After how many weeks USA became aware of Missile in Cuba?
A. Four weeks
B. Two weeks
C. Three weeks
D. One week
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Recently France has agreed to set up atomic power plant in India at:
A. Kudankulam
B. Tarapur
C. Kakarapar
D. Jaitapur
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer from the options given below:
List-I (Leaders)
List-II (Political Parties)
a. Ram Vilas Paswan
1. Samajwadi Party
b. H. D. Kumarswamy
2. Nationalist Congress Party
c. Praful Patel
3. Janata Dal (Secular)
d. Akhilesh Yadav
4. Lok Janshakti Party
A. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
B. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
C. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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'Public Choice Approach' to public administration came into existence in the:
A. 1890s
B. 1920s
C. 1940s
D. 1960s
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Identify the correct answer.
Assertion (A): Comparative politics is a science of politics.
Reason (R): Comparative politics relies on empirical method of study.
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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Which UN body deals with population problem?
A. UNFPA
B. UNDP
C. UNICEF
D. UNESCO
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What was he referring to when Mooney said 'conferring of specified authority by a higher authority'?
A. Division of powers
B. Responsibility
C. Conferring authority
D. Delegation
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Consider the following statements regarding India's advocacy for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.
1. India is the largest democracy in the world.
2. India is among the top five largest growing economies in the world.
3. India has been the largest contributor to the United Nations peacekeeping forces.
4. India is one of the top ten contributors of the United Nations Budget.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. Both 1 and 2
C. 2 only
D. 1, 3 and 4
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Tick the correct option from the options given below:
The theories of modernisation were criticised by:
1. dependency theories
2. liberal theories
3. under development theories
4. world-systems theories
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 1, 2, 3
C. 1, 3, 4
D. 2, 4
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Match the following:
List-I
List-II
a. Modern political thinker
1. Plato
b. Positivist school
2. Machiavelli
c. Normative political theory
3. August Comte
d. Scientific/inductive method
4. Aristotle
A. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
D. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
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In "The Considerations on Representative Government", J. S. Mill did not elaborate upon:
A. Ideal government based on proportional representation
B. Protection of minorities
C. Institutions of self-government
D. Political Economy
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Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Cabinet is an extra-constitution institution in the United States of America.
2. It is simply an advisory body.
3. It is collectively responsible to the congress.
4. The members of the cabinet quite often take part in the congress debates to defend the policy of the Government.
Select the correct answer from the options of given below:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 4
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Who among the following laid down 'Seven principles of organisation'?
A. Gulick and Urwick
B. Mary P. Follet
C. Henri Fayol
D. F. W. Taylor
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Yeltsin became the President of Russia in the year . . . . . . . .
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Which one of the following is not one of the styles of leadership given by Likert?
A. Exploitative authoritative
B. Benevolent authoritative
C. Cooperative authoritative
D. Participative
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer from options given below:
List-I (Concept)
List-II (Thinkers)
a. Multi-culturalism
1. Friedrik A. Hayek
b. Post-modernism
2. Bhikhu Parekh
c. Libertariansim
3. Amitai Etzioni
d. Communitarianism
4. Michel Foucault
A. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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In which of the following Acts the provincial subjects were divided into transferred and reserved subjects?
A. Indian Council's Act, 1892
B. Indian Council's Act, 1909
C. Montague Chelmsford Reforms Act, 1919
D. Government of India Act, 1935
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When was USSR invaded Hungary?
A. In 1976
B. In 1955
C. In 1956
D. In 1965
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When two superpowers and the blocks led them are in a . . . . . . . . relationship, fighting wars will be massively destructive?
A. Friendly
B. Deterrence
C. Peaceful
D. Neutral
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Which of the following is not included in the Doctrine of Panchsheel, 1954?
A. Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty
B. Not to develop nuclear weapons
C. Equality and mutual benefit
D. Peaceful Co-existence
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