1. The doctrine of the Rule of law was enunciated by:

2. Which among the following scholars draw a distinction between 'participation' and 'mobilization'?

3. Who says that victory is 'the first commandment of a political party'?

4. Who am o ng the follo wing dev elop ed 'New institutionalism' as an approach to the study of institutions?

5. Who said, 'Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ......... but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, that of the whole'?

6. The Weberian model of bureaucracy has been criticised from a variety of stand points. Consider the following points in this regard:
1. The Weberian model appears to be a 'machine theory' and a closed system model taking little account of organisational interactions with the environment.
2. The structural features of bureaucracy as laid down by Weber might be suitable for routine and rep etitiv e task s b u t these w ou ld p ro d uce dysfunctional consequences in terms of human behaviour if the jobs would involve innovation and creativity.
3. Weberian model has not been found to respond adequately to the tasks of socio-econom ic transformation in the developing countries. These tasks require quick changes whereas the capacity of the Weberian model for adaptation to change is rather slow.
4. Weber's model is confined to the study of formal bureaucratic structure and fails to take notice of the informal structure of bureauracy such as informal relations, informal norms and values, an informal power hierarchy and informal power struggles. Which of the above points make a valid criticism of the Weberian model?
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7. Which one of the following is not an example of one of Huntington's civilizations?

8. The 'Iron Law of Oligarchy' was propounded by:

9. Who among the following identified bureaucracy with institutions and large scale organisations in society?

10. In which year the General Assembly of United Nations adopted its landmark Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries?

11. The main characteristics of the party implied in Lenin's conceptualization are:
1. The party is in possession of a unique type of knowledge as well as a distinctive method. Its knowledge base is Marxism and its method is dialectic.
2. The party is in principle a rigidly disciplined and carefu lly selected sm all g ro u p. It claim s intellectual superiority because of the possession of unique knowledge.
3. The party has to be territorialy all pervasive in the sense that its branches should spread in all the parts and regions of the country.
4. The party is, by design, a highly centralised organization. Autonomy of local units is thus ruled out. The rank and file would be subject to strict discipline and rules of obedience.
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12. The State in Capitalist Society (1969) is written by whom among the following political scientists?

13. Who was one of the first among the modern political scientists to challenge the traditional approaches?

14. Assertion (A) : A federal system is a poor device as far as harmonization of national unity with local autonomy is concerned.
Reason (R) : In the federal system, there is always the danger of secession of units from the federal government. As the units enjoy autonomy, there can develop a spirit of defiance and independence and that can ultimately result in a revolt against the federal government.

15. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

16. Who among the following opines that Federalism, when successful, has generally been a stage towards a Unitary government?

17. Which method is associated with the behavioural approach?

18. An opinion poll is:

19. Michels' iron law of oligarchy states that:

20. Decentralisation may be:

21. Match List-I (Scholars) with List-II (Works) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II (Scholars) (Works) (a) Political Parties: A Sociolo- 1. Maurice gical Study of the Oligarchical Duverger Tendencies of Modern Democracy (b) Political Parties: A Genuine 2. Giovanni case for Discontent Sartori (c) Parties and Party Systems: 3. Robert A Frame-work for Analysis Michels (d) Political Parties: Their 4. Jean Blondel Organisation and Activity in the Modern State Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d)

22. The debate on Advanced Capitalist State according to Gramsci consists of:

23. The cabinet under a Presidential system is:

24. A referendum is:

25. Who among the following is one of the advocates of the Power theory in politics?