161 PU Ph D South Asian Studies
1 of 100 181 PU_2016_161_E Central feature of Immanuel Wallenstein's work is:-
Nation
Regional systems
Underdevelopment World system
2 of 100 116 PU_2016_161_E Which Prime Minister popularised India's 'Look East Policy'?
Indira Gandhi
Deve Gowda V.P.Singh
Narasimha Rao
3 of 100 133 PU_2016_161_E Which one of the groups of the following political parties has a regionalist agenda? NCP, AGP, TDP
Shiv Sena, DMK, Samajwadi Party
AGP, Shiv Sena, Akali Dal
TDP, NCP, Samajwadi Party
4 of 100 105 PU_2016_161_E The Simla Agreement was signed between:-
Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Indira Gandhi and Ayub Khan
Indira Gandhi and Yahya Khan
Ayub Khan and Lal Bahadur Shastri
5 of 100 201 PU_2016_161_E The principle of "Greatest happiness of the greatest number" was advocated by :-
Individualists
Idealists
Socialists Utilitarians
6 of 100 141 PU_2016_161_E Which of the following is an example of "unproductive expenditure of the Govt."?
Health
Education
Defence
Transports
7 of 100 149 PU_2016_161_E Katchatheevu is a conflict area between India and Sri Lanka is a/an:-
Strait
Inhabited island
uninhabited island
Bridge
8 of 100 112 PU_2016_161_E Who made the following statement with regard to the concept of 'balance-of power'? "The trouble with balance-of-power is not that it has no meaning, but that it has too many meanings".
Hans Morgenthau
S.B Fay Inis Claude
Nicholas Spykman
9 of 100 148 PU_2016_161_E Shahbag Square which witnessed protest and counter protest in 2013 is located in:- Pakistan
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Afghanistan
10 of 100 156 PU_2016_161_E The term Socialism was first used by:-
Bernstein
Robert Owen Engels
Karl Kautsky
11 of 100 193 PU_2016_161_E Who is the appointing authority of Judges of Federal Court of the USA?
Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Secretary of Justice
President
Senate
12 of 100 188 PU_2016_161_E In which institution in U.K. the supreme executive authority is vested?
Prime Minister
Crown
Parliament Speaker
13 of 100 145 PU_2016_161_E "The representation is the vital invention of the modern times" said by:-
J S Mill Robert Dhal
Lord Acton
A V Dicey
14 of 100 172 PU_2016_161_E What is the nature of U.S. Constitution?
A federal state
A theocratic state
A unitary state
A quasi federal state
15 of 100 100 PU_2016_161_E The United Nations Charter was signed at the:-
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference Dumbarton Oaks Conference
San Francisco Conference
16 of 100 121 PU_2016_161_E Which one of the following is related to the creation of Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Latin America?
Antarctica Treaty
Rerotonga Treaty
Treaty of Pelindaba
Treaty of Tlateloco
17 of 100 184 PU_2016_161_E Which one of the following approaches or models of international politics does not give importance to the role of state as an actor?
Neo-realist model
Dependency model Realist Model
Interdependence pluralist model
18 of 100 213 PU_2016_161_E Who advocated that politics should comply with the norms of an objective, value-free and accurate science? System theory
Behaviourists
Traditionists
Marxist theory
19 of 100 196 PU_2016_161_E Who among the following has written the book entitled: Human Nature in Politics" " ______.
David Easton
Graham Wallace
Almond and Coleman
Arthur Bentley
20 of 100 120 PU_2016_161_E Which one of the following countries was victimised by the use of 'agent orange' by the USA ?
Vietnam Cambodia
Burm
Laos
21 of 100 216 PU_2016_161_E Carter Doctrine refers to America's intention to use military force to protect the interests in :-
Persian Gulf
South Asia
Latin America East Asia
22 of 100 200 PU_2016_161_E The Constitution of India describes India as a:-
Union of States
Unitary System Quasi-federal
Federation
23 of 100 217 PU_2016_161_E Neo-colonialism means mainly :- Social domination of other countries
Cultural domination of foreign countries
Military domination of foreign countries
Economic domination of foreign countries
24 of 100 144 PU_2016_161_E What are techniques of pressure politics?
Strike and Bandh
Lobbing and Strike
Bandh, lobbing and strike
Lobbing , Strike, Bandh and Gherao
25 of 100 124 PU_2016_161_E Which one of the following is identified as India's intention in inviting Pakistan and China in the thirteen member regional investors 'meet on Afghanistan? Addressing Afghanistan's domestic concerns
Appreciating India's concerns against Pakistan's ambitions for strategic depth.
The US encouragement for such regional moves. Fostering regional coordination in the backdrop of plans to withdraw the US led armed forces from Afghanistan in 2014
26 of 100 108 PU_2016_161_E The UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) which was held in Rio-de-Jenario in June 1992, is also referred to as:-
The Global Summit The Earth Summit
The Planet Summit
The Millennium Summit
27 of 100 152 PU_2016_161_E Karl Deutsch was an important advocate of:-
Input-Output analysis
Systems theory
Decision making theory
Communication theory
28 of 100 113 PU_2016_161_E Chapter VII, Articles 39 to 51 in the UN Charter contains elaborate provisions relating to:-
Pacific Settlement of international disputes
Collective Security
Trusteeship System
Disarmament and Arms Control
29 of 100 164 PU_2016_161_E Election Commissioner is a/an:-
constitutional body
non-formal body
legislative body executive body
30 of 100 209 PU_2016_161_E Who is considered as the father of the idea of Pakistan?
Dr.Iqbal
H.S.Suhrawardy Liaquat Ali Khan
M.A Jinnah
31 of 100 109 PU_2016_161_E The Kyoto Protocol treaty) was signed in the year:-
1997 1996
1998
1995
32 of 100 132 PU_2016_161_E Which one of the following countries is an oldest federation?
Switzerland
India
Canada
Australia
33 of 100 136 PU_2016_161_E Gandhi wrote the entire Hind Swaraj for his comrade:-
Pherozeshah Mehta
Balwantrai Mehta
Pranjivan Mehta
Jivraj Narayan Mehta
34 of 100 161 PU_2016_161_E Which of the following does not fall under the Union List?
Banking
Citizenship
Post and Telegraph Forests
35 of 100 185 PU_2016_161_E Which country was appointed the first Chairman of the Decolonization Committee of the United Nations?
The USA
Sweden India
Japan
36 of 100 177 PU_2016_161_E Decision making theory focuses on:-
foreign policy decisions made by a State Specific decisions makers who speak and act in the name of a State
Actual or objective environment that influence foreign policy decisions
impact of domestic politics on foreign policy decisions
37 of 100 168 PU_2016_161_E Who is the author of "The Functions of the Executive":-
Morstein Marx
Presthus and Pfiffner
Dimock and Dimock
Chester Barnard
38 of 100 189 PU_2016_161_E In which year the Constitution of Peoples Republic of China was adopted?
Sept. 20,1953
Sept. 20, 1954
Sept, 20, 1950
Sept. 20, 1952
39 of 100 165 PU_2016_161_E First general elections in free India were held in:-
1951-52
1947-48
1950-51 1948-49
40 of 100 176 PU_2016_161_E The Marxists perceive international politics as:-
Interactions among States guided and molded by leaders of those States
a struggle for power between the bourgeois and socialist systems with the hope of inevitable triumph of international proletarianism
Interactions among States that can be peacefully managed
a struggle for power between two nations or group of nations that can be managed by maintaining balances of power
41 of 100 128 PU_2016_161_E Which one of the following is a joint defence venture between India and Russia?
SS - 20
AGNI-V
BACKFIRE
BRAHMOS
42 of 100 160 PU_2016_161_E Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right included in our Constitution?
Right to work
Right to freedom of press
Right to religion
Right to equality
43 of 100 204 PU_2016_161_E Decision-making theory in Public Administration is associated with :-
F.W.Taylor
Herbert Simon
F.W.Riggs Chris Argyris
44 of 100 169 PU_2016_161_E In which country for the First time in 1809 the office of 'Ombudsman' was established?
Finland
Norway Denmark
Sweden
45 of 100 192 PU_2016_161_E What constitutes the law-making body in the U.K. ? The Queen, the House of Lords and the House of Commons
The British Parliament
The Queen and House of Commons
The Queen and House of Lords
46 of 100 157 PU_2016_161_E Which among the following statements is not an important feature of'Utilitarianism'?
The formula of the 'greatest happiness of the greatest number'
It does not create conditions in which the happiness of the individualcannot be harmonised with the happiness of the majority
The goodness or badness of human action should be judged by theyardstick of utility
Human actions are motivated by considerations of pleasure and pain
47 of 100 197 PU_2016_161_E Who had written the book, : The Administrative State".
Presthus
Dwight Waldo
Macmahon Pfiffner
48 of 100 101 PU_2016_161_E The First SAARC summit conference was held in:-
Colombo Kathmandu
Dhaka
New Delhi
49 of 100 125 PU_2016_161_E China conducted a Nuclear Test for Pakistan in the year 1990 at:-
Chagai Hills
Shihala
Lop Nor Chashma
50 of 100 117 PU_2016_161_E Realism explains international relations in terms of:-
Protectionism
Rationality
Population
Power
51 of 100 129 PU_2016_161_E Consider the following statements about General Will by Rousseau:-
1) General will is indivisible. 2) General will cannot be represented by anybody else. 3) General will is supreme and no body can disobey it. 4) General will is alienable.
Select correct option from the following. 1, 2 and 3 are correct
1, 3 and 4 are correct
1, 2 and 4 are correct
2, 3 and 4 are correct
52 of 100 205 PU_2016_161_E World System Theory is associated with :-
Immanuel Wallerstein
Appadurai
Fukuyama
Kaplan
53 of 100 173 PU_2016_161_E Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Diplomacy is an instrument of foreign policy
Diplomats do not play now as great a role in international negotiations as they once did
Major international agreements are usually negotiated by foreign ministers Diplomats now get greater latitude than they enjoyed 19th Century
54 of 100 153 PU_2016_161_E Who made the following statement: "The only weapon of the satyagrahi is God"?
Mahatma Gandhi
Motilal Nehru
Ram Manohar Lohia V. D. Sarvarkar
55 of 100 180 PU_2016_161_E Schelling's concepts of 'mixed - motive game' richly embodies:-
Political and economic points of view
Strategic and military points of view Cultural and ideological points of view
Psychological and sociological points of view
56 of 100 137 PU_2016_161_E Who established All India Harijan Sevaka Sangha? B R Ambedkar
M K Gandhi
G K Ghokale
M G Ranade
57 of 100 140 PU_2016_161_E Which year is observed as the International year of solidarity with Palestine People by the UN?
2014
2015
2016
2013
58 of 100 212 PU_2016_161_E Who formulated the theory of 'Iron Law of Oligarchy'?
Robert Michel
Peter Blau
Reinhard Bendix Karl Marx
59 of 100 208 PU_2016_161_E The Partial Test Ban Treaty was signed in the year :-
1965
1963
1972 1975
60 of 100 104 PU_2016_161_E The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT):-
has neither been signed nor ratified by the US
has not been signed by the US has been signed but not ratified by the US Congress
has been signed and ratified by the US
61 of 100 253 PU_2016_161_M The Axis of evil is a phrase deliberately used by President George W. Bush in January 2002 to characterize:-
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka
Iran, North Korea and Iraq
Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua
Taliban, Al-Queda and LeT
62 of 100 229 PU_2016_161_M Non-reciprocity principle of India's policy towards neighbouring countries envisages:-
The disciplining of the neighbouring countries.
Hegemonic designs towards neighbouring countries
Efforts for improving ties with the neighbouring countries without reciprocity.
Non-aligned policy posture in the South Asian context.
63 of 100 252 PU_2016_161_M Who said, "Thus far the chief purpose of our military establishment has been to win wars. From now on its chief purpose must be to avert them." ?
Robert Jervis
Bernard Brodie George Kennan
Paul Nitze
64 of 100 240 PU_2016_161_M The policy of containment formulated by the U.S. aimed at:-
Containing defiant North Korea. Checking globally the influence of the Soviet Union.
Countering the expansionist policies of People's Republic of China.
Checking the nuclear proliferation of Iran.
65 of 100 244 PU_2016_161_M Who among the following former Presidents of India kept the 'Indian Post Office Amendment Bill' pending ?
V.V. Giri
Zail Singh
Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma
Zakir Hussain
66 of 100 248 PU_2016_161_M Who described the nature of Indian State as 'incremental democratic modernization' ?
Morris John
Rajni Kothari
Susan and Lloyd Rudolph Francine Frankel
67 of 100 228 PU_2016_161_M The major argument of Neo-realism of Kenneth Waltz is:-
Human nature is crucial element in politics.
Structures are more important than actors. Actors play more crucial role than structures.
The states override the constraints imposed by international structures.
68 of 100 225 PU_2016_161_M Which of the following is Not the basic principle of Hans J. Morgenthou's Realism? Politics is governed by universal moral values
Politics is rooted in the human nature
National interest is defined in terms of power
Politics is autonomous
69 of 100 249 PU_2016_161_M What does Raison d'etat mean ? Citizens should consume as many raisins as possible for a good and healthy life.
Citizens need to be given very good reasons for obeying the State.
The national interest
The State ought to act reasonably at all times.
70 of 100 237 PU_2016_161_M Duverger's classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in:-
Political party system in the communist world
All the democracies of the world
Party system in the developing world
Western Europe
71 of 100 256 PU_2016_161_M The view that property is a natural right of man was propounded by:-
Hegel
Aristotle
Locke St. Augustine
72 of 100 236 PU_2016_161_M Unequal exchange is the formulation of:-
Andre Gunder Frank
Amartya Sen Samir Amin
Paul Sweezy
73 of 100 233 PU_2016_161_M Who said the following ? 'India's Constitution was born more in fear and trepidation than in hope and inspiration'
K.C. Wheare
Paul Brass
Jennings Myron Weiner
74 of 100 221 PU_2016_161_M Which country is not a member of ASEAN?
Singapore
China
Indonesia
Malaysia
75 of 100 220 PU_2016_161_M Which among the following counties has not been visited by the Narendra Modi as a Prime Minister of India?
North Korea
Australia
The UK The USA
76 of 100 241 PU_2016_161_M Hans Blix was head of U.N. body for :-
Rebuilding war-torn Afghanistan
Inspecting places in Iraq for verification of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Peace-keeping operations in Somalia.
Working modalities for the creation of NIEO.
77 of 100 232 PU_2016_161_M Who among the following identifies political development with the "institutionalisation of political organisations and procedures"?
Lucian Pye
Huntington
Organski
Almond
78 of 100 224 PU_2016_161_M Which of the following resulted from Bretton Woods Conference?
United Nations
League of Nations Institutions meant for checking nuclear proliferation
World Bank and IMF
79 of 100 257 PU_2016_161_M The positive theory of liberty was advocated by:-
John Stuart Mill
Isaih Berlin
T.H. Green
Karl Popper
80 of 100 245 PU_2016_161_M Who said 'All Communalism is harmful' ? The logic of minority Communalism is separatism, and majority communalism culminates in Fascism ?
Bipin Chandra
T.N. Madan Bhikhu Parekh
Ashish Nandy
81 of 100 268 PU_2016_161_D Which one of the following is Not a common feature of federalism in The U.S.A and India?
Written Constitution The existence of the Supreme Court
Distribution of powers between the Union and the States
Two sets of judicial organizations
82 of 100 296 PU_2016_161_D Which one of the following is related to Indian-Bangladesh relations:-
Cross Border terrorism
Dahagram dispute
Siachin dispute
Sir Creek dispute
83 of 100 264 PU_2016_161_D Parliamentary supremacy' is a definite feature of the political system in:-
India Australia
Canada
The U.K.
84 of 100 293 PU_2016_161_D Who adopted the idea of 'New Foreign Policy' in Russia in 1992 ?
Evgeny Primakov
Andrei Kozyrev
Gennady Burbulis Alexandra Bessmertnykh
85 of 100 269 PU_2016_161_D Which of the following British Prime Minister proposed the abolition of judicial powers of the House of Lords?
Margaret Thatcher Harold Wilson
John Major
Tony Blair
86 of 100 284 PU_2016_161_D Which one of the following is not an NGO campaigning for Human Rights?
Oxfam
World Watch
Amnesty International
PUCL
87 of 100 276 PU_2016_161_D Alternative vote of confidence' is in vogue in one of the democratic political system, identify the country:-
France
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
88 of 100 297 PU_2016_161_D Who are not the advocate of Realist theory? Tickner
Muller and Keohane
George Kennon Hans Margenthau
89 of 100 272 PU_2016_161_D Who among the following described democracy as the 'tyranny of the majority?
John Dunning
J. Rousseau De Tocqueville
James Madison
90 of 100 289 PU_2016_161_D Under whose premiership India's Foreign policy was restructured?
Rajiv Gandhi P.V. Narasimha Rao
Manmohan Singh
I.K. Gujral
91 of 100 285 PU_2016_161_D The formula "from each according to his ability to each according to his work" for the system of distribution in the State was given by:-
G.D.H. Cole
H.G. Wells
Sorel
Lenin
92 of 100 288 PU_2016_161_D Which one of the following is the root cause of India - China animosity?
River water dispute
Tibet issue
Sikkim merger Boundary dispute
93 of 100 265 PU_2016_161_D Indian Federation closely resembles:-
Australia
Nigeria
Canada The U.S.A
94 of 100 280 PU_2016_161_D The Chief modus operandi of cultural imperialism is:-
Annexation
Plunder Trade
Hegemony
95 of 100 273 PU_2016_161_D The thinker who has been characterized as a 'reluctant democrat' is:- E. Burke
T.H. Green
J.S. Mill
J. Bentham
96 of 100 292 PU_2016_161_D Which one of the following is not categorized as threat to Non-Traditional Security?
Disasters
Environmental and Climate change
Terrorism
Ethnicity
97 of 100 281 PU_2016_161_D The most outstanding contemporary advocate of libertarianism is:-
Rawls
Habermas
Dworkin Nozick
98 of 100 277 PU_2016_161_D A technique commonly used by the pressure groups in the USA is:-
boycott and picketing
Lobbying
Lawsuits Peaceful agitations
99 of 100 261 PU_2016_161_D Which one among the following is regarded as a civil right?
Right to elect and to be elected
Right to property Freedom of speech and expression
Right to public employment
100 of 100 260 PU_2016_161_D Who among the following thinkers held the view that equality and liberty are antithetical? Harold Laski
Lord Action
G.D.H. Cole
Karl Marx