Political Socialization - Political Science Coaching Centre

1. Political socialisation is the process of induction into the political culture and the psychological dimension of the ________ system. (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Socio-economic

(B) Political

(D) Social

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2. Political socialisation is the most promising approach to understand political development because (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) The process of political socialisation is a continuous one

(B) Attitudes are established during infancy and untouched after the age of ten

(D) Socialisation takes the form of either manifest (or) latent transmission

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3. Which State gives most importance to the process of political socialisation? (KARNATAKA SET 2020 PAPER II)

(A) Capitalist State

(B) Communist State

(D) Anarchist State

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4. Which of the following are agents of political socialization? (GUJARAT SET DECEMBER 2002)

(A) Family

(B) Political parties

(D) All of these

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5. The agencies for political socialization are (GUJARATE SET JULY 2006 PAPER II)

(A) Family

(B) Press

(D) All the above.

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6. Political socialization does not shape: (GUJARAT SET 2010)

(A) Political culture

(B) Political participation

(D) Voting behavior

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7. Which of the following is not an agency of political socialization? (GUJARAT SET 2011)

(A) Family

(B) Educational Institutions

(D) Political parties

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8. Which of the following is the most important agent of political socialization? (GUJARAT SET 2014 PAPER III)

(A) Judiciary

(B) Elite Clubs

(D) Educational Institutions

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9. Who among the following detail the functions of the process of political socialization? (GUJARAT SET DECEMBER 2017 PAPER III)

(A) Merriam and Lasswell

(B) Wallas and Bentley

(D) Lipset and Dahl

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10. The transmission of non-political attitudes which affect attitudes towards analogous roles and objects in the political system is referred as----- political socialisation. (KERALA SET JULY 2023)

A) Specialised

B) Latent

C) Manifest

D) Synchronised

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11. Political Socialisation is a process of (University of Hyderabad M.Phil 2020)

A. Transmission of political culture across generations

B. Speaking about politics in groups and associations

C. Discussing political preferences with friends and peers

D. Polarising people on party lines

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12. Peter Merkel assumes four stages of a human life on the basis of the process of political socialization, which is the last stage among them (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

(1) Social Trust

(2) Ego Integrity

(3) Identity crises

(4) Self Identity

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13. Identify the person who is associated with the ‘theory of identity formation’ in political socialization (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Erik Erikson

B) Herbert Mead

C) Talcott Parson

D) Albert Bandura

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14. Political socialization refers to (University of Hyderabad M.A. 2012)

A. Political mingling among similar groups

B. The process of acquiring political attitudes and values

C. The process of social stratification

D. The building of political relationships

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15. Who made the following statement? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

"Political Socialisation are those developmental processes by which political cultures are formed, maintained and changed."

(A) Karl Deutsch

(B) Laswell

(D) Easton

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16. Select the correct code: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER II)

(i) In political socialization the emphasis is on the transmission of political values from one generation to the next.

(ii) Political socialization aims at achieving the goal of political stabilization.

(iii) Political socialization hampers the individual's awareness of the political world and under- standing of political events.

Codes:

(A) (i) and (iii) are correct

(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct

(D) (i) and (ii) are incorrect

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17. Which one of the following is not an agency of political socialization? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Students’ Union

B) Trade Union

C) Self-help groups

D) Modern technology

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18. Who defined political socialisation as 'those developing processes through which persons acquire political orientations and patterns of behaviour’? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Easton and Dennis

B) Rush and Althoff

C) Almond and Verba

D) Almond and Powell

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19. Which of the following is the first process of political socialisation? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Family

B) Peer groups

C) School

D) None of the above

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20. “Political Socialisation may be defined as those development processes through which persons acquire political orientations and patterns of behaviour” - Whose view is this? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) David Easton

B) Almond and PowellC) Almond and Verba

C) Almond and Verba

D) Alan R. Ball

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21. Which one of the following statements is correct? (NET December 2007)

(A) In Political Socialisation there is need to observe degree of political participation

(B) Non-Political experiences do not contribute to the Political Socialisation

(D) Political Socialisation ignores the links between authoritarian family structure and values.

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22. Given below are the two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): (NET December 2008)

Assertion (A): Political socialisation is the process by which political cultures are maintained and changed.

Reason (R): Family, School, Peer groups, experiences during employment, mass media and direct contact with political system are the main agents of the process of socialisation

Code:

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

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

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

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23. Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET June 2008)

Assertion (A): A political system receives a more or less continuous support from society if the process of political socialization is homogeneous.

Reason (R): The individuals cooperate with each other and there is an atmosphere of trust in the political culture.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

(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)

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

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24. Who, among the following, discussed 'Continuity and Discontinuity in Socialization'? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

(A) Coleman and Lipset

(B) Eckstein andApter

(D) Almond and Powell

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25. Assertion (A): Political socialisation is the process of transmitting political culture, and in which political parties also act an agent.

Reason (R): All political parties strives to maintain a civic political culture

(Kerala SET July 2024)

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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26. Which of the following is known as the process by which political cultures are maintained and changed? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(1) Political development

(2) Political participation

(3) Political socialization

(4) Political modernization

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27. Political Socialization deals with: (NET November 2017 Paper III)

(a) Process of formulating political ideas

(b) Career planning and political socialization

(d) Elaborating the theories of Weber

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28. Which of the following are functions of a political system? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

A. Political Socialisation

B. Political Decay

C. Political Recruitment

D. Political Revolutions

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. (A) and (B) only

2. (B) and (C) only

3. (A) and (C) only

4. (B) and (D) only

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29. Identify the correct sequence of the following input functions of Almond's Political System: (NET June 2013 Paper II)

(i) Interest aggregation

(ii) Interest articulation

(iii) Political socialisation and recruitment

(iv) Political communication

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) (ii), (iii), (i) and (iv)

(b) (iii), (ii), (i) and (iv)

(d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Almond gave five different input function in his Structural-Functional Approach -

(i) Political Socialization

(ii) Political Recruitment

(iii) Interest Articulation

(iv) Interest Aggregation

(v) Political Communication

Almond gave three different output function in his Structural-Functional Approach -

(i) Rule-making

(ii) Rule-application

(iii) Rule-adjudication

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30. Identify the correct sequence of the following input functions and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2014 Paper III)

Interest-aggregation
Interest-articulation
Political communication
Political socialization and recruitment

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(b) 1, 2, 4 and 3

(d) 4, 2, 1 and 3

Almond gave five different input function in his Structural-Functional Approach -

(i) Political Socialization

(ii) Political Recruitment

(iii) Interest Articulation

(iv) Interest Aggregation

(v) Political Communication

Almond gave three different output function in his Structural-Functional Approach -

(i) Rule-making

(ii) Rule-application

(iii) Rule-adjudication

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31. Identify the correct sequence of the following input functions? (NET July 2016 Paper II)

(i) Political communication

(ii) Political socialization and recruitment

(iii) Interest aggregation

(iv) Interest articulation

Codes:

(a) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(b) (iv), (i), (iii) and (ii)

(d) (ii), (iii), (iv) and (i)

Almond gave five different input function in his Structural-Functional Approach -

(i) Political Socialization

(ii) Political Recruitment

(iii) Interest Articulation

(iv) Interest Aggregation

(v) Political Communication

Almond gave three different output function in his Structural-Functional Approach -

(i) Rule-making

(ii) Rule-application

(iii) Rule-adjudication

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32. In the 1970s, who among the following explained the nature of political socialization in the Soviet Union by examining the early childhood experiences of Russian children in family and preschool institutions during six historical periods? (Rajasthan PGT 2024 Paper II)

(1) Alexander Cockburni

(2) Robert W. Clawson

(3) Ronald Inglehart

(4) Fred Greenstein

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