MPSC Notes - MPSC Political Science Sample Papers - I (2013)

1. Which one of the following thinkers suggest that Right to Property is the basis of life and liberties ?

                a) Rousseau

                b) Locke

                c) Mill

                d) Laski

Answer: b) Locke

2. According to Socialists, which one of the following is not the function of the State ?

                a) Maintenance of Law and Order

                b) Control and Management of means of production

                c) Promotion of education

                d) Eradication of social evils

Answer. : d) Eradication of social evils

3. Which one of the following thinkers has considered the State as ’March of God on Earth’?

                a) Plato

                b) Hegel

                c) Bentham

                d) Green

Answer.: b) Hegel

4. Why was 26th January selected for the declaration of India as sovereign, democratic, republic with a new Constitution ?

               

a) On the same day in 1885, Indian National

    Congress was founded

                b) On the same day in 1919, the Jallianwala Bagh

                     Tragedy took place

                c) On the same day in 1930, Congress observed

                     Independence Day in the country

                d) On the same day in 1942, Mahatma Gandhi started

                     Quit India Movement

Answer. : c) On the same day in 1930, Congress observed

                       Independence Day in the country

5. The title of the autobiography of Gandhiji is

                a) Sermon on the Mount

                b) Hind Swaraj

                c) My Experiements with Truth

d) Discovery of India

Answer. : c) My Experiements with Truth

6. Which one of the following statements correctly explains the fundamental assumptions of Marxist theory                a) State is a class institution
                b) The nature of State is dependent on the nature

                     of economic relations

                c) The change in the exploitative nature of State

                     is possible through revolution

                d) All of the above

Answer. : d) All of the above

7. Which one of the following books explains Austin’s concept of Sovereignty ?

a)       Two Treatises on Government

b)       Early History of Institutions

c)       Lectures on Jurisprudence

d)       Modern State

Answer.: c) Lectures on Jurisprudence

8. The power of Supreme Court to review any judgment pronounced or order made

 by it previously is provided in—

                a) Article 126

                b) Article 137

                c) Article 138
                d) Article 139

Answer : b) Article 137

9. A Bill referred to a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament is to be passed by-

                a) Simple majority

                b) Two-third majority

                c)  Three-fourth majority
                d)  ) Absolute majority of the total membership

Answer. : a) Simple majority

10. Which Schedule of Indian Constitution is related to Panchayati Raj ?

                a) II Schedule

                b) VIII Schedule

                c) X Schedule

                d) XI Schedule

Answer. :  ) XI Schedule

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