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According to Ashutosh Varshney India is a case defying the paradox

where ‘in the process of economic development the populous
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M.A. Part I (Semester - I) POLITICAL SCIENCE, Nov/Dec 2019 and an industrialized economy later seems to empower it’. Explain.

Paper No 301: Politics in India

Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 75

6. Analyze the developmental and democratic dimensions of Indian state.
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7. Analyze the ideological trends in social movements and discuss

Note: - Answers may be written either in English or in Hindi; but the same medium
ecological conflicts in India.
should be used throughout the paper.

Attempt ANY FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Critically examine the moderation thesis proposed by Christophe
Jaffrelot.
8. In what sense can the postcolonial state in India be understood to be a
‘state of contradictions’? To what extent have these contradictions been
shaped by history?

2. Discuss various issues on the debate on party financing.

3. Examine the role of the Election Commission of India with reference

to the interplay of structure and agency.

4. Critically examine Ashis Nandy and Akhil Bilgrami’s ideas on

secularism.