Political Science & International Relations - 2020

Test 04
Time Allowed: 1 Hour 30 Minutes Max Marks: 120

1. “Rawls has sought to achieve the goal of substantive justice through

the methodology of procedural justice.” Elucidate and comment.
2. Elaborate the libertarian perspective of justice with special
reference to the views of Nozick and Hayek.
3. Show how the principle of equality concedes the rational grounds of
discrimination. In this connection examine the debate on reverse
discrimination.
4. “Democracy is essentially a contested concept.” Do you agree, give
arguments in support of your views?
5. Examine the doctrine of “rights as trumps”. Bring out the difference
between the liberty rights and claim rights as expounded by Ronald
Dworkin.
6. Examine the views of Isaiah Berlin on “Value Pluralism”. How is it
related to his notion of liberty.
7. What are the underlined factors behind the phenomenon of Brexit?
What challenges and opportunities Brexit create for India?
8. Discuss the current state of India-France relations and to what
extent it would be right to call France as “new-Russia”?
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