1. "Justice is the child of fear." Who said this? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

2. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

3. Match the list: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

4. Which one of the following books is not written by Rawls? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

5. Montesquieu's theory of separation of powers is related to (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

6. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Scientific socialism explains history in terms of class struggle.

Reasons (R): Class struggle takes place in the super-structure first.

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7. Who considered political power as the relationship in which one person or a group is able to determine the actions of another in the direction of the powers' own ends? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

8. The concept of constitutional citizenship is propounded by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

9. Which formulation of the following is not accepted by Rousseau? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

10. The concept of piecemeal social engineering is propounded by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

11. Who among the following is not an exponent of republican idea of freedom? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

12. Rawls rejects Marxism because (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

13. Who said that power is held in trust and used by those in authority for the benefit of all? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

14. Identify the correct sequence of the following writings of Marx: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

(i) Contribution of the Critique of Political Economy

(ii) Poverty of Philosophy

(iii) Theses on Feuerbach

(iv) Communist Manifesto

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

15. The concept of 'Power Elite' is given by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

16. Which of the following statements is wrong? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

17. Who was the President of Congress when it adopted the 'Poorna Swaraj' resolution? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

18. What was Young India? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

19. Which Schedule of the Constitution is related to the system of District Council? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

20. Match the political parties with the states in which they occupy a prominent position: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

21. In which book was the idea of 'Soft State' discussed? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

22. Who did hold the positions of both Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister in different Union Governments? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

23. Which provision of Indian Constitution talks of Panchayati Raj Institutions? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

24. The Hawthorne experiments carried out in the Western Electric Company between 1927 to 1932 were conducted by the team led by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

25. Who said "Government is a sovereign factor in administration"? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

26. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the classical approach of Public Administration? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

27. Who among the following said: "The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape." (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

28. Give the correct answer using the codes given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Decisions, according to Simon, contain varying degrees of actual and value judgements.

Reason (R): Decisions are made at every level within an organization.

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29. With which model/theory of decision making do we associate the name of Charles Lindblow? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

30. The classical theory of organization is not marked by which of the following features? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

31. Give the correct answer using the codes given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): The term 'line' is drawn from the military organization

Reason (R): 'Line' agencies are those which perform house-keeping services in an organization.

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32. Which of the following statements is true? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

1. Frederick Winslow Taylor advocated the adoption of scientific methods in the field of industrial work.
2. Taylor believed that workers can be trained by the management in the best methods for achieving industrial objectives.
3. Taylor considered selection procedure of workers to be unimportant.
4. Taylor was of the opinion that collaboration between workers and management is not possible.

33. Choose the basic features of a hierarchical organization. (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

(a) Pyramidal structuring

(b) A person has only one immediate superior from whom to receive orders.

(c) Authority, command and control in the organization descends from the top downwards step by step.

(d) Intermediate level of authority may be skipped over in the dealings of the people at the top with those at the lower levels and vice versa.

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34. Which of the following is/are true of Development Administration? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

1. Focus in an management of development.
2. Management has to enlist popular support.
3. Management has to respond to popular needs and demands.
4. Administrative reforms need to be stressed.

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35. Which of the following is the odd one out? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

36. Assertion (A): Administrative corruption has been almost institutionalised in India. (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

Reason (R): Bureaucracy is too much powerful in India.

Choose the correct code.

37. The theories of managerial control popularly known as Theory X and Theroy Y were developed by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

38. Give the correct answer using the codes given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Riggs pursued what is known as the ecological approach to public administration

Reason (R): The ecological approach to public administration signifies vital interconnections between administrative system and the social system in which public administration is embedded.

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39. Collective Security occupies a central position between (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

40. Which one of the factors that led to demand for the New International Economic Order (NIEO)? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

41. Who defines foreign policy as a subcategory of international politics? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

42. The 'Blue Helmets' is associated with (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

43. Morgenthau's Theory of Realism is concerned with (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

44. The 'Millennium Development Goals' was adopted in 2000 by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

45. Which of the following is incorrect? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

46. Which is not included in the rational decision-making theory? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

47. Which one of the following is not the element of national power? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

48. Which one is the eighth member of SAARC? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

49. When the gain of one player is the loss of another players in international relations it is known as (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

50. K. J. Holsti was the author of (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

51. Neo-liberals share with neo-realists their belief (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

52. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

53. Globalisation involves (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

54. Which one of the following is not correct? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

55. Choose the correct code. (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): "Comparative Politics" was born in the United States during and after World War II

Reason (R): Many political scientists joined the government in the United States during World War II

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56. Who stressed on "System maintenance" while deliberating on Political System? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

57. Who among the followings observed. 'conflict' as the source of social change? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

58. Who among the following defines democracy as an ‘elective polyarchy'? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

59. The process of 'Routinization of charisma' is given by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

60. Kaplan and Dahl have taken politics as the study of the (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

61. Which one of the following does not figure in Almond and Verba's classification of Political Culture? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

62. Who among the following has termed bureaucracy as "an organization that can not correct its behaviour by learning from its errors"? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

63. Arrange in ascending order the following stages of political development as enunciated by A.F. Organski. Select the correct answer from codes given below (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

(i) Primitive National Unification

(ii) Abundance

(iii) Industrialisation

(iv) National Welfare

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64. Who among the following is associated with political structuralism? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

65. Which one of the following countries has presidential form of government? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

66. Which one of the following is a function of political parties? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

67. In which of the following countries the standing committees of the Legislature can make or break any piece of legislation? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

68. Secret voting was first introduced in (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

69. What is 'Mulki rule'? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

70. If the Speaker of the Lok Sabha stops a member and allows someone else to speak, it is known as (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

71. Which of the following(s) is/are not correctly matched? Answer by identifying the correct code. (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

1. Kohli — India's Democracy
2. Brass – Independence Politics of India Since
3. Barua – India: The Dangerous Decades
4. Myron Weiner and Katzenstein – India's Preferential Policies
5. Harrison – India Against Itself

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72. Which of the following is related to the appointment of Governor? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

73. Chronologically arrange the events in ascending order. (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

(i) Creation of Punjab and Haryana

(ii) Reorganization of Assam and creation of Meghalaya

(iii) Creation of Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh

(iv) Reorganization of States

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74. Which of the following is not provided by the 73rd Constitution (Amendment) Act? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

75. What is the criterion for getting recognition as a 'national party' in Indian electoral system? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)