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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Political Science (MA Political Science) .
| 101. |
Which of the following is not a regional party of India ? |
| A. | AIADMK |
| B. | Telugu Desam |
| C. | National Conference |
| D. | BJP |
| Answer» D. BJP | |
| 102. |
During which of the following years the Congress party has faced serious electoral reverses? |
| A. | 1967 |
| B. | 1977 |
| C. | 1989 |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 103. |
The communist party of India was established in the year |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» D. 1920 | |
| 104. |
In which year Communist party was divided into CPI and CPI(M) |
| A. | 1960 |
| B. | 1964 |
| C. | 1968 |
| D. | 1972 |
| Answer» B. 1964 | |
| 105. |
Who among the following believed that communalism came to India with the British? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Gokhale |
| C. | Saradar Patel |
| D. | Tilak |
| Answer» A. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 106. |
What is the most appropriate meaning the term secularism in the Indian context? |
| A. | Separation of religion from politics |
| B. | freedom of religion |
| C. | There shall not be any religion of the state. |
| D. | equality of all religions |
| Answer» D. equality of all religions | |
| 107. |
----- means love of a particular region or state in preference to the country as awhole |
| A. | Nationalism |
| B. | Regionalism |
| C. | Ethinicism |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Regionalism | |
| 108. |
Which of the following are the important socio-economic factors of regional imbalance in India? |
| A. | Capita income |
| B. | regional location of industries |
| C. | population below poverty line |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 109. |
Communalism is opposed to : |
| A. | Secularism |
| B. | racial conflict |
| C. | Amity between classes |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. Secularism | |
| 110. |
Which is the following problems most fostered regionalism in India? |
| A. | Social |
| B. | Economic |
| C. | Religious |
| D. | Both (a) and (b) |
| Answer» D. Both (a) and (b) | |
| 111. |
Caste system is |
| A. | Hierarchical |
| B. | Segmentary |
| C. | Marked by a dichotomy between purityand pollution |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 112. |
Which of the following caste groups are regarded as the so called ‘twice born’? |
| A. | Brahmins |
| B. | kshatriyas |
| C. | vaishayas |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 113. |
It can be said that a castes conceives of India basically as a federation of |
| A. | States |
| B. | Jatis |
| C. | free and equal citizens |
| D. | tribes |
| Answer» B. Jatis | |
| 114. |
Democratic socialism is a modern version of |
| A. | Revisionism |
| B. | guild socialism |
| C. | Fabian socialism |
| D. | syndicalism |
| Answer» C. Fabian socialism | |
| 115. |
Which of the following can play a vital role in removing regional disparity? |
| A. | Bureaucracy |
| B. | state |
| C. | civil servants |
| D. | judiciary |
| Answer» B. state | |
| 116. |
Political crime can be described as |
| A. | Crime by politicians |
| B. | politically motivated law breaking behavior by altruistic individual’s |
| C. | crime committed in pursuit of politics |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. politically motivated law breaking behavior by altruistic individual’s | |
| 117. |
As a political strategy, communalism is opposed to |
| A. | Nationalism |
| B. | regionalism |
| C. | localism |
| D. | internationalism |
| Answer» A. Nationalism | |
| 118. |
Jawaharlal Nehru once described communalism as the Indian version of |
| A. | Fascism |
| B. | Apartheid |
| C. | Nazism |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Fascism | |
| 119. |
Who is a leading Campion of the concept of the secular state |
| A. | Jawaharal Nehru |
| B. | Sarvakar |
| C. | Jinnah |
| D. | Tilak |
| Answer» A. Jawaharal Nehru | |
| 120. |
‘Free India should be a non-communal secular state’. Who insisted that? |
| A. | Ambedkar |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| D. | Nehru |
| Answer» D. Nehru | |
| 121. |
“Communalism is a social phenomenon characterized by the religion of two communities, often leading to acrimony tension and even rioting between them” who said it? |
| A. | Abdul Ahammed |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | M. N Roy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Abdul Ahammed | |
| 122. |
“A caste is a group of structural or potential kinsmen.” Who said? |
| A. | FG Bailey |
| B. | M N Srinivas |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. FG Bailey | |
| 123. |
Caste in India is an endogamous kinship group known as |
| A. | Varna |
| B. | Religion |
| C. | Slave |
| D. | Jati |
| Answer» D. Jati | |
| 124. |
What was the main motive of socio-religious movements |
| A. | To remove caste system |
| B. | to remove poverty |
| C. | to remove untouchability |
| D. | to remove child marriage |
| Answer» C. to remove untouchability | |
| 125. |
People are usually classified into upper, middle and lower classes on the basis of |
| A. | Caste |
| B. | Clan |
| C. | Class |
| D. | Occupation |
| Answer» C. Class | |
| 126. |
Who defined Class ‘ as aggregates of individuals who have the same opportunities of acquiring goods, the same exhibited standard of living |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Morris Ginsberg |
| Answer» A. Max Weber | |
| 127. |
Identity the correct chronological order in which the following came into existence. Use the codes given bellow |
| A. | Swatantra party |
| B. | Muslim League |
| C. | Bharatiya Janata party |
| D. | Communist party of India |
| Answer» C. Bharatiya Janata party | |
| 128. |
Class could be defined in exclusively economic or market terms – who made this statement. |
| A. | Gandhi |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Nehru |
| Answer» C. Lenin | |
| 129. |
Who made a statement that, “India is not a one party state, and it is a one dominant party system”. |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Morris Jones |
| C. | M N Roy |
| D. | John Rawls |
| Answer» B. Morris Jones | |
| 130. |
Who said’ All communalism is harmful? The logic of minority communalism is separatism, and majority communalism culminates in fascism? |
| A. | Bhikhu parekh |
| B. | T N Madan |
| C. | Bipin Chandra |
| D. | Ashish Nandy |
| Answer» C. Bipin Chandra | |
| 131. |
--------- is considered to be the core of a political party |
| A. | Regulations |
| B. | ideology |
| C. | rules |
| D. | customs |
| Answer» B. ideology | |
| 132. |
“Secularism is neither a religion nor indifference to religion but equal respect for all religions” who said it |
| A. | Indira Gandhi |
| B. | Guru Nanak |
| C. | Nehru |
| D. | M N Roy |
| Answer» A. Indira Gandhi | |
| 133. |
Which Article- provides for the setting of a National Commission for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes |
| A. | Art 370 |
| B. | Art. 338 |
| C. | Art 332 |
| D. | Art 335 |
| Answer» B. Art. 338 | |
| 134. |
Who among the following established Congress government in Madras? |
| A. | C Raja Gopalachari |
| B. | C V Ramaswami |
| C. | Indira Gandhi |
| Answer» A. C Raja Gopalachari | |
| 135. |
Which of the following Amendments to the Indian constitution has made the word secular, in the preambles? |
| A. | 43rd |
| B. | 42nd |
| C. | 44th |
| D. | 40th |
| Answer» B. 42nd | |
| 136. |
Caste bared reservations are labelled as |
| A. | State intervention |
| B. | Society Egalitarian ism |
| C. | State interruption |
| D. | Positive discrimination |
| Answer» D. Positive discrimination | |
| 137. |
The words ‘socialist, secular and integrity’ have been inserted preamble in |
| A. | 1977 |
| B. | 1976 |
| C. | 1972 |
| D. | 1974 |
| Answer» B. 1976 | |
| 138. |
Indian National Congress was established in the year |
| A. | 1886 |
| B. | 1881 |
| C. | 1885 |
| D. | 1180 |
| Answer» C. 1885 | |
| 139. |
India has a --------- party system |
| A. | Two party |
| B. | Multi party |
| C. | One party |
| D. | Bi-Party |
| Answer» B. Multi party | |
| 140. |
National conference is an important political party in the state of |
| A. | Jammu and Kashmir |
| B. | Andhra Pradesh |
| C. | Assam |
| D. | Tripura |
| Answer» A. Jammu and Kashmir | |
| 141. |
Indian National Congress was funded by |
| A. | W.C. Banerji |
| B. | A.O. Hume |
| C. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| D. | M K Gandhi |
| Answer» B. A.O. Hume | |
| 142. |
Which constitutional Amendment Act (2002) makes education for children between 6 to 14 years of age a fundamental right? |
| A. | 81st |
| B. | 85th |
| C. | 86th |
| D. | 87th |
| Answer» C. 86th | |
| 143. |
-----------among the following can be considered as a link between the government and the people. |
| A. | The judiciary |
| B. | political party |
| C. | bureaucracy |
| D. | Democratic |
| Answer» B. political party | |
| 144. |
The first general election in India took place in the year |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1951 |
| C. | 1952 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» C. 1952 | |
| 145. |
India is a -state |
| A. | Theocratic |
| B. | Secular |
| C. | Anti religious |
| D. | Aristocratic |
| Answer» B. Secular | |
| 146. |
The National Commission for Women came into existence on January 31. |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1991 |
| C. | 1992 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» C. 1992 | |
| 147. |
Who among the following said that communalism came to India with the British |
| A. | Mahathma Gandhi |
| B. | Gokhale |
| C. | Sardarpatee |
| D. | Tilak |
| Answer» A. Mahathma Gandhi | |
| 148. |
How many women members were recommended to be inducted in panchayats to carry on the specific programmers for women and children |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» A. Two | |
| 149. |
The issue of adequate participation of women in panchayati Raj institutions was first raised by |
| A. | Santhanam committee Report |
| B. | Ashok Mehta Committee Report |
| C. | Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Report |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Report | |
| 150. |
The cost of all the schemes aiming at the welfare of the Scheduled tribes is to be met by the- |
| A. | Local Government |
| B. | State government |
| C. | Union Government |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Union Government | |
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