HSST POLITICAL SCIENCE -KHSE

PROVISIONAL ANSWER KEY
Question Paper Code: 4/2018/OL
Category Code: 247/2017
Exam: HSST Political Science
Medium of Question: English
Date of Test 30-01-2018
Department Higher Secondary Education
Alphacode A
Question1:-Who is the present Chief Minister of Nagaland ?
A:-Shurhozelie Liezietsu
B:-P. B. Acharya
C:-T.R. Zeliang
D:-Kekhrie Yhome
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question2:-‘The Argumentative Indian’ is a documentary on renowned economist Amartya Sen, directed by
A:-Suman Ghosh
B:-Shabir Khan
C:-Sangha Ghosh
D:-Ashok Chawla
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question3:-M.A. Yusaff Ali received Queen’s Award for enterprise International Trade in 2017 from
A:-Elizabeth I
B:-Theresa May
C:-Elizabeth II
D:-Preet Kaur Gill
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question4:-In which year Roger Federer won his first Wimbledon title ?
A:-2017
B:-2005
C:-2003
D:-2014
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question5:-India’s first Artic research station named
A:-Gangotri
B:-Himadri
C:-Manasasarovar
D:-Gaimukh
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question6:-‘Gramabalika’ the novel written by
A:-A. V. Kuttimalu Amma
B:-Arya Pallam
C:-Parvathi Nenmenimangalam
D:-Lalithambika Antharjanam
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question7:-Which christian missionery opened the first English school in North ?
A:-Basel Evangelical Mission
B:-Church Mission Society
C:-London Mission Society
D:-Synin Church Mission
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question8:-In which year Bhashaposhini published under the auspices of Kandathil Varghese Mappila ?
A:-1890
B:-1898
C:-1858
D:-1998
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question9:-In 1921, Thiruvithamcore Mahajanasabha started by
A:-Ayyankali
B:-K. Ayyappan
C:-Poikayil Yohannan
D:-Pampad John Joseph
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question10:-Who translated the Mahabharata into Malayalam for the first time ?
A:-Kerala Varma Valiya Koi Thampuran
B:-A. R. Raja Raja Varma
C:-C. V. Raman Pillai
D:-Kodungalloor Kunhikuttan Thampuran
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question11:-The procedure of collecting and comparing the information obtained from multiple sources are called
A:-Ethnography
B:-Triangulation
C:-Narration
D:-Empiricism
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question12:-The variable socio economic status is measured on which type of scale ?
A:-Nominal
B:-Interval
C:-Ratio
D:-Ordinal
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question13:-Generalisability is not possible to which type of research ?
A:-Basic research
B:-Applied research
C:-Action research
D:-Experimental research
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question14:-An abstract is provided in which type of research report ?
A:-Monograph
B:-Synopsis
C:-Poster
D:-Journal article
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question15:-Positivism is associated with whom among the following ?
A:-Auguste Comte
B:-John Lock
C:-Stephen M Corey
D:-J. L. Moreno
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question16:-Which among the following is the hierarchical order of Bloom’s taxonomy of objectives at the cognitive level ?
A:-Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, Application, Evaluation, Synthesis
B:-Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Skill, Evaluation, Synthesis
C:-Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation
D:-Knowledge, Understanding, Synthesis, Application, Analysis, Evaluation
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question17:-Social constructivism is a concept developed by
A:-Rogers
B:-Gardner
C:-Vygotsky
D:-Bandura
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question18:-The tendency to understand new information in terms of existing mental frame work is known as
A:-Accommodation
B:-Assimilation
C:-Formal operation
D:-Concrete operation
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question19:-The cone of experience is proposed by
A:-Bruner
B:-Edgar Dale
C:-Eric Ashby
D:-Skinner
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question20:-Which school of psychology interpret phenomena as organized wholes rather than as aggregates of distinct
parts ?
A:-Behaviourist
B:-Psycho-analysis
C:-Humanistic
D:-Gestalt
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question21:-In state of West Bengal Vs. Union of India (A.I.R. 1963 S.C. 1241) the majority held that Indian constitution is
not federal. However one differing judge held that Indian constitution was basically federal. The judge who differed from the
majority decision was
A:-Gajendragadkar. J
B:-Bhagwati. J
C:-Ray. J
D:-Subbarao. J
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question22:-The concept of fraternity used in the preamble has been taken from
A:-USA
B:-France
C:-U. K.
D:-Italy
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question23:-Clause (4) of Art. 15 has been added by
A:-`1^(st)` amendment
B:-`42^(nd)` amendment
C:-`44^(th)` amendment
D:-`3^(rd)` amendment
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question24:-The executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President but it shall
A:-Prevent the Parliament from conferring by law, functions of on authorities other than President
B:-Not prevent the house of people from conferring by law, functions on authorities other than the President
C:-Not prevent council of states from conferring by law functions on authorities other than the President
D:-Not prevent Parliament from conferring by law, functions on authorities other than president
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question25:-In which case Supreme Court held that an order by the President under Art. 359(1) was not ‘law’ within the
meaning of Art 13(2) and therefore its validity could not be challenged with reference to the Provision of Part III
A:-Minerva Mills Ltd. Vs. Union of India
B:-Mohammed Yakub Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir
C:-Golaknath Vs. State of Punjab
D:-Ghulam Sarvar Vs. Union of India
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question26:-Which provision deals with Bar of Jurisdiction of courts under Right to Information Act., 2005 ?
A:-Section 21
B:-Section 22
C:-Section 23
D:-Section 24
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question27:-Under the Transplantation of Human Organ and Tissues Act punishment provides for Removal of human tissues
without authority
A:-Imprisonment up to 10 years and fine up to 20 lakhs
B:-Imprisonment up to 10 years and fine up to 20 lakhs
C:-Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine up to 10 lakhs
D:-Imprisonment up to 3 years fine up to 5 lakhs
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question28:-National Food Security Act was enacted in order to protect which provisions of the constitution ?
A:-Art. 43
B:-Art. 41
C:-Art. 45
D:-Art. 46
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question29:-National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by
A:-Providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year
B:-Providing at least 120 days of wage employment in a financial year
C:-Providing at least 125 days of wage employment in a financial year
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question30:-Section 23 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 deals with
A:-Evidence should be recorded within a period of 30 days
B:-Punishment for false complaint or false information
C:-Procedure for media
D:-Punishment for attempt to commit an offence
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question31:-Who is the author of ‘The state and the Revolution’ ?
A:-Karl Marx
B:-Joseph Stalin
C:-V. I. Lenin
D:-J. J. Rousseau
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question32:-According to Rousseau General will must always be
A:-Inalienable and divisible
B:-Alienable and indivisible
C:-Alienable and divisible
D:-Inalienable and indivisible
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question33:-According to Antonio Gramsci ‘Civil society’ is ruled through
A:-Consent
B:-Force
C:-Laws
D:-Both force and consent
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question34:-According to Hegel state is the synthesis which is the outcome of interaction between the original thesis and
anti-thesis namely
A:-Bourgeois society and family respectively
B:-Family and bourgeois society respectively
C:-Proletariat and bourgeois respectively
D:-Bourgeois and proletariat respectively
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question35:-Who is the author of ‘Treatise of Civil Government’ ?
A:-Thomas Hobbes
B:-John Locke
C:-Jeremy Bentham
D:-J. S. Mill
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question36:-Freedom according to T. H. Green is
A:-The right of man to make the best of himself
B:-Voluntary identification of self with the laws of the state
C:-A legal fiction
D:-Liberty to do as one pleases
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question37:-Who has jurisdiction over ‘other regarding’ conduct as explained by J. S. Mill ?
A:-Individuals
B:-King
C:-Society
D:-All the above
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question38:-Choose the right answer. According to V. I. Lenin
A:-Imperialism is the eve of the socialist revolution
B:-Socialism will be superseded by capitalism
C:-Imperialism is the lowest stage of capitalism
D:-Marxs’ thesis of class struggle is flawed
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question39:-Who said it is on the basis of pleasure and pain that man performs any action in life ?
A:-Karl Marx
B:-Jeremy Bentham
C:-Thomas Hobbes
D:-John Locke
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question40:-Which is not a valid criticism of Marx ?
A:-Marx failed to foresee the rise of ‘middle class’
B:-State has not ‘withered away’ as Marx predicted
C:-Economic condition of proletariat has not progressively deteriorated as Marx foresaw
D:-Marx failed to provide a theory of social change
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question41:-‘Annihilation of Caste’ is one of the famous works by
A:-B. R. Ambedkar
B:-Jyotiba Phule
C:-Rajaram Mohan Roy
D:-E. V. Ramaswami Naicker
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question42:-Match List I (Constituent Assembly Committee) with List II (Chairman) and select the correct answer using the
codes given below the list
List – I List – II
A. Steering Committee 1. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
B. Fundamental Rights Sub Committee 2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C. Union Constitution Committee 3. J. B. Kripalani
D. Provisional Constitution Committee 4. Jawaharlal Nehru
A:-A B C D
2 3 4 1
B:-A B C D
1 4 3 2
C:-A B C D
2 4 3 1
D:-A B C D
1 3 4 2
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question43:-The ‘Instrument of Instruction’ contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 have been incorporated in the
constitution of India in the year 1950 as
A:-Fundamental Rights
B:-Directive Principles of State Policy
C:-Extent of Executive power of States
D:-Conduct of business of Government of India
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question44:-Which article of the constitution of India says, ‘No child below the age of 14 years shall be employed to work in
any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment’ ?
A:-Article 18
B:-Article 22
C:-Article 24
D:-Article 28
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question45:-The Supreme Court of India tenders advice to the President on matter of law or fact
A:-On its own initiative
B:-Only if he seeks such advice
C:-Only if the matter related to the fundamental rights of citizens
D:-Only if the issue poses a threat to the unity and integrity of the country
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question46:-Which of the Article of the Constitution of India are relevant to analyze the constitutional provisions that deal
with the relationship of President with council of member ?
A:-Articles 71, 75 and 78
B:-Articles 74, 75 and 78
C:-Articles 73, 76 and 78
D:-Articles 72, 73 and 76
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question47:-What is the prime objective advocated for the appointment of the National Judicial Commission ?
A:-Bringing about transparency and impartiality in the appointment of Judges at the highest level
B:-Looking into the functions of High Courts
C:-Training of the Judges
D:-Reforms in the Legal System
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question48:-In which of the following provisions of the constitution of India is the principle of collective responsibility of the
Council of Ministers enshrined ?
A:-Article 75(3)
B:-Article 75(1)
C:-Article 171(4)
D:-Article 118(4)
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question49:-Which of the following judgments stated that secularism and federalism are the basic features of the Indian
Constitution ?
A:-Keshavananda Bharati case
B:-S. R. Bommai case
C:-Indira Sawhney case
D:-Mineria Mills case
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question50:-Who argues “All Communalism is harmful; the logic of minority communalism is separatism and majority
communalism culminates’ in fascism” ?
A:-T. V. Madan
B:-Bipan Chandra
C:-Imtiaz Ahamed
D:-Zoya Hassan
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question51:-Whose name is associated with the study of Polyarchy ?
A:-David Easton
B:-W. W. Rustov
C:-Galtung
D:-Robert Dahl
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question52:-Theory of structural-functionalism was introduced in comparative politics by
A:-David Easton
B:-Gabriel Almond
C:-Max Weber
D:-David Apter
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question53:-Who is the author of “Democracy at work Civic Traditions in modern Italy” ?
A:-Max Weber
B:-Giovannie Sartorie
C:-Robert Putnam
D:-John Hayness
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question54:-‘Dependency theory’ is associated with
A:-Samir Amin
B:-David E. Schmitt
C:-Carl J. Frederich
D:-Daniel Bell
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question55:-The book ‘Nerves of Government’ is written by
A:-W. W. Rustov
B:-Jean Blondel
C:-Karl Deutsch
D:-Morries Jones
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question56:-The term ‘Third World’ was first used by
A:-Frantz Fenon
B:-H. H. Hayman
C:-Holtzman
D:-Roger Chalton
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question57:-The only state in the Unites States of America having a Unicameral Legislature
A:-Florida
B:-Nebraska
C:-California
D:-Texas
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question58:-The principle of ‘cohabitation politics’ is practiced in (country)
A:-Britain
B:-Switzerland
C:-Canada
D:-France
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question59:-Which political party has contributed the concept of, ‘The idea of three represent’ ?
A:-Republicans (USA)
B:-Labour (Britain)
C:-Democrats
D:-Communist Party of China
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question60:-Name the scholar who argued that political economy approach offers the most comprehensive understanding
for the study of comparative politics
A:-Mortan Kaplan
B:-Nobert Weiner
C:-R. H. Chilcotte
D:-David Easton
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question61:-The world ‘Administration’ is derived from
A:-Latin word
B:-Greek word
C:-French word
D:-Spanish word
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question62:-Karl Marx regarded bureaucracy as
A:-A medium of policy implimentation
B:-An instrument of govt.
C:-An instrument of dominant ruling class promoting their particular interest
D:-An instrument of nobles promoting their interest
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question63:-The differences between public administration and private administration is in
A:-Productivity
B:-Judicious risk taking
C:-Financial returns
D:-Legislative approval
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question64:-Behaviouralism is said to have started in administrative studies as
A:-A protest against traditional approach
B:-With the human relation movement of the thirties
C:-An attack on the philosophical method
D:-An integrated approach to the study of public affairs
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question65:-Who is known as the father of scientific management ?
A:-Louis Brandeis
B:-Henry Fayol
C:-F. W. Taylor
D:-E. J. Roethis berger
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question66:-One of the features of the development administration is
A:-Planned administration
B:-Theory building in administration
C:-Change orientations
D:-Cross cultural administration
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question67:-Who defined comparative public administration as a study of public administration on a comparative basis ?
A:-Nimrod Raphaeli
B:-Robert Dhal
C:-Chester Barnard
D:-Dwight Waldo
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question68:-New public administration is
A:-Concerned with bureaucracy and its activities
B:-Accept a rational and deterministic view of mankind
C:-Closely associated with numerous private groups and individuals
D:-Stresses ethics values innovations and social equality
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question69:-The human relation theory focuses on
A:-Formal organisation
B:-Red Tapis’m
C:-Specialisation
D:-Informal groups
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question70:-The theory of ‘Prismatic society in public administration’ is based on
A:-Historical studies of public administration in different societies
B:-A study of public services in developed and developing societies
C:-Structural-functional analysis of public administration in developing societies
D:-Institutional comparison of public administration in developed countries
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question71:-Who among the following is associated with critical theory in international relations ?
A:-James Martin
B:-Robert W. Cox
C:-Robert Keohane
D:-Bull
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question72:-International society approach in the study of international relations was popularized by
A:-Liberal School
B:-Frankfurt School
C:-English School
D:-American School
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question73:-Who among the following used the term “balance of threat” to explain the nature of the international system ?
A:-Kenneth Waltz
B:-Morganthau
C:-James Roseneu
D:-Stephen Walt
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question74:-Who wrote the book ” Pax Indica: India and the World of the `21^(st)` Century” ?
A:-Shashi Tharoor
B:-M. J. Akbar
C:-A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
D:-K. P. Fabian
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question75:-State autonomy is challenged in the “post-westphalian” order because
A:-Countries appear as autonomous containers of political, social and economic activity in that fixed borders separate
the domestic sphere from the world outside
B:-By comparison with the heyday of European global empires the majority of the world population and countries in the
South are now much less integrated into the global system
C:-State power, nationalism and territorial boundaries are of growing, not less importance in world politics
D:-In a more interdependent world, national governments are forced to engage in extensive multilateral collaboration
and co-operation simply to achieve domestic objectives
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question76:-The tendency for functional aspects of international relations to be organized around large numbers of states in
called
A:-Multilateralism
B:-Interdependence
C:-Constructivism
D:-Collectivism
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question77:-Public diplomacy mostly relies on
A:-Hard power
B:-Economic Policy
C:-Soft Power
D:-Trade
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question78:-What is the primary determinant of a state’s foreign policy according to systemic theories ?
A:-Quality of a state’s leader
B:-The distribution of power in the international system
C:-Internal order stability of political system
D:-Political ideology
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question79:-Non polarity in international relations refers to
A:-Multiple power centers
B:-Absence of competition
C:-Diffusion of power in the international system
D:-Single power dominating in the international system
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question80:-The Eighth meeting of the 2013 G-20 Summit was held at
A:-Saint Petersburg
B:-Brisbane
C:-New York
D:-Frankfurt
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question81:-A population from which a sample is drawn
A:-Sampling frame
B:-Sampling unit
C:-Sampling bias
D:-Stratum
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question82:-A hypothesis that proposes no relationship between two variables is called
A:-Casual hypothesis
B:-Directional hypothesis
C:-Null hypothesis
D:-Correlative hypothesis
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question83:-One of the methods of collecting primary data is through
A:-books
B:-magazines
C:-news papers
D:-interview
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question84:-A reasoning from general to particular is called
A:-Induction
B:-Deduction
C:-Scientific method
D:-Dialectical method
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question85:-A plan that guides the investigator in the process of collecting, analysing and interpreting observations is
A:-Concept
B:-Hypothesis
C:-Research design
D:-Variable
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question86:-The type of actor (individual, group, institution) specified in a research hypothesis is
A:-Concept
B:-Unit of analysis
C:-Induction
D:-Research design
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question87:-The ability and willingness to examine evidence dispassionately is called
A:-Objectivity
B:-Subjectivity
C:-Reliability
D:-Validity
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question88:-A criterion of validity focusing the transferability of results to other situations beyond the research situation is
A:-Internal validity
B:-Construct validity
C:-External validity
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question89:-A third variable that influences the relation between independent and dependent variables
A:-Intervening variables
B:-Opposite variables
C:-Inter-related variables
D:-General variables
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question90:-Ethnography through the internet is
A:-e-research
B:-online survey
C:-documentation
D:-virtual ethnography
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question91:-“The good friday agreement” (1998) is associated with
A:-Irish problem
B:-Gulf problem
C:-Korean issue
D:-Sudanian issue
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question92:-The highest court of appeal in United Kingdom
A:-House of Lords
B:-Lords of Appeal
C:-Supreme Court
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question93:-Who among the following classified/characterised the measures adopted by countries to attain national
interests as ‘Soft power and hard power’ ?
A:-John Wesley Hardin
B:-Joseph Nye
C:-John Sidel
D:-Morganthau
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question94:-Lenin’s central contribution to Marxism was his theory on
A:-Vanguard party
B:-Alienation
C:-Class consciousness
D:-All the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question95:-The year 1864 is important in connection with which of the following ?
A:-Women enfranchisement
B:-General will
C:-Environmentalism
D:-Gettysburge address
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question96:-Article 248 of Indian Constitution deals with
A:-Residuary power of the Parliament
B:-Power of Parliament to Legislate on state list
C:-Power of Parliament to Legislate for two or more states by consent
D:-Power of the Parliament to Legislate during emergency on state list
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question97:-“The poverty of Historicism” is written by
A:-Karl Marx
B:-V. I. Lenini
C:-Karl Popper
D:-John Plamenatz
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question98:-The imperialist policy of aggression designed to secure territorial gain is
A:-Jingoism
B:-Expansionism
C:-Pascism
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question99:-To the fascist freedom is
A:-Supreme individual value
B:-Recognition of duties and responsibilities
C:-Achievement of personal autonomy
D:-Unquestionable submission to the leader
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question100:-Which of the following factors causes the development of multi polar world ?
A:-Rise of India, China and other powers
B:-Growing strength of non-state actors
C:-The changing nature of power and power relationships
D:-Al the above
Correct Answer:- Option-D