Political Science Solved Questions and Answers - Set 19 | Political Science Online Test Series

1 In which one of the following cases the Supreme Court of India has laid down exhaustive guidelines for preventing sexual harassment of working women in place of their work ?

1 Hussainara Khatoon V. State of Bihar

2 Delhi Domestic Working Women’s Forum V. Union of India

3 Olga Tellis V. Bombay Municipal Corporation

4 Vishaka V. State of Rajasthan and others.

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Answer:Vishaka V. State of Rajasthan and others.

2 Who among the following was not the speaker of the Lok Sabha ?

1 Rabi Ray

2 Hukum Singh

3 Baliram Bhagat

4 Gopal Swarup Pathak

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Answer:Gopal Swarup Pathak

3 Who among the following is regarded as the Father of Comparative Politics ?

1 Plato

2 Aristotle

3 Lucian Pye

4 G.A. Almond

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Answer:Aristotle

4 Which one of the following statements is not correct in regard to Aristotle’s classification of governments ?

1 The classification of governments was on the basis of number of people involved in the task of governing.

2 Whether rulers governed in common interest (the genuine form) or in their own (perverted form)

3 The government is more effective and stable when rulers govern in the long interest

4 The government is captured by shared interest and remains insensitive to shared interests of the whole community.

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Answer:The government is captured by shared interest and remains insensitive to shared interests of the whole community.

5 Which one of the following said, “the power is a matter of getting people to do what they would not have otherwise done” ?

1 Hannah Avendt

2 Robert Dahl

3 Max Weber

4 Hans Morgenthau

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Answer:Robert Dahl

6 Who among the following is not associated with evolving the principles of organisation ?

1 Henri Fayol

2 L.D. White

3 L.F. Urwick

4 Luther Gulick

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Answer:L.D. White

7 Who among the following remained chairman of the Comparative Administrative Group in the United States of America for 10 years ?

1 Woodrow Wilson

2 D. Waldo

3 Fred Riggs

4 Herbert Simon

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Answer: Fred Riggs

8 Who said that federalism requires a people “Who desire union and must not desire unity” ?

1 James Bryce

2 A.V. Diecy

3 K.C. Wheare

4 H. Finer

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Answer:A.V. Diecy

9 The ‘one best way’ in scientific management means :

1 Equal division of work

2 Intensive analysis of work processes

3 Mental revolution on the part of workers and management

4 Standardisation of work methods

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Answer:Standardisation of work methods

10 Which one of the following is not a staff agency in U.S.A. ?

1 State Department

2 Office of Budget and Management

3 National Security Council

4 The White House

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Answer:State Department

11 Performance Budgeting was introduced in India on the recommendation of :

1 Paul Appleby Report

2 Gorwala Report

3 First Administrative Reforms Commission Report

4 Santhanam Committee Report

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Answer:First Administrative Reforms Commission Report

12 Domicile qualification for public appointments was first used in :

1 the U.K.

2 the U.S.A.

3 India

4 Australia

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Answer: the U.S.A.

13 The Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in India are appointed for a term of :

1 3 years

2 4 years

3 5 years

4 6 years

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Answer:6 years

14 Economic diplomacy is also termed as :

1 cultural diplomacy

2 oil diplomacy

3 crisis diplomacy

4 development diplomacy

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Answer:development diplomacy

15 Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of non-alignment ?

1 Non - alignment stands for plurality and democratic equality among community of nations.

2 It opposes all forms of racialism and discrimination and it champions the cause of fundamental freedoms. Economic and social justice is the motto of nonalignment.

3 Non-alignment rests on the presumption that national security is linked with national strength of individual nations.

4 Non-alignment asserts that international peace is an alienable prerequisite for attaining national aspirations and for the exercise of sovereign independence.

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Answer:It opposes all forms of racialism and discrimination and it champions the cause of fundamental freedoms. Economic and social justice is the motto of nonalignment.