Political Science Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Political Science Quiz Set 19

Questions
1 In which one of the following cases the Supreme Court of India has laid down exhaustive guidelines for preventing sexual harassment of working women in place of their work ?
1 Hussainara Khatoon V. State of Bihar
2 Delhi Domestic Working Women’s Forum V. Union of India
3 Olga Tellis V. Bombay Municipal Corporation
4 Vishaka V. State of Rajasthan and others.

Answer:Vishaka V. State of Rajasthan and others.
2 Who among the following was not the speaker of the Lok Sabha ?
1 Rabi Ray
2 Hukum Singh
3 Baliram Bhagat
4 Gopal Swarup Pathak

Answer:Gopal Swarup Pathak

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3 Who among the following is regarded as the Father of Comparative Politics ?
1 Plato
2 Aristotle
3 Lucian Pye
4 G.A. Almond

Answer:Aristotle
4 Which one of the following statements is not correct in regard to Aristotle’s classification of governments ?
1 The classification of governments was on the basis of number of people involved in the task of governing.
2 Whether rulers governed in common interest (the genuine form) or in their own (perverted form)
3 The government is more effective and stable when rulers govern in the long interest
4 The government is captured by shared interest and remains insensitive to shared interests of the whole community.

Answer:The government is captured by shared interest and remains insensitive to shared interests of the whole community.
5 Which one of the following said, “the power is a matter of getting people to do what they would not have otherwise done” ?
1 Hannah Avendt
2 Robert Dahl
3 Max Weber
4 Hans Morgenthau

Answer:Robert Dahl
6 Who among the following is not associated with evolving the principles of organisation ?
1 Henri Fayol
2 L.D. White
3 L.F. Urwick
4 Luther Gulick

Answer:L.D. White
7 Who among the following remained chairman of the Comparative Administrative Group in the United States of America for 10 years ?
1 Woodrow Wilson
2 D. Waldo
3 Fred Riggs
4 Herbert Simon

Answer: Fred Riggs
8 Who said that federalism requires a people “Who desire union and must not desire unity” ?
1 James Bryce
2 A.V. Diecy
3 K.C. Wheare
4 H. Finer

Answer:A.V. Diecy
9 The ‘one best way’ in scientific management means :
1 Equal division of work
2 Intensive analysis of work processes
3 Mental revolution on the part of workers and management
4 Standardisation of work methods

Answer:Standardisation of work methods
10 Which one of the following is not a staff agency in U.S.A. ?
1 State Department
2 Office of Budget and Management
3 National Security Council
4 The White House

Answer:State Department
11 Performance Budgeting was introduced in India on the recommendation of :
1 Paul Appleby Report
2 Gorwala Report
3 First Administrative Reforms Commission Report
4 Santhanam Committee Report

Answer:First Administrative Reforms Commission Report
12 Domicile qualification for public appointments was first used in :
1 the U.K.
2 the U.S.A.
3 India
4 Australia

Answer: the U.S.A.
13 The Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in India are appointed for a term of :
1 3 years
2 4 years
3 5 years
4 6 years

Answer:6 years
14 Economic diplomacy is also termed as :
1 cultural diplomacy
2 oil diplomacy
3 crisis diplomacy
4 development diplomacy

Answer:development diplomacy
15 Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of non-alignment ?
1 Non - alignment stands for plurality and democratic equality among community of nations.
2 It opposes all forms of racialism and discrimination and it champions the cause of fundamental freedoms. Economic and social justice is the motto of nonalignment.
3 Non-alignment rests on the presumption that national security is linked with national strength of individual nations.
4 Non-alignment asserts that international peace is an alienable prerequisite for attaining national aspirations and for the exercise of sovereign independence.

Answer:It opposes all forms of racialism and discrimination and it champions the cause of fundamental freedoms. Economic and social justice is the motto of nonalignment.

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