1. The term dialectic comes from the Greek word (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

2. Who said that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

3. Who did comment that Civil Society and Political Society have been created by the capitalist class to discipline mind and body of the common man? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

4. The arguments regarding the decline of political theory is associated with (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

5. Which one of the following is not a feature of post-behaviourlism? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

6. Match the following: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

7. Which of the following arguments are not advocated by the communitarians? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

8. Match the following: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

9. What is the difference between Liberal and Marxist views on freedom? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

10. The book ‘Subjection of Women’ was written by (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

11. The concept of Total Revolution was given by (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

12. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

1. Assembly Bomb Case : Rajguru
2. Kakori Conspiracy Case : Rajendra Lahiri
3. Kanpur Conspiracy Case : S. A. Dange
4. Meerut Conspiracy Case : Jawaharlal Nehru

13. Arrange the following cases in the chronological order of their judgement: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

1. Kesavanand Bharati Case
2. Golaknath Case
3. Sajjan Singh Case
4. Minerva Mills Case

14. In Panchayati Raj Institutions, women have been given one-third of the seats reservation vide amendment in the Indian Constitution. (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

15. The first non-Congress Prime Minister of India was (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

16. Consider the following statements: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

1. Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the leaders who started Ahrar movement.
2. Syed Ahmed Khan opposed the establishment of Indian National Congress.
3. All India Muslim League opposed the partition of Bengal and separate electorates.
4. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman President of Indian National Congress.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

17. The total number of members in the Vidhan Parishad of a state cannot exceed (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

18. Which of the following books is not written/ edited by Atul Kohli? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

19. The First State reorganized in India on linguistic basis was (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

20. The amendment to the Indian Constitution which gave precedence to Directive Principle over Fundamental Rights is (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

21. Articles 17 and 18 of Indian Constitution provide (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

22. Who wrote the book The Indian Constitution : Cornerstone of a Nation? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

23. How has Partha Chatterjee characterised the planning process in India after independence? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

24. Which one of the following about D. Easton’s systems analysis is not correct? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

25. Which of the following, according to Almond and Powell, are the major criticisms against traditional approach towards comparative politics? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

Traditional approach suffers from

26. Who has categorized the interest groups into clientalistic and parentalistic interest groups? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

27. Which one of the following is not correct about C. Wright Mills’ idea of power elite? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

28. Which of the following is not related to the idea of constitutionalism? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

29. Who among the following has attempted a correlation between electoral system and party system? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

30. A government in which few people such as dominant clique have power is known as (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

31. 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: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

Assertion(A): Comparative Politics is concerned with political phenomena.

Reason(R): Comparison helps us to understand concepts, events and theories.

Codes:

32. The Conservative Party in Britain is a (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

33. Who among the following is a major protagonist of the public choice school? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

34. The four major themes of the New Public Administration are: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

35. Who said, “Development Administration is an action-oriented, goal-oriented administrative system”? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

36. The recommendations for the constitution of Lok Pal and Lokayukta was first made by (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

37. The Functions of the Chief Executive was written by (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

38. The Hawthorne Studies were based on the following organization (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

39. Which of the following is not a feature of Max Weber’s theory of bureaucracy? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

40. Which of the following scholars is associated with the Incremental Model of decision making? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

41. WTO has its headquarters in (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

42. The following agency of the United Nations played a pioneering role in propagating ‘Good Governance’. (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

43. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer. (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

44. What is the motto of ASEAN? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

45. Identity the following events in the correct chronological order, use the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

(i) PTBT

(ii) CTBT

(iii) NPT

(iv) Pokhran Nuclear Explosion I

46. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes below: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

47. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer using the codes below: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

48. The UN Conference held in Copenhagen, known as COP 15 dealt with the issue of (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

49. Which of the following was not a member of Axis Powers during the Second World War? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

50. Game theory in IR assumes (WB SET 2017 Paper II)