UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT MODEL QUESTION PAPER FOR ENTRENCE EXAMINATIONS 2018 M.A POLITICAL SCIENCE (CCSS) Time: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 100

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1 UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT MODEL QUESTION PAPER FOR ENTRENCE EXAMINATIONS 2018 M.A POLITICAL SCIENCE (CCSS) Time: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 100 Part A Multiple Choice Questions 1. The term politics derived from which language? (A) French (C) Latin (B) Greek (D) English 2. Who defined politics as the shaping and sharing of power? (A) Easton (C) Willoughby (B) Robert Dahl (D) Harold D Lasswell 3. Who defined politics in terms of different relations of power, influence and authority? (A) Willoughby (C) Robert Dahl (B) Paul Janet (D) Lasswell 4. Who prefers to use the term political system for the state? (A) Lasswell (C) Aristotle (B) Gabriel Almond (D) Hegel 5. Who defined state as an association which acting through law as promulgated by a government endowed to this end with coercive power, maintains within a community territorially demarcated the universal external conditions of social order? (A) MacIver (B) Harold Laski (C) Gabriel Almond (D) Bluntschli

2 6. Who defines state as a territorial society divided into government and subjects claiming, within its allotted physical area, a supremacy over all other institutions? (A) Bluntschli (B)Willoughby (C) Harold Laski (D) MacIver 7. Who introduced the term Legal Positivism in defining law? (A) John Austin (C) John Locke (B) MacIver, (D)Harold Laski 8. Who regarded political science as the master science firstly? (A) Bodin (B)Hobbes (C) Sidgewick (D) Aristotle 9. According to which political scientists, the study of Political Science involves the nature, bases, processes, scope and results of power or authority in society. (A) Modern (B) Traditional (C) Classical (D) none of them 10. Who observed The scope of Political Science is determined by the enquiries that arise in connection with the state. These enquiries may broadly be classified under, the State as it is, the State as it has been, the State as it ought to be (A) Gilchrist (C) Almond (B) Easton (D) Comte 11. Which approaches to the study of political science chiefly concerns Classification of governments (Monarchy, tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, polity and democracy, dictatorship, parliamentary and presidential, unitary and federal etc;) identification of levels of government (federal, state, local) as well as branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial) etc. are the chief concerns of this approach? (A) Philosophical approach (C) Legal Approach (B) Historical approach (D) Institutional Approach 12. Who described historical approach as historicism? (A) Karl Popper (C) Mill (B) Sabine (D)Bentham

3 13. Historically the term State is derived from which word status (A) Greek (C) French (B) Latin (D) English 14. According to whom, The State is the politically organized people of a definite territory? (A) Woodrow Wilson (C) Harold J.Laski (B) J.K. Bluntschli (D) Paul Janet 15. Who consider civil society was that society which was constituted with the consent of the people for the purpose of protecting and safeguarding private property? (A) MacIver (C) Bentham (B) John Locke (D) Robert Dahl 16. Who is known as the main exponent of Classical Liberal political thinkers? (A) J.S. Mill (C) MacIver (B) T.H. Green (D) John Locke 17. Find out who is the social contractualist in the options below? (A) Dahl (C) Locke (B) Mill (D) Green 18. Who defines sovereignty as the absolute and perpetual power of commanding in a state, as the supreme power over citizens and subjects unrestrained by laws? (A) Jean Bodin (B) J.W.Garner (C) John Austin (D) August Comte 19. The term Sovereignty is derived from which word superanus that means supreme or paramount (A) Latin (C) French (B) Greek (D) English 20. Who is regarded as the greatest exponent of the Monistic theory of sovereignty. (A) John Austin (C) August Comte (B) Jean Bodin (D) None of the above

4 21. Whose work is The Spirit of Laws? (A) Montesquie (C) Rousseau (B) Voltaire (D) John Austin 22. Research is (A) Searching again and again (B) Finding solution to any problem (C) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem (D) None of the above 23. Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process? (A) Searching sources of information to locate problem. (B) Survey of related literature (C) Identification of problem (D) Searching for solutions to the problem 24. The essential qualities of a researcher are (A) Spirit of free enquiry (B) Reliance on observation and evidence (C) Systematization or theorizing of knowledge (D) All the above 25. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by (A) the people (C) Lok Sabha (B) elected members of the legislative council (D) elected members of the legislative assembly 26. The members of the panchayat are (A) the electorates of the respective territorial constituencies (B) nominated by the block development organization (C) nominated by the district officer (D) nominated by local self-government minister of the state

5 27. The members of Lok Sabha hold office for a term of (A) 4 years (B) 5 years (C) 6 years (D) 3 years 28. The number of writs that can be prayed for and issued by the Supreme Court and/or a High Court is (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) The minimum age of the voter in India is (A) 15 years (C) 18 years (B) 21 years (D) 25 years 30. Who conceived the concept of Gram Swaraj? (A) Jaya Prakash Narain (B) Vinoba Bhave (C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) Swami Dayanand 31. Globalisation means (A) Financial market system is centered in a single state (B) The growth of a single unified world market (C) Geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance (D) Foreign capitalist transactions 32. Who among the following says that public administration includes the operations of only the executive branch of government? (A) L. D. White and Luther Gulick (B) L. D. White (C) Luther Gulick (D) W. F. Willoughby 33. Who wrote the book Towards A New Public Administration : The Minnowbrook Perspective? (A) Frank Marini B) Dwight Waldo (C) C. J. Charlesworth (D) J. M. Pfiffner 34. Who has analysed the leadership in terms of circular response? (A) C. I. Barnard (B) M. P. Follett (C) Millet (D) Taylor

6 35. F. W. Taylor, the founding father of Scientific Management movement propounded the theory which was conceived to be a scientific methodology of (A) Careful observation (B) Measurement (C) Generalisation (D) All of these 36. In hierarchy, the term scalar means (A) Step (B) Ladder (C) Position (D) Process 37. Habeas Corpus literally means (A) To have the body of (B) To command (C) To prohibit (D) None of the above 38. Who says that Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely? (A) L. D. White (B) Lord Beveridge (C) Lord Acton (D) Josiah Stamp 39. The present constitution of the USA was adopted in (A) 1786 (B) 1778 (C) 1787 (D) In England, the Cabinet must resign from office as soon as it loses the confidence of (A) The King or the Queen (B) The House of Commons (C) The House of Lords (D) All of these 41. In France, the term of the President is (A) Four years (B) Five years (C) Six years (D) Seven years 42. A new All India Service can be created by (A) An amendment of the constitution (B) An executive order (C) A resolution under Article 312 of the Constitution (D) A statute

7 43. The spoils system in the USA began during the period of (A) Jefferson (B) Jackson (C) Washington (D) Adams 44. Reservation for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the services has been provided in the Indian Constitution under (A) Article 315 (B) Article 335 (C) Article 365 (D) Article Realism attempts to explain international relations primarily through which of the following concepts? (A) Economics (B) Cooperation (C) Power (D) Diplomacy 46. The classical theory of administration is also known as (A) Historical theory (B) Locational Theory (C) Human Relations Theory(D) Mechanistic Theory 47. The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha on (A) advice of the prime minister (B) recommendation of the Rajya Sabha (C) recommendation of Lok Sabha (D) advice of the chief justice of India 48. The Union Public Service Commission of India has been established under the (A) Article 315 (B) Article 320 (C) Article 325 (D) Article Rajya Sabha in India consists of (A) 238 members (C) 254 members (B) 250 members (D) 256 members 50. The term Federation has been used in the Indian Constitution in (A) Article 373 (B) Article 280 (C) Article 90 (D) Nowhere (50 x 1 = 50 Marks)

8 Part B - Short Essays (Attempt any five of the following in 150 words. Each question carries 10 marks) 1. Analyse the changing trends in the coalition politics in Kerala. 2. Reflect on the growing politicisation of caste in Indian Politics. 3. Discuss the characteristic features of the foreign policy under Dr. Manmohan Singh government. 4. Write a note on 'Jasmine Revolution'. 5. Examine the need for the study of International Relations. 6. Write a note on Karl Marx's theory of Surplus value. 7. Elucidate 'POSCORB'. 8. Analyse Gandhi's idea of 'Hind Swaraj'. (5 x 10 = 50 Marks)