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UP PGT 2021 — Civics (Series A)

17 or 18 August 2021125 questions+3.4 for a correct answer, −0 for a wrong one

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Civics

1. Which one of the following is not written by a contractualist thinker ?
- (a) Social contract
- (b) Leviathan
- (c) On liberty
- (d) Two treaties on Government
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Answer: (c)
2. Who gave the statement “A decision in its simplest form is a selection of alternatives” ?
- (a) Terry
- (b) McForland
- (c) Herbert Simon
- (d) Ray A. Killians
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Answer: (d)
3. Adhikarans in Kautilya’s ‘Arthashāstra’ are
- (a) Twelve
- (b) Fifteen
- (c) Ten
- (d) Sixteen
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Answer: (b)
4. Which one of the following objectives is not embodied in the Preamble to the Constitution of India ?
- (a) Liberty of thought
- (b) Economic liberty
- (c) Liberty of expression
- (d) Liberty of belief
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Answer: (b)
5. The Marxists hold that
- (a) The State is a class-structure
- (b) State represents only the workers
- (c) State represents the entire community
- (d) None of these
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Answer: (a)
6. Who of the following was not an extremist ?
- (a) Lala Lajpat Rai
- (b) Bipin Chandra Pal
- (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Answer: (d)
7. Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the ‘end of history’ ?
- (a) Samir Amin
- (b) David Held
- (c) Francis Fukuyama
- (d) Samuel P. Huntington
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Answer: (c)
8. Who of the following was the bitterest critic of Austin’s theory of sovereignty ?
- (a) Sir Henry Maine
- (b) Hobbes
- (c) Bodin
- (d) Laski
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Answer: (a)
9. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below : List-I — List-II a. Morgenthau — i. Systems theory b. Bernard Cohen — ii. Game theory c. Merton Kaplan — iii. Decision making approach d. Emile Berd — iv. Realist school Codes : a b c d
- (a) iv iii i ii
- (b) ii i iii iv
- (c) iv i iii ii
- (d) ii iii i iv
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Answer: (a)
10. The first Lokpal bill was introduced in the parliament in
- (a) 1968
- (b) 1967
- (c) 1971
- (d) 1972
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Answer: (a)
11. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched ? Theory of origin of State — Supporter
- (a) Divine origin — James I
- (b) Force theory — Oppenheimer
- (c) Patriarchal — McLennan
- (d) Matriarchal — Jenks
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Answer: (c)
12. Which decade was declared by UN as ‘decade for women’ ?
- (a) 1976 -1985
- (b) 1986 -1995
- (c) 1966 -1975
- (d) 1971 -1980
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Answer: (a)
13. “Be educated, be agitated, be organised.” This slogan is given by
- (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
- (c) M. N. Roy
- (d) B. R. Ambedkar
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Answer: (d)
14. Which of the following pair is incorrect ? Author — Book
- (a) Mosca — The Ruling Class
- (b) Pareto — Mind and Society
- (c) Robert Michels — Political Parties
- (d) Lipset — Wealth of Nations
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Answer: (d)
15. The public corporation is accountable to the
- (a) Bureaucracy
- (b) Prime Minister
- (c) President
- (d) Parliament
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Answer: (d)
16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the options given below : List-I — List-II a. Mahatma Gandhi — 1. Bunch of Thoughts b. B. R. Ambedkar — 2. Hind Swaraj c. M. S. Golwalkar — 3. Annihilation of caste d. V. D. Savarkar — 4. Hindutva Codes : a b c d
- (a) 1 2 3 4
- (b) 2 3 1 4
- (c) 3 1 4 2
- (d) 4 3 1 2
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Answer: (b)
17. Arrange the following Secretary Generals of the United Nations in order in which they were appointed : i. U Thant ii. Kurt Waldheim iii. Trygve Lie iv. Dag Hammarskjold Codes :
- (a) ii, i, iii, iv
- (b) i, iii, iv, ii
- (c) iii, iv, i, ii
- (d) iv, iii, i, ii
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Answer: (c)
18. The ‘Consent Model’ of authority was conceived by
- (a) Mayo
- (b) William G. Scott
- (c) Herbert Simon
- (d) Bernard
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Answer: (d)
19. Who said, “War is to man what maternity is to woman” ?
- (a) Mussolini
- (b) Marx
- (c) Hegel
- (d) Mao
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Answer: (a)
20. The 73rd constitutional amendment was passed during the Primeministership of
- (a) Indira Gandhi
- (b) Rajiv Gandhi
- (c) P. V. Narasimha Rao
- (d) V. P. Singh
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Answer: (c)
21. The statement, “The State is an ethical institution which is indispensable for the full moral development of man” is attributed to
- (a) Individualists
- (b) Idealists
- (c) Anarchists
- (d) Marxists
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Answer: (b)
22. Which of the following is not a device for maintaining balance of power ?
- (a) Alliances and counter alliances
- (b) Armament and disarmament
- (c) Compensation
- (d) Non-intervention
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Answer: (d)
23. “Over himself, over his mind and body, the individual is supreme”. Mill expressed these views in which of his works ?
- (a) On Liberty
- (b) Utilitarianism
- (c) Principles of Political Economy
- (d) Considerations on Representative Government
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Answer: (a)
24. ‘Politics Among Nations’ was written by
- (a) H. J. Morgenthau
- (b) Palmer and Perkins
- (c) E. H. Carr
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (a)
25. Which one of the following is not included in the fundamental vidyās as determined by Kautilya ?
- (a) Vārtā
- (b) Ānvikshiki
- (c) Nirukta
- (d) Trayi
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Answer: (c)
26. The principle of proportionate equality was first enunciated by
- (a) Aristotle
- (b) Locke
- (c) Green
- (d) Laski
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Answer: (a)
27. If a new State is to be created in the Indian Union, which of the following schedules should be amended ?
- (a) First schedule
- (b) Second schedule
- (c) Third schedule
- (d) Fifth schedule
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Answer: (a)
28. For the administration of law and order in the district, who exercises general control over the district police ?
- (a) The District Collector/Magistrate
- (b) The Superintendent of Police
- (c) The Member of Parliament from the District
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (a)
29. Presidential system of Government is based on
- (a) Concentration of power in one person
- (b) Power to many persons
- (c) Separation of powers between the three organs of Government
- (d) Dividing power between Centre and the States
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Answer: (c)
30. “This constitution may be called the Constitution of India”, is stated in which of the following Article of the Constitution of India.
- (a) Article – 01
- (b) Article – 03
- (c) Article – 393
- (d) Article – 395
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Answer: (c)
31. Liberty and equality are complementary to each other. Who amongst the following held this view ?
- (a) De Tocqueville
- (b) F. A. Hayek
- (c) R. H. Tawney
- (d) I. Berlin
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Answer: (c)
32. The District and sessions judge works directly under the control of
- (a) District Collector
- (b) High Court of the State
- (c) Law Minister of the State
- (d) Governor of the State
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Answer: (b)
33. Who of the following is considered an exponent of modern individualism ?
- (a) Laski
- (b) Leacock
- (c) Hobbes
- (d) Graham Wallas
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Answer: (d)
34. Who said, “Greece had developed democracy without unity, Rome secured unity without democracy” ?
- (a) Garner
- (b) Willoughby
- (c) Aristotle
- (d) Gettell
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Answer: (d)
35. Who said that modern civilization is a ‘Nine days wonder’ ?
- (a) Vivekananda
- (b) Tagore
- (c) Gandhi
- (d) Aurobindo
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Answer: (c)
36. The United Nations Charter is mainly
- (a) Largely concerned with individual human rights
- (b) Wholly concerned with the relationship between States
- (c) Devoted to a wide range of subjects including peace, justice, freedom and economic and social rights
- (d) Devoted to duties and rights of great, medium and small powers
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Answer: (c)
37. Jai Prakash Narayan preaches the concept of
- (a) Cultural Revolution
- (b) Total Revolution
- (c) Chatustambhi Rajya
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (b)
38. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of the parliamentary government ?
- (a) Dual executive
- (b) Leadership of the Prime Minister
- (c) Collective responsibility
- (d) Complete separation of the executive from the legislature
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Answer: (d)
39. Which of the following is an example of auxiliary agency in the Government of India ?
- (a) NITI Aayog
- (b) Prime Ministers Office
- (c) Central Public Works Department
- (d) Cabinet Secretariat
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Answer: (c)
40. ‘The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle’. These lines appear in the book
- (a) Das Capital
- (b) Communist Manifesto
- (c) State and Revolution
- (d) Poverty of Philosophy
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Answer: (b)
41. The doctrine of Judicial Review originated in which country ?
- (a) United States of America
- (b) Canada
- (c) Britain
- (d) France
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Answer: (a)
42.
- (a) Which cannot be amended
- (b) Which can be partly amended
- (c) Which can be amended by a method which is different from the method of ordinary law-making-process
- (d) None of these
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Answer: (c)
43. Law (as the pure voice of God and reason) may thus be defined as ‘Reason free from all passion’. Who gave this definition ?
- (a) Aristotle
- (b) St. Thomas Aquinas
- (c) Montesquieu
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (a)
44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer : List-I — List-II a. Utopian socialism — i. Karl Marx b. Fabian socialism — ii. G. D. H. Cole c. Scientific socialism — iii. Sydney Webb d. Guild socialism — iv. Saint Simon Codes : a b c d
- (a) iii iv i ii
- (b) iv iii ii i
- (c) iii iv ii i
- (d) iv iii i ii
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Answer: (d)
45. The office of the ‘Governor General of India’ was for the first-time provided by
- (a) Regulating Act, 1773
- (b) Charter Act, 1833
- (c) Charter Act, 1853
- (d) Act of 1858
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Answer: (b)
46. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below : List-I — List-II a. FMCT — i. Climate change b. Montreal protocol — ii. World Trade c. TRIPS — iii. Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction d. WSF — iv. Global social movements Codes : a b c d
- (a) iii i ii iv
- (b) i ii iii iv
- (c) ii iii iv i
- (d) ii iii i iv
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Answer: (a)
47. Which one of the following pair is not properly matched ?
- (a) Motilal Nehru – Nehru Report
- (b) M. A. Jinnah – Khilafat Movement
- (c) M. K. Gandhi – Champaran Movement
- (d) Subhash Chandra Bose – Forward Block
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Answer: (b)
48. ‘Public Corporation’ type of administration seeks to achieve
- (a) Business efficiency
- (b) Democratic legitimacy of the bureaucracy
- (c) People’s participation in administration
- (d) Mixing of public accountability with business efficiency
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Answer: (d)
49. In which book did Austin explain his theory of sovereignty ?
- (a) Politics
- (b) Civil Government
- (c) Social Contract
- (d) Lectures on Jurisprudence
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Answer: (d)
50. ‘Uniting for Peace Resolution’ has enhanced the power of which organ of the United Nations Organisation ?
- (a) General Assembly
- (b) International Court of Justice
- (c) Security Council
- (d) Trusteeship Council
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Answer: (a)
51. Which of the following methods the pressure groups do not adopt ?
- (a) Seminar
- (b) Propaganda
- (c) Lobbying
- (d) Contesting elections
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Answer: (d)
52. Who advanced the ‘Dependency Theory’ to explain under development ?
- (a) V. I. Lenin
- (b) Gundar Frank
- (c) Samir Amin
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (c)
53. “The state of nature is a state of peace, goodwill, mutual assistance and preservation.” Who said this ?
- (a) Hobbes
- (b) Rousseau
- (c) Locke
- (d) T. H. Green
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Answer: (c)
54. Which of the following is not correct about a Cantonment Board ?
- (a) It is created by an executive resolution
- (b) It works under the administrative control of the Union Defence Ministry
- (c) It is established for municipal administration for civilian population in the cantonment area
- (d) It is a statutory body
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Answer: (a)
55. Who among the following is not a supporter of pluralist theory of sovereignty ?
- (a) Lindsay
- (b) Maitland
- (c) Bodin
- (d) Otto Gierke
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Answer: (c)
56. Which one of the following bills must be passed by each house of the Indian Parliament separately by special majority ?
- (a) Constitution Amendment Bill
- (b) Ordinary Bill
- (c) Money Bill
- (d) Finance Bill
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Answer: (a)
57. Which one of the following country is not a member of BIMSTEC ?
- (a) Bangladesh
- (b) India
- (c) Thailand
- (d) Spain
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Answer: (d)
58. The Chairman and members of the U.P.S.C. hold office for a term of
- (a) Three years
- (b) Four years
- (c) Five years
- (d) Six years
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Answer: (d)
59. Who among the following propagated the idea of cultural revolution under socialism ?
- (a) Karl Marx
- (b) Mao-Tse-Tung
- (c) V. I. Lenin
- (d) J. Stalin
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Answer: (b)
60. Who was the President of US during the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962 ?
- (a) Richard Nixon
- (b) J. F. Kennedy
- (c) Truman
- (d) Eisenhower
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61. According to Hobbes, the state of nature is
- (a) Pre political only
- (b) Pre social only
- (c) Both pre political and pre social
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (c)
62. ‘Hare System’ refers to
- (a) Single transferable vote system
- (b) List system
- (c) Cumulative system
- (d) Simple majority system
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Answer: (a)
63. Who gave the theory of ‘Power Elite’ ?
- (a) Robert Michel
- (b) C. Wright Mills
- (c) Schumpeter
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (b)
64. Who is of the opinion that neither in respect of internal organisation, nor autonomy, nor functions and procedure, is the public corporation essentially different from the department or the bureau ?
- (a) Ralf Assheton
- (b) L. D. White
- (c) Herbert Morrison
- (d) Gorwala
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Answer: (b)
65. The joint setting of Indian Parliament for transacting a legislative business is presided over by
- (a) The President of India
- (b) The senior most member of Parliament
- (c) The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
- (d) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Answer: (d)
66. Pluralists give importance to
- (a) State
- (b) Groups and associations
- (c) Government
- (d) Judiciary
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Answer: (b)
67. The term ‘City-State’ is generally associated with
- (a) Ancient Egypt
- (b) Ancient India
- (c) Ancient Greece
- (d) Ancient China
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Answer: (c)
68. The only thing for which Marx praised bureaucracy
- (a) Rationality
- (b) Secrecy
- (c) Helps in the establishment of welfare state
- (d) Role in the development of centralizing tendency in nations
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Answer: (d)
69. Which of the following is not a tool of legislative control over administration ?
- (a) Delegated legislation
- (b) Adjournment motion
- (c) Question hour
- (d) Zero hour
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Answer: (a)
70. Who said, “Indian Constitution establishes a unitary state with subsidiary federal features rather than federal state with subsidiary unitary features” ?
- (a) K. C. Wheare
- (b) Sir Ivor Jennings
- (c) K. M. Pannikar
- (d) B. R. Ambedkar
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Answer: (a)
71. Who amongst the following do not consider Political Science as a science ?
- (a) Aristotle
- (b) Jellinek
- (c) Lord Bryce
- (d) F. W. Maitland
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Answer: (d)
72. Who among the following is not an idealist thinker ?
- (a) Hegel
- (b) Green
- (c) Bosanquet
- (d) Bentham
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Answer: (d)
73. Which of the following is not related to Cold War ?
- (a) Fulton speech
- (b) Truman doctrine
- (c) Marshall plan
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (d)
74. ‘Detente’ between USA and former USSR implies
- (a) Enmity between them
- (b) De-escalation of tension between the two
- (c) Mutual distrust
- (d) Competition
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Answer: (b)
75. Ram Manohar Lohia was a supporter of
- (a) Decentralised socialism
- (b) Communism
- (c) Guild socialism
- (d) Fabian socialism
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Answer: (a)
76. Which of the following administration agency has the monopoly of execution ?
- (a) Line Agency
- (b) Staff Agency
- (c) Auxiliary Agency
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (a)
77. The power of Judicial Review is with
- (a) Parliament
- (b) High Courts
- (c) Supreme Court
- (d) Both Supreme Court and High Courts
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Answer: (d)
78. ‘Laws are the body of rules for the regulation of social conduct.’ Who gave this definition ?
- (a) Hobbes
- (b) Holland
- (c) Duigvit
- (d) Austin
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Answer: (c)
79. “Political Science is a historical investigation of what the State has been, an analytical study of what the State is, and a politics-ethical discussion of what the State should be.” Who said this ?
- (a) Gettell
- (b) MacIver
- (c) Sir Ernest Benn
- (d) Sidgwick
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Answer: (a)
80. Under the Constitution of India, which one of the following is not a fundamental duty ?
- (a) To vote in public elections
- (b) To develop the scientific temper
- (c) To safeguard public property
- (d) To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals
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Answer: (a)
81. Liberty and equality are antithetical to each other. This view was held by
- (a) Lord Acton
- (b) T. H. Green
- (c) H. J. Laski
- (d) E. Barker
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Answer: (a)
82. Which of the following book(s) is not the creation of Henry Fayol ?
- (a) General and Industrial Management
- (b) The theory of administration of the State
- (c) The theory of social and economic organization
- (d) General principles of administration
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Answer: (c)
83. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
- (a) Karl Marx : The Poverty of Philosophy
- (b) V. I. Lenin : State and Revolution
- (c) Josef Stalin : Wage, Labour and Capital
- (d) Friedrich Engels : Origin of family, Private property and the State
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Answer: (c)
84. Who among the following considers National Interest as the final and decisive element of world polities ?
- (a) Morgenthau
- (b) V. V. Dyke
- (c) Joseph Frankel
- (d) Paul Seabury
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Answer: (a)
85. Who is the highest law officer of the Govt. of India ?
- (a) Chief Justice of India
- (b) Minister for Law and Justice
- (c) The Attorney General of India
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (c)
86. Which of the following can be associated with Gandhi’s philosophy ? 1. Trusteeship 2. Nai Talim 3. Hijrat 4. Sarvodaya
- (a) 1, 2 and 4
- (b) 1, 2 and 3
- (c) 1 and 4
- (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Answer: (d)
87. The provision for Election Commission of India has been made under Article
- (a) 324
- (b) 325
- (c) 322
- (d) 323
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Answer: (a)
88. Which one of the following writs literally means “we command” ?
- (a) Habeas corpus
- (b) Mandamus
- (c) Quo warranto
- (d) Certiorari
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Answer: (b)
89. The doctrine of ‘Laissez Faire’ was influenced by
- (a) Positive concept of liberty
- (b) Negative concept of liberty
- (c) Both the above (A) and (B)
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (b)
90. In which year India invited an American expert, Frank Krause to examine whether performance budgeting can be implemented in India or not ?
- (a) 1962
- (b) 1966
- (c) 1964
- (d) 1968
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Answer: (c)
91. Who amongst the following did not regard fixed territory as an essential aspect of the state ?
- (a) Gettell
- (b) Gilchrist
- (c) John Seeley
- (d) Garner
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Answer: (c)
92. In which year did India and Pakistan become full members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization ?
- (a) 2015
- (b) 2019
- (c) 2018
- (d) 2017
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Answer: (d)
93. Which of the following pair is wrongly matched ?
- (a) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration – Mussoorie
- (b) Administrative Staff College – Hyderabad
- (c) Railway Staff College – Ahmedabad
- (d) The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management – New Delhi
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Answer: (c)
94. Who is empowered to suspend the operation of Fundamental Rights ?
- (a) Parliament
- (b) Supreme Court
- (c) President
- (d) Prime Minister
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Answer: (c)
95. Who advocated the two factor theory of motivation ?
- (a) Maslow
- (b) Douglas Mcgregor
- (c) Herzberg
- (d) Likert
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Answer: (c)
96. Match the following scholars with the tradition of thought they are primarily associated with : a. Edmund Burke — i. Communitarianism b. Robert Nozick — ii. Libertarianism c. Jeremy Bentham — iii. Conservatism d. Alasdair MacIntyre — iv. Utilitarianism Select the correct answer : Codes : a b c d
- (a) i ii iii iv
- (b) ii iii iv i
- (c) ii i iv iii
- (d) iii ii iv i
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Answer: (d)
97. According to Kaplan, the most likely transformation of the balance of power system is into a
- (a) International system
- (b) Unipolar system
- (c) Bipolar system
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (c)
98. “Republic is not so much a treatise on politics, it is a finest treatise on education that has ever been written.” Who commented this ?
- (a) Aristotle
- (b) Bodin
- (c) Green
- (d) Rousseau
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Answer: (d)
99. When the annual Union Budget is not passed by the Lok Sabha
- (a) The budget is modified and presented again
- (b) The budget is referred to the Rajya Sabha for suggestions
- (c) The Union Finance Minister is asked to resign
- (d) The Prime Minister submits the resignation of Council of Ministers
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Answer: (d)
100. Which of the following pair constitutes the essence of good governance ?
- (a) Rule of law and regular elections
- (b) Regular elections and down sizing the bureaucracy
- (c) Rule of law and globalization
- (d) Transparent and accountable administration
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Answer: (d)
101. Who among the following regard language as the most important factor in the growth of nationalism ?
- (a) Mazzini
- (b) Fichte
- (c) Ramsay Muir
- (d) All of these
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Answer: (d)
102. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
- (a) Sovereignty of truth – M. K. Gandhi
- (b) New Humanism – Aurobindo Ghosh
- (c) Dictatorship of the proletariat – V. I. Lenin
- (d) New Democracy – Mao-Tse-Tung
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103. Parliament of which country is called the ‘Mother of Parliaments’ ?
- (a) Britain
- (b) USA
- (c) Canada
- (d) India
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Answer: (a)
104. Who propounded the trait approach of leadership ?
- (a) R. M. Stogdill
- (b) Chester Bernard
- (c) Koontz and O’Donnell
- (d) Fiedler
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Answer: (b)
105. Who said, “Politics so far from being a science, is one of the most backward of all the arts” ?
- (a) Maitland
- (b) Buckle
- (c) Leacock
- (d) Gettell
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Answer: (b)
106. In the Indian Constitution, the Right to Equality is granted by five Articles. They are
- (a) Article 16 to 20
- (b) Article 14 to 18
- (c) Article 15 to 19
- (d) Article 13 to 17
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107. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below : List-I — List-II a. Global membership and general purpose — i. European Union b. Regional membership and general purpose — ii. U.N.O. c. Regional membership and limited purpose — iii. I.L.O. d. Global membership and limited purpose — iv. N.A.T.O. Codes : a b c d
- (a) ii i iv iii
- (b) iii iv ii i
- (c) iv ii iii i
- (d) i ii iv iii
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Answer: (a)
108. Which General Secretary of UN submitted his report ‘An Agenda for Peace’ to the Security Council in the year 1992 ?
- (a) Kofi Annan
- (b) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
- (c) Kurt Waldheim
- (d) U. Thant
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109. Which one of the following is regarded as father of International Law ?
- (a) Jean Bodin
- (b) Hugo Grotious
- (c) Machiavelli
- (d) None of the above
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110. “Politics is that part of social science which treats the foundations of State and the principles of Government.” Who made this statement ?
- (a) Willoughby
- (b) Seeley
- (c) Paul Janet
- (d) Garner
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111. Who said, “State comes into existence originating in the bare needs of life and continuing in existence for the sake of good life” ?
- (a) Garner
- (b) Cole
- (c) Machiavelli
- (d) Aristotle
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112.
- (a) Whenever he likes
- (b) Whenever the Chief Minister advises him
- (c) When the State Legislature is not in session and the Governor is satisfied that immediate action is needed
- (d) When the Union Government asks him to do so
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113. On which of the following basis Hoover Commission recommended for the formation of an organization ?
- (a) Purpose
- (b) Process
- (c) Person
- (d) Place
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114. Which country was not a member of CENTO ?
- (a) USA
- (b) UK
- (c) Turkey
- (d) Pakistan
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115. If the President of India is to resign from office he should address his letter of resignation to
- (a) The Prime Minister
- (b) The Vice President
- (c) The Chief Justice
- (d) The Speaker
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116. Collective security system does not permit
- (a) Armament
- (b) Neutrality
- (c) Both (A) and (B)
- (d) None of these
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117. Who said, “The God, who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time” ?
- (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- (b) M. K. Gandhi
- (c) Jefferson
- (d) Adam Smith
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118. No finance bill can be introduced in the Legislative Assembly without the recommendations of the
- (a) Speaker
- (b) Governor
- (c) Chief Minister
- (d) Finance Minister
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119. Which among the following organ of United Nations is responsible for international peace and security ?
- (a) General Assembly
- (b) Security Council
- (c) International Court
- (d) Secretariat
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120. Supreme Court of India consists of the Chief Justice of India and how many more other judges ?
- (a) 25
- (b) 33
- (c) 31
- (d) 26
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121. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution, the Supreme Court has been empowered to review its own judgement and order
- (a) Article 135
- (b) Article 136
- (c) Article 137
- (d) Article 138
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122. Under the list system each voter
- (a) Votes for the list as a whole
- (b) Can pick-up candidates from various lists
- (c) Can prepare his own list from amongst the candidates
- (d) Can indicate preference for candidates in the list for which he votes
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123. Who of the following has described the meaning of secularism as, ‘equal protection to all religions by the State’ ?
- (a) Mahatma Gandhi
- (b) B. R. Ambedkar
- (c) B. N. Rau
- (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
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124. Plato had given the concept of mixed constitution in which of the following books ?
- (a) The Republic
- (b) The Laws
- (c) Statesman
- (d) Politics
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125. Who said, “Directive Principles of State Policy are like a cheque on a bank payable at the convenience of the bank” ?
- (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- (b) B. N. Rau
- (c) B. R. Ambedkar
- (d) K. T. Shah
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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: (c)
Q 2: (d)
Q 3: (b)
Q 4: (b)
Q 5: (a)
Q 6: (d)
Q 7: (c)
Q 8: (a)
Q 9: (a)
Q 10: (a)
Q 11: (c)
Q 12: (a)
Q 13: (d)
Q 14: (d)
Q 15: (d)
Q 16: (b)
Q 17: (c)
Q 18: (d)
Q 19: (a)
Q 20: (c)
Q 21: (b)
Q 22: (d)
Q 23: (a)
Q 24: (a)
Q 25: (c)
Q 26: (a)
Q 27: (a)
Q 28: (a)
Q 29: (c)
Q 30: (c)
Q 31: (c)
Q 32: (b)
Q 33: (d)
Q 34: (d)
Q 35: (c)
Q 36: (c)
Q 37: (b)
Q 38: (d)
Q 39: (c)
Q 40: (b)
Q 41: (a)
Q 42: (c)
Q 43: (a)
Q 44: (d)
Q 45: (b)
Q 46: (a)
Q 47: (b)
Q 48: (d)
Q 49: (d)
Q 50: (a)
Q 51: (d)
Q 52: (c)
Q 53: (c)
Q 54: (a)
Q 55: (c)
Q 56: (a)
Q 57: (d)
Q 58: (d)
Q 59: (b)
Q 60: (b)
Q 61: (c)
Q 62: (a)
Q 63: (b)
Q 64: (b)
Q 65: (d)
Q 66: (b)
Q 67: (c)
Q 68: (d)
Q 69: (a)
Q 70: (a)
Q 71: (d)
Q 72: (d)
Q 73: (d)
Q 74: (b)
Q 75: (a)
Q 76: (a)
Q 77: (d)
Q 78: (c)
Q 79: (a)
Q 80: (a)
Q 81: (a)
Q 82: (c)
Q 83: (c)
Q 84: (a)
Q 85: (c)
Q 86: (d)
Q 87: (a)
Q 88: (b)
Q 89: (b)
Q 90: (c)
Q 91: (c)
Q 92: (d)
Q 93: (c)
Q 94: (c)
Q 95: (c)
Q 96: (d)
Q 97: (c)
Q 98: (d)
Q 99: (d)
Q 100: (d)
Q 101: (d)
Q 102: (b)
Q 103: (a)
Q 104: (b)
Q 105: (b)
Q 106: (b)
Q 107: (a)
Q 108: (b)
Q 109: (b)
Q 110: (c)
Q 111: (d)
Q 112: (c)
Q 113: (a)
Q 114: (a)
Q 115: (b)
Q 116: (b)
Q 117: (c)
Q 118: (b)
Q 119: (b)
Q 120: (b)
Q 121: (c)
Q 122: (a)
Q 123: (d)
Q 124: (b)
Q 125: (d)