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UP PGT 2016 — Civics (Series A)

1 or 2 February 2019125 questions+3.4 for a correct answer, −0 for a wrong one

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Civics

1. Collective security is more systematic than
- (a) Balance of power
- (b) Nationalism
- (c) International law
- (d) Disarmament
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Answer: (a)
2. What is the ‘art of convincing others about the goals and objectives or ends which are desired to be secured’ ?
- (a) Blockade
- (b) Diplomacy
- (c) Foreign aid
- (d) Propaganda
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Answer: (d)
3. Who founded the Chicago School, which made substantial contribution to the Behavioural Movement ?
- (a) David Easton
- (b) Charles Marriam
- (c) Harold Lasswell
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (b)
4. Which among the following is the largest organ of the United Nations ?
- (a) Security Council
- (b) Trusteeship Council
- (c) International Court of Justice
- (d) General Assembly
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Answer: (d)
5. The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation is annually observed on
- (a) 19 December
- (b) 19 September
- (c) 12 December
- (d) 12 September
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Answer: (d)
6. Which among the following developed as a natural evolution from the human relations movement ?
- (a) System approach
- (b) Behavioural approach
- (c) Input approach
- (d) Output approach
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Answer: (b)
7. Determining the main lines of administrative policy is the function of
- (a) Principal/Chief Executive
- (b) Auditor
- (c) Public Relation Officer
- (d) H. R. Manager
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Answer: (a)
8. Which of the following is normally established when government takes up a economic, financial or commercial function ?
- (a) Department
- (b) Company
- (c) Public corporation
- (d) Board
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Answer: (c)
9. Who defined ‘Civil Service as a ‘Professional body of officials, permanent, paid and skilled’ ?
- (a) L. D. White
- (b) Ogg
- (c) Herman Finer
- (d) R. G. Gettel
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Answer: (c)
10. Which type of tests are mainly subjective in nature and are often looked with suspicion by the candidates ?
- (a) Written test
- (b) Oral test
- (c) Performance test
- (d) Ability test
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Answer: (b)
11. Which type of training is given for an employee who is already in service ?
- (a) Post-entry training
- (b) Pre-entry training
- (c) Orientation training
- (d) In-service training
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Answer: (d)
12. If the anticipated revenues equal the anticipated expenditure, then such a budget is called as
- (a) Balanced Budget
- (b) Surplus Budget
- (c) Performance Budget
- (d) Deficit Budget
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Answer: (a)
13. The power of the courts to review the administrative acts and decisions for their validity is known as
- (a) Judicial Review
- (b) Statutory Appeal
- (c) Legislative Review
- (d) Habeas Corpus
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Answer: (a)
14. “Power can be transferred but not will, which is sovereign.” Who said ?
- (a) Hobbes
- (b) Bodin
- (c) Rousseau
- (d) Austin
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Answer: (c)
15. Which is regarded as the most powerful of all social institutions ?
- (a) State
- (b) Nation
- (c) Society
- (d) Judiciary
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Answer: (a)
16. Which theory regarding the origin of the state starts with the assumption that “prior to the organization of state man lived in a ‘state of nature’ ” ?
- (a) Patriarchal Theory
- (b) Matriarchal Theory
- (c) Force Theory
- (d) Social Contract Theory
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Answer: (d)
17. Which kind of Sovereignty regards public as Supreme ?
- (a) Political Sovereignty
- (b) Popular Sovereignty
- (c) Legal Sovereignty
- (d) Nominal Sovereignty
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Answer: (b)
18. Who defines Law as “A command given by a superior to an inferior” ?
- (a) T. H. Green
- (b) Prof. Holland
- (c) Bentham
- (d) John Austin
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Answer: (d)
19. Who of the following was the supporter of giving right to vote only to the educated people ?
- (a) Locke
- (b) Rousseau
- (c) Mill
- (d) Green
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Answer: (c)
20. Who considers the state not as a means to an end but an end in itself ?
- (a) Democrats
- (b) Dictators
- (c) Liberals
- (d) Religious Heads
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Answer: (b)
21. For Rousseau, which is considered as the expression of general will ?
- (a) Right
- (b) Duty
- (c) Power
- (d) Law
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22. Who formed the Samata Sainik Dal (Social Equality Army) ?
- (a) Subhashchandra Bose
- (b) Sardar Patel
- (c) Lohia
- (d) B. R. Ambedkar
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Answer: (d)
23. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolishes –
- (a) Untouchability
- (b) Titles
- (c) Freedom of Press
- (d) Serfdom
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Answer: (a)
24. Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers each house of Parliament to make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of its business ?
- (a) Article 118
- (b) Article 119
- (c) Article 110
- (d) Article 112
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Answer: (a)
25. Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the President, the power to grant pardon ?
- (a) Article 71
- (b) Article 72
- (c) Article 73
- (d) Article 74
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Answer: (b)
26. Which is the lower, popular, directly elected powerful house of the British Parliament ?
- (a) House of Lords
- (b) House of Commons
- (c) House of Representatives
- (d) Council of States
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Answer: (b)
27. “The Political Party is a group of people who have agreed upon a principle by which national interest might be served.” Who has given this definition ?
- (a) Gettell
- (b) Garner
- (c) McIver
- (d) Edmund Burke
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Answer: (d)
28. Which Article of the American Constitution deals with the office of the President ?
- (a) Article 2
- (b) Article 3
- (c) Article 4
- (d) Article 5
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Answer: (a)
29. What is term of office for the President of France ?
- (a) 6 years
- (b) 7 years
- (c) 8 years
- (d) 5 years
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Answer: (d)
30. Which among the following is considered as the sole law making body of the nation, in China ?
- (a) NPC
- (b) NFC
- (c) MPC
- (d) MFC
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Answer: (a)
31. What is subject to constant changes from equilibrium to disequilibrium ?
- (a) Balance of power
- (b) National interest
- (c) Non alignment movement
- (d) Cold war
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32. What is based on the principle of One for all and all for one’ ?
- (a) International morality
- (b) National interest
- (c) Collective security
- (d) Balance of power
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33. Which interest can emerge from both primary and permanent interest ?
- (a) Variable interest
- (b) Identical interest
- (c) Pre-complimentary interest
- (d) Specific interest
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Answer: (a)
34. How many Afro-Asian Nations took part in the Belgrade Conference of 1961 ?
- (a) 25
- (b) 36
- (c) 29
- (d) 39
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35. In interpretation of three element of national interest, which of the following was not included by George and Kohane ?
- (a) Physical Survival
- (b) Liberty
- (c) Economic substance
- (d) Security
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Answer: (d)
36. By whom the structure of international system was divided into three elements – organising principle, differentiation of units and distribution of capabilities ?
- (a) Mearsheimer
- (b) Waltz
- (c) Stephen Walt
- (d) David Held
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Answer: (b)
37. The process of choosing a course of action out of various courses to solve a specific problem is called
- (a) Diagonal communication
- (b) Total quality management
- (c) Auxiliary service
- (d) Decision-making
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38. Which principle is one of the universal principles of organization according to Mooney ?
- (a) Span of control
- (b) Unity of command
- (c) Centralisation
- (d) Hierarchy
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Answer: (d)
39. Which departments enjoy the highest formal status with administrative structure of a nation ?
- (a) Government departments
- (b) Private departments
- (c) Semi-structural departments
- (d) Semi-autonomous departments
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Answer: (a)
40. In which year did the US government set up its first Independent Regulatory Commission, namely ‘Inter-State Commerce Commission’ ?
- (a) 1884
- (b) 1885
- (c) 1886
- (d) 1887
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Answer: (d)
41. Recruitment from within is also known as
- (a) Multiple system
- (b) Promotion system
- (c) Division system
- (d) Advance system
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Answer: (b)
42. Which type of training is imparted to the aspirants of public service before they enter such a service ?
- (a) Refresher course
- (b) In-service training
- (c) Pre-entry training
- (d) Orientation training
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Answer: (c)
43. The state of mind or attitude of the civil servants towards their work and the organization to which they belong can be referred to as
- (a) Discipline
- (b) Morale
- (c) Hierarchy
- (d) Determination
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44. In every parliamentary system, there is the practice of setting apart one hour of parliament’s meeting time for questions. This is called as
- (a) No confidence motion
- (b) Call-attention motion
- (c) Question hour
- (d) Zero-hour discussion
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45. Who said “Political Science begins and ends with the State” ?
- (a) Garner
- (b) R. A. Dahl
- (c) Garis
- (d) Harold Lasswell
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46. Which element is considered as the supreme power of the state ?
- (a) Judiciary
- (b) Territory
- (c) Population
- (d) Sovereignty
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47. Which among the following is considered as historical theory ?
- (a) Force Theory
- (b) Matriarchal Theory
- (c) Evolutionary Theory
- (d) Divine Origin Theory
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48. Which political scientist was responsible for the development of behavioural approach to the study of political science ?
- (a) Karl Popper
- (b) Lord Bryce
- (c) David Easton
- (d) Emil Borel
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49. Which theory is regarded as a protest against Monistic Theory of Sovereignty ?
- (a) Pluralism
- (b) Anarchism
- (c) Nazism
- (d) Liberalism
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Answer: (a)
50. Which among the following, implies that ‘nature has created all men equal’ ?
- (a) Social equality
- (b) Civil equality
- (c) Natural equality
- (d) Political equality
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51. In which type of government sovereignty is vested in the people ?
- (a) Monarchy
- (b) Democracy
- (c) Dictatorship
- (d) Aristocracy
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52. According to Manu, which of the following is not an element of the State ?
- (a) King
- (b) Purohita
- (c) Ministers
- (d) Kosha
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Answer: (b)
53. Who among the following, was impressed by the Marxian Philosophy of revolution ?
- (a) Jayaprakash Narayan
- (b) Mahatma Gandhi
- (c) Swami Vivekananda
- (d) Rajaram Mohan Roy
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Answer: (a)
54. Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees equality of opportunity in matters of public employment ?
- (a) Article 14
- (b) Article 15
- (c) Article 16
- (d) Article 17
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55. Which part of the Indian Constitution incorporates Fundamental Duties ?
- (a) Part III
- (b) Part IV-A
- (c) Part V-A
- (d) Part IX
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56. Under Article 53 of the Indian Constitution, the executive power of the Union is vested in the
- (a) President
- (b) Vice-President
- (c) Governor
- (d) Prime Minister
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57. The ‘Modern Party System’ evolved first in
- (a) U.S.A.
- (b) France
- (c) England
- (d) Belgium
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58. The national legislature of the United States is known as
- (a) Parliament
- (b) Federal Parliament
- (c) Diet
- (d) Congress
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59. What is the total strength of Senate ?
- (a) 100
- (b) 435
- (c) 545
- (d) 200
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60. Which is the lower house, in the legislature of France ?
- (a) Senate
- (b) House of Lords
- (c) House of Commons
- (d) Chamber of Deputies
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61. Which one of the following is not a feature of ‘Pressure-Groups’ ?
- (a) Lobbying
- (b) Interest Articulation
- (c) To influence political leaders
- (d) To participate in election
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62. Who described balance of power as “an equilibrium or a certain element of stability in international relations” ?
- (a) Quincy Wright
- (b) George Schwarzenberger
- (c) N. J. Spykman
- (d) Lord Castlereagh
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63. Who used the term “Balance of power” as an approximately equal distribution of power ?
- (a) Earnest B. Hass
- (b) Morgenthau
- (c) Palmer and Perkins
- (d) Organski
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64. What determines the nature of the long as well as short term efforts in foreign policy ?
- (a) National law
- (b) National interest
- (c) Variable interest
- (d) Peace treaties
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65. Who is the author of the work “The Cold War : Retrospect and Prospect” ?
- (a) Paul Seabury
- (b) Frederick L. Schuman
- (c) Florence Elliot
- (d) Khrushchev
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66. Who coined the term ‘United Nations’ ?
- (a) Roosevelt
- (b) Nehru
- (c) Churchill
- (d) Stalin
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67. Which year was designated as the ‘SAARC Year of Poverty Eradication’ ?
- (a) 1995
- (b) 1996
- (c) 1997
- (d) 1998
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68. Which has been the central guiding force of the foreign policy of China throughout these decades ?
- (a) Liberal philosophy
- (b) Communist philosophy
- (c) Religious philosophy
- (d) Democratic philosophy
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69. Which is the basic and essential element of administration ?
- (a) Budget
- (b) Administrative law
- (c) Organization
- (d) Discipline
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70. Which is not included in Stephen P. Robbins believes that there are three types of barriers to the communication ?
- (a) Physical
- (b) Individual
- (c) Technology
- (d) Semantic
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71. Independent Regulatory Commissions are the unique innovations of
- (a) US Administrative system
- (b) UK Administrative system
- (c) Indian Administrative system
- (d) Swiss Administrative system
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72. Which is the first essential step in the process of selection ?
- (a) Policy formulation
- (b) Executive direction
- (c) Treasury control
- (d) Recruitment
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73. Which among the following system removes the lapses and deficiencies of the fresh recruited civil servants ?
- (a) Transfer
- (b) Promotion
- (c) Training
- (d) Motivation
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74. Which among the following is considered to be one of the oldest principle of promotion ?
- (a) Seniority principle
- (b) Merit principle
- (c) Grading principle
- (d) Discipline principle
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75. Who exercises the executive control over the administration in a Presidential form of government ?
- (a) Prime Minister
- (b) Cabinet
- (c) President
- (d) Governor
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76. Who wrote the book ‘Politics’ which is regarded as a great master piece of political thought ?
- (a) Plato
- (b) Kautilya
- (c) Aristotle
- (d) R. J. Gettel
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77. Which is considered as the soul element of state ?
- (a) Territory
- (b) Population
- (c) Government
- (d) Sovereignty
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78. Who among the following considers self-preservation as a natural right of man ?
- (a) Plato
- (b) Hobbes
- (c) Bentham
- (d) Burke
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79. Which of the following is not a feature of Sovereignty ?
- (a) Indivisibility
- (b) Absoluteness
- (c) Temporary
- (d) Comprehensive
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80. “Democracy is a government in which everyone has a share.” Who gave this definition ?
- (a) James Byrce
- (b) A. L. Lowell
- (c) John Seeley
- (d) A. V. Dicey
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81. Which law is regarded as the fundamental law of the land ?
- (a) Common Law
- (b) Constitutional Law
- (c) Ordinary Law
- (d) Public Law
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82. Scientific socialism is also known as following
- (a) Marxism
- (b) Anarchism
- (c) Liberalism
- (d) Fascism
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83. Who excluded slaves from the concept of citizenship ?
- (a) Plato
- (b) Aristotle
- (c) Hobbes
- (d) Austin
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84. Which of the following idea of Gandhiji is considered as the apex of Gandhian socialism ?
- (a) Sathyagraha
- (b) Non-violence
- (c) Swaraj
- (d) Sarvodaya
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Answer: (d)
85. Which among the following is considered as the most important feature of federation ?
- (a) Single citizenship
- (b) Weak judiciary
- (c) Flexible Constitution
- (d) Division of powers between Union and State
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Answer: (d)
86. The Latin word “Mandamus” means
- (a) To produced bodily
- (b) Removal of a suit from the Subordinate Court
- (c) Challenging the authority
- (d) We order
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87. The tenure of Lok Sabha is
- (a) 6 years
- (b) 4 years
- (c) 3 years
- (d) 5 years
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88. Which is the highest and final judicial court in India ?
- (a) Supreme Court
- (b) High Court
- (c) Martial Court
- (d) Sessions Court
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89. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
- (a) Australia – Federal Govt.
- (b) U.S.A. – Federal Govt.
- (c) France – Unitary Govt.
- (d) Canada – Unitary Govt.
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90. Who is the head of the executive in the USA ?
- (a) Lord Chancellor
- (b) Speaker
- (c) President
- (d) Prime Minister
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91. Which Article provides for the establishment of Constitutional Courts, which exercises judicial powers of the U.S. ?
- (a) Article II
- (b) Article III
- (c) Article IV
- (d) Article V
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92. Which of the following commissions has studied Centre-States relations in India ?
- (a) Thakkar Commission
- (b) Shah Commission
- (c) Mandal Commission
- (d) Sarkaria Commission
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Answer: (d)
93. Which is the oldest of all French parties, which has been dissolved now ?
- (a) Gaullists party
- (b) Communist party
- (c) Radical party
- (d) Socialist party
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Answer: (c)
94. Which is based on the notion that “if there were no more weapons, there would be no more wars” ?
- (a) Security
- (b) Balance of power
- (c) Nationalism
- (d) Disarmament
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95. The first experiment of collective security under the United Nations was made in the year
- (a) 1947
- (b) 1948
- (c) 1949
- (d) 1950
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96. Which year was designated as the ‘Visit China Year’ in India ?
- (a) 2018
- (b) 2015
- (c) 2016
- (d) 2017
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97. Where was the seventh non-aligned meet held ?
- (a) Beijing
- (b) New Delhi
- (c) Male
- (d) Colombo
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98. When was ASEAN formed ?
- (a) 1964
- (b) 1965
- (c) 1966
- (d) 1967
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99. In which year did Russia declare that ‘it would no longer target its weapons at NATO countries’ ?
- (a) 1997
- (b) 1998
- (c) 1999
- (d) 2000
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100. Which system of management has no interaction with environment ?
- (a) Closed system
- (b) Open system
- (c) Adaptive system
- (d) Variable system
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101. The first state to enact Lokayukta Act in India
- (a) Maharashtra
- (b) Odisha
- (c) Rajasthan
- (d) Uttar Pradesh
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102. Watson explains the difference between management and leadership with 7 – ‘S’ organisational framework. Which of the following is not included in this Scheme ?
- (a) Strategy
- (b) Structure
- (c) Support
- (d) Systems
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103. The term bureaucracy is derived from the French word ‘BUREAU’ which means
- (a) Desk/writing table
- (b) Finance
- (c) Corporation
- (d) Responsibility
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104. Under which method does the appointing officer himself determines the qualifications of candidates ?
- (a) The hire and fire system
- (b) Examinations
- (c) Record of previous experience
- (d) Certification of ability
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105. Which system keeps the employees, interested in the jobs and works as a continuously effective incentive to them ?
- (a) Promotion
- (b) Demotion
- (c) Training
- (d) Transfer
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Answer: (a)
106. Who developed ‘brainstorming technique’ of decision-making ?
- (a) Alex F. Osborn
- (b) William Gordon
- (c) Andre Dellbecq and Andrew Van de Ven
- (d) Herbert Simon
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107. How many phases are required for the implementation of Administrative Reforms in India ?
- (a) Two
- (b) Three
- (c) Four
- (d) Five
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108. Who said : “Obedience to laws which we prescribe for ourselves is liberty.” ?
- (a) Rousseau
- (b) Laski
- (c) Green
- (d) Spencer
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109. Which Hindu scripture stated that “Though the king is a human being, yet no one should hate him because he is God in the shape of man” ?
- (a) Bhagawad Gita
- (b) Mahabharata
- (c) Manusmriti
- (d) Rig Veda
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110. Which is the root word of ‘Sovereignty’ ?
- (a) Superanus
- (b) Sovien
- (c) Imperium
- (d) Sovious
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111. The authority of the state which has the legal power to issue final commands is
- (a) Popular Sovereignty
- (b) De Jure Sovereignty
- (c) De Facto Sovereignty
- (d) Political Sovereignty
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112. What do you call a law, ‘which is formulated by the state and applicable to all the people within the territory of the state’ ?
- (a) Customary Law
- (b) International Law
- (c) National Law
- (d) Historical Law
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113. Who has defined ‘Political Science is that part of social science, which studies the foundations of the state and the principles of government’ ?
- (a) Garner
- (b) Laski
- (c) Gilchrist
- (d) Paul Janet
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114. Who is considered as the first Utopian political thinker ?
- (a) Aristotle
- (b) Locke
- (c) Plato
- (d) J. S. Mill
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115. Who among the following can be considered as a ‘Prophet of a Revolutionary Creed’ ?
- (a) Thomas Hobbes
- (b) Karl Marx
- (c) Lohiya
- (d) Rousseau
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116. Which is the famous work of Kautilya ?
- (a) Sukranithi
- (b) Arthashastra
- (c) Manusmriti
- (d) Dharmashastra
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117. “Six Freedoms” are granted to the citizens of India, under which Article ?
- (a) Article 18
- (b) Article 19
- (c) Article 20
- (d) Article 21
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118. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) ?
- (a) President
- (b) Speaker
- (c) Vice-President
- (d) Chief Justice of India
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119. Who among the following is the head of the Cabinet in India ?
- (a) President
- (b) Vice-President
- (c) Prime Minister
- (d) Speaker
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120. Who of the following presides the House of Lords ?
- (a) Lord Chancellor
- (b) Speaker
- (c) Attorney General
- (d) Prime Minister
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121. Who among the following, is the ex-officio presiding officer of the Senate ?
- (a) President
- (b) Vice-President
- (c) Chief Justice
- (d) Prime Minister
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122. Who finalizes the foreign policy of the United States ?
- (a) Governor
- (b) Chief Justice
- (c) President
- (d) Vice-President
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123. Which Article of the French Constitution gives the Prime Minister the legislative initiative in the legislature ?
- (a) Article 39
- (b) Article 38
- (c) Article 49
- (d) Article 48
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Answer: (a)
124. Which of the following is an example of a single party system ?
- (a) USA
- (b) China
- (c) India
- (d) England
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Answer: (b)
125. What is the most commonly used device of the balance of power system ?
- (a) War
- (b) Peace
- (c) Alliances
- (d) Neutralisation
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Answer: (c)

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Answer key

Answer key from the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board’s official answer key for this sitting. “—” means the key gave none: the question was deleted.

Civics

Q 1: (a)
Q 2: (d)
Q 3: (b)
Q 4: (d)
Q 5: (d)
Q 6: (b)
Q 7: (a)
Q 8: (c)
Q 9: (c)
Q 10: (b)
Q 11: (d)
Q 12: (a)
Q 13: (a)
Q 14: (c)
Q 15: (a)
Q 16: (d)
Q 17: (b)
Q 18: (d)
Q 19: (c)
Q 20: (b)
Q 21: (d)
Q 22: (d)
Q 23: (a)
Q 24: (a)
Q 25: (b)
Q 26: (b)
Q 27: (d)
Q 28: (a)
Q 29: (d)
Q 30: (a)
Q 31: (a)
Q 32: (c)
Q 33: (a)
Q 34: (a)
Q 35: (d)
Q 36: (b)
Q 37: (d)
Q 38: (d)
Q 39: (a)
Q 40: (d)
Q 41: (b)
Q 42: (c)
Q 43: (b)
Q 44: (c)
Q 45: (a)
Q 46: (d)
Q 47: (c)
Q 48: (c)
Q 49: (a)
Q 50: (c)
Q 51: (b)
Q 52: (b)
Q 53: (a)
Q 54: (c)
Q 55: (b)
Q 56: (a)
Q 57: (b)
Q 58: (d)
Q 59: (a)
Q 60: —
Q 61: (d)
Q 62: (b)
Q 63: (b)
Q 64: (b)
Q 65: (b)
Q 66: (a)
Q 67: (a)
Q 68: (b)
Q 69: (c)
Q 70: (c)
Q 71: (a)
Q 72: (d)
Q 73: (c)
Q 74: (a)
Q 75: (c)
Q 76: (c)
Q 77: (d)
Q 78: (b)
Q 79: (c)
Q 80: (c)
Q 81: (b)
Q 82: (a)
Q 83: (b)
Q 84: (d)
Q 85: (d)
Q 86: (d)
Q 87: (d)
Q 88: (a)
Q 89: (d)
Q 90: (c)
Q 91: (b)
Q 92: (d)
Q 93: (c)
Q 94: (d)
Q 95: (d)
Q 96: (c)
Q 97: (b)
Q 98: (d)
Q 99: (a)
Q 100: (a)
Q 101: —
Q 102: (c)
Q 103: (a)
Q 104: (a)
Q 105: (a)
Q 106: (a)
Q 107: (b)
Q 108: (a)
Q 109: (c)
Q 110: (a)
Q 111: (b)
Q 112: (c)
Q 113: (d)
Q 114: (c)
Q 115: (b)
Q 116: (b)
Q 117: (b)
Q 118: (c)
Q 119: (c)
Q 120: —
Q 121: (b)
Q 122: (c)
Q 123: (a)
Q 124: (b)
Q 125: (c)