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Comparative Political Analysis Questions and Answers

1.

In 2006, the form of government in Nepal changed from Monarchy to __________.

Exam Year(s)

CTET - 2019,

Answer: C

In 2006, Nepal changed from Monarchy to Democracy.

In April 2006, a mass people's movement in Nepal forced King Gyanendra to give up the absolute power he had seized and to restore Parliament. That began Nepal's transition to democracy: an elected Constituent Assembly abolished the monarchy in 2008 and Nepal became a federal democratic republic. NCERT's Class 9 political science opens its chapter on democracy with this movement.

Autocracy and tyranny describe the absolute rule the movement ended, and oligarchy, rule by a small group, is not what replaced it.

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2.

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2024,

Answer: A

The correct pair is U.S.A.: double citizenship.

In the United States a person is a citizen both of the nation and of the state in which he lives, which textbooks call double (dual) citizenship, in contrast to India's single citizenship.

The United Kingdom has no single codified written constitution. Australia is a federation, not a unitary state. Switzerland has a bicameral Federal Assembly and is famous for its direct democracy through referendums and initiatives, so 'unicameral indirect democracy' is wrong twice over.

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3.

Which of the following countries has adopted the method of amending the constitution by a popular vote ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

Constitutional amendment by popular vote is used in Switzerland.

Every amendment to the Swiss federal constitution must be approved in a mandatory referendum by a majority of the voters and of the cantons, and citizens can themselves propose amendments by popular initiative with 100,000 signatures.

In the U.K. there is no codified constitution and Parliament changes constitutional law by ordinary statute. The U.S.A. amends through Congress and ratification by three-quarters of the states, and India through Parliament (with state ratification for some provisions), not by a direct popular vote.

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4.

By which of the following methods the American federation was formed ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

The American federation was formed by a voluntary agreement.

The United States is the classic 'coming together' federation: thirteen independent states, already loosely joined under the Articles of Confederation, agreed through the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 and state ratification to form a stronger union, keeping their own powers and surrendering specific ones to the federal government.

It was not created by an act of any legislature or of the Senate, which itself was a creation of the new Constitution. The revolution won independence from Britain, but the federation was a later, negotiated agreement among the states.

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5.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List-IList-II
(a) Bureaucracy(1) Vilfredo Pareto
(b) Dependency Theory(2) Immanuel Wallerstein
(c) Elitist Theory(3) Samir Amin
(d) World System Theory(4) Max Weber

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The correct match is a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2.

  • The classic theory of bureaucracy is Max Weber's ideal type of rational-legal administration.
  • Samir Amin is a leading dependency theorist (Accumulation on a World Scale).
  • Vilfredo Pareto is one of the founders of elite theory, with the 'circulation of elites'.
  • Immanuel Wallerstein created world-systems theory.

Weber with bureaucracy and Wallerstein with world systems are unmistakable, and only option A has both.

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6.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the list :

List-IList-II
(a) Traditional approach to the study of Comparative Politics(1) Interest Articulation, Interest Aggregation
(b) Systems approach to the study of Comparative Politics(2) Eurocentric, Normative
(c) Structural-functional approach to the study of Comparative Politics(3) Input-Output-Feedback
(d) Marxist approach to the study of Comparative Politics(4) Economic aspects

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: D

The correct match is a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4.

  • The traditional approach was criticised as Eurocentric and normative, focused on Western constitutions and ideals.
  • The systems approach (Easton) studies inputs, outputs and feedback.
  • The structural-functional approach (Almond) lists input functions such as interest articulation and interest aggregation.
  • The Marxist approach explains politics through economic aspects, the mode of production and class relations.

All options agree on the Marxist pair; option D is the one that also pairs input-output with systems.

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7.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List-IList-II
(a) Gabriel Almond(1) Social mobilization and Political Development
(b) Karl Deutsch(2) Aspects of Political Development
(c) Daniel Lerner(3) The Politics of Developing Areas
(d) Lucian Pye(4) Passing of Traditional Societies

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: D

The correct match is a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2.

  • Gabriel Almond co-edited The Politics of the Developing Areas (1960) with James Coleman.
  • Karl Deutsch wrote 'Social Mobilization and Political Development' (1961).
  • Daniel Lerner wrote The Passing of Traditional Society (1958).
  • Lucian Pye wrote Aspects of Political Development (1966).

Each other option gives at least two of these works to the wrong author.

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8.

Choose the incorrect statement regarding propositions of Dependency Theory :

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The incorrect statement is The relationship between core and periphery countries is disadvantageous for core countries.

Dependency theory (Frank, Amin, Cardoso) argues the reverse: the relationship benefits the core, which draws surplus from the periphery through unequal exchange, while the periphery is kept underdeveloped. That is why the other statements are correct propositions of the theory: underdeveloped countries can be understood only within the world system; under capitalism the gap will not close; and poor states are impoverished, and rich ones enriched, by the way the poor are integrated into the world economy.

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9.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List-IList-II
(a) Media and Friends(1) Systems approach
(b) Centre and Periphery(2) Political socialization
(c) Input and Output(3) Political communication
(d) Family and School(4) Dependency theory

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The correct match is a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2.

  • Media and friends are channels of political communication.
  • Centre and periphery are the core concepts of dependency theory.
  • Input and output are the terms of the systems approach (Easton).
  • Family and school are the primary agents of political socialization.

Option A gives centre-periphery to socialization and family-school to dependency, and the other options mismatch the input-output pair, which can only belong to the systems approach.

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10.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below :

List-IList-II
(a) Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy(1) Andre Gunder Frank
(b) Capitalism and underdevelopment in Latin America(2) Samir Amin
(c) Capitalism in the age of globalization(3) Joseph Schumpeter
(d) The Modern World System(4) Immanuel Wallerstein

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

The correct match is a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4.

  • Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (1942) is by Joseph Schumpeter.
  • Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America (1967) is by Andre Gunder Frank.
  • Capitalism in the Age of Globalization (1997) is by Samir Amin.
  • The Modern World-System (from 1974) is by Immanuel Wallerstein.

Option B swaps Frank and Amin, and the other options misplace Schumpeter or Wallerstein.

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