1.
‘American Woman Suffrage Association’ was founded by
2.
Samuel Huntington posited which of the following ideas
3.
When was the World Trade Organization established?
4.
Negative liberty should be distinguished from the ‘conditions of its exercise,’ said
5.
Which of the following is not a valid difference between Rawls’ and Nozick’s political philosophy?
6.
Match the following Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Number of the Schedule | Schedule of the Indian Constitution |
| A. Second Schedule | I. Union List, State List and Concurrent List |
| B. Seventh Schedule | II. Disqualification on the ground of defection |
| C. Tenth Schedule | III. Urban and Local self-governments |
| D. Twelfth Schedule | IV. President and Governors of States |
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7.
National Capital Region (NCR) constituent areas include
A. Palwal
B. Baghpat
C. Alwar
D. Shamli
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8.
Match the following Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Right | Caselaw |
| A. Right to Privacy | I. Govind v. State of Madhya Pradesh |
| B. Right against custodial violence | II. Shantistar Builders v. N.K. Totame |
| C. Right against public hanging | III. Urban and Local self-governments |
| D. Right to shelter | IV. Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra |
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9.
Chronological order of formation of Indian states
10.
Match the following Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Political Party | Year of origin |
| A. Akali Dal | I. 17 September 1949 |
| B. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | II. 14 October 1985 |
| C. Asom Gana Parishad | III. 14 December 1920 |
| D. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | IV. 17 October 1972 |
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11.
The concept of class refers to
A. Economic endowments (human capital)
B. Cultural traits (symbolic capital)
C. Social connections (social capital)
D. Political influence (political capital)
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12.
Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India is written by
13.
Match the book with the author Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Author | Book |
| A. Thucydides | I. Politics Among Nations |
| B. Machiavelli | II. Theory of International Politics |
| C. Morgenthau | III. The Peloponnesian war |
| D. Waltz | IV. The Prince |
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14.
Who has given this famous phrase in international politics, ‘the strong do what they have the power to do and the weak accept what they have to accept’?
15.
What is the UN Security Council Resolution 1269 about?
16.
Which of the following philosophers has given the idea of perpetual peace?
17.
Which article of the Indian Constitution gives the Supreme Court the power to issue writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights
18.
Who amongst the following gave the concept of the ‘Second Democratic Upsurge’?
19.
The 73 Constitution Amendment is related to:
20.
Who among the following are the author of the essay “The Rise, Fall and Destruction of Muslim Theocracy”?
21.
Who wrote the poem “Sare Jahan se Achchha Hindustan Hamara”?
22.
Which Weekly Paper published by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
23.
Who among the following is founder of Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha?
24.
Who asserted that “Rights of privacy and freedom must be recognized in all those spheres, which are not directly connected with property”?
25.
According to Lohia, how many types of injustice and inequalities prevail in the world against which revolutions were taking place throughout?
26.
Who among the following are founder of Independent Labour Party and in which year?
27.
In which year Hind Swaraj was written by M. K. Gandhi?
28.
In which year Pandita Ramabai awarded Kaiser – i – Hind by the British Government?
29.
Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission or Ramakrishna Math?
30.
Who was the founder of Brahminical Magazine?
31.
Which one of the following is not correct regarding laws made towards protecting rights of women in India?
32.
Which of the following subjects is not in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India?
33.
Through its orders in what is collectively known as the Three Judges Cases the Supreme Court of India evolved new rules for the appointment and transfer of judges in the upper judiciary in order to guard against undue influence of executive. Which of the following is not part of the orders of Three Judges Cases
34.
Which one of the following is not identified by Nicholas Henry as one of the fundamentals of New Public Management?
35.
The Gender Budgeting aims at
36.
“On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation” was authored by
37.
Which of the following was not a part of the three‐point programme of Constructive action of Gandhi
38.
Which of the following institutions was founded by Rabindranath Tagore
39.
Which scholar’s lectures are compiled in ‘’The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam’?
40.
Who among the following talked about the Politics‐ administration dichotomy?
41.
Who wrote Administrative Behavior: A study of Decision Making Process in Administration?
42.
Among the following who proposed a new public service model ?
43.
Which among the following is not the element of good governance?
44.
Match books with the year of publication and select the correct answer Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Book | Year |
| A. Shop Management | I. 1906 |
| B. The Art of Cutting Metals | II. 1895 |
| C. A Piece Rate System | III. 1903 |
| D. The Principles of Management | IV. 1911 |
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45.
Match the concepts with authors and select the correct answer. Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Concept | Scholar |
| A. The Human attitudes and sentiments | I. Fredrick W. Taylor |
| B. Scientific Management | II. Elton Mayo |
| C. Bounded Rationality | III. Herbert Simon |
| D. Ideal Bureaucracy | IV. Max Weber |
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46.
Who talked about the reinventing government in public administration?
47.
According to Marx, which types of class society have shaped human history?
48.
Who among the following used the term ‘democratic centralism’?
49.
What was the aim of Marxist analyses of international relations?
50.
Through which the Third World able to show some power over the great power?
51.
In which year first UN Conference on the Human Environment took place?
52.
Who among the following claim that there is a link between knowledge and power, where men have generally been seen as knowers and as subject of knowledge?
53.
Who among the following wrote the book “Refashioning Nature: Food, Ecology and Culture”?
54.
Who among the following coined the term ‘Print Capitalism’?
55.
For Hugo Grotius one among the following is not the causes of a Just War?
56.
The second wave feminism emerged in the year’s between?
57.
Who advocated that the State should be viewed as the servant of its people and not vice versa?
58.
Who was the founder of Backward and Minorities Commission Employee Federation?
59.
Who advised Gandhi after his Return from South Africa to get to know rural India better?
60.
Who among the following argued ‘the indigenous, educated individuals staffing far‐ flung colonial empires were often the originators of nationalist ideologies’?
61.
Which committee among the following recommended the ‘transfer of resources and genuinely empower local governments’?
62.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) was formed in the year?
63.
Who among the following is associated with ‘Mass Society’ theories?
64.
E. V. Ramasamy Naicker was associated with?
65.
The Class alliance in Kerala that undergirded the Social – Democratic path might be Coded as?
66.
Match the following: Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Name of the Authors | Scholar |
| A. J.S. Mill | I. A Fragment on Government |
| B. J. Bentham | II. The Rise of European Liberalism |
| C. J. Locke | III. Utilitarianism: On Liberty and Considerations on Representative Government |
| D. H.J. Laski | IV. Two Treaties of Civil Government |
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67.
Match the following: Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Model of Justice | Propounded by |
| A. Justice as fairness | I. Robert Nozick |
| B. Entitlement theory of justice | II. John Rawls |
| C. Marxist perspective on distributive justice | III. Amartya Sen |
| D. Justice as capability | IV. Gerald Cohen |
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68.
Match the following: Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Major outcome from the Act | Propounded by |
| A. Separate Electorate for Muslims | I. The Government of India Act 1919 |
| B. Diarchy | II. Indian Councils Act 1892 |
| C. Provincial Autonomy | III. The Government of India Act 1935 |
| D. Inclusion of Indian Members in Provincial Councils | IV. Indian Council Act 1909 |
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69.
Nothing of the Part IX of the Indian Constitution included by the 73 Amendment Act to the Indian Constitution apply to the states of
A. Meghalaya
B. Mizoram
C. Nagaland
D. Sikkim
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70.
At present, the ex‐officio members of NITI Aayog are:
A. Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence
B. Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
C. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry
D. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj.
E. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs
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71.
Who was consensually elected to be the provisional president of the Constituent Assembly on 9 December 1946?
72.
Who among the following scholars are known to have propounded Critical Theory
A. Theodor Adorno
B. Max Horkheimer
C. Herbert Marcuse
D. Eduard Bernstein
E. Jurgen Habermas
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73.
Who of the following constitute the Electoral College to elect the President of India?
74.
Insertion of Fundamental Duties was made by the Constitution (Forty‐Second Amendment) Act, 1976; and it was amended by:
75.
Some philosophical parts of the Indian Constitution derived inspiration from constitutions of other countries. Some of these are as follow Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| Ideas in the Constitution | Propounded by |
| A. Fundamental Rights | I. Irish Constitution |
| B. Directive Principles of State Policies | II. Australian Constitution |
| C. Cabinet Government and relations between executive and legislature | III. U.S. Constitution |
| D. Privileges of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures experience | IV. British experience |
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76.
Which of the following is not authored or coauthored by Karl Marx?
77.
Who among the following defined secularism as “ the study of promoting human welfare by material means; measuring human welfare by the utilitarian rule, and making the service of others a duty of life” ?
78.
Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| A. Union Constitution Committee | I. Dr B. R. Ambedkar |
| B. Provincial Constitution Committee | II. B. N. Rau |
| C. Drafting Committee | III. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. Advisor to the Constituent Assembly | IV. Vallabhbhai Patel |
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79.
Match the following: Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| A. Service tax levied, collected and appropriated by the Union | I. Article 268 A |
| B. Special Provisions regarding GST | II. Article 269A |
| C. Levy and Collection of GST in interState trade or Comme | III. Article 279 A |
| D. GST Council | IV. Article 246 A |
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80.
Who among the following has described party system in India as ‘single‐party dominance’?
81.
The Bhuria Committee Report 1996 led to which significant legislation
82.
Match the following.. Match List I with List II
| List I Act | List II Policy Year |
| A. Environment (Protection) Act | I. Year 1986 |
| B. National Green Tribunal Act | II. Year 2002 |
| C. National Environment Policy | III. Year 2006 |
| D. Biological Diversity Act | IV. Year 2011 |
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83.
Which of the following is correct with respect to protection of rights and dignity of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India?
84.
Dinesh Goswami Committee Report (1990) recommends:
A. Issuing of multi‐purpose photo identity cards to voters
B. Introduction of Electronic Voting Machine
C. Disallowance of candidates seeking to contest from more than three constituencies
D. Increasing security deposits of independent candidates
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85.
Which one of the following cases is not related with the idea of Basic Structure of the Indian Constitution?
86.
Which one of the following is the correct match?
87.
In which of the following aspects of legislation the Rajya Sabha has less power than the Lok Sabha.
88.
Which of the following statements is not correct?
89.
Which of the following nationalist leaders defended the continuity of Indian Civil Services?
90.
Who among the following are considered as the founder of policy science
91.
Which political theorist suggested “Justice as Mutual Advantage”
92.
Match the following. Match List I with List II
| List I | List II |
| A. Iris Marion Young | I. Real Freedom for all |
| B. Bhikhu Parekh | II. Spheres of Justice |
| C. Philippe Van Parijs | III. Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political Theory |
| D. Michael Walzer | IV. Inclusion and Democracy |
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93.
Which of the following is not central organising idea of social cooperation, according to Rawls
94.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation was founded on?
95.
Which two states leave United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2018?
96.
The manuscript of Kautilya’sArthashastra was first discovered and studied by
97.
Who is the first women Chief Minister of an Indian state
98.
How many articles does the UNDHR contain
99.
Under the Domestic Violence Act ,2005, the Magistrate shall endeavour to dispose off every application made under section (1) within a period of:
100.
Which of the following is NOT the function of the National Human Rights Commission?
