1. Who used the term 'derivative discourse' in the discussion of nationalism in colonies? (WB SET 2024)

2. Who formulated a philosophy of history centred on divine Providence? (WB SET 2024)

3. World System Theory is supported by (WB SET 2024)

4. The theory of power elites exemplifies the following perspective: (WB SET 2024)

5. Which of the following is not a fundamental Right? (WB SET 2024)

6. Which of the following is / are not the grounds of disqualification for being elected as a Member of Parliament in India? (WB SET 2024)

(I) If the person holds an office of profit under the Government

(II) If the person has voluntarily acquired citizenship of a foreign country

(III) If a person is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India

(IV) If the person has/had been detained under the Preventive Detention Act

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7. In terms of national budgeting, what are merit subsidies? (WB SET 2024)

8. Which of the following jurisdictions of the International Court of Justice has been wrongly listed? (WB SET 2024)

9. Which of the following amendments of US Constitution laid down 'due process of law' relating to judicial scrutiny of legislative and executive actions? (WB SET 2024)

10. Non-Alignment 2.0 signifies (WB SET 2024)

11. Which one of the following is the newest state of India? (WB SET 2024)

12. Which one of the following is not the core element identified with Realism in international politics? (WB SET 2024)

13. Which of the following is not a member of the I2U2 group? (WB SET 2024)

14. Right to Education is (WB SET 2024)

15. Which one of the following committees is not associated with Panchayati Raj in India? (WB SET 2024)

16. Match Set-I with Set-II in terms of their theoretical similarity: (WB SET 2024)

17. The view that the contemporary world portrays the phase of 'post-international politics' is advocated by (WB SET 2024)

18. Which of the following statements is true? (WB SET 2024)

19. Match the following: (WB SET 2024)

20. UNPO stands for (WB SET 2024)

21. Which book was not authored by V. D. Savarkar? (WB SET 2024)

22. Organise the following philosophers according to their time sequence: (WB SET 2024)

(I) Jean Bodin

(II) Polybius

(III) St. Augustine

(IV) Marsilius de Padua

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23. The main purpose of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord (1987) was: (WB SET 2024)

24. Which theory stipulates that citizens are self-interested actors whose decisions fulfil their own needs and wants? (WB SET 2024)

25. Metropolitan areas in Andre Gunder Frank's theories were (WB SET 2024)

26. Which article of the Constitution of India empowers the Parliament to make provisions for a contingency when the offices of both the President and Vice-President fall vacant by reasons of death, resignation, removal or otherwise? (WB SET 2024)

27. For Locke which of the following is not true in case of social contract? (WB SET 2024)

28. Who has been described as a theorist of the superstructure? (WB SET 2024)

29. Who among the following wrote Democracy in America? (WB SET 2024)

30. The primary source of the Basic Structure Doctrine lies in (WB SET 2024)

31. India was described as 'weak- & strong state' by (WB SET 2024)

32. Arrange the following organisation according to their year of establishment: (WB SET 2024)

(I) NAFTA

(II) ASEAN

(III) NATO

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33. Which tradition of political theory is represented by the concept of 'overlapping consensus'? (WB SET 2024)

34. The essay 'Politics as a Vocation' was written by (WB SET 2024)

35. Which one of the following is exclusively a committee of the lower house? (WB SET 2024)

36. Identify the correct sequence of the events by Mahatma Gandhi (WB SET 2024)

(I) Organisation of the industrial workers in Ahmedabad for higher wages

(II) Protest against the Indigo planters at Champaran

(III) Satyagraha movement in Kaira against the collection of land revenue

(IV) Protest against the Asiatic Registration Act

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37. What is the nature of 'the most similar systems' comparative method? (WB SET 2024)

38. Distribution of powers between the State government and Panchayats is (WB SET 2024)

39. Match the following: (WB SET 2024)

40. 'Unity of Command' means (WB SET 2024)

41. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer ও from the codes given below: (WB SET 2024)

Assertion (A): Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science

Reason (R): Aristotle criticized Plato's idealism

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42. C. Wright Mills' The Power Elite is a study of politics of (WB SET 2024)

43. Para-diplomacy refers to (WB SET 2024)

44. 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' as a category refers to (WB SET 2024)

45. Manipur became a part of the Indian Union in (WB SET 2024)

46. What are the essential features of public goods? (WB SET 2024)

(I) Commonly owned by the people

(II) Managed by the public

(III) Non rivalry

(IV) Non-excludability

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47. Who among the following is not a critic of the modernisation theory? (WB SET 2024)

48. Who contributed significantly to the comparative study of social revolutions? (WB SET 2024)

49. Match the following two lists: (WB SET 2024)

50. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2024)

51. Which of the following statement (s) is / are true about hegemony? (WB SET 2024)

52. NITI in NITI Aayog stands for (WB SET 2024)

53. Which of the following is / are the characteristic/s of the new social movements? (WB SET 2024)

54. Bombay Plan, 1944, was (WB SET 2024)

55. Match the authors with their works (WB SET 2024)

56. Which concept was formulated by Mao? (WB SET 2024)

57. The term 'Wolf Warrior Diplomacy' is associated with (WB SET 2024)

58. 'Colour Revolutions' mostly refer to (WB SET 2024)

59. Match the following: (WB SET 2024)

60. India borrowed the idea of Directive Principles of State Policy from the Constitution of (WB SET 2024)

61. Given below are two statements, one is labelled Assertion (A): and the other, Reason (R). (WB SET 2024)

Assertion (A): Ambedkar was in favour of separate electorate for depressed classes

Reason (R): He was in agreement with Gandhi

Select the correct answer from the codes below:

62. The Pakistan Resolution was adopted in (WB SET 2024)

63. Who represents the feminist perspective of political thought? (WB SET 2024)

64. 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 2024)

Assertion (A): For John Stuart Mill, will is the basis of all institutions including the State

Reason (R): Will is not only dependent on number, it has a qualitative foundation and will which makes the institutions takes on the a form of a belief

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65. Which one of the following is not true? (WB SET 2024)

66. Which thinker saw civil servants as a universal class? (WB SET 2024)

67. The Trinity of the Indian Constitution refers to (WB SET 2024)

68. Under the Indus Water Treaty, India has been given the exclusive rights over which of the rivers? (WB SET 2024)

(I) Chenab

(II) Ravi

(III) Beas

(IV) Indus

(V) Sutlej

(VI) Jhelum

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69. Which of the following is not a constitutional office/post? (WB SET 2024)

70. Who among the following thinkers is a key advocate of multiculturalism? (WB SET 2024)

71. Who defined ‘political participation' as’ ‘the involvement of a the members of society in the decision-making process’? (WB SET 2024)

72. Which among the following is not a principle of Panch Sheel? (WB SET 2024)

73. Who introduced the concept of 'incrementalism' in the context of rational decision making? (WB SET 2024)

74. The 'father of international law' is (WB SET 2024)

75. Who among the following has promoted the idea of 'Green Imperialism'? (WB SET 2024)

76. The first Indian Prime Minister to pay an official visit to Israel is (WB SET 2024)

77. Which one of the following subjects belongs to the concurrent list of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution of India? (WB SET 2024)

78. The parties to 'Sir Creek' dispute are (WB SET 2024)

79. Who among the following is not considered an anarchist? (WB SET 2024)

80. The postcolonial critique of Western Enlightenment was developed by (WB SET 2024)

81. What serves as an instrument of judicial control over the executive? (WB SET 2024)

82. The Constitution of India describes India as a (WB SET 2024)

83. Citizenship Amendment Act (2019) in India relates to (WB SET 2024)

84. The view that 'there are no relations of power without resistances' is propounded by (WB SET 2024)

85. Which one of the following federal systems was taken as a model by K. C. Wheare for judging other federal systems? (WB SET 2024)

86. PESA pertains to (WB SET 2024)

87. Indian agrarian economy was described as ‘Bullock Cart Capitalism’ by (WB SET 2024)

88. Examine the following statements regarding the media: (WB SET 2024)

(I) Print media is witnessing a marginal role in contemporary democracies

(II) Electronic media assumes a decisive role

(III) Media is dispassionate and objective in all political systems

(IV) Instruments of media are controlled by industrial and corporate groups

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89. Illiberal Democracy is not compatible with: (WB SET 2024)

90. Who among the following described nation as an ‘imagined community'? (WB SET 2024)

91. The major argument of Neo- Realism of Kenneth Waltz is that (WB SET 2024)

92. Which of the following was mentioned by Gandhi? (WB SET 2024)

93. Which of the following statements is true? (WB SET 2024)

94. The Triadic Model of Governance refers to (WB SET 2024)

95. Political sociology is (WB SET 2024)

96. The theory of 'Prismatic Society' is based (WB SET 2024)

97. Which of the following statements is/are true? (WB SET 2024)

(I) Machiavelli espoused a republican notion of liberty.

(II) Hobbes understood liberty primarily in positive terms.

98. Which country exemplifies totalitarianism today? (WB SET 2024)

99. Find the odd one out: (WB SET 2024)

100. The authority to decide whether a matter falls under residuary powers or not rests with (WB SET 2024)