Who defines justice as “treating equals equally and unequals unequally”?
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Correct answer: (C) Aristotle
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Question 102
In David Easton’s input-output analysis, inputs stand for:
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Correct answer: (C) Demands and supports
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Question 103
Which of the following is part of American constitutional practice?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 104
The Uruguay Round of GATT talks resulted in the establishment of:
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Correct answer: (B) WTO
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Question 105
Which of the following is a regional economic organization?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 106
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed in 1992, includes:
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Correct answer: (C) USA, Canada, Mexico
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Question 107
To whom is the statement “The master key of realist theory is the concept of interest defined in terms of power” attributed?
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Correct answer: (A) Hans J. Morgenthau
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Question 108
Which of the following does not agree on the central importance of the state in international relations?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 109
Who is considered the pioneer of neo-realist theory?
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Correct answer: (B) Kenneth Waltz
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Question 110
Which country was elected the first chair of the UN Decolonization Committee (Committee of 24) in 1962?
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Correct answer: (C) India
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Question 111
Which theory of the origin of the state was propounded by Henry Maine?
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Correct answer: (A) Historical theory
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Question 112
Who said “forced to be free” in relation to the liberty of the individual?
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Correct answer: (B) Jean J. Rousseau
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Question 113
Laski’s theory of rights does not take into consideration the interests of:
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Correct answer: (C) The state
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Question 114
Which of the following was not a criterion for measuring pleasure and pain for Bentham?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 115
Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, emphasizes which important theory of international relations?
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Correct answer: (B) Realism
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Question 116
Which of the following has been a central figure in American Pluralist Theory?
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Correct answer: (A) Robert Dahl
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Question 117
Which Act first separated provincial subjects from central subjects in India?
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Correct answer: (B) Government of India Act 1919
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Question 118
Democratic centralism is associated with:
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 119
Who said that primary goods should be distributed equally by the state unless unequal distribution would benefit everyone?
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Correct answer: (C) John Rawls
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Question 120
The National Human Rights Commission is a:
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Correct answer: (B) Statutory body
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Question 121
Which statement is not correct in respect of New Public Management?
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Correct answer: (C) It upholds public interest
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Question 122
Who said, “Where there is no law there is no freedom”?
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Correct answer: (A) John Locke
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Question 123
The Committee on Assurances is an instrument of:
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Correct answer: (C) Legislative control
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Question 124
In Great Britain, in what year was the merit system for recruiting permanent civil servants for the East India Company introduced?
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Correct answer: (B) 1855
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Question 125
In Mayo’s Human Relations studies, what is a person who does too little work called?
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Correct answer: (A) A chiseller
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Question 126
Who described hierarchy as a “scalar process”?
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Correct answer: (C) Mooney and Reiley
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Question 127
Who propounded Theory X of motivation?
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Correct answer: (B) Douglas McGregor
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Question 128
The Indian Parliament exercises control over the audit of the budget through its:
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Correct answer: (A) Public Accounts Committee
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Question 129
No Money Bill can be introduced in Parliament except on the recommendation of:
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 130
The Mandal Panchayat Scheme was recommended by:
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Correct answer: (A) Ashok Mehta
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Question 131
In which case, after the First Constitutional Amendment was challenged, did the Supreme Court hold that Parliament had an unlimited power of amendment?
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Correct answer: (B) Sankari Prasad v. Union of India
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Question 132
Which of the following is not a function of a staff agency?
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Correct answer: (C) Achieving goals
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Question 133
Which was the first country in the world to introduce the right to information?
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Correct answer: (A) Sweden
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Question 134
What are the grants made in advance by the Lok Sabha in respect of estimated expenditure called?
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Correct answer: (C) Vote on account
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Question 135
Who coined the term “Performance Budget”?
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Correct answer: (B) First Hoover Commission of USA
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Question 136
The theory of the balance of terror relates to:
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Correct answer: (A) Nuclear deterrence
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Question 137
Who spelled out the idea of international law?
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Correct answer: (C) Hugo Grotius
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Question 138
Which sentence best explains a utopian society?
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Correct answer: (A) An idealist society that can never be achieved
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Question 139
Why did Gandhiji call off the Non-Cooperation Movement?
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Correct answer: (B) The Chauri Chaura incident
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Question 140
Why was the World Bank mainly established?
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Correct answer: (C) To finance post-war reconstruction
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Question 141
Who was the Governor-General of India when the office of District Collector was created in 1772?
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Correct answer: (A) Warren Hastings
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Question 142
Who first introduced the concept of development administration?
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Correct answer: (B) Edward Weidner
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Question 143
What majority is required for a constitutional amendment concerning the creation of new states?
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Correct answer: (C) Simple majority
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Question 144
Under which article of the Constitution of India may the Supreme Court, at its discretion, grant special leave to appeal from any judgment of any court or tribunal in India?
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Correct answer: (A) 136
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Question 145
Who propounded the doctrine of the Rule of Law?
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Correct answer: (B) Lord Dicey
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Question 146
Who said that sovereignty is the supreme will of the state?
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Correct answer: (C) Willoughby
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Question 147
Who organized the Khudai Khidmatgars in 1929?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 148
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.
1 marks · 2024 · Set E
Question 149
Who can be arrested under preventive detention law?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 150
Which of the following activities are not covered by POSDCORB?