Which of the following works was not written by Karl Marx?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 102
Who said, “Sovereignty is the supreme will of the State”?
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Correct answer: (A) W. F. Willoughby
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Question 103
Who defined ‘law’ as the ‘command of the sovereign’?
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Correct answer: (C) John Austin
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Question 104
Who popularized the concept of justice as ‘the greatest happiness of the greatest numbers’?
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Correct answer: (B) Bentham
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Question 105
Justice means that
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Correct answer: (A) there can be discrimination on just grounds
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Question 106
Moral duties are imposed by
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Correct answer: (B) the ethical principles of society
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Question 107
Liberal theory regards the State as
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Correct answer: (A) a means to an end
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Question 108
According to Marx, the value of goods is determined by
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Correct answer: (C) labour
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Question 109
Which of the following did M. N. Roy regard as an end in itself, with every other social organization simply a means to an end?
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Correct answer: (B) Individual
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Question 110
In Rousseau’s state of nature, man
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Correct answer: (C) did not know what is virtue and what is vice
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Question 111
What is the sanction behind laws?
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Correct answer: (B) The State
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Question 112
Jayaprakash Narayan was an advocate of
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 113
The Governor-General of Bengal became the Governor-General of India by the
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Correct answer: (C) Charter Act of 1833
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Question 114
‘One who hears should decide’ is a principle of
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Correct answer: (B) natural justice
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Question 115
Who said, “The God, who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time”?
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Correct answer: (A) Jefferson
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Question 116
How large is the quorum of a House of Parliament in India?
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Correct answer: (C) 1/10 of the membership of the House
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Question 117
According to Hans J. Morgenthau, the central concept of international politics is
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Correct answer: (B) power
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Question 118
Which theory employs mathematical models in the study of international politics?
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Correct answer: (B) Games theory
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Question 119
Which is called the oldest theory of international politics?
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Correct answer: (C) Realism
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Question 120
The abbreviation ‘MAD’ stands for
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Correct answer: (A) Mutually Assured Destruction
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Question 121
Who said, “Bureaucracy is the price of parliamentary democracy”?
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Correct answer: (B) Herbert Morrison
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Question 122
The idea of the North-South divide was popularized by which report?
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Correct answer: (C) Brandt Report
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Question 123
The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ is based on the belief that 21st-century conflicts will occur due to
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Correct answer: (B) cultural reasons
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Question 124
Minority Rights are mentioned in the
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Correct answer: (C) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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Question 125
Multiculturalism seeks to protect the special rights of
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above Multiculturalism seeks to protect the special rights of ethnic, linguistic and cultural groups alike, so more than one option is correct.
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Question 126
Which right cannot be suspended during a national emergency in India under Article 352?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 127
Which scholar described India’s party system in the early years after Independence as a ‘one-party dominance system’?
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Correct answer: (C) Rajni Kothari
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Question 128
Who characterized India as a ‘Soft State’, ill-equipped to fulfil its welfare commitments and international obligations?
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Correct answer: (A) Gunnar Myrdal
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Question 129
In the context of the budget, the term ‘guillotine’ is used in reference to
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Correct answer: (C) voting of demands
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Question 130
Which scholar argues that the electoral system determines the nature of the party system?
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Correct answer: (C) Duverger
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Question 131
In which year was Pitt’s India Act enacted, providing for a Board of Control in Britain to control the East India Company in India?
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Correct answer: (B) 1784
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Question 132
The first effective nationalist attempt to draft the Constitution of independent India may be traced to the
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Correct answer: (C) Nehru Report
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Question 133
Which Act deprived the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras of their law-making power?
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Correct answer: (A) Act of 1833
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Question 134
The Simon Commission envisaged for India
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Correct answer: (B) a federation
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Question 135
During whose Viceroyalty was the ‘Repressive Act’, also known as the ‘Gagging Act’, enacted?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 136
Who was the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress, established in 1920?
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Correct answer: (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
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Question 137
The main message of realist theory in international politics is
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Correct answer: (A) adopt the policy that enhances a nation’s power
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Question 138
In which of the following federations does the Second Chamber have equal representation from the States?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 139
‘Parliamentary supremacy’ is a definite feature of the political system of
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Correct answer: (C) UK
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Question 140
Which of the following statements is not correct about the American federal system?
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Correct answer: (C) The federal government can change the name and territory of any constituent State.
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Question 141
In an American Presidential election, if no candidate secures the required majority, the decision is referred to the
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Correct answer: (A) House of Representatives
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Question 142
The German Chancellor is elected
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Correct answer: (C) by the Bundestag (House of Representatives)
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Question 143
Which of the following statements about the Constitution of the UK is correct?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 144
According to Mahatma Gandhi, which of the following is an essential principle of Satyagraha?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 145
Which provision of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment is voluntary?
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Correct answer: (C) Reservation for backward classes
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Question 146
Who advanced the concept of charismatic leadership, distinguishing power from authority?
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Correct answer: (B) Max Weber
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Question 147
Who propounded the ‘Need Priority Theory’, according to which lower-level needs must be satisfied before higher-order needs?
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Correct answer: (C) Maslow
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Question 148
According to Chester I. Barnard, the executive in an organization is critically important because of which function?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 149
Who said, “Administration is politics since it must be responsive to the public interests”?
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Correct answer: (C) Paul H. Appleby
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Question 150
Which of the following is not correct regarding the principle of hierarchy?
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Correct answer: (C) It prevents superior-subordinate relationships.