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POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper – II

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two
(2) marks. Attempt all the questions.
1. During the Radical Humanist Phase M.N. Roy advocated
(A) BiParty System
(B) Single Party System
(C) Partyless System
(D) Multi Party System

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2. In his book “The Untouchable” Ambedkar gave the following theory for the origin of the untouchable :
(A) Radical Theory
(B) Occupational Theory
(C) Buddhist Origin of Untouchables
(D) Ethnic Theory
3. Saint Augustine “The City of God” was considered as the first book on the
(A) Philosophy of Religion
(B) Comparative Philosophy
(C) Philosophy of History
(D) Philosophy of Christianity
4. Who condemned Natural Rights as an invention of Fantasy ?
(A) Locke (B) Bentham
(C) Rousseau (D) J.S. Mill
5. Which theory suggest the minor adjustments within the capitalist system to save the individual’s liberty ?
(A) Functionalism
(B) System’s Theory
(C) Liberal-Individual Theory
(D) Social Contract Theory
6. Who insisted that type of Government depended on economic and geographic factors ?
(A) Jean Bodin (B) Plato
(C) Cicero (D) Machiavelli
7. “With Satyagraha combined with Ahimsa, you will bring the world to your feet.” Who said this ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jayaprakash Narayan
(D) Baba Amte
8. Dialectic method was first introduced by
(A) Aristotle
(B) Hegel
(C) Marx
(D) Tolstoy
9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The State is neither the handiwork of God, nor the result of superior physical force, nor the creation of resolution or convention, nor a mere expansion of the family. Reason (R) : The State is an institution of natural growth. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
17. What is the correct sequence of the following ?
(i) Commonwealth of Independent States
(ii) Civil Rights Movement in U.S.A.
(iii) First General Election of India
(iv) Glorious Revolution in the United Kingdom Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(A) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(C) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(D) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
18. What is the correct sequence of the former Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ?
(i) Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
(ii) Disraeli
(iii) Tony Blair
(iv) Winston Churchill
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(A) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(B) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(D) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
The following questions consist of two statements, one labelled as ‘Assertion’ (A) and the other labelled as ‘Reason’ (R). You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion
(A) and the Reason (R) are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select your answers to these questions using the codes given below :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
19. Assertion (A) : The existence of an hereditary Second Chamber of Parliament is against the principle of equality. Reason (R) : Equality means the absence of special privileges.
20. Assertion (A) : In a democratic country, the Government ignores the distinctions of class and property. Reason (R) : In a democratic country, the right to vote and participate in politics is determined by the fact that he or she is an adult citizen.
21. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) was established in
(A) 1964 (B) 1962
(C) 1961 (D) 1960
22. Who authored ‘Annihilation of Caste’ ?
(A) M. N. Roy
(B) C. R. Das
(C) B. R. Ambedkar
(D) M. K. Gandhi
23. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution is there the provision for having the Election Commission ?
(A) Article 320 (B) Article 324
(C) Article 326 (D) Article 330

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