Article 51 of the Indian Constitution lays down some provisions regarding:
A. Powers of Prime Minister
B. Fundamental Rights
C. Promotion of International peace and security
D. Fundamental Duties
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer from the options given below:
List-I
List-II
a. Hobbes
1. Defence of sovereignty and assertion of the claims of political authority over religion
b. Locke
2. Defence of Individual freedom of thought and expression
c. Rousseau
3. Limited form of constitutional government
d. J. S. Mill
4. Claim that sovereignty has its origin in the people and remains with the people
A. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
B. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
C. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
D. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
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Which one of the following practices is employed in the American legislative process in order to delay a particular legislation?
A. Gerrymandering
B. Filibustering
C. Log Rolling
D. Spoils system
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Which is recently created UN institution as part of the Human Rights machinery:
A. High Commissioner for Human Rights
B. Commission on Human Rights
C. Human Rights Council
D. Human Rights Institute
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In which year 'Human Rights resolution' was adopted by the U.N.?
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Who among the following was a member of the Justice J. S. Verma Committee constituted following Nirbhaya case?
A. Justice Fatima Beevi
B. Justice Leila Seth
C. Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra
D. Justice G. Rohini
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In Arthashastra, how many departments of the government find mention?
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Which of the following factors did not contribute to the evolution of the scientific management theory?
A. lack of effective standards of work
B. lack of clear understanding of worker-management responsibilities
C. rule-of-thumb based decisions by the management
D. proper job design and economic incentives to workers
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Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?
A. Maldives
B. Myanmar
C. Nepal
D. Afghanistan
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According to critics, what was the reasons for American Bombing Japan?
A. To stop the Soviet Union from making military and political gains in Asia
B. To show Moscow that the United States was supreme
C. To end the war quickly
D. Both A and B
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Arrange the following phases in the evolution of public administration as a discipline in chronological order using the options given below:
1. Ecological approach
2. Principles approach
3. Politics-Administration dichotomy
4. Public Policy approach
A. 3, 1, 4, 2
B. 3, 2, 4, 1
C. 2, 3, 1, 4
D. 3, 2, 1, 4
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Which of the following are organs of organisation of American States?
1. Secretariat
2. The Inter-American Conference
3. The treaty of consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
4. The Council
Select the correct answer from the options given below:
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 4
D. 1, 3 and 4
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A. Swiss federal legislature is bicameral
B. The Lower House is called the National Council
C. The Upper House is called Council of states
D. The qualification of voters and candidate is decided by National Council
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The process of socialization in Traditional Society is
1. diffuse
2. particularistic
3. ascriptive
4. instrumental
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A. 1, 2, 3
B. 2, 3, 4
C. 4, 3, 1
D. 1, 2, 4
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Rousseau won the prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Academy of Dijon in 1749 on the subject
A. "Has the progress of the sciences and the Arts contributed to corrupt or purify morals?"
B. "Has the progress of the sciences contributed to corrupt morals?"
C. "Has the development of the sciences contributed to corrupt or purify morals?"
D. None of the above
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The Indus Waters Treaty was signed between by:
A. Lal Bahadur Shastri & Imran Khan
B. Nehru & Ayub Khan
C. Indira Gandhi & Musharaf
D. Vajpayee & Mushrid Khan
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Who is the author of 'Savitri'?
A. M. N. Roy
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Aurobindo
D. R. Tagore
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Who of the following fled Athens for Calchis, 'in order that the Athenians might not commit a second crime against philosophy'?
A. Socrates
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Euclid
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The yield of Little Boy and Fat man were . . . . . . . . respectively.
A. 15 and 26 kilotons
B. 15 and 29 kilotons
C. 15 and 21 kilotons
D. 14 and 21 kilotons
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The laws of the dialectic of Marx does not include
A. The law of transformation of quantity into quality and vice-versa
B. The law of the unity of opposites
C. The law of the negation of the negation
D. Dialectic is confined to its operation to the understanding of the past only
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