Issues In Indian Politics Set 2
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This set of Issues in Indian Politics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Issues In Indian Politics Set 2
Q1 | MNREGA is not associated with which of the following?
- providing employment
- opportunities
- reduction of poverty
- agrarian crises
Q2 | Who characterized India as “A million mutinies” in 1990?
- v.s. naipaul
- m.s.a. rao
- ghanshyam shah
- tedd gurr
Q3 | Who among the following is Editor/Author of the book “The New Regional Politics ofDevelopment”.
- reinhard bendix
- arie m.m. kacowiez
- anthony payne
- partha chatterjee
Q4 | Who among the following has described India as “weak-strong state”?
- lloyd and susan rudolph
- gunnar myrdal
- rajni kothari
- k.c. wheare
Q5 | Who has called India a Democratic Developmental State?
- paul brass
- james manor
- christopher jefferlot
- atul kohli
Q6 | Who is the editor/author of the book – “Politics and the State in India”?
- m.n. srinivas
- dharma kumar
- zoya hasan
- atul kohli
Q7 | Which of the following is not Atul Kohli’s definition of the crisis of governability in India as
- the absence of enduring coalitions.
- policy ineffectiveness. c. an incapacity to accommodate political conflict without violen
- growing disjuncture between centralization and development. 36. who pointed out that the western antonym of “secular” is “religious”. but in india, the
Q8 | Which one is not an element of the Secular State is India?
- civil equality.
- freedom of religion.
- no religious education by the state.
- taxation on religious property. 38. who amongst the following provided a link between pre and post independence institutional
Q9 | Which of the following is not a matter of discussion as crisis of India’s national unity byPaul R. Brass in his book The Politics of India since Independence ?
- punjab
- the north east
- casteism
- communalism
Q10 | “If Hume and other English liberals hoped to use Congress as a safety-valve, theCongressleaders hoped to use Hume as a lightening-conductor”. Who said this ?
- s.r. mehrotra
- sumit sarkar
- bipan chandra
- tapan raychaudhuri
Q11 | Who among the following was associated with the Swaraj Party?
- dr. rajendra prasad
- sardar patel
- motilal nehru
- jawaharlal nehru
Q12 | In India a special ministry for women and social welfare was formed at the center in theyear?
- 1983
- 1986
- 1976
- 1981
Q13 | Reservation for scheduled caste is provided in proportion to their
- social backwardness
- economic necessities
- population
- low ritual positions
Q14 | The main provision in the sixth schedule of the constitution deals with
- reservation in government jobs
- reservation of tribal lands
- autonomy in administration in the tribal areas of north –east india
- reservation in educational institutions
Q15 | Among the simple societies, agriculture is the
- first level of development
- second level of development
- third level of development
- fourth level of development
Q16 | In India , party less democracy was first advocated by
- jayaprakash narayanan
- m.n roy
- vinoba bave
- mahatma gandhi
Q17 | Who described social movements as ‘ nonparty political formation’?
- ramachandra guha
- rajani kothari
- partha chtterjee
- t. k oommen
Q18 | Endogamy means
- marriage is solemnized within one’s own caste
- marriage from other caste
- having more than one wife or husband at the same time
- being married to one person at a time
Q19 | Who preferred notion of secularism was that of dharma nirapekshata?
- jayaprakash narayanan
- nehru
- vinoba bave
- mahatma gandhi
Q20 | The term ‘religion’has defined by the Supreme Court of India in
- Commissioner,H.R.E. Vs L.T.Swammi
- bijoe emmanuel v. state of kerala
- kesavananda bharati v. state of kerala
- sastri yagnapurushadji’ case
Q21 | Secularism is added in constitution by the amendment of :- A. 42nd B. 62nd C. 47th D. 73rd53. The Central Untouchability (Offences) Act was passed in the year?
- 1950
- 1955
- 1986
- 1947
Q22 | What specific event led to the rise of communalism in India in the late 19th century?
- the revolt of 1857
- the founding of islam
- british colonization
- the birth of american politics
Q23 | Name the online platform launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development tosupport women entrepreneurs?
- digital india
- mahila e-haat
- one stop centre scheme
- none of the above
Q24 | Idea of Sanskritisation was first of all promoted by
- g.s. churey
- prof. m. n. srinivas
- p. v. young
- sankaracharya
Q25 | After examining the impact of industrialisation on social stratification in India, whoremarked “Caste has been the Alpha and Omega of Hindu life”
- m n srinivas
- max weber
- lipset and bendix
- mayer and buckley