1. Who Among the following emphasized that the dominance of the ruling class is achieved by ideological manipulation, rather than just open coercion? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

2. Which of the following thinkers is related to the concept of colonization of life world? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

3. Habermas's proposed explanations of the legitimation crisis tendency are: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) systematic limits

(ii) overloading through universalistic value systems

(iii) unintended side effects of administrative interventions in the cultural tradition.

Choose the correct option:

4. Who is the author of the book 'Black skin, white mask's? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

5. Who among the following thinkers believes that the decline of traditional values and hierarchies was one of the factors which explained the advent of Nazism and Stalinism? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

6. Consider the following statements regarding Hannah Arendt's thought about human activities: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Practical activity comes in a hierarchy of three broad forms: labour, work and action.

(ii) At the top of this hierarchy is 'labour'.

7. Who among the following does not accept trade-offs between efficiency and equality? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

8. Who among the following rejects the idea of a society as a cooperative enterprise based on mutual benefit and reciprocity? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

9. Which of the following principles are the part of Nozick's theory of entitlement? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Principle of transfer.

(ii) Principle of fair equality of opportunity.

(iii) Principle of just initial acquisition.

(iv) Principle of rectification of injustice.

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10. Which of the following books is not written by Michael Walzar? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

11. Who among the following has claimed that there are three types of political theories: explanatory / interpretative, normative and contemplative? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

12. Which of the following pairs is not correct as described by David Easton in the context of modern historical political writings? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

13. Who among the following represent/s the textualist approach to political theory? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Andrew Hacker

(ii) John Plamentaz

(iii) Quintin Skinner

(iv) John Dunn

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14. Who among the following reaffirms the importance of classical political theory to remedy the crisis of the modern times? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

15. David Easton mentions 'Surfeit of Facts', criticizing which of the following? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

16. Who among the following credited Charles Merriam as being the first among the political scientists to see the importance of psychology for politics? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

17. Consider the following statements: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) The two categories of political scientists as empirical theorist and trans-empirical theorist have been described by Robert Dahl.

(ii) According to to the the empirical theorists, the study of politics neither can nor should be purely scientific.

18. "The intellectual foundation stones' of Behaviouralism consists of: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Regularities

(ii) Systematization

(iii) Pure Science

(iv) Disintegration

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19. The slogan/s related to post- behaviouralism is/are : (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) It is better to be vague than non-relevantly precise.

(ii) It is better to be wrong than vague.

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20. Which of the followings are related to the nature of post-behavioural revolution? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Substance must precede technique.

(ii) To bear the respon sibility for acting.

(iii) Politicization of the professions.

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21. "The behavioural persuasion in politics is concerned with what man does politically and the meanings he attaches to his behaviour." Who said this? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

22. "It is no help to us to set our factual knowledge off to one side, neatly sealed up in an aseptic container and values off to the other side where they have no bearing on realty." (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

23. In his book 'A Framework for Political Analysis', David Easton described political life as: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

24. David Easton refers to the internal political systems of groups and organisations as: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

25. The reason for the overload of demands in a political system is: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) the demands are excessive in quantity.

(ii) though the demands are few in number, but exacting in their nature.

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26. Which of the following referred to the conversion functions of a political process analysis of Almond Powell? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Interest Articulation

(ii) Interest Aggregation

(iii) Political Communication

(iv) Rule making

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27. Which one of the following is not the style of interest aggregation? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

28. Which of the following political systems are correct according to the degree of structural differentiation and cultural secularization as described by Almond Powell? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Primitive systems: Intermittent political structures.

(ii) Traditional systems: Differentiated governmental political structures.

(iii) Modern systems: Differentiated political infrastructures.

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29. Who is the author of the book "The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

30. Who among the following conceived of the group as a mas of activity and not a collection of individuals? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

31. Who among the following thinkers links the elite rule with two psychological types 'Foxes and Lions'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

32. Who among the following drew attention to the disproportionate influence of military - industrial complex in his study of power elite? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

33. "The Rational Choice Theory" is mainly associated with (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

34. Which of the following models are related to the rational choice theory? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Anthony Down's theory of elections.

(ii) Vivien Schmidt's theory ofdiscursive institutionalism.

(iii) William Riker's theory of political coalitions.

(iv) Thomas Schelling's work on deterrence.

Choose the correct option:

35. Who among the following argues that it is not nations that create nationalism but rather, that nationalism creates nations? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

36. Who among the following believes that the idea of Indian nationalism is an entirely modern, rationalist and historicist idea? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

37. Consider the following statement regarding Feminism : (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART II)

(i) One of the major issue of first wave of feminism was the demand of same legal and political rights for men and women.

(ii) Betty Friedan represented the first wave of Feminism.

38. Which of the following feminist thinker has given view that 'the personal which is political' is also, quite likely, 'Internation'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

39. "The idea of absolute and universal truth must be discarded as an arrogant pretence." It is the central theme of: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

40. Which of the following theories is a form of post-modern analysis? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

41. Who among the following were pioneers of the institutional approach? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) James Bryce

(ii) A.V. Dicey

(iii) R.C: Macridis

(iv) Carl J. Friedrich

Choose the correct option:

42. Consider the following statements regarding new Institutionalism: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Normative institutionalism is associated with James March and Johan P. Olsen.

(ii) Normative institutionalism see institutions more as aggregation of incentives and disincentives that influence individual choice.

43. Assertion (A) : The variation within the countries is often larger than the variation between the countries.

Reason (R): The political culture of nation states are  not homogeneous, coherent, or compact. (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

44. Which of the following are related to Denial Elazar's concept of political culture: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Post-materialistic

(ii) Moralistic

(iii) Individualistic

(iv) Traditionalistic

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45. Which of the following are the three components of political development according to Francis Fukuyama? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

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

47. "We need to make distinctions between states to understand the changing role of state." Who made this statement? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

48. Who among the following argues that capitalists use the state as a mean of domination in society? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

49. Who among the following has given the idea of an alternative neo-pluralist theory of state? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) J.K. Galbraith

(ii) Charles Lindblom

(iii) Wilfredo Pareto

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50. A state which intervenes with a view to bringing about a broader social restructuring, usually in accordance with the principles such as fairness, equality and social justice is known as: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

51. A developmental state is one that intervenes in economic life with the specific purpose of promoting. (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

52. Which of the following classifications of state is not related to developing societies? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

53. Who among the following studied the bureaucracy on the basis of public choice theory? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

54. The functions of bureaucracy are: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) carrying out administration

(ii) offering policy advice

(iii) maintaining political stability

(iv) articulating and aggregating interests

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55. Who among the following is considered to be the father of policy Sciences? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

56. Which of the following policy approach is known as an alternative to Herbert Simon's bounded rational approach? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

57. Which of the following groups is considered as the core principles of good governance? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

58. Who among the following has claimed that the basic political contradiction in modern society is between 'man as citizen' and man as private individual? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

59. "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." It is a definition of: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

60. Prebisch Thesis is concerned to (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

61. Who among the following is known for community based sustainable development theory? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

62. Andre Gunder Frank's theory of underdevelopment is based on: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

63. Who among the following is the supporter of alternative globalisation? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

64. Washington consensus' favoured: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Fiscal discipline

(ii) Tax reform

(iii) Nationalisation

(iv) Free trade

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65. Who among the following adopted a structural approach to the study of social revolution? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

66. "Where there is power, there is resistance and yet, or rather consequently, this resistance is never in a position of exteriority to power." Who made this statement? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

67. In which wave is India involved in under the three waves of democratization given by Samuel Huntington? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

68. Consider the following statements regarding democratization in global perspective: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) The growth of democratization is different in geographic regions.

(ii) Democratization different is also different for poor and rich countries, respectively and for countries with different cultural systems.

69. Consider the following statements regarding new social movement: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) The peace movement, the human right movement, the women's movement can be included in the new social movement.

(ii) These movement are called new to distinguish them from the 'old' labour movement.

70. Which of the following is not the attitude of new social movement? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

71. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the list (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

72. At the time of the enforcement of the Constitution of India, the states and the territories of India as mentioned in the first schedule of the constitution were divided in: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

73. Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar wanted to divide Uttar Pradesh into how many parts? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

74. Which of the following commission / committee recommended that finance commission should be a permanent body with its own secretariat? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

75. Which of the following commission recommended that a time limit of three years may be prescribed for settlement by mediation of any inter- state water dispute reckoning from the date the dispute first arises? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

76. Which of the following is not an ethnic movement? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

77. "The Nadars of Tamil Nadu: The political culture at a community in change' is a study of: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

78. Who among the following is/are in the favour of the opinion that caste associations are agents of modernity in a traditional society like India?

79. Who among the following pointed out that organised labour as potential actor in class politics in India must contend formidable with obstacles?

80. The lowest number of women elected to the Lok Sabha was in which of the following general elections? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

81. Which of the following pairs is not correct regarding social movements in India? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

82. Which of the following protest movement against the construction of big dams and displacement of people is known as largest organised protest movement in India? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

83. "The cold war also operated to help the congress party hold onto its hegemonic position in India." Who made this statement? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

84. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the given below the list (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

85. On which year Bhartiya Janta Party has accepted 'Integral Humanism' in its core philosophy? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

86. Which of the following pair is not correct in relation to dominant castes in state politics? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

87. Which of the following reports of Law Commission of India is not related to electoral reforms / disqualification? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

88. "The growth of pressure groups which advocate specific changes in public policy could also serve as a stabilizing force." Who made this statement regarding pressure groups in India? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

89. Who among the following has called Indian Federalism as "The Amicable Union'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

90. Which one of the following books is not written by Morris Jones? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

91. Who among the following marked the pluralism in India as 'State dominated pluralism' and 'Involuted pluralism'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

92. Who among the following was the founder of the 'Centre for the study of Developing Societies'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

93. Who is the author of the book 'Globalization India: Nation, State and Democracy'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

94. Which one of the following books is not written by Amartya Sen? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

95. Which of the following was inaugurated by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

96. By Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959, some territory of which of the following districts of Rajasthan was transferred to Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

97. Assertion (A): Electoral upsets do not easily alter the structure of party competition in Rajasthan.

Reason (R): The nature of party political competition in Rajasthan has become bipolar and gains for one result in direct loss to the other. (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

98. In which of the following elections of Rajasthan legislative assembly, Indian National Congress got the lowest seats? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

99. Consider the following statements regarding different phases of political competition in Rajasthan: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Between 1977 and 1990, in the second phase of electoral competition, electoral politics of Rajasthan began to merge with the national political main stream.

(ii) The post 1990 election phase can be called the third and present phase of Rajasthan politics.

100. Mazdoor Kissan Shakti Sangathan' is a (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

101. The term 'Superpower' first used by: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

102. "From the Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent." Who made this statement? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

103. Which one of the following, is not related to cold war crises? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

104. The charter of which of the following organization has as one of its principles 'Affirmation of a policy of non-alignment with regards to all blocs? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

105. Which of the following factors are associated with the end of cold war? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) The structural weakness of Soviet style communism

(ii) The impact of Gorbachev's reform process

(iii) US policy and the 'second' cold war.

(iv) Economic and cultural globalization

Choose the correct option: 

106. The phrase 'New world Order' for the Post-cold war era was first mooted by: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

107. Which of the following is not purpose of the United Nation? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

108. Who among the following signed the United Nations charter on behalf of India? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

109. Who has described the United Nations peacekeeping as belonging to 'Chapter Six and a Half of the United Nations charter? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

110. The European Union flag has twelve gold coloured stars. It is a symbol of: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

111. Consider the following statement regarding BRICS:

(i) The term BRICS was coined in 2001 in a report by Goldman Sachs, the investment Bank.

(ii) BRICS is portrayed as a 'guardian of the interests of least developed countries'.

112. Consider the following statements regarding G-20:

(i) At the 2009 Pittsburgh summit, the heads of state/ heads of government decided to institutionalize the G-20 as the main forum for global economic and financial cooperation.

(ii) The permanent secretariat of the G-20 is in Montreal (Canada).

113. According to Madeleine K. Albright the United States of America is: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

114. Who among the following argued that the united states should act as a global sheriff rounding the "possess" of other states to handle major international issue as they arise? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

115. The term 'Nuclear Umbrella' means: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

116. Which of the following countries has not signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, 1996? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) North Korea

(ii) Pakistan

(iii) China

(iv) Iran

Choose the correct option:

117. As a part of its 'Global War on Terror' the United States of America launched? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

118. On which of the following causes is humanitarian intervention, justified? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Regional stability

(ii) Moral pluralism

(iii) Promoting democracy

(iv) Global interdependence

Choose the correct option:

119. Which of the following model is known as the current fixed exchange rate rate and export led growth model of some Asian Countries, including China? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

120. Which of the following institutions is intended to provide the common institutional framework for the conduct of trade relations among its members? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

121. Consider the following statements regarding new international economic order: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) In the 1970s, developing countries launched a concentrated campaign in the United Nations General Assembly for a New International Economic Order.

(ii) A Summit meeting of the Non- Alignment Movement in 1973 first called for New International Economic Order.

122. Assertion (A): The Old North- South Division is seen as less important in contemporary global economy. (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

Reason (R): The Global south is moving in divergent directions depending on 'countries' and 'regions' integration with world markets.

123. The Buenos Aires Plan of Action for promoting and implementing technical cooperation among developing countries (BAPA+40) is concerned with: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

124. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the given below the list (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

125. In year 2020 which of the following two countries has a Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA)? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

126. The 'Indra' series of Indian Military exercises with Russia began in year: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

127. How many summit has been held between India and European Union by December 2020? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

128. In which year the joint working group on the boundary question was set up between India and China? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

129. The Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Bhutan and India signed in 1949, has updated in which year? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

130. In which of the following years the Karachi Agreement related to Cease fire Line in Jammu and Kashmir was signed? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

131. Consider the following statements regarding Plato: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) 'Kallipolis' is the centre of Plato's political philosophy and of the 'Republic' itself.

(ii) 'Kallipolis' means the good or maximally happy happy community.

132. Which of the following is related to the philosophy of Plato? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Myth of metals and of Earth born

(ii) The allegory of the cave

(iii) The principle of the golden mean

(iv) The metaphor of the divided line

Choose the correct option:

133. Assertion (A): Aristotle insists that a Science of any subject matter must be teleological.

Reason (R): Teleology is ethical theory which considers certain moral duties as self evident and absolutely binding, irrespective of the consequences. (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

134. Consider the following statements regarding Aristotle. (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) For Aristotle man is by nature a social and political animal.

(ii) To explain human nature, Aristotle used the term 'zoon politikon'

135. Who among the following is the author of the work De Re Publica? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

136. Thomas Aquinas, in his book "Summa Theologiae", portrayed the state as: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

137. Who among the following Thinkers has made this statement that 'A ruler must learn to be other than good'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

138. Hobbes described liberty as the absence of opposition in "Leviathan". By opposition, he meant (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

139. Which of the following books of Thomas Hobbes has the another title "The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

140. Consider the following statements regarding John Locke : (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) "Two Treaties of Government' and 'A Letter concerning Toleration' were published in 1689.

(ii) The Second Treaties' of the "Two Treaties of Government' was a response to the version of the divine right of Kings theory developed by Robert Filmer.

141. According to which of the following thinkers, the institution of property was absent in the state of nature? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Thomas Hobbes

(ii) John Locke

(iii) J.J. Rousseau

Choose the correct option:

142. Who among the following thinkers considered Freedom as a collective venture? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

143. Which of the following idea of Jeremy Bentham is described by Michel Foucault as quintessence of the disciplinary apparatus of the bourgeois state? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

144. Who among the following believes that voting is a public trust which should be performed under the eye and criticism of the public? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

145. Who among the following called John Stuart Mill 'the saint of Rationalism'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

146. According to Hegel, which of the following is related to the state? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

147. Who among the following considers civil society as 'system of needs'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

148. Consider the following statements regarding T.H.Green : (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) T.H. Green is a pioneer among modern liberal thinkers who accept the 'negative' concept of freedom.

(ii) T.H. Green defined freedom as the ability of people to make the most and best themselves.