Download OU BA 2017 1st Year Political Science Question Paper

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
B.A. I-Semester (CBCS) Examination, December 2017
Subject: Political Science

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Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

PART - A (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
(Short Answer Type)
Note: Answer any FIVE of the following questions.

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1. What is political science?
2. 'Political science as a policy science'. Discuss.
3. Post behaviouralism
4. Critically examine the anarchist theory of state.
5. Explain John Locke's concept of natural rights.

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6. Write the relations between political science and sociology.
7. Critically examine the Divine origin theory of state.
8. State of Nature.

PART - B (5 x 12 = 60 Marks)
(Essay Answer Type)

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1. (a) What is the importance of the study of political science?
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   (b) Discuss the different stages of evolution science.
2. (a) What are the relations and differences between political science and history?
   

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   OR
   (b) What are the relations and differences between political science and economics.
3. (a) Discuss the liberal approach to the study of political science.
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   (b) What is the importance of behavioural approach to the study of political science?

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4. (a) Discuss Karl Marx' scientific Socialism.
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   (b) What is fascism? Explain its features.
5. (a) Critically examine Rousseau's social contract theory.
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   (b) How the state came into existence, according to historical evolutionary theory?