Match
List-I (Scholars) with
List-II (Works) and select the correct answer from the options given below the lists:
List-I (Scholars)List-II (Works)
a. Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy
1. Maurice Duverger
b. Political Parties: A Genuine case for Discontent
2. Giovanni Sartori
c. Parties and Party Systems: A Frame-work for Analysis
3. Robert Michels
d. Political Parties: Their Organisation and Activity in the Modern State
4. Jean Blondel
A. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
D. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
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Who finds the role of sub-political cultures as more important?
A. Arendt Lipzart
B. D. Kavanagh
C. Almond
D. Pateman
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'Mau Mau' social movements take place in
A. Kenya
B. Africa
C. America
D. India
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Michel's iron law of oligarchy states that:
A. Party members always dominate the party leaders
B. Power within parties rests with a single oligarch
C. The pursuit of power is an end in itself
D. Who says organization, says oligarchy
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Communication theory regards the function of communication as the centre of all
A. Social activity
B. Political activity
C. Economic activity
D. Socio-economic activity
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State system suffered a setback due to:
A. Growing interdependence
B. The rise of nuclear weapons
C. The growing role of public opinion in recent years
D. All the above
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The basis of Almond classification and analysis of the political systems is their,
A. structures and cultures
B. economics
C. economics and cultures
D. economics and structures
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Traditional study of politics was dominated by:
A. Behavioural approach
B. Normative approach
C. Marxist approach
D. Power approach
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Lijphart distiniguishes the democratic regimes between:
A. majority democratic regimes and the pluralist democratic regimes
B. majority democratic regimes and the organised parliamentary lines
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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Which of the following is not the main feature of the economic philosophy of sarvodaya as emphasised by Vinobaji?
A. Elimination of poverty
B. Helping world peace
C. Cooperation of all political parties
D. Revival of the old social order
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Japan have, . . . . . . . .
A. Constitutional monarchy
B. Republic
C. Democratic
D. Authoritarian
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Assertion (A): The rise and growth of bureaucracy is integrally associated with the emergence of the 'Socialist' state.Reason (R): Bureaucracy suggests a middle class concept. However, it has been viewed differently by Liberal and Marxist thinkers. While the former have appreciated it as at best a necessary evil, the latter have frankly denounced it and suggested its replacement by a new type of public services under
people's bodies or 'Soviets'.
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 a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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Military rule can be either direct or . . . . . . . .
A. straight
B. indirect
C. published
D. specified
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Domicile qualification for public appointments was first used in
A. The UK
B. The USA
C. India
D. Australia
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Arrange these books in order of their publication.
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 4, 1, 2, 3
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 4, 3, 1, 2
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Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
A. Historical approach ⟺ Aristotle
B. Configurative approach ⟺ Neumann
C. Area approach ⟺ Macridis
D. Institutional-functional approach ⟺ Apter
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Semi-presidential government employs both:
A. A Prime Minister and a strong elected president
B. A Prime Minister and a ceremonial monarch
C. Military and civilian heads of government
D. An elected president and a ceremonial Monarch
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Authoritarianism in South America took place between?
A. 1960's and 1980's
B. 1970's and 1990's
C. 1980's and 1990's
D. 1950's and 1980's
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Globalisation has improved the living structure of which of the following?
A. All the people
B. Workers in developing countries
C. People in developed countries
D. None of the above
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The two primary economic systems used to understand the world arid the way economies work are,
A. Marxism and Socialism
B. Capitalism and Socialism
C. Communism and Socialism
D. Fascism and Anarchism
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