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WB SET Unit 4: Comparative Political Analysis Part I

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

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

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3. Political sociology is (WB SET 2024)

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

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

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

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

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8. Match the following: (WB SET 2024)

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

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

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11. Match the following: (WB SET 2024)

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

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13. 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)

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

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

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16. 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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28. The term 'Fourth World' refers to: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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29. Joseph Grieco is known for his views on: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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30. Which one of the following is the essence of constitutional government? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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31. Match names of List I with ideas of List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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32. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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33. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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34. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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35. Match ideas of List I one with names of List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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36. Match names of List I with ideas of List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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37. In the question given below, there are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

Assertion (A): The concept of system means a set of elements standing in interactions.

Reason (R): The systems analysis helps interpret political phenomena in an empirical manner.

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38. Who has said that, 'modern political life comprises groups freely combining, dissolving and reformulating according to their particular interest? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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39. How did William H. Riker characterise American Federalism in the 20th Century? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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40. Which one of the following about American system of 'Judicial Review' is not correct? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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41. Match the books (List II) with their authors (List I) by identifying the correct code: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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42. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi's 'Swaraj' is a form of participatory democracy that empowers the masses.

Reason (R): He believed that under it, the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest.

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

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44. 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.

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

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

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

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

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49. 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

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

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

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

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53. Who wrote Political Parties: Their Organization and Activity in the Modern State? (WB PSC 2022)

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54. Medha Patekar was associated with which movement? (WB PSC 2022)

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55. Who wrote Economic Theory and Underdeveloped Regions? (WB PSC 2022)

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56. Switzerland has the following feature: (WB PSC 2022)

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57. Which one of the following statements is false about dependency theory in international relations? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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58. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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59. Find out the correct code: (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

Assertion (A): The behavioural approach stresses upon the informal relationship among the members of an organization.

Reason (R): Behaviouralists employ integrated interdisciplinary approach.

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60. Which of the following is not an attribute, according to Blondel, of the 'inner circle and the establishment' of British Politics? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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61. What according to Duverger; is not a character of a 'caucus' in a political party? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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62. The debate between structuralism and instrumentalism regarding the situation of advanced capitalist state took place between  (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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63. Group approach to politics was given by (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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64. The characteristics of 'equality, capacity and differentiation' of political development were described as "developmental syndrome" by whom? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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65. Who, among the following, discussed 'Continuity and Discontinuity in Socialization'? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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66. Riots and demonstrations are the examples of (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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67. Which one of the following is not correct? Comparative Government approach was criticised by Almond & Powell for its (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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68. Who of the following tried to make democracy and elitism compatible? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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69. Match the following list of books with correct sequence of authors: (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(i) Bananas, Beaches and Bases

(ii) The End of History and the Last Man

(iii) The Second Nuclear Age

(iv) The Clash of Civilizations and Remaking of World Order

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70. Which term describes a set of attitudes and practices that shape people's behaviour? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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71. In the Structural Functionalism of Gabriel Almond, the following are the input functions of a political system. (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(i) Rule Making

(ii) Interest Articulation

(iii) Rule Adjudication

(iv) Political Communication

Choose the right answer from the options given below:

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72. According to Samuel Huntington, Political Development takes place when (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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73. Dependency theory drew its inspiration from the experience of which continent? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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74. The traditional approaches to the study of Comparative Politics neglected the following: (WB SET 2018 PAPER II)

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75. The following thinker made the statement that 'Accumulation of legislative, executive and judicial powers in one hand is the very definition of tyranny'. (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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76. Who among the following is not associated with the Elite theory of democracy? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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77. Charles Edward Merriam was associated with (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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78. How did Easton term the basic tenets of Post-behaviouralism? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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79. Which of the following features are common between India and the UK? Select the correct answer using codes given below: (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(a)   Supreme powers with the Parliament

(b)   Written constitution

(c)   Bicameral legislature

(d)   Majority support enjoyed by the cabinet in the lower house of the legislature

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80. Find the odd one out from the choices below based on the focus of the respective social movement. (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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81. Who among the following is not a proponent of the 'End of Ideology' theory? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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82. The exponents of the Elite theory: (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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83. What is the name of Lucian Pye's work on Political Culture? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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84. Which of the following functions is not performed by pressure groups? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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85. According to Almond and Verba 'Civic Culture' in democratic societies resulted from the mixture of  (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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86. Who among the following mooted the idea that India was a ‘soft state’ and was ill-equipped to carry out its promises? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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87. Which of the following book(s) was/were written by Frantz Fanon? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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88. Who among the following defined Political Culture as composed of attitudes, beliefs, emotions and values of society that relate to the political system and political issues? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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89. According to Samuel Huntington, ‘Political Decay’ takes place when (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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90. The study of Comparative Politics till the end of Cold War was the following: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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91. Which one of the following books was authored by David Easton? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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92. The concept ‘institution’ was replaced with the following by Gabriel Almond: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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93. The term ‘new politics’ associated with New Social Movements means the following: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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94. Liberal pluralist view of Constitution does not believe in the following: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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95. At the end of Cold War, Francis Fukuyama constructed the thesis ‘end of history’ which meant the following: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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96. Robert Putnam’s work on ‘Social Capital’ associated with political culture is with reference to which country? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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97. Who advanced the idea of ‘World Systems Theory’ signifying the arrival of international capitalist order in the 1970’s? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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98. Who among the following used the Machiavellian analogy of Lion and Fox? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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99. The distinction between traditional and modern societies were derived from which sociologists? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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100. Who among the following is considered to be proponent of structural functional approach in Comparative Politics? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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