Which among the following is not an outcome of the disintegration of USSR?
A. IV only
B. II, I and III
C. III, II and IV
D. II and IV
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer from the options given below:
List-I (Treaties/Proposals)List-II (Year)
a. SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
1. 1987
b. PTBT (Partial Test Ban Treaty)
2. 1979
c. Atom for Peace Proposal
3. 1963
d. INF Treaty (Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty)
4. 1953
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
D. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
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Who of the following said that God had appeared to him in prison, placed the Gita in his hands and made him realize the simple truths of the Sanatana Dharma?
A. Vivekananda
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Aurobindo Ghose
D. Savarkar
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Who among following classifies regional movements in India in terms of "ethnic" and "nativist" movements?
A. Sajal Basu
B. Myron Weiner
C. James Manor
D. Rob Jenkivs
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Which one of the following is correct regarding the writings of Machiavelli?
A. Discourses
B. The Golden Ass
C. The Art of War
D. All the above
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Which one of the following principles did not emerge out of Bommai case in relation to Article 356?
A. Proclamation issued under Art. 356 is subject to judicial review
B. State Assembly should be dissolved only after the approval of proclamation by Parliament
C. If a new political party assumes power at the Centre, it has the authority to dismiss Ministries formed by other parties in the States
D. The Court may require the Union Government to disclose the materials on the basis of which Art. 356 was invoked
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Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer using the options given below:
A. 1, 3 and 4
B. 2 and 4
C. 2, 3 and 4
D. 1 and 4
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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 3 and 1
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Match the items of
List-I with items of
List-II by selecting the correct answer from the options:
List-I (Thinkers)List-II (Theories)
a. Mao Tse Tung
1. Proletarian Dictatorship
b. Lenin
2. Cultural Revolution
c. Marx
3. One Country Socialism
d. Stalin
4. Communist Party as the Vanguard of the proletariat
A. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
B. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
C. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
D. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
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The traditional home of patronage bureaucracy is:
A. U.K.
B. U.S.A.
C. China
D. France
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Which of the following thinkers held the view that "the probable mischiefs of obedience are less than the probable mischiefs of resistence".
A. J. S. Mill
B. James Mill
C. Bentham
D. Blackstone
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The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, sought and obtained political asylum in India in:
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Which among the following statements that describe the nature of Soviet economy is wrong?
A. Socialism was the dominant ideology
B. State ownership/control existed over the factors of production
C. People enjoyed economic freedom
D. Every aspect of the economy was planned and controlled by the state
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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the options given below:Assertion (A): Bureaucracy is an important feature of all democratic governments.Reason (R): Bureaucracy is an ancient institution.
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 the correct explanation of (A)
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true
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Riots and demonstrations are the examples of
A. Institutional interest groups
B. Associational interest groups
C. Non-associational interest groups
D. Anomic interest groups
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Which of the following is not an expression of the constitutional rule of Aristotle?
A. Rule in public interest
B. A lawful rule
C. A Government of willing subjects
D. Inconsistent with the dignity of the subjects
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The World War Two spread up to which regions?
A. Asia, India, China and Burma
B. South east Asia, China, Burma and parts of India's northeast
C. Northeast Asia, China, Burma and part of India's northeast
D. Northeast Asia, China, Burma and parts of India' s north
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Which one is not the feature of the Presidential form of government of U.S.A.?
A. Direct election of the President
B. Fixed terms of offices for the president and legislature
C. Fusion of power between legislature and executive
D. President serves as head of the state
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Which one among the following countries, according to Almond and Verba, came closest to their conception of civic culture?
A. U.S.A.
B. West Germany
C. Mexico
D. Great Britain
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'Agganasutta' is related with:
A. Hindu Philosophy
B. Buddhist Philosophy
C. Jain Philosophy
D. Vedanta Philosophy
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