Presidency University Masters Entrance Questions 2024 - Political Science Coaching Centre

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Presidency University Masters Entrance Questions 2024

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1. The 2nd Minnowbrook conference was held in the year of: (PUMDET 2024)

(A) 1948

(B) 1958

(D) 1998

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2. An essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism is: (PUMDET 2024)

(A) A written constitution

(B) Parliamentary democracy.

(C) Guarantee of Fundamental Rights

(D) Limited Government

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3. The Decision-making approach is associated with (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Henri Fayol

(B) Luther Gulick

(C) Herbert Simon

(D) Marry Parker Follet

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4. In Public Administration, 3E refers to: (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Economy, Energy, Environment

(B) Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness

(C) Equity, Empowerment, Endeavour

(D) Energy, Environment, Equity

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5. Where will you find a 'Sala Model'? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) In Prismatic Society

(B) In Hawthorne Plant Experiments

(C) In Scientific Management

(D) In Human Relations Theory

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6. Who is the author of the book The Open Society and Its Enemies? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) John Stuart Mill

(B) Karl Popper

(C) Adam Smith

(D) Alexis de Tocqueville

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7. According to Aristotle, which one is the bad form of government? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Monarchy

(B) Aristocracy

(C) Polity

(D) Democracy

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8. Which one of the following is "The Mind of God" according to Thomas Aquinas? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Eternal Law

(B) Natural Law

(C) Divine Law

(D) Human Law

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9. According to the Communitarian concept of Justice (PUMDET 2024)

(A) All society must follow the same rules of justice.

(B) Justice should be contextualised in different societies.

(C) Public discourse should be devoid of moral principles.bildu

(D) Self-interest is the key of social justice.

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10. Who said, 'Every State is known by the rights that it maintains'? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) H. J. Laski

(B) T. H. Green

(C) J. Bentham

(D) J. S. Mill

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11. Who, among the following, is regarded as the exponent of Critical Theory? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Antonio Gramsci

(B) Herbert Mercuse

(C) David Held

(D) Robert Nozick

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12. Who authored The Human Condition? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Immanuel Kant

(B) Theodor Adorno

(C) Hannah Arendt

(D) Jurgen Habermas

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13. Who first popularized the term 'illiberal democracy'? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Lucian Pye

(B) David Collier

(C) Fareed Zakaria

(D) Samuel P. Huntington

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14. Who conducts Social Audit in Panchayati Raj system? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Gram Panchayat

(B) Gram Sabha

(C) Panchayat Samity

(D) Zilla Parishad

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15. Who appoints the Lokpal in India? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) President

(B) Prime Minister

(C) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

(D) Governor of a State

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16. The 'Chipko Movement is mainly associated with: (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Protection of forests

(B) Protection of river valley

(C) Protest against corruption

(D) Movement against land-grabbing

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17. Who coined the term 'New Public Management'? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Christopher Hood

(B) Fred Riggs

(C) Dwight Waldo

(D) Vincent Ostrom

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18. Who coined the term 'Information Poverty'? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Pippa Norris

(B) Elfreda Chatman

(C) Noam Chomsky

(D) Manuel Castells

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19. Who wrote the book The Silent Spring? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Mancur Olson

(B) Talcott Parsons

(C) Rachel Carson

(D) None of the above

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20. In which city was the Earth Summit (1992) held? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Sao Paulo

(B) Johannesburg

(C) Tokyo

(D) Rio de Janeiro

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21. What is the full form of WMD? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Women Ministers' Desk

(B) World Martyrs' Day

(C) War Memorial Day

(D) Weapons of Mass Destruction

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22. What is the time period of the First Five Year Plan in India? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) 1948-1953

(B) 1949-1954

(D) 1951-1956

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23. Who formed the Satyasodhak Samaj? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Jyotiba Phule

(B) Periyar

(C) Ambedkar

(D) Harichand Thakur

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24. Which of the following thinkers belongs to the Dependency School of Thought? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Robert Nozick

(B) Milton Friedman

(C) Maurice Duverger

(D) Emmanuel Wallerstein

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25. Which of the following thinkers has contributed to our understanding of Public Sphere? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Engels

(B) Gramsci

(C) Habermas

(D) Horkheimerd

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26. Who propounded the theory of the Third Wave of democratization? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Robert Dahl

(B) Samuel P. Huntington

(C) Larry Diamond

(D) Stuart Corbridge

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27. Which thinker has first used 'Structural Functionalism' to analyse Indian politics? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Rajni Kothari

(B) W.H. Morris Jones

(C) Paul Brass

(D) Sudipta Kaviraj

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28. Who is regarded as the exponent of Social Darwinism? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) J. Bentham

(B) H. Spencer

(C) R. Nozick

(D) M. Sandel

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29. Match the following pairs: (PUMDET 2024)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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30. Who wrote The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) G. W. Hegel

(B) P. J. Proudhon

(C) F. Engels

(D) V. I. Lenin

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31. Who termed Kautilya's Arthasastra as "truly radical 'Machiavellianism' in the popular sense of that word"? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) D. D. Kosambi

(B) Max Weber

(C) Karl Marx

(D) R. S. Sharma

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32. Who is the exponent of Constructivism in International Theory? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Hans Morgenthau

(B) M. Waltz

(C) Joseph S. Nye

(D) Alexander Wendt

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33. Who is the author of The Great Transformation? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Max Weber

(B) Karl Polanyi

(C) Johan P. Olsen

(D) Karl Fredrich

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34. Who was the exponent of World Systems theory? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Gabriel Almond

(B) Samir Amin

(C) Immanuel Wallerstein

(D) S. P. Huntington

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35. In which year was the World Trade Organisation formed? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) 1990

(B) 1995

(D) 2005

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36. Which State joined the SAARC as the last member? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Maldives

(B) Nepal

(C) Bhutan

(D) Afghanistan

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37. The main focus of the Doha Round (2001) of WTO was on (PUMDET 2024)

(A) developed countries

(B) developing countries

(C) least developed countries

(D) Afro-Asian countries

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38. How is 'power' described in Realist approach? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) As a relational concept

(B) As a relative concept

(C) As a relational and relative concept

(D) None of the above spell

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39. The concept of 'credible minimum deterrent' in Indian foreign policy is related (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Biological weapons

(B) Chemical weapons

(C) Nuclear weapons

(D) Space-based weapons

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40. Who rules in the case of the President's Rule in a State? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) A caretaker government

(B) The Chief Minister nominated by the President upon the Prime Minister's advice

(C) The Governor of the State

(D) The President directly

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41. The party formed by Subhas Chandra Bose is known as: (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Revolutionary Socialist Party

(B) Republican Party of India

(C) Socialist Unity Centre of India

(D) Forward Bloc

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42. The members of the Public Accounts Committee in the Indian Parliament is elected by the principle of (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Proportional representation

(B) Majority voting

(C) Electoral College

(D) Preferential voting

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43. Which of the following state has a bicameral legislature? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Kerala

(B) Haryana

(C) Bihar

(D) Himachal Pradesh

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44. Which article mentions the procedures of amendment to the Constitution of India? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Article 25

(B) Article 32

(C) Article 226

(D) Article 368

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45. Which part of the Indian Constitution sums up its philosophy? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Fundamental Rights

(B) Directive Principles of State Policy

(C) The Preamble

(D) Concurrent List

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46. Which of the following resolution cannot be initiated by the Rajya Sabha? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Removal of the Vice-President of India piton P

(B) Legislation on matters enumerated under the State List in the national interest.

(C) Creation of new All India Services

(D) Introduction of a Money Bill

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47. What was the objective of the Sarkaria Commission? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) To determine the distribution of financial resources among states.

(B) To suggest reforms in district administration.

(C) To examine the relationships between the states and the Centre and suggest changes.

(D) To suggest reform of laws which are not in harmony with the economic liberalisation.

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48. What type of case can be tried by the Nyaya Panchayat? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Civil cases

(B) Criminal cases

(C) Civil and criminal cases

(D) Appellate cases only

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49. Which schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the official languages? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Third

(B) Seventh

(C) Eighth

(D) Ninth

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50. Who authored Fatawa-i-Jahandari? (PUMDET 2024)

(A) Al Biruni

(B) Abul Fazl

(C) Zia-al-Din-Barani

(D) Muhammad Iqbal

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