SLET Unit 4: Comparative Political Analysis - Political Science Coaching Centre

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SLET Unit 4: Comparative Political Analysis

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1. Upon which of the following is Political Constitutionalism not based upon? (SLET 2023)

(A) Rule of law

(B) Limited government and the use of a constitution to impose those limitations

(C) Moral and legal legitimation of authority without proper consensus

(D) Protection of the rights of people

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2. According to Fascism: (SLET 2023)

(i) The state is viewed as a servant of the nation, conceived in highly naturalistic terms.

(ii) The fundamental unit of history and politics is not the state, but the race.

(iii) The nation is viewed as the creation of the state, to which citizens should fundamentally be loyal.

(iv) The state is viewed as pre-eminently political; it has no ethos.

Codes:

(A) Both (i) and (ii) are correct

(B) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct

(C) Only (iii) is correct

(D) All of the above

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3. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? (SLET 2023)

(i) Dependency theory - Samir Amin

(ii) Theory of development - Lucian Pye

(iii) Theory of Alienation - Karl Marx

(iv) Theory of Negative Liberty - John Rawls

Correct answer:

(A) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct

(B) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct

(C) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct

(D) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct

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4. Which of the following is the correct explanation of the growth of regional parties in India? (SLET 17th March 2024)

(i) The democratization of state structures and political practices.

(ii) The resurgent articulation of local and regional interests in the wake of the retrenchment of the welfare state and turm to neo-liberalism.

(iii) The modernization paradigm defined region as spatial units.

(iv) The politicization of minority nations (nations without states).

Codes:

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)

(D) (i), (iii) and (iv)

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5. Match List-I with List-II : (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) (1)-(i), (2)–(ii), (3)–(iii), (4)–(iv)

(B) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(ii), (4)-(i)

(C) (1)-(iii), (2)-(ii), (3)-(i), (4)-(iv)

(D)) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(ii), (4)-(i)

(E) Option B and D are correct

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6. With which country does the People's Republic of China have most cordial relations at present? (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) U. S. A.

(B) Pakistan

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Australia

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7. In which of the following countries was a Military Dictatorship established in 2021 ? (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) Sri Lanka

(B) Myanmar

(C) Bhutan

(D) Maldives

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8. Out of the following statements, which are correct? (SLET 17th March 2024)

In Robert Dahl's analysis following are the salient elements of culture:

(a) Orientations to problem solving.

(b) Orientations to collective action.

(c) Orientations to the political system.

(d) Orientations to political disorder.

Which of the statements given above are/is false?

(A) (a) and (b)

(B) (a), (b) and (c)

(C) (b) and (d)

(D) Only (d)

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9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): (SLET 17th March 2024)

Assertion (A): The arguments of C. Wright Mill's power elites are based on the classical elitist framework.

Reason (R): Elitist formulation is not possible without reference to classical elitism.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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10. Which one of the following is incorrect? (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein stressed the importance of a world system.

(B) Wallerstein proposed a trimodal system consisting of core, semi- periphery and periphery.

(C) Wallerstein changed the Marxist concept of class conflict into a matter of international conflict.

(D) Wallerstein accepts the deterministic statement of the dependency school that the core always exploits the periphery.

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11. Match Column-A with Column-B, in terms of the codes below: (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) (a)-2, (b)-(1), (c)-(3), (d)–(4)

(B) (a)-1, (b)-(2), (c)−(4), (d)–(3)

(C) (a)-(2), (b)-(4), (c)-(1), (d)-(3)

(D) (a)-(4), (b)-(3), (c)-(2), (d)–(1)

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12. The World Systems Theory was developed by (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) Paul Baran

(B) Wallerstein.

(C) Samir Amin

(D) Cerdosso

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13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) : (SLET 17th March 2024)

Assertion (A): A federal arrangement aims at reconciling freedom with unity and diversity of political cultures and identities with collective action.

Reason (R): India opted for a pluralistic model or nation-building.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct

(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is not correct

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14. Main bench of National Green Tribunal is located in (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) Lucknow

(B) Delhi

(C) Bhopal

(D) Indore

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15. The Constitution of the People's Republic of China was last amended on: (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) March, 1993

(B) March, 1999

(C) October, 2017

(D) March, 2018

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16. In a laissez faire economy (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) Government controls the allocation of all factors of production

(B) Customers take all the decisions regarding production of all the commodities

(C) Government does not interfere in the free functioning of demand and supply forces in the market

(D) Private sector takes all the decisions for price determination of various commodities produced

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