Indirect election is often suggested as an antidote to the vice of . . . . . . . .
A. community
B. direct election
C. state
D. society
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Which of the following statements is correct?
A. The traditional view of politics deals with the study of state and government in their various aspects
B. Traditional thinking was characterised by a normative orientation
C. Traditional approach can be sub-divided into philosophical, institutional, historical, evolutionary and legal approaches
D. All of the above
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The liberal democratic regimes in the developed states have been categorized as:
A. Totalitarian regimes
B. Democratic regimes
C. Polyarchical regimes
D. None of these
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Almond discovered three models of political systems, which reflect atttitudes of individuals towards political activity, they are like,
A. Marxist types
B. Communist types
C. Weberian ideal-types
D. Liberal types
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Consider the following statements regarding marxist Lenimist approach.
1. Marxist Leninist approach to comparative politics is accepted by the communists as basic and considered it as modern.
2. They believe that communist ideology must be accepted in order to examine political systems of the developing countries.
3. Like other modern approaches, it is interdisciplinary in nature.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. All of these
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Political Socialisation is the process of induction into the political culture and the psychological dimension of the
A. Socio-economic system
B. Political system
C. Economic system
D. Social system
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Dependency theory arose in the late fifties and the sixties as an extended critique of which of the following perspective?
A. Traditional Perspective
B. Medieval Perspective
C. Ancient Perspective
D. Modernization Perspective
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"Weakness of democracy is in the role of few manipulators". Who said this statement?
A. Hitler
B. Barker
C. Ferrero
D. Cobban
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Political economy in comparative politics embraces the study from the percepts of
1. classical political economy tradition
2. the marxian tradition
3. tradition of political economies which uses statistical and modeling techniques.
Select the correct answer using the options given below
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. All of these
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The United States drafted a codified constitution upon independence from Britain in, . . . . . . . .
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Over the last few decades, the importance of party members in selecting party leaders in liberal democracies.
A. shows no clear trend
B. has stayed the same
C. has decreased
D. has increased
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Arrange them in sequence
1. Pluralist Democracy in the United States
2. Modern Political Parties
3. American Political Science Review
4. The Making of Modern Mexico
A. 2, 4, 1 and 3
B. 1, 2, 3 and 4
C. 4, 3, 2 and 1
D. 2, 4, 3 and 1
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Collective Responsibility
1. India
b. Multiparty System
2. USA
c. Referendum
3. UN
d. Due Process of Law
4. Switzerland
A. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
B. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
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In Western Europe, several green parties have:
A. Formed a single party majority government
B. Formed a single party minority government
C. Participated in coalition governments
D. Repositioned themselves as far right parties
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Who said, 'The empires of the future will be empires of the mind'?
A. Winston Churchill
B. Karl Marx
C. Gabriel Almond
D. Franklin Roosevelt
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'Real Democracy in Operation' is the work of
A. E. Bonjour
B. Grunner
C. Almond
D. Finer
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Which of the following is generally true for proportional representation?
A. It is used mainly for presidential elections
B. It leads to single-party government
C. It is based on single-member consti-tuencies
D. It often leads to government by coalition
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Who used the term "the process of the development of underdevelopment"?
A. Almond
B. Lasswell
C. Wallerstein
D. Gunder Frank
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Who has sought to lay down some empirical observations on the basis of a case study of four great revolutions of the world?
A. Cohan
B. Brinton
C. Aristotle
D. Lasswell
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. . . . . . . . was the first European country to bestow Universal Adult Franchise in 1906.
A. New Zealand
B. Finland
C. Europe
D. Germany
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