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1. Non-security issues have taken priority over force, violence, and military might because of (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Modernization of the world political and communication systems

B) Modernization of the world political and economic systems

C) Trans nationalization of the world economic and political systems

D) Decentralization of the world economic and political systems

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2. According to political scientists almost all systems of governments perform two basic functions, namely (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Import and export functions

B) Input and output functions

C) Active and proactive functions

D) Information and logistic functions

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3. Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of Liberal Democracy? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Guarnices of civil liberties and rights

B) Government is vested with unfettered powers

C) Active and proactive functions

D) Information and logistic functions

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4. Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of Liberal Democracy? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Guarnices of civil liberties and rights

B) Government is vested with unfettered powers

C) The independence of organized groups and interests from government

D) Regular elections that respect the principle of 'one person-one vote; one vote-one value"

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5. "Human consciousness postulates liberty, liberty involves right, rights demand of State". Who has made this statement? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Laski

B) Barker

C) Green

D) Hegel

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6. Consider the following statements: (JMI M.A. 2017)

Classical liberalism stands for

state which is merely a watchman
individualism
welforism
free market

Which of these statements are correct?

A) 1 and 2

B) 1, 2 and 3

C) 3 and 4

D) 1, 2 and 4

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7. Which of the following Articles was incorporated in the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly for the promotion of international peace and security? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Article 51

B) Anicle 39

C) Article 44

D) Article 265

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8. Consider the following events: (JMI M.A. 2017)

Inclusion of Ninth Schedule in the Constitution
Passing of Anti-defection Bill
Fiest non-congress government at the Centre
Reorganization of the State of Punjab

The correct chronological sequence of these events is

Codes:

A) 1234

B) 4321

C) 1432

D) 2314

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9. In India, Public Order is included in the Constitution as an item in (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Union list

B) State list

C) Concurrent list

D) Both Union and State list

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10. The idea of the Union giving directions to the States was adopted by the makers of the Indian Constitution from (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) The Goverment of India Act, 1935

B) The US Constitution

C) The Soviet Constitution

D) The Australian Constitution

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11. Which one of the following is NOT suggested by the Sackaria Commission on the selection of Governor? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A), That a politician from the ruling party at the Centre is not appointed

B) That a detached figure not too intimely connected with the local polities of the state is not appointed

C) That consultation with the Chief Minister regarding appointment of a Governor be mandatory

D) The Govenor remains a more figurehead and should not function as an agent or representative of the

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12. Article 30 of the Indian Constitution deals with the (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Freedom of conscience

B) Right to propagate religion

C) Right of minorities to establish and manage educational institutions

D) Cultural and educational rights of the majority community

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13. In Indian Constitution, the power to issue a writ of "Habeas Corpus" is vested only in (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) The Supreme Court

B) The High Courts

C) The Subordinate Courts

D) The Supreme Court and the High Courts

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14. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Aristotle: State is a magnified individual

B) Hegel: Stoic is a merch of God on earth

C) Marx: Modern state is an instrument of class exploitation

D) Gandhi: State repecsents violence in concentrated form

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15. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution has the state been empowered to protect and improve the environment, forests and wildlife? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Article 43A

B) Article 48A

C) Anticle 44

D) Article 46

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16. Pluralists believe that (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) State is morally superior to all associations

B) Tower of the State is absolute, internally and externally

C) State is also one of the associations of society

D) Society and State are coeval and co-extensive

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17. The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Feudalism

B) Absolute monarchy

C) Democracy

D) Decolonization

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18. Which of the following characteristics correctly explains the Marxist perspective of the nature of State? (JMI M.A. 2017)

The State

arose out of class contradictions.
is the most powerful instrument of exploitation.
represents organised violence by the proletariat.
symbolises transformation of intra-state efficacy.
expresses social divisiveness as a persistent reality.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A) 3, 5 and 6

B) 1,4,and S

C) 1, 2 and 6

D) 2, 3 and 4

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19. Which one of the following statements is true? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Local govemment derives its authority from, and is subordinate to, State govemment

B) Local government is independent of State govemment

C) Local government derives its authority from the Constitution

D) Local govemment performs functions of national interest

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20. National League for Democracy is (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) A ruling party of Indonesia

B) An opposition party of Myanmar

C) A ruling party of Bhutan

D) An opposition party of Indonesia

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21. The policy of protective discrimination seeks to promote (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Formal equality

B) Substantive equality

C) Inequality

D) Merisoomey

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22. Which one of the following statements in regard to Presidential form of Government is NOT correct? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Member of the Cabinet are not representatives of the people since they do not have definite programme of their own to implicat

B)The Members of the Cabinet are responsible to the President for all their actions

C) Real Executive is the legisl

D) There is no gap between theory and practice

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23. The Usitary State is stronger than a Federal one because all powers of government and concentrated in the hands of one single set of authorities. Hence there is (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Abernce of conflict of authority and responsibility

B) Absence of simplification of govemmental organization

C) Overlapping of jurisdiction

D) Duplication of ficticies

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24. Match List I (Political Thinkers) with List II (deas) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: (JMI M.A. 2017)

A

B

C

D

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25. Which of the following duties have been prescribed by the Indian Conection as Fundamental Duties? (JMI M.A. 2017)

To defend the country
To pay come t
To preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture
To safeged public property

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Codes:

A) 1 and 2

B) 2 and 4

C) 1,2 and 4

D) 1,3 and 4

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26. Consider the following statements: (JMI M.A. 2017)

The President has the right to address and send messages to the Council of Ministers to clich specific information.
The President can direct that any manter on which decision has been taken by a Minister should be placed before the Council of Ministers.
The President can call for information relating to proposals for legislation.
All decisions of the Cornell of Ministers relatig to the administration of the Union must be communicated to the President

Which of these statements comet?

Codes:

A) 1, 2 and 3

B) 2, 3 and 4

C) 1 and 4

D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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27. Proclamation of emergency by the President of the India can be made on the written advice of the Cabinet only. This provision has been added (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) after 44th Constitutional Amendment

B) after 42nd Constitutional Amendment

C) by the Constituent Assembly in the Constitution of India

D) by the Supreme Court of India in 1975

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28. In which case did the Supreme Court pronounce the judgment for the first time that the "basic structure of the Constitution cannot be amended by Parliament? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Shankari Prasad vs. Union of India 1952

B) Golaknath vs. State of Punjab, 1967

C) Keshvananda, vs. State of Kerala, 1973

D) Minerva Mills vs. Union of India, 1980

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29. Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of a 'Theocratic State"? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) The religious authority should prevail over political authority

B) Government posts are filled up on the basis of one's position in the religious hierarchy

C) Religious rules and precepts take precedence over political rules and regulations

D) Its authority is based on popular consent

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30. Among the following, identify the most powerful and largest number of pressure groups in India (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Institutional groups

B) Public interest groups

C) Non-associational groups

D) Associational groups

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31. 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India provides for (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Two tiers of Panchayati Raj institutions at the village and district levels

B) Two tiers of Panchayati Raj institutions at the village and block levels

C) Two tiers of Panchayati Raj institutions at the block and district levels

D) Three tiers of Panchayati Raj institutions at village, block and district levels

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32. Communalism in Indian context means (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Serving the community in a befitting monner

B) Using communal identity for political gains

C) A group of people bound by ethnic feelings

D) Creating friendly relations with the other communities

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33. The best form of federalism suited for countries like India is (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Centralised federalism

B) Bargaining federalism

C) Cooperative federalism

D) Conflicting federalisin

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34. Who among the following was considered to be a forerunner of backward class movement? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

B) Join Phule

C) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker

D) Ram Mahar Lohia

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35. The most outstanding contemporary advocate of libertarianism is (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Rawls

B) Habermas

C) Dworkin

D) Nozick

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36. The ideal of intentionalism involves (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Total abandonment of nationalism

B) Partial abandonment of nationalism

C) Adequate recognition of cultural distinctiveness of nations

D) Derecognition of cultural distinctiveness

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37. Marian vies treats international politics as an extension of cless war in (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) global perspective

B) national perspective

C) socictal perspective

D) None of the above

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38. Who among the following justified the absolute power of sovereign on the basis of an original and irrevocable agreement of the people to surrender their natural rights to its authority? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Hobbes

B) Roussca

C) Austin

D) Laski

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39. The idea of "World Systems Theory' signifying the arrival of international capitalist order was predicted in the 1970s. Identify the scholar who advanced this idea (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Samuel P. Huntington

B) Andre Gunder Frank

C) George Wallerstein

D) Cardoso

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40. Which one does NOT contribute to the formation of International Government? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Expansion of international trade

B) Establishment of intemational organisation

C) Imer-state rivalry

D) Means of communication

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41. Marxism believes that (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) the real is the rational and the rational is the real

B) social relations are rooted in the material conditions

C) economic relations can be understood in the light of the progress of human mind

D) it is human consciousness that determines the social life of man

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42. in his realistic theory of International politics Morgenthau's autonomy of political sphere denotes (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) automy of the State la intemational sphere

B) autonomy of the decision-makers vis-e vis-the legislature

C) autonomy of the political action in complete disregard to other standards of thought

D) antonomy of the polley-makers vis a vis other agencies or organs of the government

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43. Which among the following scholes propounded the systems approach towards the study of Intentional relations? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) David Easton

B) Gabriel Almond

C) C. McClelland

D) J.W.Don

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44. Which country was appointed the first Chalman of the Decolonization Committee of the United Nations? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) USA

B) India

C) Sweden

D) Japon

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45. Which one of the following officials are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister (JMI M.A. 2017)

The Chief Justice of India
Chainman of Finance Commission of India
Guvenor of the States
Judges of the High Court

A) 1, 2, 3

B) 1, 2, 3 & 4

C) 1, 3 & 4

D) 2, 3 & 4

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46. The idea of social contract has been recently revived under n new form by: (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Nexick

B) Rawls

C) Oakshot

D) Hannah Arendt

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47. The theory of social contact primarily secks: (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) to explore the historical origin of the State

B) to explain the basis of political obligation

C) to justify the status quo

D) to bring out a medical transformation of society by revolution

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48. Which one of the following political thinkers was the first exponent of the liberal theory of States? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) John Locke

B) T.H. Gre

C) Jean Jocques Rousteru

D) Hobbes

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49. Which one among the following is regarded as a civil right? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Right to public employment

B) Freedom of speech and expression

C) Right to elect and to be elected

D) Right to property

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50. Who among the following has expressed the view that if justice is taken away, the State becomes a band of robbers? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Pluto

B) Aristotle

C) St. Augustine

D) Locke

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51. Wall Street, which is associated with stock market, is located in? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) London

B) Tokyo

C) Berlin

D) New York

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52. Which of the following is a public sector undertaking? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Wipro

B) Reliance

C) Hindalco

D) HAL

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53. Roger Federer, the tennis player, belongs to? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) USA

B) Germany

C) Switzerland

D) France

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54. Age of Anger: A History of the Present" is a book written by? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Arvind Adiga

B) Pankaj Mishra

C) Vikram Seth

D) Chetan Bhagat

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55. One-rupee currency notes hear the singnature of? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Finance Minister of India

B) Cinvernor of RBI

C) President of India

D) Finance Sectory of India

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56. Which of the following is an international prize presented annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Nobel Prize

B) Templeton Prize

C) Ramon Magsaysay Award

D) Abel Prize

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57. The Headquarters of IMF is in: (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) New York

B) Geneva

C) Brussels

D) Washington DC.

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58. The Finance Commission is appointed every years or earlier? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) 5

B) 7

C) 8

D) 9

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59. Consider the following? (JMI M.A. 2017)

a) International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket

b) Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is responsible for the organisation and governance of football's major international tournaments, most notably the FIFA World Cup.

c) International Olympic Committee (IOC) organizes the modem Olympic Games held in summer and winter, every four years.

d) International Hockey Federation (14); the global governing body for the sport of field hockey.

e) Federation Internationale des Echess (FIDE) or World Chess Federation is an international organization the connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of tonal chess competition.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

A) a & bonly

B) b & carly

C) c, d & e only

D) All of the above

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60. 'Latin American Politics is something of a "lining meszem. The analysis is made by (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Karl Lowenstein

B) Andersen

C) Zoharg

D) None of these

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61. The Swans of today is within the Empire and not independent of it. Who'dedared this? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Gandi

B) Jawaharlal Nehru

C) Tilak

D) Lala Lajpat Rai

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62. Right to Form Association is a (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Civil Right

B) Legal Right

C) Political Right

D) Natural Right

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63. Proportional Representation may take form of (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Single Transferable Vote System or List System

B) Cumulative Voter System

C) Separate Electorate System

D) Alterative Vote System

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64. Which one of the following is not a demerit of Proportional Representation System? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) A complex system

B) Leading to Bi-Party System

C) Leads to Multi Party System

D) Leads to Coalition Govt.

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65. Under proportional representation system (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) The Minorities get representation in proportion to their strength

B) Representation is given to minor voters also

C) Representation is given to minorities people

D) Minorities are gives more votes than that of other people

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66. Decisions on defections about disqualification of the members of the Lok Sabha are made by the- (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Speaker

B) Prime Minister

C) President in accordance with the opinion of the Election Commission

D) Secretary to the Parliament

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67. "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it. This is attributed to (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Tilak

B) M. L. Nehru

C) Vivekanand

D) Gadar Party

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68. Who said: "Right is a reasonable claim recognized by society and enforced by the State"? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Laski

B) Bosanquet

C) Groen

D) Marx.

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69. The concept of Rights, Property, Liberty, Equality and Justice are related to- (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Dictatorship

B) Aristocracy

C) Democracy

D) Oligarchy-

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70. Who said, "The God, who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Adam Smith

B) Mahatma Gandhi

C) Jefferson

D) T. H. Green

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71. The legal theory of Rights believes that (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) The rights are created by the state

B) The rights are created by the nature

C) The rights are created by the society

D) The rights see eternal

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72. Civil rights are given to the individuals by (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) The State

B) The People

C) Nature

D) Society

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73. Who said, "Liberty is the opposite of Over Government"? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Locke

B) Laski

C) Hobbes

D) Seeley

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74. Who first gave the Concept of 'Distributive Justice"? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Plato.

B) Aristotle

C) Machiavelli

D) Locke

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75. Rights are, "Embodiment of ethical ideas", is attributed to (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Bosanquet

B) Hegel

C) T. H. Green

D) J. S. Mill

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76. Customary rights are supported by- (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Cicero

B) Laski

C) Ritchie

D) J. S. Mill

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77. The book "State against Democracy"(1983) is written by (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Kesselman

B) Hoffman

C) Heller

D) Rajni Kothari

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78. The reasons for the recovery of Civil Society are- (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Cultural

B) Social

C) Political

D) None of these

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79. Polyarchy' incas (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) People act both through the electoral system and the group process

B) It takes individual as the basic unit of democratic model

C) It reduces the multitudinous differences of opinion to relatively simple alternatives

D) People can perticipate through their representations

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80. Which country has the highest bribery rate in the Asia Pacific region? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Japan

B) China

C) Pakist

D) None of the above

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81. The Science and Technology ministry is set to reproduce Buddhist Circuit monuments using (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) 3-D systems

B) Cyber-physical systems

C)Virtual reality

D) All of the above

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82. Which country is developing stealth military drones to evade anti-aircraft weapons? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) China

В) Јарап

C) North Korea

D) None of the above

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83. Who is South Koma's first democratically elected leader forced from office? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Kim Die Jung

B) Lee Myung Bak

C) Rob Moo Hyun

D) Park Guen-hye

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84. Which US state was the first to sue President Trump over the revised travel bon? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Hawaii

B) California

C) Illinois

D) None of the above

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85. Which of the following are prepaid payment instruments? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Mobile wallets

B) Smart cards

C) Paper vouchers

D) All of the above

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86. Which state will launch India's first public registry of sex offenders? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Kerala

B) Karnataka

C) Tamil Nadu

D) Telangana

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87. What does the new IIM 2017 offer? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) IIMs can set up campuses

B) IIMs will have statutory powers

C) IIMs will grant degrees

D) All of the above

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88. Which of the following are NCD diseases? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Heart Attacks

B) Stroko

C) Diabetes

D) All of the above

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89. Which of the following ishare true regnding political party symbols? (JMI M.A. 2017)

1. Election Commission allots party symbols to all except National and State parties.
2. In case of divide in a party, both sections are allowed to decide on their ous as to who will get the original party symbol.

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Beth l and 2

D) neither 1 nor 2

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90. The 'Cold Start' doctrine is related to (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Diplomacy

B) Defence

C) Space Technology

D) Environmental Conservation and Pollution Abatement

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91. Which of the following isla true regarding the appointment of the Prime Minister (PM)? (JMI M.A. 2017)

Article 75 provides procedure for selection and appointment of the PM.
A person not belonging to any house of the Parliament con become the PM

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both 1 and 2

D) Neither Inor 2

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92. Which articles deal with the relationship between the President and the PM? (JMI M.A. 2017)

A) Article 7

B) Article 75

C) Article 78

D) All of the above

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93. Which of the following is/are true regarding constitutional position of President of India? (JMI M.A. 2017)

The Presidents astutional discretion when it comes to dissolution of Lok Sabhe, if the council of ministers has lost its majority.
President can ask the council of ministers to reconsider the advice only once.
Appointment of the PM when no party has a majority comes under situational discretion of the President

A) 3

B) 1, 2

C) 2, 3

D) 1, 3

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94. Whoseouts include the statement I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India"? (JMI M.A. 2017)

Vice-President.
Union Ministers
President
Judges of Supreme Court

A) 1

B) 1, 3

C) 1, 2, 4

D) All of the above

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95. Which of the following store true sending the Cabinet and Council of Ministers (CoM)? (JMI M.A. 2017)

Cabinet's functions are determined by the CM.
Cabinet meets more frequently than theCM
CoM includes all 3 ceteges of ministers.

A) 2, 3

B) 1, 3

C) 1, 2

D) All of the above

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96. Which of the following are categories of ministers? (JMI M.A. 2017)

Cabinet Ministers.
Ministers of State.
Deputy Ministers.

A) 1,3

B) 1,2

C) 2,3

D) All of the above

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97. Which are the modes of losing Indian Citizenship? (JMI M.A. 2017)

Renunciation
Terminati
Deprivation

A) 1, 2

B) 2, 3

C) All of the above

D) None of the above

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98. Which of the following is/are true regarding Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)? (JMI M.A. 2017)

OCL is entitled to lifelong visas free travel to India whereas for PIO card holder, it is for 15 years.
PIO card holder is required to register with local police authority for stay exceeding 180 days in India on any single visit whereas OCI is exempted from registration with police authority for any length of stay in India.

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) both 1 and 2

D) neither 1 nor 2

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99. When can Parliament make laws on State List subjects? (JMI M.A. 2017)

When states make request.
To implement international agreements.
During National Emergency in case of armed rebellion.

A) 2, 3

B) 2

C) 1, 2

D) All of the above

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