (A) Edwin Stene
    (B)                                                              (B) Dwight Waldo
    (C)^ "q;.                                                        (C) Robert A. Dahl
    (D) A 1371.                                                      (D) T.N. Chaturvedi

132. W "Q;^.        ^         ^                                 132. According to Paul H. Appleby, Public
     fnsit yJilWH ^ #T aTT^^Rf "tR                      11           Administration is different from Private
     PHHlRbd •^* ^              TT^                                  Administration in three aspects. Which
                                    -T^ "t ?                         one of the following is not included in
    (A) xmtte                                                        his scheme/prescription ?
                                                                     (A) Political character
    (B) ^3^^,                                           ^
                                                                     (B) Breadth of scope, impact and
           oqiwm
                                                                           consideration
    (C) ^ ^ciH^i^di                                                  (C) Public Accountability
    (D)              "q;^*                                           (D) Accounting and Auditing
133.'HiRR*iRi=t>l^ "^wft' ^                                     133. Choose the correct statements related to
    ^>87^ ^          chirjnw. :                                      'Ecological Approach' :
    (i)     "S^^tcir "Sfe "ftRT                I .                   (i) Its propounder is Fred Riggs.
    (ii)                     yPdHH ^ feH i I                         (ii) It is close to Weberian Model.
    (iii) ^ SRzm ^ 37^-3l39lRTf^                                     (iii) It is inter-disciplinary method of
           f I                                                            study.
    (iv)                                  f r                        (iv) Its propounder is Elton Mayo.
    (v) ^ Rm                                   ^ 1^                  (v) It is closer to Human Relations
        t I                                                              theory.
    dl^ 1^ ■'T^                "SPiW            ^                    Choose the correct answer using the
           ^           qilpiiy. :                                    codes given below :
    (A) (i), (iii)            (B) (i), (ii)                          (A) (i), (iii)         (B) (i), (ii)
    (C) (iv), (V)             (D) (ii), (iii)                        (C) (iv), (V)          (D) (ii), (iii)

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134.                          ^              ^           134. The concept of 'New Public Management'
       ^            ^^         ^ t I PHMir+d                  is known by many other names. Which
          "^fi^RTT                        clldi yoi'^         one of the following options is. not a
       ^ -q#!            t ?                                  synonym of New Public Management ?
       (A) ^-'iU<J^ll^l 3rf?RH                                   (A) Post-Bureaucratic model
       (B) "HIFft WPT                                            (B) Entrepreneural Government
       (C)                                                       (C) Liberal Administration
       (D) ^MT-3qmTfeT                "SRIRTT .                  (D) Market-Based Public Administration

135. RHlTdid                          ^ "R^TRH "q^       135. WHich among the following are not
       ^:^ci]c^<u| ^ 3t¥n^                 ^i ?               included in the impact of Globalisation
                                                                 on Public Administration ?
       (i)               ^3# ^
                                                                 (i) Increasing role of intellectuals
             ^                    I
                                                                       above geographical boundaries.
       (ii) ^ snf^                    ^ -^m                      (ii) Increased inelevance of regulations due
             ■qft <msal 37qRffqqnIT I                                  to growing economic liberalisation.
       (iii) qprfW "^dii "qq "5^                  i              (iii) High level civilian awareness.

       (iv) 01^<I^1h "         "qq fciCdl TITO I                  (iv) Declining impact of Multinational
                                                                       companies.
       (v) ^ i3;q M TORH ^ "qKi
                                                                  (v) Decreasing the differences between
             ^-HHHdlit I                                               Public and Private administration.
       ■f^TRffqqr                 ■^1^1       ^ "qqq              Choose the correct answer from the
       q)tf^ :                                                    codes given below :

        (A) (i), (ii), (iv)    (B) (ii), (iv), (v)                (A) (i), (ii), (iv)   (B) (ii), (iv), (v)

        (C) (ii), (iv)         (D) (iii), (v)                     (C) (ii), (iv)        (D) (iii), (v)

136. "^iqsq "^f "^^FT       Tqqrrqq? qqr^                    136. Mary Parker Follett has suggested three
     qr wqiq          ^    ^                                      methods for constructive conflict or
     ^ #T fsrf^Tqf qqr^ t I rdHlT^d ^                             solving conflict raised in an organisation.
                                                                  Which one of the following is not a part
        qq               t ?                                      of his prescription ?
        (A) "q^                (B)                                (A) Domination        (B) Division
        (C) ^M^ldl             (D) Hdildii"!                      (C) Compromise        (D) Integration

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137.                  ^^                         ^       137. Which of the following statements is not
                    ^^^ t ?                                    correct about the views of Barnard
        (A)         "q^* w 3^'d<4HHptld 3R«IRan^               regarding commimication ?
              t I                                              (A) Communication and Authority are
        (B) ^^                 t, 1^ WJT/^)Tf%                     interrelated concepts.
                      ^t I                                     (B) Authority is the communication
                                                                   accepted by members/personnel.
       (C) -g^^TfwM "m "SpRT
                                                               (C) Communication from high officials
              #^PTf           t I                                  are having three categories.
       (D) W ^                 •% 1^             ^             (D) In this respect the views of Barnard
                      ^              ^HHdl t. I                    and Fayol are similar.

138.                   ^*<npt^d^ Pi*^l*Rtifl ^'h1 '^*    138. Which one of the following pairs on
       ^            "5"? ^ARrld ^ t ?                         motivation is not correctly matched ?
                                                                    Theoretical             Thinker
                 tegRf                     Iq^KCb
                                                              (A) Monistic/Monitory
       (A) <<qilrH=ti/S\OHIfH«t) f^-aiTl
                                                                  Theory             -F.W. Taylor
                                                              (B) Two-factor Theory
    (B) IsM<i=h ftraRf
                                                                                -Douglas McGregor
    (C)             Md'tilMH
                                                              (C) Need Hierarchy
             Itori                                                Theory        -Abraham Maslow
    (D) Hcqiifii                                              (D) Expectancy Theory       -Vroom
139."TR^ ^ ^ ^                        t, Wqf ^           139. "Whatever a manager does he does
     OT i\                t l" ^             Pdi^dii          through decision-making". Whose
    ■f ?                                                   ' Statement is this ?
       (A)          ^TlfTPi    (B)         fdR                (A) Herbert Simon (B) Peter Drucker
       (C)                     (D) TRT^                       (C) Chester Bamard (D) March

140. rdHnriPisid t? ^ dild^l                ^f^diRT      140. Which one of the following is not a
                                                              characteristic of     'Development
    'mm' ^                     ^ t ?
                                                              Administration' ?
    (A) MRd^fdl-^isil                                         (A) Change-oriented
       (B)                                                    (B) Market-oriented
    (C)                                                      (C) Result-oriented
    (D) <Di4=ti'(ieiciid'^o!l                                (D) Efficiency-oriented

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141. rHHPdR^d          ^                   ^          141. Among the following which is not the
             ■^* t ?                                       Agenda item of the Good Governance ?
       (A) 31^                     3RTRR                  (A) Effective and EfiBcient Administration
       (B) W ^ 3RiW                                       (B) Arbitrainess in the Use of Authority
       (C)                   mm                           (C) Result-oriented Administration
       (D) vw\< TflTi mm                                  (D) Corruption Free Administration

142.       im     ^                    <M¥dd)         142. The     origin    of      Public        Accounts
       "4' ^ 1896 ^                                       Committee in Indian Political Life in
       ^     twrft^if        ^                  1^        1896   is   associated    with    the
       t 1                                                recommendation of.
       (A)        STFTW                                   (A) Welby Commission
       (B)                                                (B) Whitley Commission
       (C)                                                (C) Asshetan Committee
       (D)          "^iMl                                 (D) Plowden Committee

143. rdHprlRsId        '^'                            143. Among the following which is not the
     TT^TRfe                 ^ i^rfW Mw                   characteristic     feature          of     Indian.
       f ?                                                 Administrative culture ?

       (A) WTWH                                           (A) Hierarchy
       (B) od^pddJId                                      (B) Individualistic Orientation
       (C) W ^                                            (C) Defication of Authority
       (D) ^HHHdl                                         (D) Equality                                   i

144.         ^ STp^q^ (aiR^.t)                  ^     144. When was Right to Education (R.T.E.)
       1^?                                                enforced ?

       (A) 37TO, 2009            (B) 37^, 2009            (A) August, 2009 (B) October, 2009
       (C)             2010 (D) 37^, 2010                 (C) January, 2010 (D) April, 2010

145. ^            m                                   145. Which     State   first    established       the
       ^ "^sTiw ^ "nf ?                                   institution of Lokayukta ?
       (A) RSZT 31^              (B) feK                  (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Bihar
       (C) H6Klt^                (D) Rf "fe#              (C) Maharashtra         (D) New Delhi

146. RT^THR tllnRl           "T^TPPTT "f^RT           146. Santhanam Committee was established
       Wm ^                       ^ Tjf S7t ?             for prevention of which social problem ?
       (A) ^                     (B) "tM                  (A) Caste               (B) Poverty             I
                                                                                                          ]

       (C)                       (D)                      (C) Education           (D) Corruption

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147.            ^         "JRTR ^                  Bkit    147. There are four types of interactions in

       f 1 PHMrdfed           ^           WRta                  e-Govemance. Which one of the below
             "=f^ f ?                                           interaction is incorrect ?

       (A)          ^ HIMRch                                   (A) Government to Citizens
       (B)          ^ ol\c(^^\^                                (B) Government to Business
       (C)          ^                                          (C) Government to Employees
       (D)               '^\^\^^                               (D) Government to Courts

148. -fer TO ^                                    imK      148. Under which Section of National Rural
           37RiRTO, 2005 ^ ^ TO "H^TT                           Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, Gram
       TOTf^ TOtajT TOTt t ?                                    Sabha can conduct Social Audit ?

       (A) TO 15               (B) TO 16                       (A) Section 15       (B) Section 16
       (C) TO 17              (D) TO 18                        (C) Section 17       (D) Section 18

149. RlHRriRsid         •^*   ^                   ^8^      149. Which   of the following statements
                              ^         "if        f?           pertaining to MGNREGA is correct ?
       (A) ^     ^ "4' TO ^ TO 100 1^                          (A) It provides legal guarantee for at
           ^ TITOR ^ TOjIt ttt^ -5^1^                              least 100 days of employment in a
             TOn t 1                                                 year.

       (B) itTOR ^                            VIldRdi          (B) The employment will be in the form
             TO ^RtT I                                              of casual manual labour.
                                                                                                          />
       (C) TOf 5 1^. ^ ^ ftsicl #IT                            (C) The work should be located within
                                                                                                          i.
                    I                                               5 kms.

       (D) "5^1^ ^ I                          :                (D) All of the above

150. RiHrdRsld    ^                  'Tl^fro TO^'          150. Which   one of the following is the
         Siq^q "t ?                                            component of *Servottam Model" ?
       (A) TOfer ^                                             (A) Citizen Charter
       (B) ^ RidiHd tHTO^                                      (B) Public Grievance Redressal
       (C)                    TOIT                             (C) Service Delivery Capability

       (D)                                                     (D) All of the above

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