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| 1. |
Co-existence of formally differentiated structure of a diffracted society with undifferentiated structure of fused society has been described by F.W. Riggs as |
| A. | Heterogeneity |
| B. | Formalism |
| C. | Overlapping |
| D. | Poly communalism |
| Answer» D. Poly communalism | |
| 2. |
‘A process of fusion of individual aspirations with organisational goals, individual skills with organizational position and individual conduct with organizational role’ is advocated by |
| A. | Chester Bernard |
| B. | Rensis Likert |
| C. | Chris Argyris |
| D. | Kurt Lewin |
| Answer» D. Kurt Lewin | |
| 3. |
Assertion (AS): M.P. Follett can be considered as a link between the classical and behavioural theories.Reason (R): M.P. Follett developed certain principles and their universality as well as stressed on the importance of emotions.Codes: |
| A. | Both (AS) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (AS). |
| B. | Both (AS) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). |
| C. | (AS) is true, but (R) is false. |
| D. | (AS) is false, but (R) is true. |
| Answer» B. Both (AS) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). | |
| 4. |
Which one of the following is not correct about Woodrow Wilson? |
| A. | He was a professor of Political Science. |
| B. | He was the President of USA. |
| C. | He was the first comparativist in Public Administration. |
| D. | He was the Chairman of the American Society for Public Administration. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Itaipur Dam satisfies the electricity requirements of the following countries: |
| A. | Peru and Paraguay |
| B. | Bolivia and Chile |
| C. | Paraguay and Brazil |
| D. | Peru and UruguaynC) |
| Answer» D. Peru and UruguaynC) | |
| 6. |
Match List -- I with List -- II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:List -- I (Book) a. The Administrative State b. Administrative Theories and Politics c. The Elements of Administration d. Principles of Public Administration List -- II (Author)i. L. Urwickii. F.W. Willoughbyiii. Dwight Waldoiv. Peter SeefCodes: a b c d |
| A. | i ii iii iv |
| B. | iii iv i ii |
| C. | ii i iv iii |
| D. | iv iii ii i |
| Answer» C. ii i iv iii | |
| 7. |
Which of the following is not a feature of a formal organization? |
| A. | Legal status |
| B. | Permanence |
| C. | Primacy of structure |
| D. | Shared values and common standards of behaviour |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Of the three distinctions made by Simon between Public and Private Administration, which one of the following is not among them? |
| A. | That public administration aims at social welfare, while private administration is profit oriented. |
| B. | That public administration is administration is business like. |
| C. | That public administration is political whereas private administration is non-political. |
| D. | That public administration is characterized by red tape from which private administration is free. |
| Answer» B. That public administration is administration is business like. | |
| 9. |
“In simplest terms administration is determined action taken in pursuit of a conscious purpose.This statement is given by: |
| A. | Z.A. Vieg |
| B. | Pfiffner |
| C. | Nigro |
| D. | Marshall E. DimocknA) |
| Answer» B. Pfiffner | |
| 10. |
Name the Secretary General of the sixth OAS Summit. |
| A. | Hugo Chavez |
| B. | Jeanette Sanchez |
| C. | Jose Miguel Insulza |
| D. | Fidel Castro |
| Answer» D. Fidel Castro | |
| 11. |
Identify the meaning of 'liberation theology' in Latin America. |
| A. | Use of Christian precepts to politics. |
| B. | Ideology using Christianity as the basis of social justice. |
| C. | Freedom movement based on Christianity |
| D. | Religion decides State formation |
| Answer» C. Freedom movement based on Christianity | |
| 12. |
Identify the correct code from the following Assertion A and Reason R:Assertion A: Guatemala represented one of the most extreme cases of State repression in twentieth century Latin America.Reason R: The militarization of the entire State apparatus led to thousands of people killed, millions displaced and human rights grossly violated.Codes: |
| A. | A is correct and R gives the correct explanation. |
| B. | Both A and R are correct. |
| C. | A is not correct though R is true. |
| D. | R is not the correct explanation though A is true. |
| Answer» C. A is not correct though R is true. | |
| 13. |
Match List - I of Latin American States and List - II with their leaders:List - I (States) (a) Argentina (b) Brazil (c) Nicaragua (d) Guatemala List - II(Leaders)(i) Alvaro Arzu(ii) Raul Alfonsin(iii) Jose Sarney(iv) Daniel OrtegaCodes: (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) |
| B. | (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) |
| C. | (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) |
| D. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| Answer» D. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) | |
| 14. |
Getulio Vargas, known as the 'Father of the Poor' is the President of which country? |
| A. | Argentina |
| B. | Brazil |
| C. | Chile |
| D. | Ecuador |
| Answer» C. Chile | |
| 15. |
Mexico was ruled by a leader whose form was known as developmental dictatorship between (1876-1910). Name the leader: |
| A. | Alvaro Obregon |
| B. | Plutarco Elias Calles |
| C. | Porfirio Diaz |
| D. | Vicente Fox |
| Answer» D. Vicente Fox | |
| 16. |
Which one of the following is related to the creation of Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Latin America? |
| A. | Rerotonga Treaty |
| B. | Treaty of Tlateloco |
| C. | Treaty of Pelindaba |
| D. | Antarctica Treaty |
| Answer» C. Treaty of Pelindaba | |
| 17. |
'Due process of law' clause of the U.S. Constitution was based on |
| A. | Common law and Magna Carta |
| B. | Natural law and People's law |
| C. | Divine law and Crown's powers |
| D. | Federal law and State laws |
| Answer» B. Natural law and People's law | |
| 18. |
The Monroe Doctrine stated that |
| A. | US reserved the right to intervene in armed disputes across the globe. |
| B. | US would support any anti- Communist State. |
| C. | US would have the right to protect according to its interests. |
| D. | US would pursue its interests within its sphere of influence without reference to European powers. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Identify the official minorities in the USA from the following: |
| A. | Indians and Chinese |
| B. | Afro-Americans and Asians |
| C. | Mexicans and Vietnamese |
| D. | Non-Black Americans |
| Answer» C. Mexicans and Vietnamese | |
| 20. |
Match List - I (Authors) with List - II (Books) with the codes which are given below:List - I (a) Francis Fukuyama (b) Samuel Huntington(c) Henry Kissinger (d) Joseph S. Nye List - II(i) Nuclear Weapons u0026Foreign Policy(ii) The Paradox of American Power(iii) The End of History and the Last Man(iv) Who We Are?Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) |
| B. | (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) |
| C. | (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) |
| D. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| Answer» C. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) | |
| 21. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. Identify the correct code:Assertion A: Strategic Realism of Thomas Schelling is focused on Nuclear Statecraft.Reason R: The power to hurt is nothing new in warfare, but modern technology enhances the importance of war and threats of war as techniques of influence, not of destruction; of coercion and deterrence, not of conquest and defense, of bargaining and intimidation.Codes: |
| A. | Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. |
| B. | Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. |
| C. | A is true, but R is false. |
| D. | A is false, but R is true. |
| Answer» C. A is true, but R is false. | |
| 22. |
Identify the right code for theAssertion A and Reason R as given below:Assertion A: While military threats have been reduced in the new world economic order, fears of economic vulnerability have actually increased.Reason R: This is because in the modern, hi-tech, globalized economy, States find it increasingly difficult to procure everything they need militarily.Codes: |
| A. | A is correct, but R is not correct. |
| B. | A is not correct, but R is correct. |
| C. | Both A and R are correct but R is not the appropriate logic for A |
| D. | Both A and R are not correct. |
| Answer» D. Both A and R are not correct. | |
| 23. |
'Détente' means the following: |
| A. | All-out war |
| B. | Deterrence through overwhelming power |
| C. | Pre-emption |
| D. | Relaxation of military tensions between two or more States. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Bangladesh is concerned about India's plans to construct the Tipaimukh dam over Barak River in |
| A. | Tripura |
| B. | Assam |
| C. | Manipur |
| D. | Bhutan |
| Answer» D. Bhutan | |
| 25. |
During the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 between the US and the erstwhile Soviet Union, who said, 'We shall bury you'? |
| A. | John F. Kennedy |
| B. | Dwight Eisenhower |
| C. | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| D. | N. Khrushchev |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
What is not the central purport of Bangladesh Supreme Court judgement in July 2010 setting aside the bulk of Fifth Constitutional Amendment? |
| A. | Restoring secular character of the Constitution. |
| B. | Disapproving religious political parties. |
| C. | Holding martial law administration as unconstitutional ultra-vires even in future. |
| D. | Retaining provision concerning Islam as State Religion. |
| Answer» B. Disapproving religious political parties. | |
| 27. |
Which one of the following is identified as India's intention in inviting Pakistan and China in the thirteen member regional investors' meet on Afghanistan? |
| A. | Fostering regional coordination in the backdrop of plans to withdraw the US led armed forces from Afghanistan in 2014. |
| B. | The US encouragement for such regional moves. |
| C. | Appreciating India's concerns against Pakistan's ambitions for strategic depth. |
| D. | Addressing Afghanistan's domestic concerns. |
| Answer» B. The US encouragement for such regional moves. | |
| 28. |
Match the names of the Presidents in List - I with the names of their country in List - II as given below:List - I (Presidents) (a) Asif Ali Zardari (b) Ram Baran Yadav (c) Mohmad Waheed Hassan (d) Mahinda Rajapakse List - II(Country)(i) Nepal(ii) Maldives(iii) Sri Lanka(iv) PakistanCodes: (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) |
| B. | (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) |
| C. | (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) |
| D. | (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) |
| Answer» D. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) | |
| 29. |
India's historic victory on 16thDecember 1971 leading to the birth of Bangladesh was not strategically contingent upon the following: |
| A. | Fall of Dacca as final objective |
| B. | 45 towns to be bypassed. |
| C. | Disruption of communication, command and control centres of the enemy as subsidiary objectives. |
| D. | Withdrawal of Pakistan army to the Western Frontiers of India- Pakistan borders. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Match List - I (Countries Invaded) with List - II (Soviet Leaders) with codes given below.List - I (a) Afghanistan (b) Georgia (c) Hungary (d) Czechoslovakia List - II(i) Nikita Krushchev(ii) Leonid Brezhnev(iii) Yuri Andropov(iv) Vladimir PutinCodes: (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) |
| B. | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| C. | (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) |
| D. | (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Assertion A: Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq went for Revival of Constitutional Order' in 1985.Reason R: By mid-eighties the President was a transformed person and committed to strengthening democracy.Codes: |
| A. | A is correct and R is wrong. |
| B. | Both A and R are wrong. |
| C. | Both A and R are correct. |
| D. | A is wrong and R is correct. |
| Answer» B. Both A and R are wrong. | |
| 32. |
China conducted a Nuclear Test for Pakistan in the year 1990 at |
| A. | Chagai Hills |
| B. | Lop Nor |
| C. | Chashma |
| D. | Shihala |
| Answer» C. Chashma | |
| 33. |
Sir Creek issue is between |
| A. | India - China |
| B. | India - Pakistan |
| C. | Pakistan - Afghanistan |
| D. | India - Sri Lanka |
| Answer» C. Pakistan - Afghanistan | |
| 34. |
Which one of the following strategies was directed against the erstwhile Soviet Union during the Cold War period? |
| A. | Strategy of annihilation |
| B. | Strategy of attrition |
| C. | Strategy of containment |
| D. | Strategy of peace-making |
| Answer» D. Strategy of peace-making | |
| 35. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R.Assertion A: Kosygin's reform also known as Libermen's reform for economic development and planning between 1965-71 in the USSR. It introduced capitalist method of management, economic independence of enterprises and use of material incentives.Reason R: This was done due to the complexity of economic relations, reduced efficacy of economic planning and growth, stagnation and unemployment within the USSR.Codes: |
| A. | Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. |
| B. | Both A and R are true, butR is the correct explanation of(A). |
| C. | A is true, but R is false. |
| D. | A is false, but R is true. |
| Answer» C. A is true, but R is false. | |
| 36. |
Identify the correct code for Assertion A and Reason R as given below:Assertion A: Significant disparities in wealth and power between the US and the erstwhile USSR were amplified when NATO and Warsaw Pact were included in overall balance of East-West Power.Reason R: The idea that the erstwhile USSR could somehow be equated with the US makes no sense when calculated on a classical mercantile scale of wealth.Codes: |
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is the appropriate logic for A |
| B. | A is correct, but R is not correct. |
| C. | A is not correct, but R is correct. |
| D. | Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct logic of A. |
| Answer» B. A is correct, but R is not correct. | |
| 37. |
Which one of the following played central role of providing super power status to both the US and the USSR? |
| A. | Nuclear Weapons |
| B. | Containment Strategy |
| C. | East-West military confrontation |
| D. | Conventional military industrial complex |
| Answer» B. Containment Strategy | |
| 38. |
Which principles were adopted in Vladimir Lenin's 'Decree of Peace'? |
| A. | Opposition to aggression and revolution |
| B. | Class struggle and building Communism |
| C. | Disarmament and equality |
| D. | Proletarian internationalism and peaceful coexistence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Which one of the following had been Joseph Stalin understands of United Front? |
| A. | Entering into alliances with reformist left wing partners and national liberation movements. |
| B. | Alliance with China, Cuba and Vietnam. |
| C. | Closer ties with European Communist Parties. |
| D. | Collective Security among friends and allies. |
| Answer» B. Alliance with China, Cuba and Vietnam. | |
| 40. |
Which one of the following is a joint defense venture of India and Russia? |
| A. | BRAHMOS |
| B. | BACKFIRE |
| C. | AGNI-V |
| D. | SS-20 |
| Answer» B. BACKFIRE | |
| 41. |
Who wrote in his memoirs that 'Disarmament is the ideal of Socialism'? |
| A. | Kosygin |
| B. | Chernenko |
| C. | Gromyko |
| D. | Gorbachev |
| Answer» D. Gorbachev | |
| 42. |
The first Woman President in the Sub- Saharan Africa belongs to |
| A. | Uganda |
| B. | Nigeria |
| C. | Liberia |
| D. | Ghana |
| Answer» D. Ghana | |
| 43. |
Which of the following countries left the African Union on its own? |
| A. | Madagascar |
| B. | Morocco |
| C. | Mali |
| D. | Zaire |
| Answer» C. Mali | |
| 44. |
Which of the following has been described as 'Rainbow Nation'? |
| A. | Sudan |
| B. | South Africa |
| C. | Madagascar |
| D. | Zimbabwe |
| Answer» C. Madagascar | |
| 45. |
Who was the first African Secretary General of the UN? |
| A. | Trygve Lie |
| B. | Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
| C. | Kofi Annan |
| D. | U. Thant |
| Answer» C. Kofi Annan | |
| 46. |
British Prime Minister's statement 'Wind of change in Africa' refers to |
| A. | Growing number of independent African countries |
| B. | Entry of neo-colonialism in Africa |
| C. | Involvement of external powers in Africa |
| D. | The UN involvement in Africa |
| Answer» B. Entry of neo-colonialism in Africa | |
| 47. |
Match the authors in List - I with books mentioned in List - II by using the codes given below:List - I (a) Kwame Nkrumah (b) Ali Mazzui (c) Basil Davidson (d) Nelson Mandela List - II(i) The African Condition(ii) The Blackman's Burden(iii) Africa Must Unite(iv) Long Walk to FreedomCodes: (a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) |
| B. | (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) |
| C. | (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) |
| D. | (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) |
| Answer» B. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) | |
| 48. |
Which one of the following countries was victimised by the use of 'agent orange' by the USA? |
| A. | Cambodia |
| B. | Burma |
| C. | Vietnam |
| D. | Laos |
| Answer» D. Laos | |
| 49. |
Assertion A: China and Vietnam are common culturally. Yet, historically they become traditional rivals.Reason R: The Vietnamese always opposed the political domination of the Chinese.Codes: |
| A. | A is wrong, but R is right. |
| B. | A is right, but R is wrong. |
| C. | A is wrong and also R is wrong. |
| D. | Both A and R are right and R is the correct explanation of A. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R.Assertion A: South Africa was able to manage peacefully the massive historical cleavages, the power was transferred to the Blacks with stunning speed, introduced genuine democracy since 1994; has experienced uninterrupted economic growth and relative internal peace.Reason R: This has been possible due to historical experience, reconciliation and mature leadership.Codes: |
| A. | Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. |
| B. | Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. |
| C. | A is true, but R is false. |
| D. | A is false, but R is true. |
| Answer» C. A is true, but R is false. | |