Which one among the following countries, accordirig to Almond and Verba, came closest to their conception of civic culture?
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Besides common law and the statute law, the English courts apply a certain type of rules which is known as
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Who has described democracy as "government by the poorest, the most ignorant, the most incapable who are necessarily the most-numerous"?
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Identify the correct sequence of the following input functions?
1. Political communication
2. Political socialisation and recruitment
3. Interest aggregation
4. Interest articulation
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1. Political communication
2. Political socialisation and recruitment
3. Interest aggregation
4. Interest articulation
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The idea of 'possessive individualism' is given by:
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Who among the following said, "Political behaviour stands for both an intellectual tendency and a concrete academic movement"?
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There are certain mechanisms to secure direct democracy. Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched in this connection?
1. Referendum ⇔ A special procedure of referring a particular billon constitutional amendment for popular vote. If a majority votes in its favour, the bill becomes law
2. Recall ⇔ A devise to enable to a people's representative to call the popular assembly consisting of all the adult members of the electorate of his or her constituency in order to listen to their grievances and redress them
3. Initiative ⇔ A devise which enables a specified number of people to draft a bill and send it to the legislature for its consideration. It is a positive power in the hands of the people to initiate a law which they desire to be passed
4. Plebiscite ⇔ A mode of securing opinion of the people's representatives in an assembly. It is a negative power of the representatives to put a check on undesirable legislation by the government
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1. Referendum ⇔ A special procedure of referring a particular billon constitutional amendment for popular vote. If a majority votes in its favour, the bill becomes law
2. Recall ⇔ A devise to enable to a people's representative to call the popular assembly consisting of all the adult members of the electorate of his or her constituency in order to listen to their grievances and redress them
3. Initiative ⇔ A devise which enables a specified number of people to draft a bill and send it to the legislature for its consideration. It is a positive power in the hands of the people to initiate a law which they desire to be passed
4. Plebiscite ⇔ A mode of securing opinion of the people's representatives in an assembly. It is a negative power of the representatives to put a check on undesirable legislation by the government
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A revolution is certainly a result of:
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Which type of group exerts most influence on the European Commission?
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Who among the following provided an economic approach to elitism?
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Which of the following conditions are necessary to constitute a political party?
1. A party should seek to carry out its policy by constitutional means.
2. A party must endeavour to promote national interests as distinguished from sectarian or communal interests.
3. There must be agreement between people on certain issues. If there is no agreement, people cannot cooperate with one another and achieve their political ends.
4. A political party must try to join together different issues raised by pressure groups so that a holistic picture can be presented to the legislature.
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1. A party should seek to carry out its policy by constitutional means.
2. A party must endeavour to promote national interests as distinguished from sectarian or communal interests.
3. There must be agreement between people on certain issues. If there is no agreement, people cannot cooperate with one another and achieve their political ends.
4. A political party must try to join together different issues raised by pressure groups so that a holistic picture can be presented to the legislature.
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Comparative politics as an autonomous discipline emerged
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Which one of the following approaches studies, among others, public opinion and people's political choices?
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Match List-I with List-II and identify the correct answer:
| List-I (Approaches to study Indian politics) | List-II (Names of books and authors) |
| a. Historical approach | 1. Parliament in India, Morris Jones |
| b. Institutional approach | 2. The Integration of Indian States, V. P. Menon |
| c. Legal approach | 3. The Modernity of Tradition, Rudolph and Rudolph |
| d. Politico-sociological approach | 4. The Republic of India, Allen Gledhill |
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Who said that "philosophers have so far interpreted the world, the problem is how to change it"?
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Marx in his address to the Communist League advocated the idea of:
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Stages of Economic Growth: A Non Communist Manifesto' was most clearly elaborated in the writings of:
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Which world leader gave a special concept of 'development' after the Second World War?
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Which among the following is not correctly matched?
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Comparative politics is the study of
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