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PSC HSST Political Science Model Questions and Answers
Question Paper Code: 33/2015/OL
Category Code: 577/2014
Exam: HSST Political Science
Date of Test: 14-12-2015
Alphacode A
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The founder of Sidhasramam at Alathur in Palghat District was
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A. Brahmananda Sivayogi
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Name the leader who came into limelight during the Electricity Agitation of 1936
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C. E. Ikkanda Warrier
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Who is known as "Haryana Hurricane"?
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B. Kapil Dev
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Rakhi Gadi, the latest Indus Valley Site discovered is located in
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A. Haryana
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Which/who of the following is the custodian of the Constitution of India?
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D. Supreme Court
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International Day for the elimination of violence against women is observed on
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C. November 25
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Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Indian Constitution in
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B. 1976
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Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was introduced in
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C. Seventh Five Year Plan
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'Romancing With Life' was written by
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A. Dev Anand
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PURA (Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas) Project was inaugurated in which state?
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B. Tripura
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Which country will be the SAARC cultural capital for the year 2015-2016?
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C. Afghanistan
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The Nair Service Society (NSS) was founded on
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A. 1914
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The first travelogue in Malayalam, Varthamanapustakam, (Book of News) was written by
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D. Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar
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Mahakavi Kumaran Asan's famous poem, Veenapoovu, was first published in
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B. Mitavadi
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Name the welfare programme implemented for providing electrification of houses of SC/ST is
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D. Kudeer Jyothi
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Which scheme envisions a bank account for each person in the country?
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D. Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Scheme
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During which Five Year Plan emergency was clamped in India and new election took place?
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C. Fifth
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The phrase "Equality before Law" used in Article 14 of Indian Constitution has been borrowed from
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A. Britain
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The ideal of 'Welfare State' in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in
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D. Directive Principles of State Policy
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The responsibility of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana is vested with
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B. Panchayat Raj Institutions
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The most important task in teaching is
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B. Providing experiences for the learner towards holistic development
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Remedial Teaching is a process of instruction given after
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D. Diagnostic Testing
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The state within a person or animal that drive behaviour towards some common goal is
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A. Motivation
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Which among the following is a learner related factor?
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C. Maturation
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Which of the following can be taken as a reflection of meaningful learning?
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D. Ability to transfer knowledge in different situations
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The sampling technique generally used when the population is finite
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C. Systematic sampling
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The purpose of review of related literature is to
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D. All of the above
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A variable that can change due to the action of another variable is known as
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A. Dependent variable
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The method of collecting data through observation and experimentation, formulation and testing of hypothesis is called
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C. Scientific method
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First step in research is
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A. Identification of problem
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Which of the following is rejected by Hobbes as the founder of the state?
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B. Individualism
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Who said "Where there is no law there is no freedom"?
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C. Locke
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Rousseau won the prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Academy of Dijon in 1749 on the subject
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A. "Has the progress of the sciences and the Arts contributed to corrupt or purify morals?"
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Which one of the following theories held that the State is a product and manifestation of the irreconcilability of class antagonisms?
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C. Marxist-Leninist Theory
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"Each to count for one and no one for more than one" was the principle propounded by
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D. Jeremy Bentham
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Who is the author of 'on Liberty'?
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B. J.S. Mill
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Hegel believes that
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A. The real is the rational and the rational is real
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The concept of 'Veil of ignorance' is related to
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A. John Rawls
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Which great political leader said that the process of capitalist expansion would always be unequal or uneven between countries, industries and firms?
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B. V.I. Lenin
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According to Antonio Gramsci, civil society is primarily geared in the generation of
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D. Consent
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In India all revenue and capital grants are distributed by
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B. Finance Commission
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The Constitution provides for a federation, in which each level of government has a parliamentary form of democracy based on the
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B. Westminster Model
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Vigilance department works under which ministry?
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C. Home Ministry
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Which one of the following statements relating to the power of Judicial Review in India is correct?
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A. Supreme Court can be directly approached for judicial review of legislative decisions
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Decisions on the defections about disqualification of the members of the Lok Sabha are made by the
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C. President in accordance with the opinion of the Election Commission
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"Right to Education" has been placed in the Indian Constitution under .................
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B. 86th Amendment Act
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The main factor responsible for growth of Communalism in India is ...............
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D. group based Political Mobilization
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Amendment in provisions relating to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes can be made by
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B. Simple Majority of the Parliament
49
The Muslim League decided to boycott Constituent Assembly because
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C. They wanted a separate Constituent Assembly
50
The framers of the Constitution borrowed the idea of Fundamental Rights from the Constitution of
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D. USA
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Which one of the following is an essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism?
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A. Limited Government
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The input-output approach was developed by
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C. David Easton
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The scope of comparative politics include the study of
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D. All of the above
54
The National Parliamentary body of China is known as
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B. National People's Congress
55
Structural-functionalism is primarily
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A. A tool of analysis
56
The Canadian Federal system differs essentially from the American system as it provides
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B. Strong Centre
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'The Supreme Court of America is the third house of the legislature' (Laski). Which is that power that makes the Supreme Court the third Chamber of the legislature?
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D. Judicial Review
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The most powerful legislature in the world is the
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C. U.S. Congress
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Which school of thought believed that capital formation was the basic feature of development?
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D. Classical Theory
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Most favored technique of Pressure groups in the USA is ..................
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B. Lobbying
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The scope of public administration
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A. Depends on the values of the political framework
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The emergence of 'New Public Administration' is associated with
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A. Minnow Brook Conference
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Development Administration is related to
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C. Both (A) and (B)
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The first coherent theory of organization is known as
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A. Bureaucratic Theory
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The term scientific management was used for the first time by
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C. Louis Brandies
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The term 'Representative Bureaucracy' has been coined by
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D. Donald Kingsley
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Perspective planning refers to the formulation of
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A. Long term plans
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The reforms in the monetary and banking policies of the country are called
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D. Financial Reforms
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Herbert Simon's Model of decision-making is known as
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C. Behavior Alternative
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Big Democracy is the work of
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A. P.H. Appleby
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Who among the following theorists is associated with neo-realism in international politics?
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B. Kenneth Waltz
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The 'authoritative allocation of values' was a concept given by
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C. David Easton
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The most important factor responsible for the globalization taking place is
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D. Technological change brought about by relentless economic competition
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The military alliances are formed on the basic concept of
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B. Collective security
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Which one of the following non-governmental organizations is exclusively involved in human rights advocacy?
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D. Amnesty International
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Which one of the following statement is not correct?
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A. Diplomats now get greater latitude than they enjoyed in 19th century
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'Agenda for peace' proposal is associated with
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C. United Nations
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Which one of the following factors influenced the foreign policy of India?
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D. All the above
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Which one of the following has been main irritant in the relations between India and Pakistan in recent years?
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D. Cross border terrorism
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Which one of the following is the easiest method for the peaceful settlement of disputes between two states?
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A. Negotiations
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The type of variable that link a cause-and-effect relationship are called
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A. Intervening Variables
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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C. The objectives can be stated either in the form of a statement or in a question form
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Variables of study are selected during
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D. Scientific definition of the problem
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An operational definition of a term used in the title of a research problem refers to
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D. A definition that gives meaning to the term and helps into quantification
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'Summary of the Literature' is
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B. A description of the significant findings from each relevant reference that the researcher searched
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The term 'Action Research' was coined by
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A. Corey
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The best method of sampling whenever the population is homogeneous is
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C. Random
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Sampling refers to
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D. Selecting small portion of a population
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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B. If the study population is illiterate, data collection using questionnaire is appropriate
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SPSS stands for
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A. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
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To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.
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A. Jacques Derrida
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The 20th century totalitarianism represents an onion like structure. This statement is attributed to
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B. Raymond Aron
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Who described bureaucracy as a continental nuisance?
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C. Thomas Carlyle
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Which is the 'cleft country' according to Samuel P. Huntington in clashes of civilization?
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A. India
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Who developed the concept social constructivism?
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B. Lev Vygotsky
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.................. is a critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning.
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A. Deconstruction
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Rawl's principle of distributive justice is based on the notion of
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B. Difference Principle
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The thinker who has been characterized as a 'reluctant democrat' is
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D. J.S. Mill
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Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the 'end of history'?
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D. Samuel P. Huntington
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The concept of Social Capital has been put forward by ..................
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B. Robert Putnam
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