1. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Assertion (A): For behaviouralists, it was better to be wrong than vague.

Reason (R): It was better to be vague than non-relevantly precise.

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2. 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.

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3. The difference between order and disorder is more important than the difference between communism and liberal democracy is advocated by (NET June 2013 Paper II)

4. Pareto's description of elites as 'speculators' and 'rentiers' resembles the characterisation of governing cliques of (NET June 2013 Paper II)

5. 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

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6. What is "Cultural Dualism"? (NET June 2013 Paper II)

7. Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched? (NET June 2013 Paper II)

8. Who among the following challenged the idea of political development as an unilinear process? (NET June 2013 Paper II)

9. Who among the following is associated with Institutional Approach? (NET June 2013 Paper II)

10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2013 Paper II)

11. Which one among the following statements is true? (NET June 2013 Paper II)

12. Which of the following, according to Lucian Pye, are the crises of Political development? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

1. Crisis of Identity
2. Crisis of Legitimacy
3. Crisis of Leadership
4. Crisis of Integrity

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13. Which one is not the attribute of one party system? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

14. Which of the following statements are correct about the Swiss Political System? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

1. The Centre in Switzerland is more powerful than that of the U.S.A.
2. Swiss Government has right to military intervention in case of secession.
3. The residuary powers belong to the units.
4. Swiss political system is unitary.

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15. Which of the following thinkers defined modernization in terms of three conditions: (NET December 2013 Paper III)

(i) An innovative social system

(ii) Differentiated, flexible social structure

(iii) Social basis for skill and knowledge, in technologically advanced world.

16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes below: (NET December 2013 Paper III)

17. Who among the following has adopted the 'Political-conflict approach' in the analysis of revolution? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

18. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper III)

19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper III)

20. Which one of the following statements about the U.S. President is not correct? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

21. In reference to Presidential system which President of U.S.A. said, "for the folly of just one man may spell disaster for the whole nation."? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

22. Which of the following countries has a simple constitution-amending procedure? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

23. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes: (NET December 2013 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Democratic values command widespread acceptance within liberal democracies as an ideal, but at the same time citizens have become more critical of the working of the core institutions of representative democracy.

Reason (R): The declining faith in government represents a deflation of the political culture, reducing the capacity of the political system to achieve shared goals.

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24. Who among the following was elected as U.S. President for the fourth term? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

25. The "Clash of Civilizations and New World Order" predict an ideological shift in the Post-Cold War period from (NET June 2013 Paper III)

26. Who among the following is Editor/ Author of the book "The New Regional Politics of Development". (NET June 2013 Paper III)

27. Who holds the view that bureaucracy as an organisation cannot correct its behaviour by learning from its errors? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

28. The politics of sex is no longer on the fringe of politics, but it is a central concern for policy and law makers. Which category will this issue be placed under? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

29. Which of the following statements about the US President are true? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

(i) The US President can seek re- election only once.

(ii) He can be impeached for treason, bribery and other crimes.

(iii) At the impeachment trials the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides.

(iv) Both the President and the Vice- President can be from the same state.

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30. What is the correct chronological sequence of Edward Shils' categories of political system? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

(i) Political Democracy

(ii) Tutelary Democracy

(iii) Modernizing Oligarchy

(iv) Totalitarian Oligarchy

(v) Traditional Oligarchy

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31. Who among the following elite theorists said, "A man is effective in society as a whole, not so much because of his individual qualities as because of the social energies which have been deposited in him by the mass"? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

32. Conveyance theory between advanced capitalism and developed by (NET June 2013 Paper III)

33. In the electoral studies, rational choice models have been the most popular which is developed by (NET June 2013 Paper III)

34. Which one of the following is not a feature of the Bipolar Party System? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

35. The term "Cooperative Federalism" emerged after (NET June 2013 Paper III)

36. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2013 Paper III)

37. Corporatism is an approach that is centrally concerned about (NET June 2013 Paper III)

38. According to Almond, which one is not a condition for political development? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

39. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2013 Paper III)

40. Structuration as a concept is a way of analyzing the relationship between structures and actors was suggested by (NET June 2013 Paper III)

41. Who among the following said, "We can not shed our values in the way we remove our coats"? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

42. Who among the following has classified dependency into 'Colonial dependency', 'Financial-industrial dependency' and 'Technological- industrial dependency'? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

43. Riots and demonstrations are the examples of (NET December 2014 Paper II)

44. The cultural thrust in comparative politics became prominent during (NET December 2014 Paper II)

45. Who among the following has used the concepts of goal changing, feedback and learning? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

46. Which of the following are the characteristics of a system, according to Almond? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

1. Comprehensiveness
2. Inter-dependence
3. Existence of boundaries
4. Availability of resources

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47. Comparative politics as an autonomous discipline emerged (NET December 2014 Paper II)

48. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET June 2014 Paper II)

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

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

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49. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2014 Paper II)

50. Which one of the following approaches studies, among others, public opinion and people's political choices? (NET June 2014 Paper II)

51. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2014 Paper II)

52. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2014 Paper II)

53. The traditional approaches to the comparative politics neglected the (NET June 2014 Paper II)

54. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET June 2014 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Dependency is a relationship between the groups of economies those, who condition others and those, who are conditioned by others.

Reason (R): Dependency is dependent on the core periphery relationship of the international political economy.

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55. Which of the following does not figure in Almond and Verba's classification of political cultures? (NET June 2014 Paper II)

56. Identify the correct sequence of the tenets of Behaviouralism as advocated by David Easton. (NET June 2014 Paper II)

(i) Regularities

(ii) Techniques

(iii) Quantification

(iv) Verification

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57. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2014 Paper III)

Assertion (A): The British Parliament is sovereign.

Reason (R): The Queen in England is a nominal head of the State.

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58. Which one of the following Federal Courts has the power to declare laws passed by the state or the constituent unit of the federation invalid but not the federal laws? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

59. The Judges of the US Supreme Court hold office (NET December 2014 Paper III)

60. Who among the following former British Prime Ministers belonged to the Labour Party? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

1. Harold Wilson
2. Edward Heath
3. John Major
4. Tony Blair

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61. Consider the following: (NET December 2014 Paper III)

1. Pocket Veto
2. President message to federal legislature
3. Caucus system
4. Pigeon hole-a bill

These are the parts of constitutional practice of

62. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2014 Paper III)

63. Which one of the following articles of the US Constitution vests the executive powers in the President? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

64. Arrange the following books in order in which they appeared: (NET December 2014 Paper III)

1. Political Order in Changing Societies
2. The Politics of Modernization
3. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
4. Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America

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65. According to Riggs, lack of balance between equality and capacity is (NET December 2014 Paper III)

66. Which one of the following governmental systems is considered to be the off-spring and successor of the theory of separation of powers? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

67. Which of the following statements about the Vice-President of India and Vice-President of America are true? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

1. Both the Vice-Presidents are elected.
2. Both of them are the presiding officers of their respective upper Houses.
3. Both the Vice-Presidents are not the members of their respective Houses.
4. Both of them do not have a casting vote in case of a tie.

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68. The sociologists who influenced Gabriel Almond in his structural functionalism were (NET December 2014 Paper III)

1. Max Weber
2. Talcott Parsons
3. David Truman
4. Karl Deutsch

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

1. Interest-aggregation
2. Interest-articulation
3. Political communication
4. Political socialization and recruitment

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70. What is the correct sequence in which the following approaches to the study of 'Comparative Politics' emerged? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

1. Philosophical Approach
2. Systems Approach
3. New Institutional Approach

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71. Comparative Politics is the study of (NET December 2014 Paper III)

72. Which of the following factors are related to load capacity in the communications theory? (NET December 2015 Paper II)

(A) responsiveness

(B) fidelity

(C) background noise

(D) distortion

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73. The crises described by Leonard Binder et al. in their book "crises and sequences in Political Development" are: (NET December 2015 Paper II)

(A) Identity crises

(B) Integration crises

(C) Legitimacy crises

(D) Resource Mobilisation crises

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74. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2015 Paper II)

75. Which of the following is not true of pressure groups? (NET December 2015 Paper II)

(A) interest articulation

(B) funding the political parties

(C) influencing the policies of the government

(D) implementation of policies

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76. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below: (NET December 2015 Paper II)

77. Who among the following is regarded as the Father of Comparative Politics? (NET December 2015 Paper II)

78. The study of comparative politics became significant after the: (NET December 2015 Paper II)

(A) World War I

(B) World War II

(C) Emergence of new nations

(D) Rise of middle eastern nations

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79. Which of the following were described by David Easton as intellectual foundations of the System Analysis? Give the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2015 Paper II)

(A) Regularities

(B) Verification

(C) Techniques

(D) Quantification

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80. Given below are the two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. (NET December 2015 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Behavioural political theory sought to eliminate the role of values and make Political Science a pure science and quantitative.

Reason (R): Political Science, being a social science, can never be value- free as it deals with human beings who are value-bound.

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81. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2015 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Political development approach came under criticism in the mid-1960s.

Reason (R): The approach based on the experiences of the United States and Western Europe had limited relevance in the Third world.

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82. Who among the following has argued that the electoral system determines the nature of the party system? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

83. Who among the following has written "The Federalist Papers"? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

84. "We are under the Constitution, but the constitution is what the Judges say it is". Besides U.S.A. to which one of the following countries can this be applicable? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

85. Arrange the following concepts in order in which they appeared. Use the code given below: (NET June 2015 Paper II)

(A) Democratic Centralism

(B) Feed - Back System

(C) New Democracy

(D) Due Process of Law

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86. Arrange the following books in order in which they appeared. Use the code given below: (NET June 2015 Paper II)

(A) Comparative Federalism

(B) Democratisation: Theory and Practice

(C) The End of History and the last man

(D) The Civic culture: Political attitude and Democracy in five nations

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87. Who among the following makes a distinction between system maintenance and system persistence? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

88. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2015 Paper II)

89. Since mid-1950s, the major trends in comparative politics have been in the areas of: (NET June 2015 Paper II)

(A) systems theories

(B) culture theories

(C) development theories

(D) class theories

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90. Which one of the following is not a feature of Easton's intellectual foundation stones of behaviouralism? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

91. The roots of newly emerging forces of globalisation have been traced in specific economic and political developments in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Which of the following can not be included in this category? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

92. Which one of the following was the first country to enact a Law- Freedom of the Press Act-as early as in 1766? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

93. Tick the correct option from the codes given below: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

The theories of modernisation were criticised by:

(A) dependency theories

(B) liberal theories

(C) underdevelopment theories

(D) world-systems theories

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94. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

95. What are the three types of political culture according to Almond and Verba's study 'Civic Culture"? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

96. Which world leader gave a special concept of 'Development' after the Second World War? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

97. The five stages of economic growth proposed by W.W. Rostow are: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

98. Which countries were the basis of the study of Almond and Verba's 'Civic Culture'? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

99. Political institutionalisation involves: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

(A) Political mobilisation

(B) Political integration

(C) Political representation

(D) Political Fragmentation

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100. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2015 Paper III)