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• Who among the following suggested the abolition of the office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India?
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  Paul Appleby

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  A. D. Gorwala

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  N. N. Vohra

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  L. K. Jha
• Which of the following pair is not correct?
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  SAARC ⇔ New Delhi

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  ASEAN ⇔ Jakarta

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  International Committee of the Red Cross ⇔ Geneva

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  INTERPOL ⇔ Lyon, France
• Which is not a correct statement?
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  Peacekeeping operations are established by the Security Council

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  Peacekeepers are identified only by a United Nations red helmet

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  UN has no military forces of its own

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  Peacekeepers wear their country's uniform
• Which one of the following is not the function of State, according to Kautilya?
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  Acquisition of that which is not under its control and possession

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  Preservation of what has been acquired

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  Accentuation of what has been preserved

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  Empire building only
• Which constitutional amendment provided for the setting up of Administrative Tribunals in India?
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  24^th Amendment

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  59^th Amendment

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  42^nd Amendment

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  44^th Amendment
• Which of the following statement is false about the Indian federalism?
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  It is a good example of 'holding together' federation

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  It has a tendency of strong Central Government

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  It reflects the spirit of 'coming together' federation

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  It has been referred to as 'quasi federal' system
• What is Globalisation?
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  It is flow of ideas from one part of the world to another

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  Movement of people from one part to another in search of better jobs and life

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  It is flow of commodities from one part of the world to another

  ঘ

  All of the above
• Which of the following states has the highest irrigation coverage?
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  Punjab

  খ

  Karnataka

  গ

  Uttar Pradesh

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  Uttarakhand
• Which of the following is not matched correctly?
  ক

  National Commission for Women ⇔ 1992

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  National Minorities Commission ⇔ 1993

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  National Backward Classes Commission ⇔ 2002

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  National Child Rights Protection Commission ⇔ 2007
• Which scheme promotes community participation through involvement of Students Volunteers for empowerment of rural women?
  ক

  NAND-GHAR YOJANA

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  eSamvad Portal

  গ

  Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme

  ঘ

  She-Box Portal
• When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to:
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  Biological difference between men and women

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  Unequal roles assigned by the society to men and women

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  Unequal child sex ratio

  ঘ

  Absence of voting rights for women in democracies
• Which one of the following is the goal of Scientific Management?
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  Generating employment

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  Maximising social welfare

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  Higher industrial efficiency

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  Welfare of the workers
• Who among the following gave the Bounded Rationality model of decision-making?
  ক

  Herbert Simon

  খ

  Elton Mayo

  গ

  D. Osborne

  ঘ

  Edward Weidner
• Which Article of the constitution enjoins/bounds all authorities to act in the aid of the Supreme Court of India?
  ক

  Article 139

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  Article 141

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  Article 144

  ঘ

  Article 142
• Who is the first Law Officer of the Government of India?
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  Chief Justice of India

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  Law Secretary

  গ

  Solicitor General of India

  ঘ

  Attorney General of India
• Which among the following is not a Standing Committee?
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  Public Accounts Committee

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  Ethics Committee

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  Railway Convention Committee

  ঘ

  Business Advisory Committee
• Who among the following Prime Ministers propounded the notion of 'genuine non-alignment'?
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  Morarji Desai

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  Jawaharlal Nehru

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  Lal Bahadur Shastri

  ঘ

  Inder Kumar Gujral
• When was the Panchsheel agreement signed between India and China?
  ক

  1947

  খ

  1951

  গ

  1949

  ঘ

  1954
• Which of the following statements is not correct about US policy of containment?
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  The policy aimed at containing Soviet influence

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  The US used foreign aid as an instrument of containment

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  The policy was meant for countering Soviet influence in Europe only

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  Diplomacy and military intervention were also used for the purpose of containment
• Which of the following statements is not correct about pre-emptive strategy?
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  The strategy was desiged to prevent war

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  The strategy related to threats from rogue regimes

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  The strategy approved attack before a potential aggressor gets too strong

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  The strategy was in tune with UN Charter
• Which of the following statements is correct about the role of UN in the Syrian Civil War?
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  UN intervened in Syria in 2011 following Arab Spring

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  UN intervened again in 2003 following Hezbollah support for the Syrian army

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  After Sarin nerve gas attack in Damascus in 2013 UN voted for eliminating chemical weapons

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  UN wanted Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons eliminated but fixed no time limit for elimination
• When were Post-Pokhran II sanctions imposed on India lifted by the US?
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  In the wake of 9/11 in October 2001

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  At the time of US attack on Iraq in March 2003

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  On the eve of inauguration of Bush in the second-term in January 2005

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  In September 2005, during 60^th UN General Assembly Meet
• Who was Chairman of the UN Committee, meant for inspecting places in Iraq for finding nuclear weapons during Saddam Hussein's regime?
  ক

  M. J. Miller

  খ

  Hans Blix

  গ

  Mohamad Mahathir

  ঘ

  M. Bouazizi
• Who said that theories should be judged "not by some pre-occupied abstract principle or concept unrelated to reality. Its purpose is to bring order and meaning to a mass phenomena"?
  ক

  E. H. Carr

  খ

  Hans Jmorgenthau

  গ

  Stephen Krasner

  ঘ

  Kenneth Waltz
• Which of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?
  ক

  Laos

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  Cambodia

  গ

  Vietnam

  ঘ

  North Korea
• Which of the following was not a part of the Millennium Development Goals approved by UN General Assembly in 2000?
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  Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger

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  Achieving universal primary education

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  Sharing of 2% of GDP by rich countries for developmental aid

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  Ensuring environment sustainability
• Who among the following sought to establish the non-utilitarian proposition that some pleasures are of a higher quality than others?
  ক

  Priestley

  খ

  Hutcheson

  গ

  J. Bentham

  ঘ

  J. S. Mill
• John Rawls's concept of 'veil of ignorance' does not imply to which of the following?
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  No one knows his place in society

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  No one knows his class position social status

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  No one knows his fortune in the distribution of natural assets

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  Parties know their conception of good
• Who among the following firmly believed that periodic communitarian correction is required because 'Liberalism is a self-subverting doctrine'?
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  John Rawls

  খ

  R. Nozick

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  R. Dworkin

  ঘ

  M. Walzer
• Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  ক

  C. W. Mills ⇔ The Power Elite

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  T. B. Bollomore ⇔ Elites and Society

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  Pareto ⇔ The Ruling Class

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  Ortega Y. Gasset ⇔ The Revolt of the Masses