QUESTION BANK

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Understanding Political Theory (Core-i)

PART-1

Fill in the blanks.

(1) _________ was the first to make political science a separate and independent discipline.

(2) _________ Philosophers did not make any distinction between state and society.

(3) _________ said politics is “who gets what, when and how”?

(4) _________ said politics is the study of shaping and sharing of political power.

(5) _________ through system analysis evolved that inputs are the demands of the people and

outputs are the decisions taken by parliament, executive and judiciary.

(6) Hyper factualism is one of the causes of decline of________.

(7) ________ in his “Grammar of politics” viewed the state as the fundamental instrument of

society.

(8) Greek philosopher Aristotle argued that man is by nature a social and _______ animal.

(9) Greek philosopher wanted a _______ state.

(10) ________ is famous for his work “a theory of justice”.

(11) ________ is famous for his book “Anarchy, state and Utopia”.

(12) ________ Political theory was descriptive, normative, legal and formal institutional

studies.

(13) ________Political theory is analytical, empirical, and value free study.

(14) ________ emphasize value free studies so that realities are studied in a free

environment.

(15) Thomas Paine, Jeremy Bentham, J.S Mill, Herbert Spencer were the _______ traditions

of political theory.

(16) ________ Theory believed in individual freedom in political, social, intellectual and

religious spheres of life.

(17) John Locke was a _______ liberal tradition of political theorists.

(18) Jean- Jacques Rousseau was a ________ liberal tradition of political theory.

(19) ________ was the profounder of Marxist tradition of political theory.

(20) Liberal individualistic political theory was challenged by _________.

(21) ________ was the advocate of scientific socialism.

(22) ________political theory is a theory of social change and revolutionary reconstitution of

society.

(23) An examination and critique of the present and past society is known as dialectic and

Historical ________.

(24) ________ opposes all form of hierarchical control either by state and capitalists.

(25) The first self proclaimed anarchist philosopher was _________.

(26) Edmund Burke was a ________.

(27) _________ opposes to revolution, change and believes in social hierarch, inequality and

organic society.

(28) The term normative id derived from the Latin Word ______ meaning principles, rules

and norms.

(29) ______ published his famous book ‘Utopia’ in 1516.

(30) The central idea of ______ approach is to study the state in the light of what ought to be

rather than what it is.

(31) ________ Approach wants the realization of certain Universal values, norms, principles

through the machinery of state.

(32) ________ studied the party system in England.

(33) Graham Wallas in his book _______ introduced greater realism and psychological

dimension in political studies.

(34) In 20th century ________ approach monopolized the study of politics.

(35) _______ emphasizes on the study of man’s political behaviour instead of legal and

formal institutions.

(36) Sir Ivor Jennings is a great author on _______ constitution.

(37) Hegel drew inspiration in formulating a philosophical theory of civilization from the

study of ________.

(38) Plato, Aristotle and Rousseau used philosophical ______ method in adopting the

normative approach to make political enquiry.

(39) A ________ advocates or supports the rights and equality of women.

(40) Sex is to nature and _____ is to culture.

(41) A “Vindication of the Rights of women” was written by _______.

(42) The “Subjection of women” was written by ________.

(43) Central idea of liberal feminism is basically based on ______.

(44) _______ feminists believes that capitalist class relationships are root cause of female

oppression, exploitation and discrimination.

(45) The well known slogan of ______ feminism is ‘Personal is the political’.

(46) The second sex was written by ______.

(47) Sexual Politics was written by _______.

(48) According to Lemert _______ is a culture that emphasizes that “there is a better world

than the Modern one”.

(49) ______ holds that modernism has made human beings slaves to the machines and

profits became the main motive of people.

(50) ________ rejects the Ultimate faith on science.

(51) ________ says that truth is a mere illusion as we do not share the same mind.

(52) ________ was the world’s most ancient democracy.

(53) Referendum is a device of _______ democracy.

(54) _____ is the power of the people to call back their representatives.

(55) _____ of a democracy gurantees the rights of the people.

(56) Free and fair election for policy makers and eligibility of voters are the minimum

requirements for _______ democracy.

(57) ______ Democracy believes in equal participation of all groups in society in the political

process.

(58) ______ justifies the decisions made by citizens and their representatives.

(59) Representatives’ democracy is a form of _______ democracy.

(60) _______ is the territorial area where a candidate contests elections.

(61) The political basis of ______ theory of democracy is secularism, liberty, equality,

fraternity, rights and justice.

(62) Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Bentham, J.S Mill are the main advocates of _____ theory of

democracy.

(63) _______ pleaded for a limited and constitutional government and the natural rights of

men.

(64) _______ opined that the greatest happiness of the greatest numbers could only be

realized in a liberal democracy.

(65) Marxist democracy is a process for realization of _______ society.

(66) According to the Marxist the ownership of the means of production vested in the

capitalist class is known as ______ democracy.

(67) ______ are those minority group of people who have the political power in their hands

because of their ability, wisdom and efficiency.

(68) In _______ theory of democracy sovereignty is divided among various associations.

(69) Gaetano Mosca, Vilfredo and Robert Michels are the writers on ______ theory of

democracy.

(70) ________ in his book the ‘Spirit of Laws’ propounded the separation of powers which

had a democratic appeal.

PART-II

Write brief notes on:

1- Negative and Positive views about politics.

2- Utility of Political Theory.

3- Difference between Modern Liberalism and Libertarianism.

4- Difference between Traditional and Modern Liberalism.

5- What is Traditional Economic Liberalism?

6- What is Modern Economic Liberalism?

7- Marxian theory of Historical Materialism.

8- What is Economic Determinism?

9- What is Class Struggle?

10- Classless and stateless society.

11- Easton’s system Approach.

12- What is structural – Functional Approaches?

13- What is Communication Approaches?

14- What is Legal Institutional Approaches?

15- What is Behavioural Approach?

16- What is politics?

17- Empirical-scientific political Theory.

18- What is Libertarianism?

19- What is Historical Materialism?

20- What is Dialectical materialism?

21- What is Surplus value?

22- What is Anarchism?

23- What is conservatism?

24- What is post-Behaviouralism?

25- What is Liberal feminism?

26- What is Socialist feminism?

27- What is Radical feminism?

28- What is Marxist feminism?

29- What is Patriarchy?

30- What is Modernism?

31- What is Post- Modernism?

32- What is Democracy?

33- What is liberal democracy?

34- What is Procedural democracy?

35- What are the devices of direct democracy?

36- What is referendum?

37- What is initiative?

38- What is Recall?

39- What is Plebiscite?

40- What is direct democracy?

41- What is representative Democracy?

42- What is substantive democracy?

43- What is deliberative democracy?

44- What is territorial representation?

45- What is functional representation?

46- What is constituency?

47- What is functional representation?

48- What is a single member constituency?

49- What is proportional Representation?

50- What is a multi-member constituency?

PART-III

Answer Questions with in 75 Words.

1- Marxist concept of political Theory.

2- Liberal concept of Political Theory.

3- What is Post behaviouralism?

4- Scope of Political Theory.

5- Classical concept of Political Theory.

6- Liberal tradition of political theory.

7- Marxist tradition of political theory.

8- Anarchist tradition of political theory.

9- Conservative tradition political theory.

10- Goal of liberalism.

11- Central idea of normative approach.

12- Importance of empirical approach.

13- Importance of normative approach.

14- Empirical vs. Normative approach.

15- Classical liberalism vs. Modern liberalism.

16- Resurgence of political theory.

17- Political theory and political science.

18- Why study political theory?

19- Basic features of libertarianism.

20- Features of Anarchism.

21- Characteristic of Behaviouralism.

22- David Easton’s view on Behavioural Approach.

23- Difference between sex and Gender.

24- Three waves of feminist thought.

25- Liberal feminism.

26- Marxist/ socialist feminism.

27- Radical feminism.

28- Why Modernism was rejected?

29- Main features of post- Modernism.

30- Popular sovereignty.

31- Devices of direct democracy.

32- Political Participation.

33- Montesquieu on theory of democracy.

34- Features of Marxist theory of democracy.

35- Bases of pluralistic theory of democracy.

36- Central idea of Elitist theory of democracy.

37- What is participatory theory of democracy?

38- What is deliberative democracy?

39- David Easton’s characteristics of Behavioural approach.

40- Criticism of Pluralistic theory of democracy.

41- Justification of Elitist theory of democracy.

42- Majority rule.

43- Representation.

44- Criticism of empirical approach.

45- Political theory and Political ideology.

46- Marxist tradition of political theory.

47- Why should we study political theory?

48- Broad view of political theory.

49- Nature of classical political theory.

50- Locke on Liberal Theory of Democracy.

PART IV

Answer the questions within 500 words.

1- Discuss the meaning and scope of political theory.

2- What is politics? Discuss different view about the nature of politics.

3- What is the need for political theory? Why should we study political theory?

4- What is the traditional conceptualization of politics? How does it make a distinction

between politics and political science/ political theory?

5- What is liberalism? Discuss the features of classical and Modern liberalism?

6- Discuss the traditional and modern liberal perspectives of state?

7- What is Libertarianism? Explain its key ideas.

8- Define Marxism and Liberalism and explain the key difference between the two.

9- Discuss the liberal tradition of political theory.

10- Discuss the Marxist tradition of political theory.

11- What is Anarchism? Describe its features and explain the views of some major Anarchist

Thinkers.

12- Explain the nature of Conservatism propounded by Edmund Burke. Why is it called

Enlightened Conservatism?

13- What is an Approach? What are the Traditional and Modern Approaches to Political

Theory?

14- What is Behavioural Approach? Discuss its basic feature. What is its limitation?

15- Why Post- Behavioural Approach replaced the Behavioural Approach? What are the

basic features of post-Behaviouralism?

16- Examine the nature of Gender Perspective of Politics?

17- What is the central theme of Feminism? Discuss the salient features of Liberal, socialist

and Radical Feminism.

18- Why post- modernism rejects modernism? Discuss the main characteristics of post-

modernism.

19- What was the Enlightenment project? What were its basic features? How did it lead to

Modernism?

20- What is procedural democracy? Discuss its features. What is its limitation?

21- What is Deliberative Democracy? Discuss its features. What are its limitations?

22- Explain the meaning, modern devices and merits and demerits of direct democracy.

23- What is Territorial Representation? Explain the meaning and types of territorial

territorial constituencies.

24- What is functional Representation? Discuss the arguments for and against Functional

Representation.

25- What is proportional Representation? Describe the Single Transferable Vote system.

Constitutional Government and Democracy in India (core-ii)

PART-I

Fill in the blanks

1. __________ is regarded as the father of Indian Constitution.

2. India has a __________ Constitution.

3. The preamble of the constitution a key to the __________.

4. Preamble declares India be a __________.

5. The constitution of India prepared by __________.

6. The constituent assembly of India adopted constitution on __________.

7. The constitution of India came into force from __________.

8. The main objectives of the constitution of India are state in the ___________.

9. __________ has power to amend the constitution of India.

10. Indian Constitution has __________ articles and __________ schedules.

11. The Amendments procedure is state in Art __________ of the Constitution.

12. Fundamental rights are enumerated in the part __________ of the Indian Constitution.

13. The original Constitution provided __________ categories of fundamental rights.

14. The present Constitution contains __________ categories of fundamental rights.

15. Right to property is a __________ right.

16. Fundamental rights __________ in nature.

17. Article __________ of the Constitution prohibits the practice of untouchability.

18. __________ is regarded as a protector of Fundamental rights.

19. Right to Constitutional remedies is provided under Article __________ of the

Constitution.

20. The Directive principles of state policy are provided in the part of __________ of the

Constitution.

21. Directive principles of state policy are __________ in nature.

22. Article __________ contains a set of fundamental duties of citizen.

23. There are __________ fundamental duties in the Constitution of India.

24. The Idea of the Directive principles of state policy is borrowed from __________

Constitution.

25. The maximum tenure of Election Commission is __________ year.

26. __________ is the first Election Commissioner of India.

27. __________ can remove the Election Commissioner of India.

28. __________ allots symbols of political parties.

29. The law making organ of state is called __________.

30. __________ is the upper house in India.

31. __________ possesses the power to amend the constitution.

32. __________ is the mother of all legislatures.

33. There are __________ states in India having bicameral legislature.

34. Indian Parliament consists of LokSabha, RajyaSabha and __________.

35. __________ is the lower House of Indian Parliament.

36. The tenure of LokSabha is normally __________ years.

37. __________ House represents the states on India.

38. The maximum strength of RajyaSabha is __________.

39. __________ presides over RajyaSabha.

40. The president of India is the heads of __________.

41. __________ is elected by an electoral college.

42. __________ was the first president of India.

43. __________ is the supreme commander of Armed Forces in India.

44. Article __________ deals with national emergency.

45. The prime function of judiciary is administration of __________.

46. __________ is regarded as the guardian of the Constitution.

47. __________ is regarded as the protector of Individual rights.

48. __________ is the highest court in the state level.

49. The judges of the High Court are appointed by __________.

50. Odisha High Court was stated in the year__________.

51. Administrative relation between centre and state deals with Article ___________ to

Article__________.

52. _________ items in the state list.

PART-II

Write short notes

1. Which part of the Constitution contained fundamental rights?

2. Which Institution has the power to suspend fundamental rights?

3. What is equality before law?

4. What is writ?

5. What is significance of Article 32?

6. Who can amend the Constitution?

7. What is the main aim of Directive principles of state policy?

8. What are Directive principles of state policy?

9. What are the aims of fundamental duties?

10. What is the composition of the parliament?

11. Who convenes the joint sitting of parliament?

12. What is Quorum?

13. What is zero hour?

14. What is session?

15. What is a bill?

16. Who certifies a money bill?

17. What is the procedure of election of President of India?

18. What is the procedure of remove of President?

19. Who administer the oath of office to the president?

20. What are the three types of emergencies which President can promulgate?

21. On what ground the fundamental emergency can be proclaimed?

22. From which fields the President of India nominates 12 members to the RajyaSabha?

23. What happens when the office of the President falls vacant?

24. How the Vice-President of India is elected?

25. How the Prime Minister of India can be removed?

26. What is Judicial Activism?

27. How the judges of the Supreme Court can be removed?

28. What is the advisory Jurisdiction of Supreme Court?

29. What is Judicial Review?

30. What is age of retirement of the Supreme Court?

31. What is the total strength of the Judges of Odisha High Court?

32. How many High Courts are there at work in India?

33. How is the High Court Judges removed?

34. What is Impeachment?

35. What is Electoral College?

36. What are the qualifications for member of RajyaSabha?

37. What is National Emergency?

38. What is State Emergency?

39. What is separation of Power?

40. What is division of power?

41. What is Inter-state council?

42. What is Finance Commission?

43. What is Planning Commission?

44. What is fifth schedule?

45. What is Article 356?

46. What are the qualifications of Sarapanch?

47. What is NOTA?

48. What are the characteristics of Indian electoral system?

49. What is direct election?

50. What is Proportional Representation System?

PART-III

Answer the questions within 75 Words

1. State the preamble of Indian Constitution.

2. Discuss the main objectives of the Indian Constitution as stated in preamble.

3. What are the main sources of Indian Constitution?

4. What is the significance of “We the people of India”.

5. How the constitution of India can be amended?

6. Discuss the provisions of Article 368.

7. Why Indian Constitution is called a mixture of flexible rigid qualities?

8. Why rights mentioned in Constitution called fundamental rights?

9. What is right to Equality?

10. What is right to freedom?

11. What is right against exploitation?

12. What is right to freedom of religion?

13. What is a cultural and educational right?

14. What is right to Constitutional remedies?

15. What are the federal features of Indian Constitution?

16. What are the unitary features of Indian Constitution?

17. Composition of Gram Panchayat.

18. Composition of Municipal cooperation.

19. Conflict between centre and state.

20. What is the composition of RajyaSabha?

21. What is the composition of LokSabha?

22. What are the functions of Speaker?

23. What is money bill?

24. What are the special powers of RajyaSabha?

25. What is the Contigency fund of India?

26. What is Hung Parliament?

27. What are the differences between a money bill and non-money bill?

28. What is consolidated fund of India?

29. What are the powers of LokSabha in passage of non-money bill?

30. What is the election procedure of Indian President?

31. What are Executive powers of President?

32. What is Ordinance?

33. What is collective responsibility?

34. What are legislative powers of President?

35. What is difference between Cabinet and Council?

36. Who is called Inter-Stellaslunaminores?

37. What is State emergency?

38. What is Impeachment?

39. What is National emergence?

40. What is financial emergency?

41. What is Consolidated Fund of India?

42. What is Contingency Fund of India?

43. What are qualifications to be a Judge of Supreme Court?

44. How is the Judge of Supreme Court removed?

45. What comes under the original Jurisdiction of Supreme Court?

46. What is the advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

47. Why Supreme Court is called a Court of Record?

48. What is Judicial Review?

49. What is Judicial Activism?

50. What are the qualifications to be a Judge of the High Court?

51. Why the High Court is called a Court of Record?

52. What is the original Jurisdiction of the High Court?

53. How the Judges of the High Court are appointed?

54. What is the appellate Jurisdiction of High Court?

PART-IV

Answer the questions within 500 words

1. Discuss the significance of Preamble of the Indian Constitution.

2. Discuss the main features of Indian Constitution.

3. Explain the procedures of amendment of the Indian Constitution.

4. Discuss the nature and feature of Fundamental Rights.

5. Analyse the various Fundamental Rights of the Constitution of India.

6. Discuss the nature and significance of the Directive Principles of State Policy.

7. Distinguish between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy.

8. Discuss the composition and functions of Indian Parliament.

9. Write an essay on composition and functions of RajyaSabha.

10. Critically analyse the role of LokSabha in passage of legislation.

11. Discuss the composition and functions of LokSabha.

12. Discuss the powers and functions of Indian President.

13. Write essay on Emergency Powers of President of India.

14. Write an essay on the role and functions of Prime Minister.

15. Discuss the composition and functions of Council of Ministers.

16. Discuss the Organisation and Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

17. What is Judicial Review? How does it operate in India?

18. Discuss the independence of Judiciary in India.

19. Discuss the organization and functions of the High Court.

20. Explain the jurisdiction and functions of the High Court.

21. Administrative relations between centre and state.

22. Legislative relations between centre and state.

23. Financial relations between Centre and state.

24. Composition and functions of Gran Panchayat.

25. Composition and functions of Municipality.

26. Power and position of Sarapancha.

Political Theory: Concepts and Debates (Core-III)

PART-1

Fill in the blanks

1. ________ in his article “Two Concepts of Liberty”, which was later published in Four

Essays on Liberty (1969), distinguished between a concept of negative freedom and a

concept of positive freedom.

2. ________ is the eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which men have the

opportunities to be their best-selves.

3. ________ in a negative sense, it implies the absence of restraints as far as possible.

4. ________ in his entitlement theory justice of justice opposes to the redistribution of

resources by the state for any purpose.

5. ________ Theory of justice is known as “The Entitlement Theory”.

6. ________ has propounded his theory of justice “justice as Fairness”.

7. The _______ Revolutionaries demanded liberty along with equality and fraternity.

8. _________ believes that in order to compensate for the inequalities faced by the

deprived in the society an unequal distribution of the resources and primary goods in by

the state may be considered just.

9. The word _______ is derived from the Latin words jus and jungere which means to bind,

to tie together.

10. ________ Justice is otherwise known as formal justice, because it follows all the formal

procedures to render justice.

11. ______ Theory of justice is known as fairness.

12. ______ Entitlement Theory of justice was propounded by ________.

13. _______ said injustices arise when equals are treated unequally.

14. _______ are truly called social claims which help individuals to develop their

personalities.

15. States never give ______ , they only recognize them.

16. Jefferson’s declaration that the men are endowed by their creator with certain

inalienable rights was one which indicated the ______ rights.

17. United Nation General Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights on 10 December ___________.

18. _________ Rights are those rights which accepted and enforced by the state. Any

violation of legal right is punished by law.

19. ________ Rights are those rights which provide opportunity to each person to lead a

civilized social life.

20. ________ Rights are those rights by virtue of which individuals get a share in the

political process. These allow them to take an active part in the political process.

21. ________ Generation is the civil and political right and freedom that everyone is

entitled to get these.

22. ________ Generation is the social and economic rights that everyone should have, but

these rights may only be realized when resources permit.

23. _______ Generation is the collective rights and cultural rights. These are also called

community rights.

24. The term “Obligation” originates from a Latin word which means the ________

performance of duty.

25. __________ means the act of binding oneself, binding oneself to some duty, to some

contract, to some promise.

26. A ________ that freely consents to his government and binds himself to obedience.

27. According to ________ theory in this state political obligation shall be converted into

social obligation.

28. __________ is the idea that each culture or ethnic group is to be evaluate on the basis

of its own values and norms of behaviour and not on the basis of those of another

culture or ethnic group.

29. ________ Theory advocates that the state was created by God and governed by his

deputy.

30. _______ said “Liberty and Equality are opposed to each other”.

31. Political liberty without ______ liberty is a myth.

32. ________ Justice means Free and adequate facility for political participation.

33. ________ Justice implies abolition of all forms of discrimination based on caste, colour,

creed etc. it also focuses on equal treatment of people.

34. ________ said “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek

in general, to be himself at his best”.

35. Right to property is a _______ right.

36. To criticise the government is a _______ right.

37. Right to life is a ________ right.

38. Political rights are enjoyed only by ________ of a state.

39. ________ said that “Right is a power claimed and recognized as contributory to

common good”.

40. ________ said that “A right is a claim recognized by society and enforced by the state”.

41. Human Rights Day is observed on ________.

42. National Human Rights Commission of India was constituted in ________.

43. Human Rights are protected in a _______ state.

44. _________ observed that there were two types of Human activities: (i) self-regarding

activities (ii) other regarding activities.

45. ________ observed that “over his body, mind and soul, the individual is sovereign”.

46. _______ And ________ have been staunch supporters of the view that liberty and

equality are opposed to each other.

47. ______ Obligation assumes a set of legal duties to be [performed by the citizens, their

non-compliance is usually followed by punishment or prescribed by the prevailing

rules/laws.

48. Before man came to live in society and state, they used to live in a state of nature. In it,

they enjoyed certain _________ rights, like the right to life, right to liberty and right to

property.

49. ________ Rights are based on human consciousness. They are supported by moral force

of human mind. These are based on human sense of goodness and justice. These are not

backed by the force of law.

50. Political _________ implies that as man is a Political animal he is bound to live under

some authority.

PART II

Write short notes

1- What is the meaning of Liberty?

2- What is negative Liberty?

3- What is positive liberty?

4- Key supporters of the concept of liberty.

5- What is John Locke’s view on Liberty?

6- What is John Stuart Mill view on Liberty?

7- What is civil Liberty?

8- What is Laski’s view on Liberty?

9- What is Equality of opportunity?

10- What is Legal Equality?

11- What is Equality before law?

12- What is Egalitarianism?

13- What is Social exclusion?

14- What is procedural justice?

15- What is substantive justice?

16- What is Global justice?

17- What are the main concepts of Rawl’s Theory of Justice?

18- What is Entitlement Theory of Justice by Robert Nozick?

19- What is Legal Justice?

20- How to achieve Global Justice?

21- What is meaning of Rights?

22- What are Political rights?

23- Why Human rights are Inherent?

24- What is Legal right?

25- What is Negative and Positive Rights?

26- What is Marxist theory of rights?

27- What is Duty?

28- What is Human Rights?

29- Define the Concept of Political Obligation?

30- Give Justification for Political Obligation?

31- What is Divine Right Theory?

32- What is Multiculturalism?

33- What is Cultural Relativism?

34- What is consent theory of Obligation?

35- What is Marxian Theory of political obligation?

36- What is the meaning of Civil Disobedience?

37- What is force theory of Political Obligation?

38- What is the relationship between Rights and duties?

39- Explain first Generation Rights.

40- Explain second Generation Rights.

41- Explain Third Generation Rights.

42- What is Affirmative Action?

43- Rawl’s three essential principle of Justice.

44- Three essential condition of Equality.

45- Major safeguard of Liberty?

46- Key supporters of Positive Liberty.

47- What is theory of Natural Rights?

48- What is the theory of Legal Rights?

49- Why should we obey the State?

50- What is cultural relativity?

PART III

Answer the questions within 75 words

1- Difference between positive liberty and Negative liberty.

2- Major safeguards of Liberty.

3- What is social Exclusion?

4- Law and Liberty are not opposed to each other.

5- Justify Censorship.

6- Liberty and Equality are opposed to each other Explain.

7- Liberty and Equality always complementary to each other Explain.

8- Equality does not mean absolute equality.

9- Economic Equality as a safeguard of Liberty.

10- What is Economic and Social Equality?

11- Difference between procedural justice and Substantive Justice.

12- Relationship between Justice and Liberty.

13- Relationship between Justice and Equality.

14- Difference between Global Justice and International Justice.

15- Scope of Global Justice.

16- What are three criteria’s of Justice.

17- What is Marxist Theory of Justice?

18- What is Legal dimension of Justice?

19- What is Economic dimension of Justice?

20- Write Amartyasen’s view of Global Justice.

21- Integration of the concepts of Procedural Justice and Global Justice.

22- Method of securing the social justice.

23- Difference between Negative and Positive Rights.

24- What is the theory of legal rights? Explain its three classes.

25- Relation between civil, political and Economic Rights.

26- Three generation of Rights.

27- What are the main features of Human Rights?

28- What is the meaning of Rights and Human Rights?

29- Can there be Rights without Duties?

30- Can there be Duties without Rights?

31- Steps for Protection and promotion of Rights of Girls Child.

32- What is Political Obligation?

33- View of Green on Right to Resistence.

34- Essential conditions which must govern Civil disobedience.

35- What step should be taken before launching Civil Disobedience?

36- Are Rights Universal?

37- What are the grounds of Political Obligation?

38- Criticism of Multiculturalism.

39- What is idealistic Theory to Political Obligation?

40- What is Conservative theory to political Obligation?

41- What is consent theory of Obligation?

42- What are the limitations of political Obligation?

43- What is plural society?

44- What is Cultural diversity?

45- Multiculturalism and Plural Society.

46- What is Equality of Outcome?

47- What is Freedom of Expression?

48- What is Equality before law?

49- What is Thomas Hobbes view on Liberty?

50- Different dimensions of equality.

PART IV

Answer the questions within 500 words

1- What is Liberty? Discuss its Negative and Positive conceptions? What are the kinds of

Liberty?

2- Define Freedom. What is meant by Negative freedom and Positive Freedom?

3- Define the concept of Egalitarianism. Discuss the dimensions of egalitarianism.

4- What is Equality? Discuss the features and different dimensions of equality.

5- Discuss the relationship between Liberty and Equality.

6- What is Justice? Discuss its kinds and relationship with Liberty and Equality.

7- Explain the theories of Procedural Justice and Substantive Justice. Can these be

integrated?

8- What is Social Justice? Discuss Rawls concept of Justice.

9- Discuss the Entitlement Theory of Justice of Robert Nozick.

10- What is Global Justice? Discuss the issues in Global Justice.

11- Explain the difference between Justice and Global Justice and Global Justice and

International Justice.

12- What do you mean by rights? Briefly describe the various theories of rights.

13- Discuss Harold Laski’s theory of rights.

14- Write a detailed essay on the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

15- Write an essay on the Three Generation of Rights.

16- Why should we obey the state? Explain the theories of Political Obligation.

17- What is Multiculturalism and what are the foundations and critique of Multiculturalism?

18- What is Cultural Relativism? How cultural relativism is an obstacle to Universality of

rights.

19- What is Civil Disobedience? When can the people practice Civil Disobedience?

20- Critically examine the issue of Resistance and Civil Disobedience.

21- Discuss the grounds on which Civil disobedience was used by Mahatma Gandhi against

the British Rulers of India.

Political Process in India( core- iv)

PART-I

Fill in the blanks

1. Indian Political System is currently characterised by___________.

2. During 1950-1989 Indian party system remained__________.

3. The party which dominated Indian party system during the first four decades of

Independent India was___________.

4. ____________ has been largely a product of system.

5. Indian multi-party system is characterised by a ____________.

6. All anti-BJP and anti-congress parties are currently identified as____________.

7. ___________ Politics is also a factor of Indian voting behaviour.

8. In India, gender also acts as a___________.

9. The constitution of India provides for an ____________for conducting elections in the

country.

10. Election Commission of India enjoys a ___________.

11. The Election Commission currently consists of __________ and __________ other

election commission.

12. The Chief Election Commissioner and each of the other two election commissioners

enjoy tenure of __________.

13. Articles __________ to __________ of the Constitution define the powers and function

of Election Commission.

14. __________ and __________ are two major determinant of voting behaviour in India.

15. __________ Politics is also a factor of Indian voting behaviour.

16. __________ now show that Indian electorate has been becoming politically more mature.

17. Indian voters are currently influenced by __________ of the party in deciding their

choice of representative in elections.

18. Indian elections are contested mainly by __________.

19. A political party which gets __________ of seats in the legislative becomes the

__________.

20. No person can remain a member of the election commission after he attains __________

year’s age.

21. Indian political system is characterised by both nationalism and __________.

22. The biggest need for checking regionalism is development of __________.

23. The principle of __________ is a manifestation of regionalism.

24. Communalism constitutes the biggest danger to __________.

25. Secular state can regulate __________.

26. Secularism is a part of the ____________ of the constitution of India.

27. Casteism poses a big challenge to __________.

28. The word caste is derived from ___________ meaning breed strain or hereditary features.

29. __________ determines relations and interactions among various social groups or castes.

30. Caste is an __________ social identity.

31. One caste always involves several __________.

32. Caste acts as a factor of __________ in India.

33. Caste is a major factor of __________ in India.

34. According to J.P Narayan caste is the __________ in India.

35. Traditionally Hindu society stands organised in terms of __________.

36. India remained free from ___________ during first 15 years of Indian Independent.

37. __________ and __________ communalism has been a hard fact of Indian society.

38. Secular state is neither __________ nor __________.

39. India is a secular state both __________ and __________.

40. The worst and most harmful form of regionalism is __________.

41. There is need to increase the number of __________ in our legislature.

42. Personality of the top party leader acts as a __________ voting behaviour.

43. There is __________ ideological difference in Indian political parties.

44. Demands for __________ and __________ fall within the concept of regionalism.

45. The Unitarian spirit of the Indian constitution is designed to check the forces of undue.

46. Forces of secularism must be brought into the __________ by all means.

47. Positively secular state means __________ of all __________.

48. Casteism means acting on the basis of __________ towards one’s __________.

49. The system of relations and interactions among people on the basis of caste identities is

called __________.

50. B.J.D is a ________ Political Party.

Very short Questions

1. What is the basic nature of Indian party system?

2. During 1950-89 Indian party system worked as which type of party system.

3. How do you describe two recent trends in Indian multi-party system?

4. Which are the two major competing alliances in Indian politics?

5. What is the nature of alliances politics in India?

6. Name three major partners of NDA.

7. Name three major partners of UPA.

8. What are the three categories of political party of India?

9. Which party is currently in power in most of the states of India?

10. Which institution is registered political parties in India?

11. What is the importance of voting behaviour studies?

12. Which according to you are the four major determinants of voting behaviour in India?

13. What is the role of party system in voting behaviour?

14. Which two have emerged as a new determinant of voting behaviour?

15. Why gender factor acts as a weaker determinant of voting behaviour?

16. Who performs the functions of conducting elections in India?

17. What is the composition of the Election Commission of India?

18. How can an Election Commission be removed from office?

19. What is the most important function of the Election Commission of India?

20. What is power of the Election Commission of India in respect of political parties?

21. How the Election Commission of India ensures the conduct of free and fair elections and

secrecy in voting?

22. What is regionalism?

23. What is communalism?

24. What is aggressive regionalism?

25. What is the basic factor behind linguistic regionalism?

26. What is secularism?

27. What is negative dimension of secularism?

28. What are the two main pillars of Indian secularism?

29. What are the forms of communalism?

30. What is Communalism of history?

31. What are the two pillars of Indian secularism?

32. How the constitution of India upholds secularism?

33. What are major challenges of natural integration in India?

34. State five basic features which are hall marks of a caste.

35. What is meant by caste system?

36. In which states of Indian caste is a very major factor?

37. What is cateism?

38. Explain the meaning of developmental state?

39. What is national party?

40. What is bi-party system?

41. What is regional political party?

42. How do you describe two recent trends in Indian multi-party system?

43. Almost every Indian political party is characterised by what?

44. What has been the most major factor behind the birth of coalition politics in India?

45. Who have written “voting behaviour is a field of study concerned with the ways in which

people trend to vote in public election”?

46. Status of Election Commissioners and Chief Election Commissioner is equal to whom.

47. Do you agree with the view that rapid and comprehensive economic development of

India can weaken the forces of regionalism?

48. What is regional aspiration?

49. What is politics of regionalism?

50. What is regional imbalance?

PART-III

Answer the questions within 75 words

1. What is multi-party system?

2. What is the basic nature of Indian multi-party system?

3. What is politics of opportunities alliances? Give so examples.

4. What is regional party?

5. What is the evil practice of political defection?

6. What is politics of populism?

7. Name of the states which being rules singled by a single party?

8. What is meant by personality-cult party politics?

9. Explain some major new trends in Indian party system.

10. What is the role of caste as a determinant of voting behaviour in India?

11. How religion acts as determinant of voting behaviour?

12. “Social media has emerged as a big determinant of voting behaviour” Comments.

13. How personality-cult politics acts a determinant of voting behaviour?

14. What is the importance of voting behaviour studies in a liberal democratic political

system?

15. What is the composition and method of appointment of the members of Election

Commission of India?

16. Explain the tenure and method of removal of an Election Commission.

17. What is meant by Election Code of Conduct?

18. How do you explain for low voter turnout in election?

19. What is the right to give a negative vote?

20. How to check the role of money power and muscle power in elections?

21. What is meant by regionalism imbalances and also suggest a way to correct these?

22. Define regional aspirations and politics of regionalism.

23. Discuss these major factors behind the existence of regional imbalances.

24. How do you view the role of religion in politics?

25. Give two specific example of role of religion in Indian politics.

26. How religion acts as a factor of an electoral politics, government making and party

politics?

27. What is the meaning of secularism?

28. How India is a secular state?

29. Discuss five major secular features of Indian constitution.

30. What is communalism?

31. What are the major causes of communalism?

32. How Indian Constitution attacks the evils of caste system?

33. How caste acts as a factor of electoral politics?

34. Give three suggestions for neutralising the role of casteism in Indian politics.

35. Discuss the role of caste as a factor of voting behaviour.

36. “Casteism is the enemy of Indian secularism” Discuss.

37. How far Indian state has been a coercive state?

38. Trace the evolution of the nature of Indian state in the 21st Century.

39. Explain the meaning of developmental state?

40. What is meant by welfare state?

41. Explain coercive dimensions of Indian state.

42. What is meant by for affirmative action policies?

43. “Affirmative action policies are the need of the hour” comments.

44. How regional imbalances have given fuel to the forces of aggressive regionalism?

45. What is the major defect of the relative majority vote victory principle?

46. What is the system of preparation and revision of electoral rolls in India?

47. How far the personality and performance of a candidate act as determinants of voting

behaviour?

48. Is it true to say that there is a lack of ideological differences among Indian political

parties?

49. What has been the impact of the result of LokSabha election 2019 on Indian party

system?

50. How to check the incidences of pre-poll and post-poll violence in election?

PART-IV

Answer the questions within 500 words

1- Discuss the features of Indian party system.

2- Discuss the role of opposition party in India.

3- Explain the contemporary nature and working of multi-party coalition government in

India.

4- Explain the emerging trends in Indian party system.

5- What is voting behaviour? Discuss major determinants of voting behaviour in India.

6- What is meant by voting behaviour? Why is its study important?

7- What is the composition and method of appointment of the members of Election

Commission of India?

8- Explain the composition and functions of the Election Commission of India.

9- Discuss the features of Indian Election system.

10- Discuss the major defects of Indian Election system.

11- Suggest some needed electoral reforms in India.

12- What are the major stages involved in organising and conducting of election in India.

13- What is regionalism? Discuss the forms in which it exists in India.

14- Discuss the causes of regionalism in India. Suggest some remedies against aggressive

regionalism.

15- Define secularism. Discuss negative and positive dimensions of secularism.

16- What is communalism? Discuss the causes behind its presence in India.

17- Explain the role of caste in Indian party system.

18- What is meant by welfare state?

19- Evaluate the role of caste in Indian Electoral Politics.

20- What is secularism? Discuss the nature of India as a secular state.