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Question Paper Name : Ph.D in Political Science Set 2 N
Subject Name : Ph.D in Political Science
Creation Date : 2020-10-04 13:31:36
Duration : 180
Number of Questions : 100
Total Marks : 100
Display Marks: Yes

Ph.D in Political Science

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Group Id : 92862790
Group Maximum Duration : 0
Group Minimum Duration : 150
Show Attended Group? : No
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Break time : 0
Group Marks : 100
Is this Group for Examiner? : No

SECTION A POLITICAL SCIENCE

Section Id : 928627188
Section Number : 1
Section type : Online
Mandatory or Optional : Mandatory
Number of Questions : 50
Number of Questions to be attempted : 50
Section Marks : 50
Mark As Answered Required? : Yes
Sub-Section Number : 1
Sub-Section Id : 928627450
Question Shuffling Allowed : Yes

Question Number : 1 Question Id : 92862710169 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Mahatma Gandhi's Gujarati translation, Satyavir Ki Katha, was originally from

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Dialogues of Plato

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The Art of War

The Story of My Experiments With Truth

The Prince

Question Number : 1 Question Id : 92862710169 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

? ? ? (Dialogues of Plato)

Question Number : 2 Question Id : 92862710170 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

John Rawl's Theory of Justice is a critique of

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Hedonism

Communitarianism

Utilitararian

Individualism

Question Number : 2 Question Id : 92862710170 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

? (Communitarianism) ?

? ?

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? ?

Question Number : 3 Question Id : 92862710171 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Who is author of the book, "Liberalism, Community and Culture"?

Options:

Bhikhu Parekh

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Ayelet Shachar

Brian Barry

Will Kymlicka

Question Number : 3 Question Id : 92862710171 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

"?, ? ? ?" ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

? ?

? ?

? ?

? ?

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Question Number : 4 Question Id : 92862710172 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states

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Everyone has right to life, liberty and security of person.

Everyone is entitled to all rights and freedom set forth in the declaration.

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All human beings are born free and equal in diginity and rights.

Everyone has right to life and equal treatment.

Question Number : 4 Question Id : 92862710172 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ?

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? ?/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Question Number : 5 Question Id : 92862710173 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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"Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings throughout many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the lambs, total liberty the powerful, the gifted, is not compatible with rights to a decent existence of the weak the less gifted." Who made this statement ?

Options:

Isaiah Berlin

J.S. Mill

Charles Taylor

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T.H. Green

Question Number : 5 Question Id : 92862710173 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

“? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?" ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

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?.?. ?

? ?

?.?. ?

Question Number : 6 Question Id : 92862710174 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

The Postmodern Condition is written by

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Options:

Michel Foucault

J. Derrida

Jean Baudrillard

J.F. Lyotard

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Question Number : 6 Question Id : 92862710174 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

?-? ?/? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

?. ?

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? ?

?.?. ?

Question Number : 7 Question Id : 92862710175 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

According to Kautilya, which one of the following is not an essential part of the State ?

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Swami

Kosha

Matsya Nyaya

Amatya

Question Number : 7 Question Id : 92862710175 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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? ? ?, ? ? ? ?-? ? ? ? ?/? ? ?

Options:

?

?

? ?

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?

Question Number : 8 Question Id : 92862710176 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Human Rights have been criticised for being androcentric by whom?

Options:

Libertarians

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Communitarians

Environmentalists

Feminists

Question Number : 8 Question Id : 92862710176 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? ? (androcentric) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Options :

? (?) (Libertarians)

? (Communitarians)

? (Environmentalists)

? (Feminists)

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Question Number : 9 Question Id : 92862710177 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Who gave Monistic Theory of Sovereignty?

Options:

Bodin

Austin

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Cole

Bentham

Question Number : 9 Question Id : 92862710177 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? (Monistic Theory of Sovereignty) ? ?

Options:

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?

?

?

?

Question Number : 10 Question Id : 92862710178 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Iron law of Oligarchy was given by

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Robert Michels

Vilfredo Pareto

Gaetano Mosca

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Kenneth Boulding

Question Number : 10 Question Id : 92862710178 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

?-? ? ? ? (Iron Law of Oligarchy) ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

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? ?

? ?

? ?

Question Number : 11 Question Id : 92862710179 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which one of the following cannot be associated with the realist school of thought in international relations ?

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Options:

Kautilya

Sun Tzu

Locke

Hobbes

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Question Number : 11 Question Id : 92862710179 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

?

? ?

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?

?

Question Number : 12 Question Id : 92862710180 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which among the following is associated with revival of political theory?

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John Rawls

Alfred Cobban

S.M. Lipset

David Easton

Question Number : 12 Question Id : 92862710180 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

? ?

?.?. ?

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? ?

Question Number : 13 Question Id : 92862710181 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Identify the one which is not a characteristic of sovereignty:

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Temporary

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Indivisible

Supreme

Inalienable

Question Number : 13 Question Id : 92862710181 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

?

?/? (Indivisible)

? (?)

? (?) (Inalienable)

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Question Number : 14 Question Id : 92862710182 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

The concept of institutionalism desires a version of the traditional doctrine of

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Liberty

Sovereignty

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Equality

Fraternity

Question Number : 14 Question Id : 92862710182 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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?

?

?

?

Question Number : 15 Question Id : 92862710183 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Who gave Theoretical Orientation to Realism?

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Bross

Burton

Morgenthau

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Lasswell

Question Number : 15 Question Id : 92862710183 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? (Orientation) ? ?

Options:

?

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?

?

?

Question Number : 16 Question Id : 92862710184 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Nationalism came into its own in the early _________.

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19th century

10th century

18th century

17th century

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Question Number : 16 Question Id : 92862710184 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

19? ?

10? ?

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18? ?

17? ?

Question Number : 17 Question Id : 92862710185 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

In which year did Mahatma Gandhi start the Quit India Movement ?

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1940

1942

1944

1946

Question Number : 17 Question Id : 92862710185 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

1940

1942

1944

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1946

Question Number : 18 Question Id : 92862710186 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

What did Gandhiji mean by "Swaraj" ?

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Freedom from all restraints

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Freedom from foreign yoke

Rule of majority

Rule of minority

Question Number : 18 Question Id : 92862710186 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

"?" ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

? ? (?) ? ?

? ? ? ?

? ? ?

? ? ?

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Question Number : 19 Question Id : 92862710187 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which of these is a part of constructive programme?

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Prohibition

Khadi

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Village Industries

All of these

Question Number : 19 Question Id : 92862710187 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

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? (?)

?

? ?

? ?

Question Number : 20 Question Id : 92862710188 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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A Marxist seeks to examine each issue of world politics, whether national or internation from the standpoint of _________.

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Historical Materialism

State

Government

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Spirit

Question Number : 20 Question Id : 92862710188 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

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?

?

?/?

Question Number : 21 Question Id : 92862710189 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Thatcherism stood against

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Free Markets

Limited State

Low Taxation

Welfare State

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Question Number : 21 Question Id : 92862710189 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ? ?

? ? ?

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? ? ?

? ? ?

Question Number : 22 Question Id : 92862710190 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which is the correct sequence of stage of development given by Karl Marx ?

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Primitive communism, Feudalism, Slave, Capitalism

Slave, Primitive communism, Feudalism, Capitalism

Capitalism, Feudalism, Primitive communism, Slave

Primitive communism, Slave, Feudalism, Capitalism

Question Number : 22 Question Id : 92862710190 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/? ? ? ? ?-? ? ?

Options:

? ?, ?, ?, ?

?, ? ?, ?, ?

?, ?, ? ?, ?

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? ?, ?, ?, ?

Question Number : 23 Question Id : 92862710191 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Jus sanguinis means

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Law of the soil

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Law of the blood

Law of nature

Law of divine

Question Number : 23 Question Id : 92862710191 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ?/? ? ?

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Options:

? ? ?/?

? (?) ? ?

? ? ?

? ? ? (Law of divine)

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Question Number : 24 Question Id : 92862710192 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

The term "Second Democratic Upsurge" in India was coined by _________.

Options:

Rajni Kothari

Yogendra Yadav

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Sanjay Palshikar

Myron Weiner

Question Number : 24 Question Id : 92862710192 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? "? ? ?" ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

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? ?

? ?

? ?

? ?

Question Number : 25 Question Id : 92862710193 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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The author of the book "Citizenship and Its Discontents: An Indian Story" is written by _________.

Options:

Neera Chandhoke

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Niraja Gopal Jayal

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Bhikhu Parekh

Question Number : 25 Question Id : 92862710193 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

"? ? ? ? : ? ? ?" ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

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? ? ?

? ? ?

? ?

Question Number : 26 Question Id : 92862710194 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

The third Bodo Accord signed in January 2020 proposes setting up

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Bodoland District Council (BDC)

Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR)

Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC)

Autonomous Bodo State (ABS)

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Question Number : 26 Question Id : 92862710194 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? 2020 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ? ? (BDC)

? ? ? (BTR)

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? ? ? (BTC)

? ? ? (ABS)

Question Number : 27 Question Id : 92862710195 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Correct Marks : 0

The first non-Congress government at the Centre was led by

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Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

Janata Dal

Swatantra Party

Question

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