UGC NET Political Science Quiz

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List – I (Electoral system)

(a) First-Past-the-Post System

(b) Second Ballot System

(c) Alternative Vote System

(d) Additional Member System

List – II (Countries)

(i) France

(ii) Germany

(iii) USA

(iv) Australia

Easton described his drastic revision in political science in 1969 as:

Given below are those statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Assertion (A): The theories of development of the 1950’s like behaviouralism, could never develop a universally accepted paradigm because they were locally dated.

Reason (R): They originated during the Cold War period and consequently biased.

The Supreme Court’s right to judicial review was first established in:

In which country the practice of ‘once a speaker always a speaker’ is followed?

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the code :

Assertion (A): Systems approach to comparative politics believes in the balance between the input structure and the output structure to maintain the equilibrium.

Reason (R): Systems approach is criticised as a ‘status quoist’ model.

Match the items of List - I with items of List - II by selecting the correct answer from the given code below :

List - I (Writers)	List – II (Concepts)
(a) Dicey	(i) Anomic interest groups
(b) S.P. Huntington	(ii) Judicial Review
(c) Almond	(iii) Political decay
(d) Marbury Vs Madison	(iv) Rule of law

Match the items of List - I with items of List - II by selecting the correct answer from code :

List – I	List – II
(a) Islamic Revolution	(i) Led by Bolshevik Party
(b) Russian Revolution	(ii) Anti-Modernization Movement in Iran
(c) Glorious Revolution	(iii) 1649 Revolution to limit the arbitrary power of Charles II
(d) Puritan Revolution	(iv) Establishing Constitutional government in England

Arrange the interest groups as given by Gabriel Almond in sequential order :

(a) Institutional groups

(b) Non-associational groups

(c) Associational groups

(d) Anomic groups

Who was the author of the book “The Presidential Republic”?