MP SET 2025: State Eligibility Test, Political Science
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R/P/P/2025/II Question Booklet No.
Subject-POLITICAL SCIENCE
SET A fl^fhr (Q^rUjcb) 252410085
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53. Who propounded the philosophical idea
of the 'Veil of Ignorance' to determine
the basic institutions and structures of a ^ ""1^' fq-qK
just society ? ufdMiRd tor ?
(A) Jeremy Bentham (A)
(B) J.S. Mill (B)
(C) John Rawls (C) ^ W
(D) Robert Nozick (D)^ Tff^
54. Which of the following does not conform 54. rHHRriP^d ^ ^ a^feRf ^
to the legal view of rights ? ^ ar^ ^ f ?
(A) Rights are independent of organised
(A) a#iTO WW t 1
society.
(B) arfTO^ ^ ^ "5^
(B) Rights are not prior to or superior
"3^ "i" I
to the state.
(C) The substance of rights changes (C) ^ ^ ^ d^ddl
whenever the content of the law t, ^ aifwrf ^ TIR ^ WT
changes.
(D) The state through the instrumenta
(D) XRq ^ TTTm ^ aTf!^^' ^
lity of law enforces the enjoyment
of rights.
Wik ^ t 1
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55. Who has propounded the principle of the 55. ^^ ^ mRiMKH
'Iron Law of Oligarchy' ? f ?
(A) Pareto (B) Mosca (A)^ (B) iteT
(C) Michels (D) Schumpeter (C) (D)
56. Who among the following views political 56. PHMPdRsid ^ ^ tl-ddlPdcb
power in terms of rational consent of the
governed and obligation of the power
holders towards the subjects ? t ?
(A) Hobbes (B) Locke (A)^ (B)
(C) Filmer (D) Weber (C) (D)^
57. Which of the following is not a 57. PHHPdP^d T? ^ ^
characteristic of conservatism ? Mw t ?
(A) Respect for established customs and
(A) waif CI8IT WRiaif ^ -^TOT
traditions
(B) oijci^lP<chdl
(B) Faith in pragmatism
(C) RFT#T
(C) Belief in human perfection
(D) ^ ^
(D) Viewing society as an organic
whole
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58. According to Marx, the first era of 58. 3T3?TR, frm ^ 3I8W
human history was based on which of the ■gq FiHRtfed fro ^ ^7
following ?
(A)
(A) Tribal conflicts
(B)
(B) Slavery
(C)
(C) Feudalism
(D) Primitive communism (D)
59. What is the basic demand of 59. HMi qqr "i" ?
multiculturalism ?
(A) write aifwT
(A) Common social rights
(B) WH
(B) Single common national culture
(C) ■qpiftei
(C) Differentiated citizenship
(D) Economic equality (D) ante ^HMdi
60. Deconstruction, a method of .critical 60. tesq, q«rT Hfllte "mi ^
analysis of philosophical and literary aiMl-ciHkqqi qit
language, is derived from the writings of iHHfdRsid iqRT ^
which one of the following
^ t ?
philosophers ?
(A) "Ste "fWT
(A) David Easton
(B) te
(B) Jacques Derrida
(C) Jean Baudrillard (C) ^ 4ir^dli
(D) WillKymlicka (D) te fqjftei '
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61. According to Plato, who are best suited
to rule ? t ?
(A) The warriors (A) -qtei
(B) The philosophers (B)
(C) The wealthy class (C)
(D) All citizens through direct (D) ^
democracy
62. Which of the following is not correct 62. ^
about Confucius ? t ?
(A) He emphasized on the virtuous (A) ^
conduct for both, the king and -qr ^ I
subjects. (B) ^ ^
(B) He supported an egalitarian order. I
(C) He challenged the monopoly of (C) ^ ^
aristocracy on education.
(D) He did not distinguish between (D) ^3^ "qft^K ^ ^^ ^
family and states authority. r^qi I
63. Which of the following is not a part of 63. PHHRdRsid ^
the superstructure of society according to
Karl Marx ? t ?
(A) Legal and political structure (A) sfk wftfe
(B) Labour power (B)
(C) Religion (C) ■
(D) Morals (D) ^fd«^i
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64. Which of the following books has been 64. rHHPdRsld
written by Mary Wollstonecraft ? ci)dwlH5hl4ti OT "I ?
(A) A Vindication of the Rights of
(A) V 3W ^
Woman
(B) ^ ^^
(B) The Subjection of Women
(C) The Second Sex
(C) ^ ^
(D) The Feminine Mystique (D) ^
65. Who among the following is regarded as 65. -MeTfer -^f ^ ^ "=51^
the father of Liberalism ? TTRT t ?
(A) Hobbes (A)^
(B) Locke (B) ^
(C) Rousseau (C) ^
(D) John Stuart Mill (D) ^
66. John Rawls' theory ofjustice is centered 66. ^ ^ Ri"am Pi*^RnRaa
on which of the following concepts ? ^ 37^WTT ^ t ?
(A) Social Contract (A) wnto?
(B) Divine Will (B)
(C) Utilitarianism (C) dM^lPldlciK
(D) Merit (D)
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67. Which of the following is not a perverted 67. ^ PlHRrinsJd ^
form of government according to
W mPT W# ^ ^t ?
Aristotle ?
(A) (B)
(A) Aristocracy (B) Tyranny
(C) Oligarchy (D) Democracy (C) (D)
68. Which of the following is not a feature 68.
of John Stuart Mill's political thoughts ? ^ <NHlfdd> ferrf ^ ^t ?
(A) Support to Representative
(A) ^
Government
(B) ^^
(B) Support to Welfare State
(C) Attack on the Subjection of Women (C) ^ ^
(D) Opposition to Liberty of Conscience (D) aRRM ^ ^
69. Which of the following is not one of the 69. ^ rHMPdnsJd
structures of Legitimation according to
Gramsci ?
t ?
(A) Family
(A) hRcIK
(B) School (B) MldVlMI
(C) Religious Institutions (C) Ttmi
(D) Judiciary (D)
70. Who among the following made the idea 70. PlHfdP^d "4* ctefiPT
of Popular Sovereignty famous ?
(A) Hobbes (B) Locke (A)^ (B)
(C) Rousseau (D) Hegel - (C) (D) fm
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71. Which one of the following is not an
element of Kautilya's Saptang theory of "WFT "=1^*
State ? t ?
(A) Swami (B) Amatya (A) Wft (B) 31^
(C) Janpada (D) Ari (C) (D) sift
72. Which of the following books has been 72. Mfedl ftFTftrlW "ft'
written by Pandita Ramabai ? "ftr# t ?
(A) Hinduism and Women (A)
(B) The High Caste Hindu Women (B) ^
(C) The Lower Caste Hindu Women (C)
(D) The Hindu Women (D) ^ 1H
73. Who wrote an essay 'Society and State' 73. * T3;aS ^TFT^ ftl^,
associating society with Indian ^ ^TRcfftl sfft
Civilization and the State with the ftff^ ^ ^ TPTT t,
British ? t ?
(A) Jawahar Lai Nehru (A) ^
(B) Rabindranath Tagore (B) ^
(C) Jayaprakash Narayan (C) HKWUI
(D) Swami Vivekananda (D) Wit PdAchM'^
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74. Who said that Swaraj is the birthright of
Indians ? t ?
(A) M. K. Gandhi (A)
(B) B. R. Ambedkar (B) 3TR.
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) TO
(D) Swami Vivekanand (D) Wft
75. "God created the king in his own image 75. "TF3TT ^ STFt ^^
for the creation of order in society." ^ Rrii^ q-iiqi
Whose statement is this ? t l" "ZIF t ?
(A) Brihaspati (A)
(B) Sukra (B) W
(C) Manu (C) ^
(D) Vyasa (D)
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76. Who among the following argued that 76. rHHRrifeci ^ ^
Marx lacked a theory of nationalism, ^W ^ ^ 87T,
which alone would have enabled him to -3:^ t ■4' 31^
see difference in national situations ?
(A) M.N. Roy (A) TFT
(B) Ram Manohar Lohia (B) TFT iT%T
(C) M.K. Gandhi (C) "nr^
(D) Jayaprakash Narayan (D) ^TTTFFT
77. Which of the following is not true about 77. TFFT^ ^ ^
Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy Naikar ? PhhRhRsld ^^ t ?
(A) Founded Dravida Kazhagam (A) ^
(B) Headed Justice Party (B) ^
(C) Initiated self-respect movement (C) ^ IT^
(D) Founded Swaraj Party (D) T^TR -qr^ ^ tot
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78. Match Gandhi's thoughts with its 78. ^^ ^ ^ fen
inspiring sources : :
Thought Inspiring
sources
(a) (I)
(a) Satyagraha (I) Upanishada
(b) STWT (II) WET ^ ^
(b) Civil (II) Sermon on the
disobedience mount
(c) (ni)
(c) Physical (III) Thoro
Labour
(d) arqftw (IV) 37^ vTRS
(d) Non-possession(IV) Unto This Last
^:
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (D (B) (IB) (IV)
(A) m (11) (HI) (IV)
(IV) (B) (B) (IB) (IV) (I)
(B) ai) (HI) (I)
(c) av) (I) OD (ni) (C) (IV) (I) (B) (IB)
(D) (ni) (IV) (I) (11) (D) (IB) (IV) (I) (B)
79. Who formed a political group called 79. 'sm* ^
'Abhinav Bharat' ? 7T33 «1T ?
(A) Aurobindo (A)
(B) V.D. Savarkar (B)
(0) Balgangadhar Tilak (C)
(D) Deendayal Upadhyaya (D)
80. Who was the founder of Deccan 80.
Education Society ? ?
(A) V.D. Savarkar (A)
(B) B.R. Ambedkar (B)
(C) Rabindranath Tagore (C) X#^8T trfk
(D) Balgangadhar Tilak (D)
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81. Which one of the following is a
classification of political culture
according to Almond ?
(A) ife XTspftto Jd'^Pcl
(A) Mature political culture
(B)
(B) Parochial political culture
(C) Developed political culture
(C) f^=hP^d <NdlPddi ^H'^Pd
(D) Low political culture (D) <Md1Pdch
82. In their book 'Political Science : An 82. fn-iTdi
Introduction' Pennock and Smith have : "OTT ^
given four elements of constitutionalism.
^ ^ "3^^ fen t I ^
Which one of the following is correct ?
cfffer f ?
(A) Constitution as the director of
(A) sTT^fer wm ^
modem society
(B)
(B) Constitution as an ends concept
(C)
(C) Constitution as a shared concept
(D) Constitution as an embodiment of (D) BfepT ^ sifeife
essential institution
83. Who has written 'Comparative Political 83. MFelfddiQl fel^ OT
Institution' ? "nf t ?
(A) Munro (B) Ivor Jennings (A) (B)
(C) Danial Bitts (D) P,V. Young (C) ife^ fen (D) "nn
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84. Which theory is given by Pareto 84. sifWT ^ "4* ^ ^ OT
regarding elite ? fern "W t ?
(A) Circulation of elite (A)
(B) Iron law of oligarchy (B)
(C) Concept of power (C) m\ ^
(D) Concept of mass mind (D) ^ TpT ^
85. Which one of the following is in 85. ^ 3TIW
classification ofAlmond's Political Party ? 3TRTT "i" ?
(A) Two and half party (A) ^
(B) Competitive two party (B) ^^
(C) Multiparty (C)
■ (D) One party (D)
86. In which book Arthur Bentley has 86. aiT^C ^
described about pressure groups ? ^ t ?
(A) The Process of Government (A) X "sft^ strt
(B) The Group basis of Politics (B) ^
(C) Interest groups in American society (C) ^
(D) Political Parties and Pressure Groups (D) MTRrl[e«t»Ql Wfyf
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87. Which one of the following is known as 87. H«aRl -jlHt
Hare system ?
(A) Proportional representation system (A) ^liMlPd^h
(B) Single transferable vote system (B) JH'shHuHq
(C) List system (C) Mo&ld
(D) Minority representation (D)
88. Which one of the following is 88. ^ fci-dKdi
participated in discourse of civil society ? ■wm ^ t ?
(A) de Tocqueville (A) ^ eicniqei
(B) GA. Almond (B)
(C) Anthony Downs (C) ■qsFTl
(D) Frank Sorauf (D)
89. Which one of the following is the 89. PHHPdP<2ld ^ WTTto 31KldH
function of social movement ? ^ "I ?
(A) To gain power (A)
(B) Making laws (B)
(C) To develop nationalism (C) ^
(D) To conduct election (D) WTI
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90. "Everything is in the state, nothing 90. ^ TFHT ^^t, XFHT ^^
outside the state and nothing is against ^ ^
the state." Who said this ? t l" ^ W ?
(A) Mussolini (A)
(B) Hitler (B)
(C) Mao (C)
(P) None of the above (D) ^
91. Which approach to the study of 91. ^^ m wf?
International relations is based' on ^ t ?
experience and logic ?
(A)
(A) Idealistic approach
(B) WFT
(B) Realistic approach
(C) wm
(C) Eclectic approach
(D) System approach (D) WFT
92. Which of the following approaches to the 92. ^ ^
study of International relations is based ■5Wff "^f ^ ^ aitodl,
on the idea of a reformed International airf^ ^ "5^ if
order, free from power-politics, "qr aTmrfr^i t ?
immorality, violence etc. ?
(A) aMFIH
(A) Historical approach
(B) "wm
(B) Policy science approach
(C) Idealistic approach (C) a^R^tet WFT
(D) Eclectic approach (D) ■3WT
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93. How many models of International 93. chlkHH ^ ^
Systems have been considered by Morton
A. Kaplan to explain International
ylaMul fq-ciK ?
Politics ?
(A) 3 (B) 4
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 5 (D) 6 (C) 5 (D) 6
94. Who is the author of the book 'Man, the 94. m 1979^ WfW m
State and War' published in 1979 on XRT sfk (Man, the State and War)'
Neorealism ?
(A) Robert 0. Keohane (A)^
(B) Robert Cox (B) ^
(C) Joseph S. Nye (C) ^
(D) Kenneth Waltz (D) ^81
95. Who was the first Chairman of the G-20 95. ^-20(G-20) #13^ ^ WT ^
(Group-20) organization ? ?
(A) Dickinson (A) rkPch'^HH
(B) George Atabotov (B) 3TT3Rt^
(C) Paul Martin (C) W tnfe
(D) Schleicher (D)
96. Where is the headquarters of ASEAN 96. snftPlH (ASEAN)^ ^
located ? t ?
(A) Myanmar (B) Hanoi (A) "pqmR (B) ^
(C) Jakarta (D) Bangkok (C) ^chldl (D)
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97. The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 is the 97. 1992 ^ ^ ^
foundation treaty of which one of the ^ t ?
following organisations ?
(A)
(A) European Economic Community
(B) ^
(B) Indo-European Union
(C) European Union (C)
(D) African Union (D) ^
98. How many members are there from 98. ^
African-Asian countries as the non-
permanent members of the Security
f ?
Council ?
(A) 2 (B) 3
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5 (C) 4 (D) 5
99. A judge of the International Court of
Justice is elected for how many years ? ^ "I* ?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (A) 5 (B) 7
(C) 9 (D) 11 (C) 9 ■ - (D) 11 •
100. Which of the following is known as the 100. ^MUm ^ PiHpriPsid t? ^
'Agenda 21 Green Paths to the Future' 21 : #T "qiCR ^ ^
regarding environment ? ^ "dPT «iht 'dPir ^ ?
(A) Vienna Convention (A) ^R#dT .
(B) Montreal Protocol (B) yliUTd
(C) Rio Declaration (C) M
(D) Kyoto Protocol (D) ylilchTd
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101. Which of the following is not correct 101. ^^ ^ FinrdRsid
about the Indian Foreign Policy ? ^^ ^t ?
(A) Support to Non-alignment (A) ^
(B) Opposition to imperialism,colonialism (B) cien
and neo-colonialism
(C) Opposition to racialism (C) ^
(D) Support to nuclear armament (D)
102. Which of the following is not mentioned 102. rHMfdRsid ^
in the Panchsheel principles ? t ?
(A) Mutual respect for each other's (A) ^
territorial integrity and sovereignty
(B) Non-aggression (B)
(C) Abolition of nuclear weapons (C)
(D) Non-interference in each other's .(D) ^
domestic affairs
103. Who among the following was not a 103. PiHrdRdd -^f ^ ^
founder member of the Non-aligned ^ WTTW wg ^ ^ ?
Movement ?
(A)
(A) Fidel Castro
(B)
(B) Jawahar Lai Nehru
(C) dd
(C) Josip Tito
(D)
(D) Abdel Nasser
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104. Which option is correct for India's 104. MM (1995-1998) ^^
Nuclear Policy (1995-1998) ? t ?
(A) India signed the N.P.T.
(A) MM %MT I
(B) MT MM ^
(B) India refused to sign the N.P.T. but
signed the C.T.B.T.
fen I
(C) India didn't sign both, the N.P.T.
(C) 3k Ml MM
and the C.T.B.T.
IMiMT I
(D)" India signed both the N.P.T. and the (D) sk mi mm
C.T.B.T. ^ WMT8J1 "IMiMT I
105. Who has written the book Tndia : The 105. 'ffeMT : M ImMm
Emerging Giant' ? Rn/sil f ?
(A) Tanvi Madan (A)
(B) T. Subramaniam (B) "it.
(C) Arvind Panagariya (C) 37lf^ MMMf^
(D) Keith Bradsher and Christopher Pal (D) MT^
106. Which of the following countries is not a 106. RHPdRsid -5^ MkniT ^
member of'BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal (^ 3ff^ qfMToT "TO
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and ■ ildtikd iPHchd Milaifq^)
Economic Cooperation)? ITMIM t ?
(A) Bangladesh (B) Pakistan (A) (B) MrfMMH
(C) Thailand (D) Sri Lanka (C) (D)
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107. In which year were India-ASEAN relations 107. ^ ^
upgraded to strategic partnership ?
(A) 2003 (B) 2006 (A) 2003 (B) 2006
(C) 2012 (D) 2018 (C) 2012 (D) 2018
108. Which of the following countries joined 108. [HMfelRsld ^ % 2010
'BRIC in the year 2010 ? ^r^Pdd laiT ?
(A) Brazil (B) Russia (A) (B)
(C) India (D) South Africa (C) ^ (D)
109. What is 'Amnesty International' ? 109. ^t ?
(A) A terrorist organisation (A) 'H'icJi
(B) Indian human rights organisation (B)
(C) Non-governmental international (C) tTOTTf!^^
human rights organisation
(D) None of the above (D) <iM^dd ^
110. 'Agenda 21' is related to which of the 110. 21' f¥=rfvT%tT ^
following ? t ?
(A) Human Rights (A)
(B) Environment (B)
(C) Terrorism (C) 31lddiclK ^
(D) The United Nations (D) Xl^ ^
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Ill, Choose the wrongly matched pair among 111. "4'
the following :
:
(A) Article 77 Conduct of
(A) 77 : ^
Business of the
Government of =hl4 ^
India (B) 3^3^ 368 :
(B) Article 368 Power of
Parliament to
amend the
Constitution and
(C) 3^5^^ 51
Procedure therefor "41
(C) Article 51 Equality of
opportunity in
HMIR4iT ^
matters of public
31^ ^ ^HHdl
employment
(D) Article 58 Qualifications for (D) 37^^^ 58
election ofPresident
112.' Who among the following drafted the 112. rdHPeiRsld 4* ^ 1925
Seven Fundamental Rights under the MWlRid diTqd4v«T 3Tfq> ^^
proposed Commonwealth of India Bill in
3RT4cT "To 3lf?^chi<|
the year 1925 ?
^ 7
(A) Motilal Nehru
(A) HldleiM
(B) Annie Besant
(B) Tt^
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(C) ^ilPddl
(D) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(D) ^ ^
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113. Choose the correct statements related to 113. ^ WT ^
the Constituent Assembly :
(1) Prior to independence, the central
legislature consisted of two (1) ^^
Houses-the Legislative Assembly
and the Council of States.
(2) These two Houses were replaced by a
single House, that is, the Constituent ^ vm "qr ^ I
Assembly.
(3) ^^ 11 ^ iq I
(3) The constitutional debates took'
place in total 11 sessions. (4) ^ 17
(4) The sessions of constitutional
1947 ^ 24 fero, 1949 TO m I
debates held from 17 November,
1947 to 24 December, 1949. (5) ^ Ttm
(5) Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the
Chairman of Drafting Committee of
Constituent Assembly.
The code for the correct statements is : (A) (1), (4),(5)
(A) (1), (4), (5)
(B) (2), (3),(4)
(B) (2), (3),(4)
(C) (1), (3), (5)
(C) (1), (3), (5)
(D) (1), (2),(4) (D) (1), (2),(4)
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114. Choose the correctly matched pair among 114.
the following :
(A) Article 110 : Definition of (A) 37^^110
Money Bill
(B) Article 112 Special procedure (B) 313^.112
in respect of Money
Bill 3TfeTT
(C) Article 114 Annual Financial (C) 114
Statement
(D) Article 109 Appropriation Bill (D) 373=^ 109
115. Choose the wrong statement, among the 115. Pi+^RnRaa ^ "Tel?!
following : chlRii< :
(A) Allocation of election symbols in
(A)^ craiT ■% ii
the elections for Parliamentary and
Assembly Constituencies is done yd1ct)l 37T^S^ Piql'ci'l
under the Election Symbols (37R8J^ ^ 37!^) 371^,
(Reservation and Allotment) Order,
1968 ^ 3Rpfe fen ^ t I
1968.
(B) The Parliament decides on (B) Ptitil ^
recognition of a political party as a ^ ^
National Party or State Party.
OT fen t" 1
(C) The Election Commission has the
responsibility ofelection-management (C) nan tn?^FRT^3Tf ^ fefe
for parliamentary and the assembly nn ^nm fefnn 37pjW
elections.
nn t I
(D) Above statements (A) and (B) are
incorrect. (D) nranr (A) Rn (B) 37^ 11
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116. The Parliament consists of three parts. 116. ^ 3FT t I rnHPeir^cl ^
Which among the following is the right
^ #T ^ :
combination of three parts ?
(A) Judiciary, Executive, Legislature (A)
(B) Prime Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker,
(B)
Vice-President
(C) President, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha (C)
(D) President, Lok Sabha Speaker,
Prime Minister
(D) ilk'Mrd, Wrot
117. Choose the correct statements, among 117. fFTMw ^^ ^
the following : etilPuM. :
(1) The judiciary cannot review the (1) TWTIOT Tirofe^^
legality and constitutionality of
administrative acts. f I
(2) The judiciary issues 6 types of (2) "SHT 6 "JITO
writs. (fe) ^ t I
(3) The constitution mentions about (3) 5 wM'(fe)
only 5 writs. ^ <5^r^<2i "I I
(4) Article 23 empowers the judiciary (4) 315^ 23 "MldlddT ^
to issue the writs. ^^ ^t I
(5) Under Article 32, the Parliament (5) 32 Phtil 3PT
can empower any other court to
issue the writ. ^ t I
The code for the correct statements is ;
(A) (2), (3), (5) (A) (2), (3),(5)
(B) (1),(3),(4) (B) (1), (3),(4)
(0) (3), (4), (5) (C) (3), (4),(5)
(D) (1), (2),(3) (D) (1), (2). (3)
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118. What among the following are wrong 118. TO ^ TJcf
related to Comptroller and Auditor
rHMPdRdd ^ t ?
General of India ?
(1) chl4«t)l'0
(1) The post founded under the
^ I
Executive order ofthe Government.
(2) 149 : TO ^
(2) Article 149:Powers of Comptroller
and Auditor General ofIndia.
(3) Article 151 : Audit report of the (3) 3^3^ 151 : m ^
Union is submitted to the President. ^ 3R^ I
(4) Article 154 : Audit report of
(4) 313^ 154 : TFPT ^
the States are submitted to the
3rfWT TRTW ^
respective Governor.
(5) xp^qfci m 1^1^ I
(5) Appointment by the President.
Mwn ^^ ^ :
The code for the wrong statements is
(A) (2),(3) (B) (1),(5)
(A), (2),(3) (B) (1),(5)
(C) (3),(4) (D) (1);(4) (C) (3),(4) (D) (1), (4)
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119. The National Commission for Scheduled
119. ^
Castes is founded under which of the
following ?
W t ?
(A) Constitution Article 51
(A) ^ 3^5#^ 51
(B) Constitution Article 338
(B) ^ 31^^ 338
(C) The Protection of Scheduled Castes
Act, 1990
(C) ^ srWm, 1990
(D) The Protection of Scheduled Castes
(D) ^ WIT srfiifWT, 2003
Act, 2003
120. Choose the rightly matched pair (Act : 120. rHHreifed ^
Year) among the following pairs :
(A) The Representation of
(A)
People Act : 1962
: 1962
(B) The National
(B) TT^ 3TT%T
Commission for
: 1992
Women Act : 1992
(C) The Protection of
(C) iTFT^ srtor mm
Human Rights Act : 1993 : 1993
(D) All above pairs are correct (D) f
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121. 'India's Political Economy : 1947-2004' 121. ^ : 1947-
book is written by : 2004' 'OT t I
(A) Granville Austin (A) STffer
(B) Amiya Bagchi (B)
(C) Francine R. Frankel (C) 3TR.
(D) Gunnar Myrdal (D) 1^1^
122. Which one of the following factors led 122. 1991/1992^
to the liberalisation of the Indian ^ PlHplPsld ^ chld'tll
economy in 1991/1992 budget ?
(1) ^
(1) Balance of payment crisis •
(2) India's credit rating was very low
(2) W mm "PfT #11
(3) ^
(3) Disintegration of the Soviet Union
(4) Interest payment reached 4 per cent (4) ^TKTFT "3^
of the GDP. #4 "qr #TT
Choose the correct option :
(A) (1), (2), (3) and (4) (A) (1), (2),(3) (4)
(B) (l)and(3) (B) (1)4((3)
(C) (1),(2) and (3) ' (C) (1),(2) afk (3)
(D) (1),(3) and (4) (D) (1),(3)^(4)
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123. The Constitutional Amendment 123.
Act provided the reservation to other
backward classes in private unaided
educational institutions other than
STRW 31^ -m I
minority institutions.
(A) Eighty Third (B) Ninety Third (A) 83^" (B) 93^*
(C) Ninety Sixth (D) Ninety Nineth (C) 96^* (D) 99f
124. Initially after independence, almost all 124. ^
the farmers' movements were led by
resourceful peasants. Lloyd and Susane
Rudolph have called them :
^ t I
(A) Cart capitalists
(A)^ Cnr^)
(B) Bullock capitalists (B) "1^ ^^iMPd
(C) Agrarian capitalists (C) "JyilMrd
(D) Countryside capitalists (D) -JyilHRl
125. Which of the following women's 125. PiMRiPsid
movements relates to basic livelihood
issues and not to demanding a role in
t, ^ <MHirdd) ^TRW ^ ?
political decision-making ?
(A) "3^ ^ M
(A) Chipko women's movement in the
37j%FT
hills of Uttar Pradesh
(B) Vasai-Virar women's movement in (B) ^
Thane district of Maharashtra
(C) Both (A) and (B) are correct (C) (A) (B) t
(D) None of the above (D) ^3^1^ ^
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126. How many Union Territories have been 126. 1956 ^ "^7
created on the basis of State
Reorganisation Act, 1956 ?
(A) 4
(A) 4
(B) 5
(B) 5
(C) 6 (C) 6
(D) 7 (D) 7
127. Which Constitutional Amendment Act 127. wi
reduced the voting age from 21 years to
18 years for the Lok Sabha and Vidhan ^^ 21 ^ ^ 18 ^
Sabha elections ? ?
(A) 56th (B) 59th (A) 56^ (B) 59^
(C) 61st (D) 63rd (C) 6M (D) 63^
128. Which of the following books is written 128. PiHPdRdd ^
m Wm t ?
by Rajni Kothari ?
(A) MlldfdeHJ ^ (TO -^f
(A) Politics in India
(B) FT (#^ ^
^ "qr)
(B) In the name of Democracy
(C) MFdPecHi FT (toW
(C) Indian Politics in Transition . <NHlPd ^ WPq TOT)
(D) Political Mobilisation (D) RTf^Tfero •rWtTF^ (<wlPd<+i
WT^)
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129. Which farmer movement played an 129. Wd^dl "4*
important role in the freedom
movement ?
(1) 3T1%R
(1) Champaran Movement
(2)
(2) Bardoli Movement
(3)
(3) Savinay Avagya Movement
(4) Wd^dl 3Tf#R
(4) Freedom Movement
Choose the correct option :
(A) (1) and (2) (B) (2) and (3) (A) (1) 3^(2) (B) (2) (3)
(C) (1) and (3) (D) (3) and (4) (C) (1) 3Tk (3) (D) (3)^ (4)
130." Which of the following is a 130. «TRd wm
determinant(s) of voting behaviour in
India ?
(A)' ^ ^
(A) Caste, region and religion
(B) ^ 13;^ Aqcq ^
(B) Party and leadership image
(C)
(C) Media, Money and Muscle power
(D) All of the above (D)
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131. Idea of TOSDCORB' for the scope of 131.
Public Administration was given by : (POSDCORB)^ SIT :
(A) Willoughby (B) Luther Gullick (A) ^ (B) #1^
(C) Herbert Simon (D) L.D. White (C) ^ WH ^ (D) ^
132. The author of article 'The Study- of 132. 'x ^ im
Administration' was :
(A) Pfififner (A) fqw
(B) Marshal (B)
(C) Wbodrow Wilson (C)^
(D) L.D. White (D)
133. 'Towards a New Public Administration : 133. ^ mm ^
The Minnowbrook Perspective' book was "3^ ^ ^:
edited by :
(A)
(A) James C. Charlesworth
(B)
(B) Frank Marini
(C) Waldo
(C) qir-sl
(D) RC. Mosher (D) ijWR
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134. The characteristic of Development 134. 3RTRFT ^ t:
Administration is :
(A)
(A) Change Orientation
(B) "3^
(B) Development Tendency
(C) IRMfW
(C) Administrative Efficiency
(D) All of the above (D) *53^
135. In 1963 American Society for Public 135. 1963 ^ mm WIFT ^
Administration formed a committee OT ^ "TO
known as a *Comparative Administration 'tjcrtllcHcti ■g^TRFT B'J?' ^ "f^
Group'. Its first president was :
■TFTT 1 ^ :
(A) Richard Gable
(A) ^
(B) Robert Dahl
(B) ^
(C) Stokes (C) Tim
(D) Fred Riggs (D) ife .
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136. The Father of Scientific Management 136. ^ ^^
Theory is : t:
(A) Henri Fayol (A) ^
(B) Luther Gullick (B) ^
(C) Mooney (C) ^ ^
(D) RW. Taylor (D) ^
137, The word 'Bureaucracy' was first used 137. ^^ "SFihT fer
by : 8^ :
(A) Max Weber (A)
(B) Elton Mayo (B)
(C) Chester Bernard (C)
(D) Vincent De Gome (D) ^^
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138. 'Hawthorne Experiment' is associated 138. t:
with :
(A) fern ^
(A) Bureaucratic theory
(B) "Rm
(B) Human relation theory
(C) ^
(C) Scientific management theory
(D) Rioaiu ^
(D) The classical or traditional theory
139. 'Theory X and theory Y' of motivation 139. ^ 'feirf W
is related to :
^t :
(A) Maslow
(A) "ER# ^
(B) Likert
(B)
(C) Vroom
(C)- ^ ^
(D) Douglas McGregor
(D) ^
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140. "Communication means the process of 140. ^ ^
passing information and understanding
^^ TltaT t I"
from one person to another".
The author of the above statement is :
(A) Pfifi&ier (B) Millet (A) (B) Me
(C) FJ. Mayor (D) Theo Haimann (C) M (D) M
141, Report 'What is Good Governance T by 141. sSk 3RTRT A
'United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and The Pacific'
^ Mi ^ % 7' A
(UNESCAP) has listed eight
characteristics of Good Governance.
Mr t I RHRiRsid ^ ™
Which among the following are not
^ FT aue Mwafi ^Nfdd
included in eight characteristics of good
governance ?
t ?
I. Consensus oriented I. "HWRRt ^ddidl
II. Citizen Charter II. dHlRdi
ni. People participation III.
IV. Rule of Law IV. ^TTFT ^ WH
V. Strategic vision V.
VI. Responsiveness VI.
Choose the correct code :
(A) I, m (B) II, V
(A) I, III (B) II, V
(C) IV, VI (D) II, IV
(C) IV, VI (D) II, IV
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142. Which among the following is not a 142. RMPvinsld ^ IRTRH
technique of legislative control over ^ "t ?
administration ?
(A) "dr#
(A) Subordinate Legislative Conunittee
(B) "3^
(B) Delegated Legislation
(C)
(C) Audit method
(D) Question Hour and Zero Hour (D) yifHchId
143. Choose the correct statements related to 143.
the Second Administrative Reforms
Commission :
I. ^^ STTO, 2005
I. The Commission was formed in
August, 2005 and ended in May, dii4ct)iQi "'if, 2009 'd4i' T?T I
2009.
II. ^
n. Morarji Desai was the first
Chairman of the Commission, later
Hanumantaiya chaired it.
III. ^ 15 yPd^^H w
III. The Commission submitted total 15
^^ I
reports to the government of India.
rv. Veerappa Moily was the Chairman IV. ^ ^ i
of the Commission.
V. sTrkki ^ 5 yPd4<H
V. The Commission submitted total 5
reports and 3 sub-reports to the 3 ^ ^ I
Government of India.
Choose the code for correct statements :
(A) n, III (B) i,n,v
(A) II, m (B) I, n, V
(C) I, IV, V (D) I, m,IV (C) I,IV,V (D) I, m,IV
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144. In India, during the tenure of which 144. (3TtoRq^) ^
Prime Minister was the resolution to
prepare Citizen Charter in the form of
■qw «iofT^ yvimn* ^
'Citizen Charter' and the Answerable
■qsTRTT^ chi44iM arwir "w ?
Administration' adopted ?
(A)
(A) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(B)
(B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(C)
(C) Indra Kumar Gujral
(D) H.D. Deve Gowda (D)
145. In order to speedily e-Govemance, 145. t-"5RRPT ^ ^ ^ W '^mR OT
Government of India declared the
(NeGP) "sfc ^
National e-Govemance Plan (NeGP)on:
(A) 18 May, 2006
(A) 18 11^,2006 ^
(B) 2 October, 2007
(B) 2 2007 ^
(C) 14 November, 2006
(C) 14 2006 ^
(D) 1 January, 2005
(D) 1 2005 ^
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146. Which among the following is a type 146. RHPerlRdd ^
of Audit ? WR t ?
(A) Regulatory audit (A) toror
(B) Propriety audit (B)
(C) Performance audit (C)
(D) All of the above (D)
147. Which coimtry is the propounder of 147. ^^ ^ "SFlciT
institution of Ombudsman ? flPTT "snm t ?
(A) India (A) ^
(B) Denmark (B)
(C) Britain (C)
(D) Sweden (D)
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148. Choose the wrong fact related to 148. ^^^ PiMfdRdd
Panchayati Raj Institutions :
(A) Part 9 (Panchayat), Article 243 in
(A) ^9
the Constitution
243
(B) 73rd Constitutional Amendment
(B) 73^ 3Tf«TfwT, 1994
Act, 1994
(C) Article 243-Q 11th Schedule (C) 31^^^ 243-G, 3^5^
(D) Legal Status to Gram Sabha (D) yiH "^TMT HMdl
149. Choose the wrong statement related to 149. UTRWt tNto ^
the National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act :
(A) ^ 2005
(A) This Act came into existence in the
aqRT 1
year 2005.
(B) ^ tirH ^ ii
(B) This is applicable in both rural and
"I" I
the sub-urban areas.
(C) um -wTcT ^ ^
(C) The Gram Sabha conducts social
ti-qiHriu «»ji4shHT
audit of projects run under this
31FT "SIRTT
scheme.
t I
(D) All of the above statements are
incorrect. (D) ^ arocq f i
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150. Choose the correct statements related to 150. ^
National Food Security Act :
1. The Act came into existence in the I. ^ 2011
year 2011.
n. It has paradigm shift in the II. ^ ^
approach to food security from
welfare based approach to rights •jRictilui nRqRa ^ I
based approach. m. wftvT ^ ^ 100%
m. It entitles 100% rural population to
receive subsidized food grains. WT t I
IV. It entitles 50% of the urban IV. ^^^ ^ 50% ^
population to receive subsidized THRIFT <iMQioqai "*71
food grains. qRcTT t I
Choose the code for correct statements :
(A) I, n (B) m,IV (A) I, n (B) m,IV
(C) n, IV (D) I, m (C) n,rv (D) I, in
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