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(DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO )

Test Booklet Series

Serial No. 112 0

SCREENING TEST
SUBJECT : POLITICAL SCIENCE
(08)
L Time Allowed : Two Hours ] Maximum Marks : 120

INSTRUCTIONS
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DO NOT write anything else on the Test | i
Booklet.
4. This Booklet contains 120 items (questions). Each item comprises four response (answers).
You will select one response which you want to mark on the Respons Sheet. In case you feel
that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best.
In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item.
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directions in the Response Sheet.
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number of correct responses marked by you in the Response Sheet.
7. Before you proceed to mark in the Response Sheet the response to various items in the Test
Booklet, you have to fill in some particulars in the Response Sheet as per instructions sent to
you with your Admit Card and Instructions.
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boxes use "ONLY BALL POINT PEN".
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examination has concluded, you should hand over to the Invigilator only the Response
Sheet. You are permitted to take away with you the Test Booklet.

(‘DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO )
(For Rough Work)
Screening Test .
SUBJECT : POLITICAL SCIENCE
(08)
Max. Marks : 120
Time Allowed : Two Hours

i19 The Organisation of American States 5. Truman Doctrine was a proposal to


(OAS) was established in : send military and economic aid to :
(a) 1947 (a) Italy and Japan

(b) 1948 (b) Italy and Greece


(c) 1950 (c) Japan and Germany
(d) 1970 (d) Greece and Turkey

The First Conference of NATO was 6. In 1963 both the USSR. and USA.
attended by : were closely linked by :

(a) 12 Nations (a) Partial Test Ban Treaty

(b) 15 Nations (b) Hotline Agreement

(c) 17 Nations (c) Non-proliferation Treaty


(d) 19 Nations (d) Vietnam War

The Warsaw Pact was established to 7. The term 'Detente’ is used for :
set up a system of collective security (a) Power struggle
for:
(b) Contflict of ideologies
(a) Poor Countries
() A process of normalising
(b) Western and Eastern Bloc relationship between two power
(c) Western Countries camps
(d) East European Countries (d) None of the above

4. The term 'Cold War' was coined by : 8. The process of detente was started
during the period of :
(a) Barnard Baruch
(a) Khruschchev and Kennedy
(b) Prof. Lippmann
(b) Brezhnev and Stalin

(c) Palmer Perkins (c) Kennedy and Brezhnev

(d) Roosevelt (d) Gorbachev and George Bush


p.T.0.
ST. (POL) (08) - D (1)
9. Which of the following was important 13. Which of the following is the incorrect
event in the process of detente ? model of Morten A. Kaplan for Global
political organisation ?
(a) The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
(a) Classical Model
(b) Treaty on the limitation of Anti-
Ballistic Missile system (b) Loose Bipolar Model

(c) Balance of Power Model


(c) Interior Agreement on Strategic
Arms limitation (d) Unit-Veto Model

(d) All the above


14. A model in which Nation states abide
by legal and moral restrictions
10. Which of the following has led to the
voluntarily
is :
commencement of New Cold War ?
(a) Tisht Bipolar model
(a) Vietnam War
(b) Nation-Fragmentation model
(b) SALTII
(c) Collective security model
(c) Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
(d) Unipolar model
(d) Bangladesh Crisis

15. Which article of the covenant of the


11. The concept of balance of power
League of Nations expresses its
depends on the fact of :
concern with the collective security
(a) War
system ?

(a) Article 11
(b) Equilibrium
(b) Article 13
(c) Alliance and treaties
(© Article 15
(d) Single centralised authority
(d) Article 17

12. The old concept 'Balance of Power' has


16. The Uniting for Peace Resolution was
been replaced by a new one known as :
passed in :
(a) Terror
(a) 1948
(b) Bipolarisation
(b) 1950
(¢) Non-alignment (c) 1958

(d) Neutralization (d) 1960


ST. (POL) (08) - D (2)
17. In which crisis General Assembly took 21. Socialism is opposed to :
action under the Uniting for Peace
(a) Social Security Scheme
Resolution ?

(a) Suez Crisis 1956 (b) Equal distribution of wealth

(b) Congo Crisis 1960 (c) Unrestricted Competition

(c) Korean
War 1950 (d) Collective ownership and
(d) Indo-Pak War 1947 Management

In which crisis the Security Council Who gave the concept of equilibrium
18.
was able to take collective action in Political System ? :
against aggressor ?
(a) Morten A. Kaplan
(a) Arab-Israel 1948
(b) Karl Manheim
(b) Korean War 1950

(c) Indo-Pak
War 1965 () Lucian W. Pye

(d) Yemen 1963 (d) G.A.Almend

19. A formula about the compatibility 23. The decision making approach is '
between regional and global criticised because :
organisation was evolved at :
(a) It gives importance to personality
(a) Yalta Conference

(b) London Conference (b) Itis dynamic in nature

(¢) Sanfrancisco Conference


(c) Itis state centric
(d) Dumbarton Oaks Conference
(d) All the above

20. Which of the following is not


functional organisation ? 24. General system theory aims at :

(a) LAFTA (a) Systematization of Knowledge

(b) SAFTA (b) Separation of all Sciences

(9 NAFTA (¢) Unification of all Sciences

(d) OAFI (d) Compartmentalization

ST. (POL) (08) - D 13) PiT.0:


25. The ‘idealist theory of Rights' lays: 29. The UN Disarmament Decode (I) was
emphasis on man's : declared in :

(a) Civil development (@) 1970-1980


(b) Moral development (b) 1980-1990

(c) 1990-2000
(c) Social development
(d) 1985-1995
(d) Economic development

30. "Atoms for peace” plan of international


26. The League of Nations formulation development for peaceful uses of
aims at reduction of arms with the atomic energy was proposed by :
assistance of :

(a) Assembly (a) President Woodrow Wilson

(b) Council (b) President Eisenhowever


(c) Senetariate
(c) Roosevelt
(d) Permanent Advisory Commission
(d) Winston Churchill
27. Washington Conference 1922 attended
by the three great powers - 31. Who said that the state is expansion of
Great Britain, USA and Japan Family ?,
proposed for :
(a) Plato
(a) general disarmament
(b) Aristotle
(b) overall reduction of armaments
(c) Locke
(c) limiting of naval armaments
(d) Cicero
(d) nuclear weapons
32. According to Locke people in the state
28. The treaty for the non-proliferation of of nature :
nuclear weapons was signed in the
year : (@) had certain duties but no rights

(a) 1963
(b) had certain rights only
(b) 1965
(© 1967 (c) had both rights and duties

(d) 1968 (d) had neither rights nor duties

ST.(POL) (08)-D (4)


33.. The social contract theory is based on : 37. The realists see politics as :
(a) Nationalism (a) art of good government
(b) Constitutionalism
(b) co-existence of societies
(c) Individualism
(d) Socialism (c) astruggle for power

(d) directing government


34. Rousseau hailed from :
(a) Britain
38. Idealism believes in :
(b) Germany

(c) France (a) Power

(d) Russia
(b) War

35. Which of the following are the basic (c) Violence


features of Marxism ?
(d) Power of ideas
Historical Materialism
.

2. Theory of Surplus Value 39. Who believes that a country's national


3. Theory of Class Struggle interest should be proportionate to its
capabilities ?
4. State is an Ethical Institution
(a) Raymond Aron
(a) 1,2and 3
(b) George Kennan
(b) 1,3and 4
(c) Hans Morganthau
() 1,2and 4

(d) Henry Kissinger


(d) 2,3and 4
40. Factor which contribute to the
36. The main supporters of Realist school
promotion of national interest is :
of thought are :
(a) Diplomacy
(a) Hans Morganthau

(b) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Propaganda

(c) Saint Simon (c) Religion

(d) Woodrow Wilson (d) All the above

ST. (POL) (08) - D (5) P.T.O.


41, Traditional theory of motivation is not 45. Which one of the following is not a
known as : formal instrument of executive control
over administration ?
(@) Economic theory

(b) Monistic theory (a) Political direction

(c) Carrot and stick theory (b) Personnel management

(d) Socio economic theory (c) Ordinances

42, The vote on Account is passed : (d) Professional ethics

(a) After the voting of demands 46. Which of the following writs is not
specifically ~ provided in the
(b) Before the general discussion Constitution of India ?

(a) Prohibition
(c) After the general discussion
(b) Injunction
(d) Either after the voting of demands
or after the general discussion (c) Mandamus

(d) Quo warrants


43. The performance budget was
introduced in India in : 47. Department of public enterprises is
(a) 1958 under the:

(b) 1960 (a) Ministry of Commerce

(©) 1968 (b) Ministry of Industry


(d) 1970 (c) Ministry of Finance

44. The first committee to recommend for (d) Ministry of Communication


the establishment of an Ombudsman
type of institution in India was : The planning commission is described
as the "Economic Cabinet' by :
(a) Gorwala Committee
(a) Ashok Chanda
(b) Santhanam Committee
(b) P.P.Agarwal
(c) Kripalani Committee
(c) Gadgil

(d) ARC (d) Santhanam

ST.(POL) (08) -D (6)


49. The secretariat organisation in the 53. The democratic Socialists are in favour
Central government is a : of :

(a) Line Agency (a) Restricting the activities of the


state
(b) Staff Agency
(b) Doing away with the state
(c) Auxiliary Agency
(c) Introducing democracy in the
(d) Staff and Line Agency
management of industry

(d) Asigning maximum functions to


50. The origin of UPSC can be traced
the state
from:

(a) 1909 Act 54. The meetings of the council of


ministers in India are presided over by :
(b) 1919 Act
(a) The Prime Minister
() - 1930 Act
(b) The President
(d) 1947 Act
(c) The Speaker of Lok Sabha

51. Who held the view that economic (d) The Vice-President
development is gradual and
continuous process ? 55. Sovereignty is an attribute of :
(a) Lenin (a) Despotic State

(b) Marx (b) Democratic State

(c) All States


(c) Alfred Marshal
(d) Government
(d) Woodrow Wilson

52. Administration would differ from one


The glassical thinkers envisaged 56.
development : field to- another according to the
subject matter. This statement explains
(a) With the assistance of the the :
government
(a) Managerial view of
(b) Without interference of the
administration
government
(b) Wider view of administration
() Under the guidance of the
government (c) Narrower view of administration
(d) None ofthe above
(d) Integral view of administration
ST. (POL) (08)- D (7) P.T.O.
57. Which of the following pairs is not 60. According to which theory leadership
correctly matched ? is multidimensional :

(a) New Public Administration — (a) Behavioural Theory


Waldo
(b) Situational Theory
Development Administration —
Edward Weidner (c) Trait Theory

Comparative Public ~ Adminis- (d) None of the above


tration — E. W. Riggs

61. Which of the following statements


(d) Administrative Development —
regarding fundamental duties in the
Robert Dahl
Indian Constitution are correct ?

58. The principle of span of control 1. Fundamental duties can be enforced


means
:
through Writ Jurisdiction.
(a) An employee should receive
orders from one superior only 2. Fundamental duties have formed a
part of the Indian Constitution since
(b) The number of subordinate its adoption.
employees that an administrator
can effectively direct 3. Fundamental duties became a part
of the Constitution in accordance
The control or supervision of the
superior over the subordinates with the recommendation of the
Swaran Singh Committee.
(d) The number of people being
controlled 4. Fundamental duties are applicable
only to citizens of India.
59. The principle of supervision is
inherent in the principle of : (@) 1,2and3

(a) Span of Control


(b) 1,2and 4
(b) Coordination
(c) 2and3
(c) Hierarchy
(d) 3and 4
(d) Unity of Command

ST. (POL) (08) - D (8)


62. The process of the secularization of 66. Nationalism promotes :
political culture means :
(a) Spirit of patriotism
(a) Philosophy of Secular State
(b) Infused hate among people
(b) Change of Society
(c) Encourages racial discrimination
(c) Increasing awareness of the
peoplé about their political system (d) Federal unity and stability
(d) Process of decision making
67. Imperialism is the high stage of
capitalism, is associated with :
63. Almond presents a ......... division of
political culture. (a) Schuman

(a) Unilateral
(b) H.G.Wells
(b) Bipartite
(¢) C.D.Burns
(c) Tripartite

(d) Multipartite (d) Lenin

64. Political culture approach being a 68. Who defined imperialism as control
derivative of the political development over nonwhite races by western nation
is not : states by force ?

(a) Progressive (a) Hanskohn

(b) Reactionary (b) Schuman

(c) Conservatism (c) Burns


(d) Liberal
(d) H.G.Wells
65. Who among the following studied the
69. Which of the following is not a cause
concept of political development with
of the rise of imperialism ?
the application of political culture ?

(a) Edmand Burke (a) Desire for power

(b) Lucian W. Pye (b) Desire for conquest

(c) David Easton (c) Economic necessities

(d) Morton Lewis


(d) Help of the poor people
P.T.O.
ST.(POL) (08)-D (9)
70. The "Idea of Nationalism” is written 73. The first conference of Afro-Asian
by: countries known as Colombo group
was held at : .
(a) Hanskohn
(a) Bandung
(b) Hayes
(b) Egypt
(c) Gandhi (c) India

(d) Marx (d) Belgrade

74. The first conference of the Non-


71. Which of the following was not a aligned countries was held in :
cause of the Cold War ?
(a) 1946
(a) Ideological differences
(b) 1955
(b) Devise to gain supremacy in the (c) 1961
world politics between
Communist and Capitalists (d) 1963

(c) A chain of alliances-military 75. It is said that Non-alignment has lost


economic and political to enjoy its relevance because :
support of other countries
(@) Itwas the product of cold war
(d) USA. and the allies favoured
Communism and aimed (b) Itis not true
at
strengthening it
() World has transformed into
unipolar system
72. The policy of Non-alignment was
adopted by : (d) Cold war has ended

(a) European countries 76. ‘The Doctrine of Passive Resistance'


was written by :
(b) Asian and African countries
(a) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

(¢) Britain, France, Italy and Japan (b) M.N.Roy

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru


(d) Only South Asian Nations
(d) Sarojini Naidu

ST. (POL) (08) - D (10)


77. Gandhiji's idea of welfare state 81. The Constitution of ] & K came into
claimed that : existence fully on :

(a) to have a balanced diet and decent


(a) 1956
house to live in

(b) facilities for the education of one's (b) 1957


children
(0) 1958
(c) adequate medical relief

(d) All the above (d) 1959

78. Who said that the concept of power is 82. Tashkent Declaration was held in :
fundamental in Political Science ?
(a) 1946
(a) Catlin
(b) 1956
(b) Harold Lasswell
() 1966
() Morganthau
(d) 1976
(d) Kautman
Treaty of Amritsar was signed in :
79. In a democratic country the power is
(a) 1846
gained through :

(a) Armed forces (b) 1856

(b) Political parties () 1866


(c) Election
(d) 1876
(d) Head of the State

] & K consists of ............. districts.


80. Who wrote the book "Power and
Society"?
(a) 10
(a) H.Morganthau

(b) Catlin (b) 11

(c) Lasswell © 13
(d) Robert Dahl
(d) 14
ST. (POL) (08) -D (11) P.T.O.
85. Japan withdraw its membership from 89. The idea of Federal system in India
the league in : was first mooted in the Act of :

(a) 1931 (a) 1909

(b) 1919
(b) 1934
(c) 1935
(c) 1939 (d) 1947
(d) 1945
The Constitution describes India as :

86. The foundation for the modern state (a) Union of States
was laid down by :
(b) Federation
(a) Treaty of West Phalia
(c) Centralised Federal System
(b) Congress of Vienna
(d) Weakest Federation
(c) Concert of Europe

(d) The League of Nations 91. 1991 - 2000 AD has been designated as
the :

87. The book 'Utopia' is written by :


(a) SAARC decade of the destitute
(a) Dante
(b) SAARC decade of the widows
(b) Thomas More

(c) SAARC decade of the girl child


(c) Plato

(d) Owen (d) All of the above

88. The development of International


92. SAARC has .....coovunnee member States.
Organisations began with :

(a) Hague conference (a) 5

(b) Treaty of West Phalia ®) 7

(c) The concert of Europe © 9


(d) League of Nations @ 11

ST. (POL) (08) - D (12)


93. Human Resource Development Centre 97. The year 1994 was declared by the UN
of SAARC is located at : as:

(a) Islamabad (a) International year of peace

(b) Kathmandu (b) International space year

(c) International year of the family


(c¢) Colombo
(d) International literacy year
(d) New Delhi

98. Apartheid, the most systematic form


94, The Unified Military Command of of discrimination was practiced by :
Soviet dominated alliance was
dissolved in : (a) Egypt

(b) South Africa


(a) 1981
(b) 1987 (c) Libya

(© 1991 (d) Britain

(d) 1997
929. Who was the first Secretary General of
the League Secretariat ?
95. The first UN Conference on the Law of
the Sea is known as : (a) Trique lie

(a) Geneva Conference (b) Uthant


(b) Hague Conference (c) Sir Eric Drummend

(c) Washington Conference (d) Ghali


(d) London Conference

100. Which of the following correctly


96. A neutral state is :
encompasses the scope of Political
Science?
(a) a state which participates in war
(a) Nation and Nationality
(b) a state which does not participate
in war (b) State and Govt.

(c) abelligerent state (c) State and Association

(d) anon-belligerent state (d) Society


ST.(POL) (08)-D (13) Ui fe4
101. Which one of the following is not the 105. The Headquarters of ASEAN is
official language of the UNO ? situated in :

(a) English (a) Bali

(b) New Jersey


(b) Arabic

() Ottawa
(c) Spanish
(d) , Jakarta
(d) Hindi

106. Organisation of American States has :


102. International Court of Justice is located
at:
(a) 31 members

(a) Italy
(b), 35 members

(b) Luxembourg (c) 41 members

(c) Hague (d) 45 members

(d) Hong Kong


107. The United Nations was a name
103. International Bank for Reconstruction coined by :
and Development operation began in :
(a) Churchil
(a) 1944
(b) Kennedy
(b) 1946
(c) Lenin
() 1948
(d) Roosevelt
(d) 1950
108. The work of the General Assembly is \
104. Which of the following countries does divided between :
not belong to G-7 ?
(a) 6 main Committees
(a) China
(b) 8 main Committees
(b) USA
(c) 10 main Committees
(c) UK
(d) Japan (d) 12 main Committees

ST. (POL) (08) - D (14)


109. International Labour Organisation was 113. Lenin held that the expert of capital
established in : lends to :

(@) 1909 (@) Arrest development in capital


importing
b) 1919 (b) Arrest development in capital
exporting
(©) 1939
(c) Arrest development in capital
(d) 1949 importing as well as exporting
countries

110. UNESCO came into being on : (d) None of the above

(a) 1945 114. Limited monarchy is a system of


government in which the power of the
(b) 1946
rulers are :
(c) 1947 (@) Confirmed by the people

(d) 1948 (b) Limited by the Constitution

(c) Limited by the Judiciary


111, Liberalism flourished maximum in :
(d) Limited by religious laws
(a) England

(b) France 115. British Colonialism resulted in :


(a) greater mo&emfim
(©) Germany
(b) greater richness of the people
(d) USA
(c) greater poverty of the people

12, The socialists lay emphasis on : (d) greater economic freedom

(a) Right to private property 116. General Will means :

(a) The will of majority


(b) Political liberty
(b) The sum total of all will
(c) Independence of Judiciary
(c) The will of the general public
(d) Economic equality " (d) The will that is the best for the
entire community

ST. (POL) (08) - D (15) P.T.O.


117. Who made a distinction between 119. "I would not recognise even God if He
Structural analysis and Functional said that untouchability was ordained
analysis ? by Him" by :

(a) Riggs (a) Tilak


(b) David Apter (b) Nehru
(¢) Myron Weiner
(¢) Ahmed Khan
(d) Woodrow Wilson
(d Gandl\i]:i
118. The father of Indian Renaissance is : 120. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in :

(a) Gandhiji (@ 1921


(b) Nehru (b) 1925
(c) -Raja Ram Mohan Roy (©) 1927
(d) Ahmed Khan (d) 1931

ST. (POL) (08) - D (18)

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