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Ck CPD - 2015 POLITICAL SCIENCE KTM-25-XV DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO Subject Code : [2 5 Test Booklet No.: (7625 TEST BOOKLET POLITICAL SCIENCE Time Allowed : 2 (Two) Hours Full Marks : 200 INSTRUCTIONS 1, ‘The name of the Subject, Roll Number as mentioned in the Admission Certificate, Test Booklet No. and Subject Code shall be written legibly and correctly in the space provided on the Answer Sheet with black ball pen. 2. Space provided for Series in the Answer Sheet is not applicable for Optional Subject. So the space shall be left blank. 3. All questions carry equal marks. Your total marks will depend only on the number of correct responses marked by you in the Answer Sheet. 4. No candidate shall be admitted to the Examination Hall/Room 20 minutes after commencement of distribution of the paper. The Supervisor of the Examination Hall/Room will be the timekeeper ind his/her decision in this regard is final. 5. 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DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO [ No. of Questions : 100 ] SEAL Cee CA)'- 20157 POLITICAL SCIENCE 1, Who philosophized about the ideal 5. The Marxist theory of development is State in his work, Utopia? primarily based on ‘vndicce (A) dictatorship of the proletariat (8) Hobbes (B) withering away of the State © teen (C) the theory of surplus value (D) Sir Thomes M (0) the means of production ir Thomas More 6. Lucian Pye has described 2. “Political party is an organized the characteristics of political body with voluntary membership.” development as Sho see (A) administrative, economic and (A) Finer ‘social : (8) modern, participative and @) G.C. Field ee (C) Maciver (C) equality, capacity and (D) Sora differentiation (D) political unification, economic development and national 3. Seriously questioning the validity of pias party system, the idea of ‘partyless democracy’ was projected by 7. Gulick and Urwick coined the (A) Mahatma Gandhi term ‘POSDCORB' to promote how aa face many principles of administration? (A) Five (C) Mao Tse-tung (8) Six (0) Suharto ee 4, Who said that Civil Service is Lagden = a ‘professional body of officials, Gettiatientapekitanacekinels) 8. The Administrative Staff College of India was established in (A) Oe (a) 1957 a) eaten (B) 1958 (C) Gladden (©) 1959 (D) Max Weber (0) 1960 KTM-25-XV/18 2 9. The study of the political system of 13. A modern State is described as a/an @ country at one time, in all its : contents, is known as the Of San ©) welfare State (C) laissez-faire State (D) authoritarian State (A) configurative approach (8) comparative approach (C) behavioural approach 14. ‘Over himself, over his own body and tructural h 1D): shuena: ebpresc mind, the individual is. sovereign.” Who said this? 10. The entitlement theory of property has been propounded by PlpHobhes (A) John Locke eee (© Min (8) John Rawls (©) Bentham (C)_ Nozick "Di, Rixiesenn 15. Fabianism made its appearance in (A) Germany 11. The concept of ‘Rule of Law’ is ©) Belgium usually followed in a country which nel (©) France (4) monarchy Basler (8) authoritarian system 16. “Socialism is like a hat, which has lost its shape, because everyone (C) presidential system of, wears it.” Who said this? government (A) Gi (D) democracy, both parliamentary (A), Gamer and presidential (8) Mill (©) Herbert Spencer 12. The three most prominent exponents (Oy, Biba inhais of social contract theory are (A) Austin, Bodin and Hobbes 17. “I am the State.” Who said this? (8) Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (A) Hitler of Germany (C) Maclver, Laski and Rousseau (B) Mussolini of Italy (©) J. S. Mill, Adam Smith and (eee Locke (D) Louis XIV of France KTM-25-Xv/18 3 [P-T.0. 18, The concept of political sovereignty is associated with (A) Plato (B) Locke (©) Rousseau (0) Austin 19. The British monarch is a good example of which type of sovereignty? (A) De facto (B) Legal (©) Titular (D) Real 20. External sovereignty means (A) right of the States to act without outside restriction (B) right of the States to apply international law (©) right of the States to send diplomatic envoys to other States (D) imposition of — maximum restraints 21. Who enunciated the principle of the ‘greatest good of the greatest number”? (A) Bentham (8) Churchill (©) Lowell (©) Lipson KTM-25-XV/18 22. ‘Vox populi, vox dei.” Who said this? (A)__Lincoin (8) Barker (C) Rousseau (D) Locke 23. Who enunciated the theory of ‘socialism in one country’? (A) Marx (8) Lenin (C) Stalin (D) Mao 24. “War is to man what maternity is to woman.” Who said this? (A) Hitler (8) Mussolini (©) Stalin (D) Mao 25. Which of the following has been wrongly listed as an essential attribute of democracy? (A) Freedom of Speech (8) Frecdom of Religion (C) Equality before Law (D) Equality of Property 26. The bicameral legislature was 80. To which one of the following proposed at the Centre by the categories does the Right to Pre bel in India? (A) Government of India Act, 1935 PY Bearers (B) Morley-Minto Reforms Act, {fA} Human Rights pots ; (B) Legal Rights © Montene Comer Reforms (©) Fundamental Rights (0) Indian Councils Act, 1892 (D) Netra aes 27. Who among the following Prime 31. Right to Freedom is guaranteed by Ministers did not head a minority which Article? ite (A) Article 17 (A) 1. K. Gujrat (B) Article 18 (B) V. P. Singh (©) Article 19 (C) Chandrashekhar (0) Article 20 (D) Morarji Desai 28. In India, a person can be a member ay The Lokayakte Act was first passed of Cabinet without being a member asl of the eae! fora maximum fy ewer (A) six weeks {B) Orissa (8) six months (C) West Bengal (C) one year (D) Karnataka {D) three months 33. Who of the following has. described the Indian Constitution 29. The Report of the Public Accounts aad lina Aad erat? Committee is submitted to the (A) Prime Minister (A) K. C. Wheare (B) President (B) Jennings (©) Lok Sabha (C) A.C. Bannerji (D) Rajya Sabha (D) Rajni Kothari KTM-25-XV/18 5 [P7.0. 34. India borrowed the. idea of Concurrent List from the Constitution of (A) Italy (6) the USA (C) Canada (D) Australia 35. The person associated with PIL is (A) Justice Venkatachaliah (B) Justice Bhagawati (C) Justice R. N. Mishra. (D) None of them 36. A proclamation of _National Emergency must be placed before the Parliament for its approval (A) within one month (B) within two months (©) within six months (D) within one year 37. Who presides over the Joint Session of the Union Parliament? (A) The President (B) The Vice President (C) The Prime Minister (0) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha KTM-25-XV/18 38. The minimum age to become the Prime Minister of India is (A) 18 years (B) 25 years (C) 30 years (©) 35 years 39, Who was called the father of the Lok Sabha? (A) N. Sanjiva Reddy (8) G. S. Dhillon (C) G. V. Mavalankar (©) P. A. Sangma 40. Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts makes the President legally bound to act according to the advice of the Union Ministry? (A) 25th Amendment Act (B) 42nd Amendment Act (C) 44th Amendment Act {D) 73rd Amendment Act 41. “The Governor is a bird in the golden cage.” Who said this? (A) D. D. Basu (B) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (C) Pandit Nehru (D) Dharam Vir 42. Which Article of the Constitution 46. Who can confer additional functions directs the State to organize to the UPSC? Panchayati Raj? a (A) The President of India (A) Article 38 (B) Article 39 (8) The Chairman, UPSC (C) Article 40 (C) The Parliament (D) Article 41 ister (D) The Prime Mis 43. Under the Act of 1994, a Gaon Panchayat is envisaged for a group 47. In which year was the 73rd of villages whose population is Amendment Act passed? (A) not below 6000 and not above 10000 (a). 1990 (B) not below 7000 and not above (B) 1991 11000 (C) 1992 {C)_ not below 8000 and not above 12000 (D) 1994 (D) not below 10000 and not above 15000 48. In which year was the Guwahati Municipal Corporation formed? 44. Who elect the President of a Gaon oma at Panchayat? (a) 1969 Members of the Gaon ws Panchayat ®) J272 (B) Voters:of the Gaon Panchayat (c) 1974 pic (D) 1975 (C) Members of the Anchalik Panchayat (D) Members of the Zila Parisad 49. The expenses of a State Public Service Commission are charged 45. The Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 on the became effective from (A) Consolidated Fund of India (A) Sth April, 1994 (B) 5th May, 1994 (C) Sth June, 1994 (C) Contingency Fund of India (B) Consolidated Fund of the State (D) Sth July, 1994 (D) Contingency Fund of the State KTM-25-XV/18 7 [P.7.0. 60. Which Article of the Indian 84. In which year was the UN Constitution provides for the established? creation of Public Service Commissions for the Union and (a) 1941 the States? (B) 1942 (A) Article 310 (B) Article 315 (Oy1948, (C) Article 320 (p) 1949 (D) Article 325 55. Which of the following is the largest 51. International Day of United Nations organ of the UNO? Peacekeepers is observed on (A) General Assembly (A) 29th April fener : (8) Security Council (©) 29th June (C) Economie and Social Council (0) 29th July (0) Secretariat 52. Which of the following decisions in the General Assembly of the 56. Who signed the Atlantic Charter? United Nations requires two-thirds majority? (A) Roosevelt and Khrushchev (A) Peace and security (8) Churchill and Stalin (B) Admission of new members OR ae (C) Budgetary matters {D) Truman and Khrushchev (D) All of the above 53. The UNO adopt the Universal 57. Who is the present Secretary- Declaration on Human Rights in General of the UNO? the year . (A) Trygve Lie (a) 1945 Shashi Tharoor (B) 1946 ® (c) 1947 (C) Ban Ki-moon (D) 1948 (D) Kofi Annan KTM-25-XV/18 8 58. ‘Veto’ in the UN Security Council is 62. When was the UN Peace Building’ Meena ero alts Commission established? members {A) January, 2003 (B) the negative vote exercised by ‘@ permanent member which goes against the resolution of (C) December, 2005 the Security Council (B) December, 2004 (C)_ the negative vote for a neutral (pee eae country (D) the negative vote for the 63. The UN Decade for International Law Sccretary-General was observed during 1980-1990 89. The United Nations Charter was ei? signed for the first time in (B) 1990-1999 (8) Sore (©) 1991-2000 ) Geneva e (b) 2003-2013 (©) San Francisco Dy banoa 64. UNICEF got Nobel Peace Prize in the year 60. The United Nations Organization came into existence as a result of (a) 1955 (A). two World Wars 8) 1965 (B) the effort to make world free from wars (S). 1998 {C) a desire of the nations to have (D) 2001 durable peace (D) All of the above 65. Hans Blix was the head of the UN body for 61. Which of the following is correct ; Sel ke SIRES UNG? (A) peacekeeping operations in Somalia (A) It can make laws (B) inspecting places in Iraq for 1 a ae verification of WMD (©) It can. make — only recommendations (C) working modalities for the creation of NIEO (D) It can forcefully enforce its ideas in every country (D) rebuilding war-torn Afghanistan KTM-25-XV/18, 9 [P-T.0. 66. Decisions of the International Court of Justice are binding force (A) for the parties only (8) for all the States of the world 70. Who is the present UN Refugee Chief? {A) Antonio Guterres (8) Carissa F. Etienne (C) for all members of the UNO (D) for all States that are parties to (C) Alexis Tsipras the Statute of the International Court of Justice (D) None of them 67. The International Maritime 71. Which of the following districts of Organization was established in India wins the UN Public Service the year Award for Eliminating Open we Defecation, 2015? ©) 1968 (A) Nadia (©) 1988 (B) Darjeeling (D) 2001 2 (©) Vellore 68. Who is the New President of the (©) Bhatinda UN General Assembly? (A) Me Lykketoft 1A)

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