Who said that, “The Constituent Assembly was a one party body in an essentially one party country. The assembly was the Congress and the Congress was India”?

• (a) Morris Jones
• (b) Paul R. Brass
• (c) Granville Austin
• (d) Richard Sisson

Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer:

List-I (Books):
1. The Child and the State in India
2. The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics
3. The Political Economy of Development in India
4. Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India

List-II (Authors):
1. Atul Kohli
2. Pranab Bardhan
3. Christopher Jaferlot
4. Myron Weiner

• (a) 3 4 1 2
• (b) 4 3 2 1
• (c) 2 1 3 4
• (d) 1 2 4 3

In which case did the Supreme Court give the doctrine of ‘Basic Structure’ of the Constitution?

• (a) Keshavanand Bharti case
• (b) Golak Nath case
• (c) Indira Sawhney case
• (d) Sankari Prasad case

Which states/union territories are involved in the Caveri river dispute?

• (a) Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
• (b) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pudducherry
• (c) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala
• (d) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pudducherry

Supreme Court’s judgment in Indira Sawhney Vs. Union of India case dealt with:

• (a) Reservations for OBCs
• (b) Reservations for SCs and STs
• (c) Reservations in Promotion
• (d) Reservations for Muslims

Match List-I and List-II:

List-I (Panchayati Raj Committees):
1. C.H Hanumantha Rao
2. C.V.K Rao
3. Ashok Mehta
4. L.M. Singhvi

List-II (Year):
1. 1978
2. 1984
3. 1986
4. 1985

• (a) 4 2 1 3
• (b) 2 4 1 3
• (c) 1 3 2 4
• (d) 3 1 4 2

Which of the following is not associated with electoral reforms in India?

• (a) Tarkunde Committee
• (b) Dinesh Goswami Committee
• (c) N.N. Vohra Committee
• (d) Indrajit Gupta Committee

Who described Indian Capitalism as “Dharmshala Capitalism”?

• (a) V.K.R.V. Rao
• (b) Jagdish Bhagwati
• (c) Amartya Sen
• (d) Raj Krishana

Which of the following are statutory bodies?

(1) University Grants Commission
(2) Official Language Commission
(3) Railway Board
(4) Atomic Energy Commission

• (a) 1 and 2
• (b) 1, 3 and 4
• (c) 1, 2 and 4
• (d) 2 and 4

Regarding the Interim Government of 1946 which of the following is not correct?

• (a) Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister/Head of the Executive council
• (b) Jawaharlal Nehru was designated as the Vice-President of the Viceroy’s Executive Council
• (c) The Viceroy continue to be the Head of the Executive Council
• (d) The members of the Interim Government were members of Viceroy’s Executive Council

Who said, Indian federalism is “a new kind of federation to meet India’s peculiar needs”?

• (a) Granville Austin
• (b) Ivor Jennings
• (c) Alexanderowicz
• (d) Ronald Wats

Adi Ambedkar Samaj movement is related to which state?

• (a) Maharashtra
• (b) Punjab
• (c) Rajasthan
• (d) Uttar Pradesh

When did the Communist Party of India (Marxist) emerge as a separate political party?

• (a) 1960
• (b) 1964
• (c) 1968
• (d) 1973

Who described the critical and creative role of politics in India as “the Indian model of development”?

• (a) Rajni Kothari
• (b) Amartya Sen
• (c) Jagdish Bhagwati
• (d) James Manor

Match List-I and List-II:

List-I (Events):
1. Millennium Development Goals Report
2. National Commission for Women
3. Ministry of Women and Child Development
4. National Mission for Empowerment of Women

List-II (Year):
1. 2010
2. 2006
3. 1992
4. 2011

• (a) 1 2 3 4
• (b) 1 2 4 3
• (c) 4 3 2 1
• (d) 1 4 3 2