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POL4 BO2- ISSUES in INDIAN POLITICS 2019 Admission Onwards 1 BA Political Science IV Semester Core Course POL4 BO2- ISSUES IN INDIAN POLITICS 2019 Admission Onwards 1. 1.The term ‘coalition’ is derived from the Latin word coalition which means a. To merge b. to support c. to grow together d. to complement 2. Coalition governments continue to be a. Stable b. undemocratic c. unstable d. None of these 3. In coalition government the bureaucracy becomes a. Efficient b. all powerful c. fair and just d. None of these 4. The term ‘floor crossing’ is associated with- (a). Political Violence (b). Political Alliance (c). Political Centralization (d). Political Defection 5. The emergence of political parties has accompanied with a. Grow of parliament as an institution b. Diversification of political systems c. Growth of modern electorate d. All of the above 6. Party is under stood as a ‘doctrine by a. Guid-socialism b. Anarchism c. Marxism d. Liberalism 7. Political parties are responsible for maintaining a continuous connection between a. People and the government b. President and the Prime Minister c. people and the opposition d. Both (a) and (c) 1 1 8. The first All India Women’s Organization was formed in a. 1918 b. 1917 c.1916 d. 1919 9. Belong to a distinct category of social movements with the ideology of class conflict as their basis. a. Peasant Movements b. Women’s movements c. Tribal Movements d. None of the above 10. Rajni Kothari prefers to call the Indian party system as a. Congress system b. one party dominance system c. Multi-party systems d. Both a and b 11. What does DMK stand for a. Delhi Munnetra Kazhagam b. Dravida Munnetra Kahzakam c. Dravida Manipur Kazhagam d. Dravida Megha Kerala 12. Which of the following is not a regional party of India ? a. AIADMK b. Telugu Desam c. National Conference d. BJP 13. During which of the following years the Congress party has faced serious electoral reverses? a. 1967 b. 1977 c. 1989 d. All of these 14. The communist party of India was established in the year a. 1935 b. 1950 c.1893 d. 1920 15. In which year Communist party was divided into CPI and CPI(M) a. 1960 b. 1964 c. 1968 d. 1972 2 1 16. Who among the following believed that communalism came to India with the British? a. Mahatma Gandhi b. Gokhale c. Saradar Patel d. Tilak 17. What is the most appropriate meaning the term secularism in the Indian context? a. Separation of religion from politics b. freedom of religion c. There shall not be any religion of the state. d. equality of all religions 18. ----- means love of a particular region or state in preference to the country as a whole a. Nationalism b. Regionalism c. Ethinicism d. None of the above 19. Which of the following are the important socio-economic factors of regional imbalance in India? a. Capita income b. regional location of industries c. population below poverty line d. All of the above 20. Communalism is opposed to : a. Secularism b. racial conflict c. Amity between classes d. All of the above 21. Which is the following problems most fostered regionalism in India? a. Social b. Economic c. Religious d. Both (a) and (b) 22. Caste system is a. Hierarchical b. Segmentary c. Marked by a dichotomy between purity and pollution d. all of the above 3 1 23. Which of the following caste groups are regarded as the so called ‘twice born’? a. Brahmins b. kshatriyas c. vaishayas d. All of these 24. It can be said that a castes conceives of India basically as a federation of a. States b. Jatis c. free and equal citizens d. tribes 25. Democratic socialism is a modern version of a. Revisionism b. guild socialism c. Fabian socialism d. syndicalism 26. Which of the following can play a vital role in removing regional disparity? a. Bureaucracy b. state c. civil servants d. judiciary 27. Political crime can be described as a. Crime by politicians b. politically motivated law breaking behavior by altruistic individual’s c. crime committed in pursuit of politics d. All of the above 28. As a political strategy, communalism is opposed to a. Nationalism b. regionalism c. localism d. internationalism 29. The famous work ‘Communalism in Modern India’ is written by a. Runki basu b. Ashutosh Varshney c. Bipan Chandra d. None of the above 30. Jawaharlal Nehru once described communalism as the Indian version of 4 1 a. Fascism b. Apartheid c. Nazism d. None of the above 31. Who is a leading Campion of the concept of the secular state a. Jawaharal Nehru b. Sarvakar c. Jinnah d. Tilak 32. ‘Free India should be a non-communal secular state’. Who insisted that? a. Ambedkar b. Gandhi c. Jayaprakash Narayan d. Nehru 33. “Communalism is a social phenomenon characterized by the religion of two communities, often leading to acrimony tension and even rioting between them” who said it? a. Abdul Ahammed b. Marx c. M. N Roy d. None of the above 34. “A caste is a group of structural or potential kinsmen.” Who said? a. FG Bailey b. M N Srinivas c. Jawaharlal Nehru d. None of the above 35. Caste in India is an endogamous kinship group known as a. Varna b. Religion c. Slave d. Jati 36. What was the main motive of socio-religious movements a. To remove caste system b. to remove poverty c. to remove untouchability d. to remove child marriage 37. People are usually classified into upper, middle and lower classes on the basis of a. Caste b. Clan c. Class d. Occupation 38. Who defined Class ‘ as aggregates of individuals who have the same opportunities of acquiring goods, the same exhibited standard of living 5 1 a. Max Weber b. Marx c. Lenin d. Morris Ginsberg 39. Identity the correct chronological order in which the following came into existence. Use the codes given bellow a. Swatantra party b. Muslim League c. Bharatiya Janata party d. Communist party of India a) IV, III, I, II b I, III, II, IV c. II, IV, I, III d. III, I, IV, III 40. A political party is recognized as a regional party If. d. It gets 4 percent votes in the state either in the Lok Sabha or the Assembly elections e. b it gets 5 percent votes in the state either in the Lok Sabha or the Assembly elections f. it gets 6 percent votes in the state either in the Lok Sabha or the Assembly elections g. It gets 7 percent votes in the state either in the Lok Sabha or the Assembly election. 41. Class could be defined in exclusively economic or market terms – who made this statement. a. Gandhi b. Weber c. Lenin d. Nehru 42. Who made a statement that, “India is not a one party state, and it is a one dominant party system”. a. Mahatma Gandhi b. Morris Jones c. M N Roy d. John Rawls 6 1 43. Who said’ All communalism is harmful? The logic of minority communalism is separatism, and majority communalism culminates in fascism? a. Bhikhu parekh b. T N Madan c. Bipin Chandra d. Ashish Nandy 44. --------- is considered to be the core of a political party a. Regulations b. ideology c. rules d. customs 45. “Secularism is neither a religion nor indifference to religion but equal respect for all religions” who said it a. Indira Gandhi b. Guru Nanak c. Nehru d. M N Roy 46. Which Article- provides for the setting of a National Commission for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes a. Art 370 b. Art. 338 c. Art 332 d. Art 335 47. Who among the following established Congress government in Madras? a. C Raja Gopalachari b. C V Ramaswami c. Indira Gandhi d. Subhash Chandra Bose 48. Which of the following Amendments to the Indian constitution has made the word secular, in the preambles? a. 43rd b. 42nd c. 44th d. 40th 49. Caste bared reservations are labelled as a. State intervention b. Society Egalitarian ism c. State interruption d. Positive discrimination 7 1 50. The words ‘socialist, secular and integrity’ have been inserted preamble in a. 1977 b. 1976 c. 1972 d. 1974 51. Indian National Congress was established in the year a. 1886 b. 1881 c. 1885 d. 1180 52. India has a --------- party system a. Two party b. Multi party c. One party d. Bi-Party 53. National conference is an important political party in the state of a. Jammu and Kashmir b. Andhra Pradesh c. Assam d. Tripura 54. Indian National Congress was funded by a. W.C. Banerji b. A.O. Hume c. Subash Chandra Bose d. M K Gandhi 55. Which constitutional Amendment Act (2002) makes education for children between 6 to 14 years of age a fundamental right? a. 81st b. 85th c. 86th d. 87th 56. ----------- among the following can be considered as a link between the government and the people. a. The judiciary b. political party c. bureaucracy d. Democratic 57. The first general election in India took place in the year a. 1950 b. 1951 c. 1952 d. 1953 58. India is a - state 8 1 a. Theocratic b. Secular c. Anti religious d. Aristocratic 59. The National Commission for Women came into existence on January 31. a. 1945 b. 1991 c. 1992 d.1993 60. Who among the following said that communalism came to India with the British a. Mahathma Gandhi b. Gokhale c. Sardarpatee d. Tilak 61. How many women members were recommended to be inducted in panchayats to carry on the specific programmers for women and children a.
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