The study of comparative politics became significant after the:
1. World War I
2. World War II
3. Emergence of new nations
4. Rise of middle eastern nations
Choose the correct answer:
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 4
D. 2 and 4
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Which one of the following is not the function of the Election Commission of India?
A. Conduct of election to Parliament, State Legislatures, President and Vice-President
B. Preparation of electoral rolls
C. Counting of votes and declaration of results
D. Declaring an election void
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What is the name of the Committee in Britain that takes up voting of demands and of taxes (revenue part)?
A. Appropriation Committee
B. Committee of Ways and Means
C. Committee of Supply
D. Estimates Committee
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After Nehru, the first Prime Minister to visit China was:
A. Lal Bahadur Shastri
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Rajiv Gandhi
D. V. P. Singh
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Consider the following statements about IAEA
1. It was set up as the world's Atoms of Peace organisation in 1957.
2. The IAEA Secretariat is headquartered at the Vienna international Centre in Vienna, Austria.
3. In terms of its statute, the IAEA reports annually to the UN General Assembly.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 only
C. 2 and 3
D. 3 only
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Who among the following argued, "The belief in the principle of authority is the only reliable means of securing order"?
A. Joseph de Maistre
B. Max Weber
C. Friedrich Nietzsche
D. Giovanni Gentile
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On which subjects, individuals get accused by the International Criminal Court:
A. Genocide
B. War-crime
C. Crime against individual
D. All the above
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The prime objective of UN is:
A. To maintain peace and security
B. It is the major financial contributor of the world
C. To encourage conflicts
D. None of these
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When was the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) formed?
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Which of the following countries is not a member of the G-7 group?
A. Germany
B. France
C. Italy
D. Spain
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Who among the following said, "Post-behaviouralism was a genuine revolution, not a reaction; a becoming, not a preservation; a reform, not a counter reformation"?
A. James Bryce
B. Charles E. Merriam
C. David Easton
D. G. A. Almond
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Nocturnal Council finds a mention in Plato's
A. The Republic
B. The Statesman
C. The Laws
D. None of the above
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The literature on new public administration lays emphasis on:
1. Relevance
2. Values
3. Equity
4. Change
Select the correct answer:
A. 1 and 2
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Book)
List-II (Author)
a. International Relations Theory: The Three Traditions
1. Gerhard Wahlers
b. The North South Divide and the International System
2. Tadjbaksh Shakbanon and Anuradha Chenoy
c. Human security
3. N. B. Adams
d. India and the European Union
4. Martin Wight
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
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Which one of the following pairs are not correctly matched in the term of President and Vice-President?
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad ⇔ Dr. S. Radha Krishnan
B. Dr. Zakir Hussain ⇔ V. V. Giri
C. Sanjeeva Reddy ⇔ B. D. Jatti
D. Dr. S. Radha Krishnan ⇔ Dr. Zakir Hussain
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Which of the following was awarded Noble Peace Prize for three times?
A. Human Rights Council
B. World Bank
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
D. UN Peacekeeping forces
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Who among the following has not made a distinction between public and private administration?
A. Henry Fayol
B. Herbert Simon
C. Paul H. Appleby
D. John Gaus
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Positive feedback
1. Edward Shils
b. The development of underdevelopment
2. Karl Deutsch
c. Modernising Oligarchy
3. Ortega Gasset
d. Nation-an organised human mass
4. Andre Gunder Frank
A. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
B. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
D. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
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Any resolution passed by the Parliament for removing a Judge of the Supreme Court has to be investigated by a Committee comprising of:
A. Two judges of Supreme Court
B. Two Judges of Supreme Court and Attorney General of India
C. Two Judges of Supreme Court and a legal luminary
D. Chief Justice of Supreme Court and two Judges of the Supreme Court
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Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A): For John Locke, Natural Rights are a product of nature.
Reason (R): State has to protect and safeguard these rights.
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the right explanation of (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the right explanation of (A)
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true
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