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Practice Set on Political Science

1. Select the correct code:
(i) Elite theory of democracy opposed the very concept of mass participation.
(ii) Elite theory of democracy opposed agitational methods in defence of democratic as they believe that it would create imbalance.
(iii) Elitist theory of democracy believes that in democracy the people have a right to choose one of the competing elites as their rulers.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are incorrect
(C) (iii), (ii) and (i) are correct
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are incorrect

2. Given below are the statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): SAARC Summit to be held in Islamabad in 2016 was deferred.
Reason (R): Many heads of the State/Government expressed inability to attend the Summit.
In the context of the above two statements, Which of the following answers is correct?
Codes:
(A) (A) is true but (R) is false
(B) (A) is false but (R) is true
(C) Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are individually true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

3. Which among the following is not the principle of bureaucracy?
(A) A formal hierarchical structure
(B) Management according to the Wish of Boss
(C) Organization by functional speciality
(D) Employment based on technical qualification

4. Which document created Supreme Court of USA?
(A) American Constitution
(B) Judiciary Act of 1789
(C) Erie doctrine
(D) Rooke Feldman doctrine

5. Which one of the following is not federal feature of the Indian Constitution?
(A) Division of powers
(B) Supremacy of the Constitution
(C) Single Constitution for Union and States
(D) Independence of judiciary

6. Which of the following states is terribly disturbed by separatist activities recently?
(A) Assam
(B) Manipur
(C) Jammu & Kashmir
(D) Punjab

7. Choose the incorrect statement:
(A) Political culture is the product of both history of political system and histories of members
(B) Political culture is the manifestation of the psychological and subjective dimensions of politics
(C) Political culture is a set of attitude, beliefs and sentiments that give order and meaning to political process
(D) Political culture of states does not differ, it is identical in each state

8. If a new All India Service is to be created, which of the following would be the first step in the process?
(A) Approval of the draft legislation by the President
(B) Constitutional amendment by simple majority
(C) Resolution by the council of states
(D) Sanction by the Finance Ministry

9. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
(A) Herbert Simon — Bounded rationality
(B) Woodrow Wilson — Politics – administration dichotomy
(C) Henry Fayol — Motivation theories
(D) Weidner — Development Administration

10. Select the correct code:
(i) In political socialization the emphasis is on the transmission of political values from one generation to the next.
(ii) Political socialization aims at achieving the goal of political stabilization.
(iii) Political socialization hampers the individual’s awareness of the political World and under-standing of political events.
Codes 1
(A) (i) and (iii) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (i) and (ii) are correct
(D) (i) and (ii) are incorrect

11. Select the correct code:
(i) Elitist theory of democracy believes that a small minority of the economic elite and policy planners holds power.
(ii) Elitist theory of democracy believes that the elites in the society have resources, skills and intelligence to make government Work
(iii) Elitist theory of democracy believes that there are two types of elites: governing elites and non-governing elites.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i) and (iii) are correct

12. According to Max Weber in Liberal Democratic countries which type of authority primarily exists?
(A) Legal Rational
(B) Traditional
(C) Charismatic
(D) Divine

13. Select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): In UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not have constitutional status.
Reason (R): UK has a unitary form of government.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct reason of (A)
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct reason of (A)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect

14. Select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): In UK the judiciary is not independent.
Reason (R): The Law Lords in the House of Lords form the highest judiciary.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct reason of (A)
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct reason of (A)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect

15. Which phrase did Kautilya use to describe human life in the absence of the state?
(A) State of Nature
(B) Law of the fishes
(C) Perpetual peace
(D) State of innocence

16. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
(A) M.K. Gandhi — Swaraj
(B) M.N. Roy — Radical Humanism
(C) Aurobindo Ghosh— Spiritual Unity
(D) B.R. Ambedkar— Hindutva

17. Which thinker staunchly defended Papal Supremacy?
(A) Alighieri Dante
(B) William of Ockham
(C) Marsiglio of Padua
(D) Giles of Rome

18. Which of the following statements are correct?
(a) Positivism was the philosophical basis of behaviourism
(b) Behaviourists emphasised the separation of facts and values
(c) Post-behaviourists considered relevance to be more important than rigour
(d) Behaviourism triumphed over post-behaviourism
(A) (a), (b) and (c)
(B) (a), (b) and (d)
(C) (b), (c) and (d)
(D) (a), (c) and (d)

19. The liberty of the ancients is in consonance with:
(A) Liberal individualism
(B) Civic republicanism
(C) Totalitarianism
(D) Theocracy

20. Give the correct answer by using the codes given below:
(1) Plato is the father of political philosophy
(2) Aristotle is not the father of political science
(3) Machiavelli is the father of political realism
(4) Antonio Gramsci is not the father of passive revolution
Codes:
(A) (1) and (2) are correct
(B) (2) and (3) are correct
(C) (2) and (4) are correct
(D) (3) is correct

21. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) G.W.F. Hegel—Civil Society
(B) T.H. Green—Social Contract
(C) Karl Marx—General Will
(D) Machiavelli—Political Idealism

22. According to Marx what is the correct sequence of the modes of production?
(A) Slavery, Feudalism and Capitalism
(B) Feudalism, Slavery and Capitalism
(C) Capitalism, Slavery and Feudalism
(D) Slavery, Capitalism and Feudalism

23. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) J.S. Mill—The subjection of women
(B) Machiavelli—The Prince
(C) Aristotle—Utilitarianism
(D) Hobbes—The Leviathan

24. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Mao Zedong—Cultural Revolution
(B) Antonio Gramsci—Cultural hegemony
(C) V.I. Lenin—Bolshevik Revolution
(D) Karl Marx—Cultural Revolution

25. Identify the incorrect statement:
(A) In Switzerland the members of the executive are the members of Legislature
(B) In USA the members of the executive are not the members of Legislature
(C) In UK the members of executive are the members of Legislature
(D) In India the members of the executive are the members of the Legislature

26. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) France — Biparty System
(B) USA — Biparty System
(C) India — Multiparty System
(D) China — One Party System

27. Which among the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Consti- — Supremacy tutionalism of Constitution
(B) Federalism — Division of Powers
(C) Parliamentary —Supremacy of System Executive
(D) Presidential — Separation of System Powers

28. Judicial Review is absent in which political system?
(A) USA
(B) India
(C) UK
(D) Switzerland

29. What is the tenure of Swiss Executive?
(A) 5 Years
(B) 4 Years
(C) 6 Years
(D) 7 Years

30. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) Constitutionalism implies limited Government
(B) War is the important threat to Constitutionalism
(C) American Constitution guarantee rights to the citizens
(D) British Constitution is the first Enacted Constitution

31. Who described bureaucracy as a “continental nuisance”?
(A) Thomas Carlyle
(B) R.K. Merton
(C) Max Weber
(D) M. Crozier

32. Who said, “Revolution is a sweeping fundamental change in the predominant myth of a social order”?
(A) Huntington
(B) G.S. Peter
(C) H. Arendt
(D) Neumann

33. Arrange in the order that AFK Organski examined the role of government through the four stages of his “Stages of Political Development”.
(1) Industrialization
(2) Primitive national unification
(3) Abundance
(4) National welfare
Codes:
(A) (2), (1), (4), (3)
(B) (1), (2), (3), (4)
(C) (3), (4), (1), (2)
(D) (4), (3), (2), (1)

34. Who gave the slogans of “Jai Hind” and “Delhi Chalo”?
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

35. The preamble enshrines certain ideals that were first spelt out in:
(A) The speech by Jawaharlal Nehru on the banks of Ravi when he called for Purna Swaraj
(B) The Nehru Report
(C) A resolution adopted at the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress
(D) The objectives Resolution adopted by the Constituent Assembly
36. Which of the following provisions of the Constitution can be amended by Parliament by a simple majority?
(A) Creation of new states in the union
(B) Fundamental Rights
(C) Directive Principles of States Policy
(D) Provisions related to Panchayati Raj (Article 243)

37. Which one of the following statements related to President of India is incorrect?
(A) President shall have the power to summon or prorogue the session of parliament
(B) President shall have the right to send message to either House of Parliament
(C) President shall have power to send message not only legislative matters but also “otherwise”
(D) President shall have the power to send message only on Legislative matters

38. One of the following is incorrect about NITI Aayog:
(A) The power to allocate funds is not vested with Finance Ministry
(B) The number of full time members could be fewer than Planning Commission
(C) Chief Ministers of Union Territories are not part of NITI Aayog
(D) Only four Cabinet Ministers will serve as ex-officio members

39. Select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
(a) Regional Party (1) Akali Dal/TDP
(b) National Party (2) BJP/DMK
(c) Bahujan Party (3) BSP/Bahujan Mahasangh
(d) Ideology Based (4) CPM/CPI Political Party
(A) (1) and (2) are correct
(B) (2) and (3) are correct
(C) (3) and (4) are incorrect
(D) (1), (3) and (4) are correct

40. The 73rd Act is not applicable to which one of the states given below?
(A) Nagaland, Tripura and Assam
(B) Mizoram, J & K and Nagaland
(C) Meghalaya, Tripura and J & K
(D) J & K, Nagaland and Jharkhand

41. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Leftist Government of West Bengal suggested to initiate an amendment to include the word ‘Federal’ in the description of ‘Republic of India’
Reason (R): They suggested to replace the ‘Union’ by the expression ‘Federation’ in all places to protect states autonomy.
In this context of the above which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true
(D) (A) is true but (R) is false

42. Select the correct answer by using the code below about ‘Adhocracy”.
(i) The term coined by Warren Bennis
(ii) It is popularised by Alwin Toffler
(iii) It is the opposite of bureaucracy
(iv) It refers to a small project team which work across the departmental boundaries of an organisation
Codes:
(A) (i) and (iii) are correct, (ii) and (iv) are incorrect
(B) (i) and (ii) are correct, (iii) and (iv) are incorrect
(C) (i ), (ii ), (iii ) and (iv ) are correct
(D) (i) and (ii) are incorrect, (iii) and (iv) are correct

43. Arrange chronologically the institution related to planning in
India. Choose the correct code:
(i) Planning and Development Department
(ii) Advisory Planning Board
(iii) Planning Commission
(iv) NITI Aayog
Codes:
(A) (ii), (i), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i) and (iv)
(D) (iv), (iii), (ii) and (i)

44. Select the correct statement about Estimate Committee from the codes:
(i) It is a standing committee
(ii) All members belonging to Lok Sabha
(iii) Members are elected on the basis of proportional representation
(iv) Suggest alternative policies to bring efficiency and economy in administration
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct, (iv) is incorrect
(B) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct, (iii) is incorrect
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct
(D) (i), (ii) are correct, (iii) and (iv) are incorrect

45. Select the incorrect statement about decentralisation:
(A) Decentralisation may be political or administrative
(B) Administrative decentralisation may be vertical and territorial or horizontal and functional
(C) Creation of Panchayati Raj Institution within the states is an example of decentralisation
(D) Planning Commission symbolizes the trend towards decentralisation

46. Select the incorrect statement about Asoka Mehta Committee on Panchayati Raj:
(A) Main thesis of the Committee was functional necessity for decentralisation of administration
(B) Recommended the creation of a two-tiered system
(C) Compulsory powers of taxation to Panchayati Raj Institution
(D) Recommended the creation of a three-tiered system

47. When did the Essential Services Maintenance Act come into force?
(A) 1978
(B) 1968
(C) 1962
(D) 1979

48. Arrange chronologically the various stages of Budget in the Parliament by selecting the correct code:
(1) General Discussion
(2) Presentation in the Parliament
(3) Consideration and Passing
(4) Voting on Demand for Grant
Codes:
(A) (2), (1), (3), (4)
(B) (1), (2), (3), (4)
(C) (2), (3), (4), (1)
(D) (2), (1), (4), (3)

49. Select the correct answer about Ombudsman by using codes below:
(i) Officer of state appointed to provide an extra check on the right of citizens against governmental action
(ii) It is a Scandinavian origin system
(iii) It is an institution for decentralisation
(iv) It is against Federal system
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct, (iii) and (iv) are incorrect
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct, (iv) is incorrect
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are incorrect

50. Right to Information Act, 2005 provides:
(A) Transperancy
(B) Accountability
(C) Decentralisation
(D) Anti-corruption