SSB Political Science PGT 2024 Questions with Answers

These Political Science MCQs are the previous year’s SSB Political Science PGT 2024 Questions with Answers. SSB conducts PGT (Post-Graduate Teachers) examination for the aided colleges of Odisha.

SSB Political Science PGT asked 100 MCQ-based questions from all the papers of Political Science, and time duration of the examination is 90 minutes.

Here are the SSB Political Science PGT 2024 Questions with Answers.

1. ‘Political Science is the Science of power’ was commented by –

(A) Harold Lasswell

(B) Harold Laski

(C) Robert Dahl

(D) Karl Popper

Ans: (A) Harold Laswell

2. Who among the following described democracy as the tyranny of the majority?

(A) John Dunning

(B)Alexis de Tocqueville

(C) Abraham Lincoln

(D) James Madison

Ans: (B)Alexis de Tocqueville

3. Who said: “Behavioural approach is a protest movement in Political Science”?

(A) Easton

(C) Laswell

(B)Robert Dahl

(D) David Held

Ans: (A) Easton

4. From the given list, identify the wrong pair of Books and Author:

(A) Modern Political Analysis – Robert Dahl

(B) An Introduction to Political Theory-Carl Friedrich

(C) The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism-Karl Popper

(D) Political Theory-Philosophy, Ideology and Science – Andrew Hacker

Ans: (C) The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism-Karl Popper

5 With regard to the exponent on ‘Positive Liberalism’, find out the odd name in the list.

(A) Hegel

(B) J.S. Mill

(C) H. J. Laski

(D) MacIver

Ans: (A) Hegel

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6. Identify the post-Behaviouralist in the list:

(A) Karl Popper

(B) David Easton

(C) David Held

(D) Robert Dahl

Ans: (B) David Easton

7. Which law is free from moral and religion considerations?

(A) Natural Law

(B) Divine Law

(C) Rule of Law

(D) Positive Law

Ans: (D) Positive Law

8. Who called state the supreme legitimate authority entrusted with the exercise of violent force over a group of people?

(A) Machiavelli

(B) Hobbes

(C) Weber

(D) Hegel

ANS: (C) Weber

9. Who was the exponent of Scientific Socialism?

(A) Saint-Simon

(B) Marx

(C) Elizabeth Stanton

(D) Catherine Rottenberg

Ans: (B) Marx

10. Who is known to have founded ‘Feminism’?

(A) Mary Wollstonecraft

(C) Susan Wendell

(B) Fourier

(D) Owen

Ans. (A) Mary Wollstonecraft

11. Which theory accepts state as a natural institution?

(A) Social Contract Theory

(B) Divine Origin Theory

(C) Evolutionary Theory

(D) Organic Theory of the State

Ans: (D) Organic Theory of the State

12. ‘The Zig Zag of Politics’, an article was written by:

(A) Hobbes

(B) Nozick

(C) Rawls

(D) Marx

Ans: (B) Nozick

13. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer:

List-I (Thinkers) List-II (Ideas)

(a) Machiavelli – (i) Revolt against reason

(b) Hobbes -(ii) Moral in difference

(c) Locke -(iii) Instinct of self-preservation

(d) Rousseau -(iv) Natural right to property

(A)a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i

(B) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv

(C) a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii

(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i

Ans: (A)a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i

14.Who made no distinction between state and society?

(A)Plato

(B) Machiavelli

(C) Locke

(D) Hegel

Ans: (D) Hegel

15. Who among the following conceived society as a cooperative venture for mutual advantage, more or less self-sufficient and necessarily governed by rules?

(A) Robert Nozick

(B) John Rawls

(C) F. Hayek

(D) Karl Marx

Ans: (B) John Rawls

16. The doctrine of proportional equality was propounded by –

(A) Locke

(C) Karl Marx

(B) Aristotle

(D) Plato

17. The concept of Forced Freedom was given by –

(A) JS Mill

(B) Rawls

(C) Rousseau

(D) Nozick

Ans: (C) Rousseau

18. Who authored ‘Wage, Labour and Capital’?

(A) Engels

(B) Marx

(C) Stalin

(D) Mao

Ans: (B) Marx

19 The ‘Power Theory’ is well explained by whom in his political philosophy:

(A) Hobbes

(C) Mill

(B) Locke

(D) Rousseau

Ans: (A) Hobbes

20. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer:

List-I                                               List-II

(a) Modern Political Thinker –          (i) Plato

(b) Positivist School –                         (ii) Machiavelli

(c) Normative Political Theory –       (iii) Comte

(d) Scientific/Inductive Method –     (iv) Aristotle

(A) a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv

(B) a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i

(C) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv

(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i

Ans: (A) a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv

21. Marx believed that capitalism was fundamentally an exploitative system and it will be ultimately replaced by –

(A) Feudalism

(B) Primitive Communism

(C) Communism

(D) Anarchism

Ans: (C) Communism

22. Identify the correct pair of Books and Authors:

List-I (Books)                        List-II (Authors)

(A) New Public Administration – Dwight Waldo

(B) Review of Public Administration – L. D. White

(C)Theories of Public Administration – Ferrel Heady

(D)Political Theories of Modern States – Peter Self

Ans: (A) New Public Administration – Dwight Waldo

23. Who rejected the principles of administration as myths and proverbs?

(A) Herbert Simon

(B) Robert Dahl

(C) Luther Gulick

(D) Chester Barnard

Ans: (A) Herbert Simon

24. Who proposed a new concept of administration based on the methodology of logical positivism?

(A) Dwight Waldo

(B) Robert Dahl

(C) Peter Self

(D) Herbert Simon

Ans: (D) Herbert Simon

25. Which one is a Classical Organisation Theory?

(A) Contingency Theory

(B) Scientific Management Theory

(C) Systems Approach Theory

(D) Socio-Technical Approach

Ans: (B) Scientific Management Theory

26. In ‘Hierarchy’ the term scalar means:

(A) Steps

(B) Process

(C) Ladder

(D) Positive

Ans: (C) Ladder

27. The British concept of Civil Service Neutrality was laid down by –

(A) Fulton Committee

(B) Asselton Committee

(C)Northcote-Trevelyan Committee

(D) Masterman Committee

Ans: (C)Northcote-Trevelyan Committee

28. The relations between specialists and generalists were dealt by –

(A) Haldane Committee

(B) Fulton Committee

(C) Masterman Committee

(D) Northcote-Trevelyan Committee

Ans: (B) Fulton Committee

29. An effective Training Design should be-

(A) Learner-focused

(B) System-focused

(C) Environment-focused

(D) Company focussed

Ans: (A) Learner focussed

30. During which part of the public policy cycle does the government explore potential policy response?

(A) Agenda Setting

(B) Policy Formulation

(C) Policy Implementation

(D) Decision Making

Ans: (D) Decision Making

31.Who among the following considered delegation as a myth in organisational theory?

(A)Terry

(B) Mooney

(C) Follet

(D) Miller

Ans: (C) Follet

32. Which one of the following was not supported by Taylor in his Scientific Management Theory?

(A) Efficiency Evaluation Experts

(B) Concept of Economic Man

(C) Functional Foremanship

(D) Standardisation of Tools

Ans: (A) Efficiency Evaluation Experts

33. Who is known as ‘Father of Political Sociology’?

(A) Weber

(B) Durkheim

(C) Comte

(D) Parsons

Ans: (C) Comte

34. Who advocated social stratification based on class, status and party?

(A) Max Weber

(C) Talcott Parsons

(B) Karl Marx

(D) Durkheim

Ans: (A) Max Weber

35. Who from below authored “The Methodology of Social Sciences’?

(A) Marx

(B) Weber

(C) Pareto

(D) Mosca

Ans: (B) Weber

36. Identify major contributions of Vilfred Pareto:

(A) Circulation of elites

(B) Organic analogy

(C) Conspicuous consumption

(D) Dialectical materialism

Ans: (A) Circulation of elites

37. Which one is legitimate form of power?

(A) Ritual

(B) Social Action

(C) Authority

(D) System

Ans: (C) Authority

38. Who coined the term “Political Socialisation”?

(A) Marx

(B) H.H. Hyman

(C) Weber

(D) Lipset

Ans: (B) H.H. Hyman

(39) Who said, “Modernisation consists of three basic elements-the rationalisation of authority, the differentiation of structure and the expansion of political participation”?

(A) Huntington – Apter

(B) Verba

(C) Apter

(D) Lipset

Ans: (C) Apter

40. Which theory propagates that civic participation will increase only when people feel that the cost of involvement are low while the benefits are higher?

(A) Functionalist Theory

(B) Modernisation Theory

(C) Rational Choice Theory

(D) Marxist Theory

Ans: (C) Rational Choice Theory

41. Name the author of ‘Twenty-year ofCrisis’:

(A) Gathrone Hardy

(B) Langsam

(C) EH Carr

(D) Samuel Huntington

Ans: (C) EH Carr

42. Which one is not a Core Value of Political Realism?

(A) Aggression

(B) Statism

(C) Survival

(D) Self-Help

Ans: (A) Aggression

43. Identify correct pair of Thinker and Theory in IR:

(A) Systems Theory —Fred Riggs

(B) Decision Making Theory – Richard Snyder

(C) Game Theory – Hedley Bull

(D) Bargaining Theory – Morton Kaplan

Ans: B) Decision Making Theory – Richard Snyder

44. Identify the venue where the First NAM conference was held –

(A) Cairo

(B) Belgrade

(C) Geneva

(D) Paris

Ans: (B) Belgrade

45. During whose government India’s Look East Policy was adopted?

(A) Rajiv Gandhi

(B) P.V. Narsimha Rao

(C) A. B. Vajpai

(D) N. Modi

Ans: (B) P.V. Narsimha Rao

46. The First Multilateral UN Conference on Disarmament was held in –

(A) 1963

(B) 1969

(C) 1978

(D) 1988

Ans: (C) 1978

47. Who is Father of Neo-Realism?

(A) George Kennan

(B)Kenneth Waltz

(C) Miller

(D) Hans Morgenthau

Ans: (B)Kenneth Waltz

48. Identify intangible power:

(A) Territory

(B) Naval Power

(C) Industrial strength

(D) Diplomacy

Ans: (D) Diplomacy

49. Where is the headquarter of the WТО?

(A) Washington

(B) Ottawa

(C) Geneva

(D) Paris

Ans: (C) Geneva

50. Identify the organisation of which India is not a member:

(A) Shanghai Cooperation

(B) OIC

(C) BRICS

(D) NAM

Ans: (B) OIC

51. In which session of AICC the resolution for PURNA SWARAJ was passed?

(A) Karachi

(B) Lucknow

(C) Lahore

(D) Nagpur

52. Under which article of the Constitution of India is the President given the power of pardon?

(A) Art. 72

(B) Art. 73

(C) Art. 76

(D) Art. 78

Ans: (A) Art. 72

53. By which amendment the original preamble was modified?

(A) 24th

(B) 29th

(C) 42nd

(D) 44^th

Ans: (C) 42nd

54. In which judgment the Apex Court used the Doctrine of Prospective Overruling?

(A) Shankari Prasad

(B) Golaknath

(C) Keshavanand

(D) Minerva Mills

Ans: (B) Golaknath

55. The provision of the Right to Free Trial is given in –

(A) Art. 19

(B) Art. 20

(C)Art. 21

(D) Art. 22

Ans: (C)Art. 21

56. By which amendment was a ceiling imposed on the size of the Council of Ministers?

(A) 89th (B) 90th (C) 91st (D) 93rd

Ans: (C) 91st

57. Who said, “The Constitution of India is a Social Document”?

(A) Ivor Jennings

B) G Austin

(C) Paul Brass

(D) Rajni Kothari

Ans: B) G Austin

58. Identify mismatch between Article and the provisions of the Constitution.

(A) Article 61: Impeachment of the President

B) Article 108: Disqualification of members of Parliament

(C) Article 123: Legislative Power of the President

(D) Article 248: Residuary Powers

Ans: B) Article 108: Disqualification of members of Parliament

59. The provision for the Inter-State Council is given in –

(A) Art. 260

(B) Art. 263

(C) Art. 261

(D) Art. 280

Ans: (B) Art. 263

60. Which one is a National Party?

(A) Akali Dal

(B) DMК

(C) AAP

(D) TMС

Ans: (C) AAP

61. Article 45 of DPSP was amended by –

(A) 42nd Amendment

(B) 49th Amendment

(C) 64th Amendment

(D) 86th Amendment

Ans: (D) 86th Amendment

62. The first Mid-Term Election for Lok Sabha was held in –

(A) 1970

(B) 1971

(C) 1980

(D) 1998

Ans: (C) 1980

63. Which approach to Comparative Politics focussed on relationship among parts rather than the parts themselves?
64. A) Structural Approach

(B) Institutional Approach

(C) Behavioural Approach

(D) New-Institutional Approach

Ans: A) Structural Approach

64. Institutional Approach to the study of Comparative Politics is credited to –

(A) Almond and Coleman

(B) Duverger and Sartori

(C) Leo Strauss and Dicey

(D) Easton and Dahl

Ans: (C) Leo Strauss and Dicey

65. Who is known as the “Father of the US Constitution”?

(A) Jefferson

(B) Adams

(C) Madison

(D) Hamilton

Ans: (C) Madison

66. Identify the correct statement/statements:

(a) The members of the US House of Representatives are elected évery five years.

(b) Filibustering is a technique of long speach in the legislature to delay passing of bills in USA.

(c) Spoils System was introduced during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson.

(A) (a) only

(B) (b) only

(C) (c) only

(D)both (b) and (c)

Ans: (D)both (b) and (c)

67. Who authored ‘Parliamentary Government in England’?

(A) H Finer

(B)C. F. Strong

(C)H.J. Laski

(D) AV Dicey

Ans: (C)H.J. Laski

68. The System of Privy Council was introduced during the reign of-

(A) King John

(B) King Charles

(C)Henry V

(D) Elizabeth I

Ans: (C)Henry V

69. Swiss Federal Council consists of-

(A) 5 members (B) 7 members (C) 9 members (D) 11 members

Ans: (B) 7 members

70. Read the statements and identify correct one / ones.

(a)The NPC is the highest policy-making body in China.

(b) Deng was associated with launching market socialism in the PRC.

(c) The present constitution of Switzerland is in operation since 2001.

(A) (a) only

(B) (b) only

(C) (a) and (b)

(D) (b) and (c)

Ans: (C) (a) and (b)

71. With regard to foundation of Political Parties identify the correct one.

(A) Republican Party of the USA — 1799

(B) British Labour Party —1900-

(C)Chinese Communist Party — 1949

(D) Conservative Party of the UK – 1864 72

Ans: (C)Chinese Communist Party — 1949

72. In which year the Dual Province of Odisha-Bihar came into operation?

(A) 1905

(B) 1911

(C)1912

(D) 1919

Ans: (C)1912

73. After Odisha became a separate province in 1936 its legislative assembly was constituted and election were held in 1937. How many elected members were there in the first legislature?

(A) 40

(B) 50

(C) 56

(D) 60

Ans: (D) 60

74. The post-independence first Gram Panchayat Act in Odisha was promulgated in the year- (A) 1947 (B) 1948 (C) 1950 (D) 1952

Ans: (B) 1948

75. Odisha came under President’s Rule six times. The first of its kind was imposed in the year-

(A) 1959 (B) 1960 (C)1961 (D) 1971

Ans: (C)1961

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76. Under which article of the constitution Governor has the power to reserve a bill for President’s consideration?

(A) Art. 199 (B) Art. 200 (C) Art. 201 (D) Art. 202

Ans: (C) Art. 201

77. The Orissa Anchal Sasan Act was issued during the Chief Ministership of-

(А) HK Mahatab (C) Biju Patnaik (B) NK Choudhury (D) Biswanath Das

Ans: (А) HK Mahatab

78 There are eight members of the Lok Sabha from Odisha who represent SC/ST constituencies. Identify the general Lok Sabha seat from the list given below.

(A) Jagatsinghpur

(B) Keonjhar

(C) Kandhamal

(D) Sundergarh.

Ans: (A) Jagatsinghpur

79. In 1971 Biswanath Das government was established. Identify the coalition group of Sri Das led:

(A) Swatantra – Jana Congress- Utkal Congress

(B) Swatantra – Utkal Congress – PSP

(C) Swatantra – Jana Congress – PSP

(D) Swatantra – Utkal Congress – Jharkhand Party

Ans: (D) Swatantra – Utkal Congress – Jharkhand Party

80. The Western Odisha Development Council was established in –

(A) 1998 (B) 1997

(C) 1996 (D) 1995

Ans: (A) 1998

81. How many Gram Panchayats are there in Odisha?

(A) 6793

(B) 6794

(C) 6795

(D) 6796

Ans: (B) 6794

82. Which one below is not a component of Saptanga Theory of state of Kautilya?

(A) Amatya

(B) Durga

(C)Sansad

(D) Mitra

Ans: (C)Sansad

83. Raja Rammohan Roy was associated with –

(A) Arya Samaj

(B) Brahmo Samaj

(C) Prathana Samaj

(D) Satyashodhak Samaj

Ans: (B) Brahmo Samaj

84. The original name of Swami Vivekananda was –

(A) Narendranath Ghose

(B) Narendranath Bose

(C) Narendranath Dutta

(D) Narendranath Sarkar

Ans: (C) Narendranath Dutta

85. Who launched the newspaper ‘Hitavada’?

(A) Jyotiba Phule

(B) Narendranath Bose

(C) M. G. Ranade

(D) G. K. Gokhale

Ans: (D) G. K. Gokhale

86. Identify incorrect pair of Book and Author.

(A) India wins Freedom: MK Gandhi

(B) The Life Divine : Swami Aurobindo

(C) Geeta Rahasya : Lokmanya Tilak

(D) The Annihilation of Caste : B. R. Ambedkar

Ans: (A) India wins Freedom: MK Gandhi

87. When was ‘Hind Swaraj’ published?

(A) 1907 (B) 1908 (C) 1909 (D) 1910

Ans: (C) 1909

88. Poona Pact was a negotiated settlement between Gandhi and Ambedkar and was signed in the year –

(A) 1930 (B) 1931 (C) 1932 (D) 1934

Ans: (C) 1932

89. What is meant by Gandhi’s Sarvodaya?

(A) Individual Self-sufficiency

(B) Social Justice

(C) Community Development

(D) Universal Upliftment

Ans: (D) Universal Upliftment

90. In which year did Ambedkar found an organisation named Bahiskrit Hitakarini Sabha to uplift the socially backward classes?

(A) 1922 (B) 1924 (C) 1926 (D) 1930

Ans: (B) 1924

91. Identify the odd one from the pairs given.

(A) Administrative Development – Robert Dahl

(B) Development Administration – Edward Weidner

(C) New Public Administration – Dwright Waldo

(D) Comparative Public Administration – Fred Diggs

Ans: (A) Administrative Development – Robert Dahl

92. National Development Council was founded in the year –

(A) 1949

(B) 1950

(C)1952

(D) 1953

Ans: (C)1952

93. ‘Sevottam’ is associated with –

(A)A Grievance Redressal Cell

(B) Lok Ayukta

(C) Ombudsman

(D) Supreme Court

Ans: (A)A Grievance Redressal Cell

94. Development Administration is –

(A) Centralism

(B) Charge Oriented

(C) Bureaucratic

(D) Hierarchical

Ans: (B) Charge Oriented

95. New Public Administration is an example for-

(A) Nature Orientation

(B) Descriptive Orientation

(C) Client Orientation

(D) Neutral Orientation

Ans: (C) Client Orientation

96. In which year was the MGNREGA was passed by the Union Parliament?

(A) 2002

(B) 2004

(C) 2005

(D) 2006

Ans: (C) 2005

97. District Planning Committee is provided in Article –

(A) 243E

(B) 243ZD

(C) 243ZE

(D) 243ZF

Ans: (B) 243ZD

98. Planning Commission of India was –

(A)Statutory Body

(B) Created by the Resolution of the Government of India

(C) Established by Conference of Chief Ministers

(D) As an extension of Community Development Work

Ans: (A)Statutory Body

99. Prismatic model is the contribution of –

(A) Fred Riggs

(B) Dwight Waldo

(C) Edward Weidner

(D) Herbert Simon

Ans: (A) Fred Riggs

100. The First Minnow brook Conference was held in –

(A) 1966

(B) 1967

(C) 1968

(D) 1969

Ans: (C) 1968

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