Which UN body shall exercise all functions of the UN relating to strategic areas, including the approval of the terms of the trusteeship agreements and also their alteration or amendment?
A. UN General Assembly
B. Security Council
C. UN body
D. Developed countries
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Who of the following is associated with the concept "Congress System"?
A. Morris Jones
B. Paul R. Brass
C. Rajni Kothari
D. Subrata K. Mitra
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What is the main responsibility of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons?
1. Maintain Chemical Weapons Warheads
2. Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of these
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Name any two member states of the European Union who are permanent members of the UN Security Council?
A. India and Brazil
B. Britain and France
C. Singapore and Malaysia
D. Andaman and Lakshadweep
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Which one of the following is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council?
A. Russia
B. India
C. China
D. France
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Which of the following statement is false about the Indian federalism?
A. It is a good example of 'holding together' federation
B. It has a tendency of strong Central Government
C. It reflects the spirit of 'coming together' federation
D. It has been referred to as 'quasi federal' system
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Who was the Architect of Non-alignment Movement?
A. Indira Gandhi
B. Atal Behari Vajpayee
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Mahatma Gandhi
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Who among the following has given 'sleeping dogs' theory of democratic culture?
A. Lucian Pye and Robert E. Ward
B. James S. Coleman and Myron Weiner
C. James C. Charlesworth and F. W. Riggs
D. Almond and Verba
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Which constitutional amendment provided for the setting up of Administrative Tribunals in India?
A. 24th Amendment
B. 59th Amendment
C. 42nd Amendment
D. 44th Amendment
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In which part and article of the Constitution of India, Fundamental Duties have been mentioned:
A. Part IV, Article 51
B. Part III, Article 51
C. Part IV (A), Article 51 (A)
D. Part III (A), Article 51 (A)
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In which year nuclear missiles was placed in Cuba?
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The Soviet Union and Communist China responded by heaving close relations with regional countries such as:
A. India, Pakistan and Nepal
B. North Vietnam, North Korea and Iraq
C. Iraq, Pakistan and Bhutan
D. North Vietnam, North Korea and Pakistan
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Which countries were the basis of the study of Almond and Verba's 'Civic Culture'?
A. Chile, US, UK, France, Spain
B. US, France, Mexico, Italy, Germany
C. Mexico, Germany, Italy, US, UK
D. US, UK, Chile, Mexico, Spain
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Which one of the following is not the function of State, according to Kautilya?
A. Acquisition of that which is not under its control and possession
B. Preservation of what has been acquired
C. Accentuation of what has been preserved
D. Empire building only
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Since when consensus has emerged in India that the post of Deputy Speaker should go to opposition party?
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Which of the following is Human Rights Organisation?
A. The French Community
B. The Arab League
C. The organization of African Unity
D. Amnesty International
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All aspects of luck, including natural ability, should be irrelevant to distributive justice' - This statement refers to the concept of:
A. Meritocracy
B. Plutocracy
C. Luck egalitarianism
D. Aristocracy
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The main aim of SAARC is
A. Regional Cooperation
B. Internal, affairs
C. Non-alignity
D. Peaceful Coexistence
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Assertion (A): We should keep in mind that the membership of the UN Security Council was expanded from 11 to 15 in 1965.
Reason (R): UN General Assembly members now are developing countries.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?
A. Both (A) and (R) are individually 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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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) .
Select the correct answer:
Assertion (A): The concept of development administration is of recent origin.
Reason (R): Many countries became independent after World War II.
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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