List of practice Questions

Who among the following adopted an 'open door' policy?

Arrange the following events related to India-Pakistan relations in a chronological order.
A. Operation Gibraltar
B. Kargil War
C. Karachi Agreement
D. Indus Water Treaty

The salient features of hybrid regimes are:
A. They suffer weaknesses in political culture and in the functioning of government.
B. The government pressure on opposition party and candidates are common.
C. Civil society and rule of law are weak.
D. Once elected, the government shows full sense of constitutional restraints.

An attempt to integrate historical and political science research methods in seeking to explain a specific outcome is called-

Who among the following thinkers highlighted the myths about men being 'just warriors' and women being 'beautiful souls' to be saved?

Who among the following thinkers said, "The nation..... is an imagined political community- imagined; both as, inherently limited and sovereign...."?

Which of the following has Veto power in the Security Council?

Where was the SAARC established?

The eighth schedule of the Indian constitution is related to

How many days of work is guaranteed to rural households under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)?

Chronologically arrange the following events related to SAARC.
(A) SAARC Energy Centre was created through Dhaka Declaration.
(B) Interim unit of SAARC Disaster Management Unit has been set up in Gandhinagar.
(C) Ambassador Mr. Md. Golam Sarwar of Bangladesh assumed office of Secretary General of SAARC.
(D) The first meeting of SAARC Inter-Governmental Expert Group on Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development Goals was held in Colombo.

Who among the following political thinkers considered democracy to be "the tyranny of the majority"?

The headquarters of UNESCO is located in

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II.

LIST-I	(Theory/Model/Approach)	LIST-II	(Author/Thinker)
A.	Group Theory	III.	Earl Latham
B.	Rational Model	IV.	Herbert Simon, Yehezkel Dror and Thomas R. Dye
C.	Incremental Model	II.	Charles E. Lindblom
D.	System Approach	I.	David Easton

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II.

LIST-I (Forms of Political Participation)	LIST-II (Participants)
A. Conventional participation	III. Voting in elections
B. Less conventional participation	I. Signing petitions
C. Illegal participation	II. Political violence, including terrorism and assassination
D. Public opinion as a form of participation	IV. Public concerns by the members of an affected community

The Energy Conservation Act in India was passed in which year?

The concept of 'bounded rationality' was given by:

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-I	LIST-II
A. Incremental Model	III. Policy as continuation of previous policy with minimum change.
B. Rational Model	IV. Policy is one that is correctly designed to maximize the net value achievement.
C. Game Theory	I. Policy as rational choice in competitive situations.
D. Elite Model	II. Policy represents the preferences of specific interests of the society.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who is the author of the book 'Administrative Behaviour'?

Which among the following statements are CORRECT about policy formulation process in India?
A. All policies must have the approval of the cabinet.
B. Legislators are concerned with central political tasks of policy formulation.
C. Administrative agencies are delegated with discretionary authority known as 'the rule making process.'
D. The Judiciary has no power to modify policies.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which among the following statements are CORRECT about policy evaluation process in India?
(A) The office of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is regarded as an arm of the Parliament.
(B) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has broad authority to audit the operation and finance of the governmental activities.
(C) The CAG provides adequate funds for government activities.
(D) The CAG ensures the accountability of the executive to the parliament.

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) was established in which year?

Which approach of Comparative Politics focuses on the ‘interests of actors’?

Which country joined SAARC in 2007?

In Australia which system decides election to the House of Representatives?