Organisation : West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB)
Exam Name : PUMDET Presidency University Master’s Degree Entrance Test
Document Type : Old Question Paper
Year : 2023
Website : https://wbjeeb.nic.in/pumdet-old-question-papers/
PUMDET Old Question Paper
Year : PUMDET-2023
Subject : Political Science
Duration : 90 Minutes
No. of Questions : 50
Full Marks : 100
1. The book ‘The Concept of the Political’ is written by
(A) Theodore Adorno
(B) Immanuel Kant
(C) Niccolo Machiavelli
(D) Carl Schmitt
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2. Match the List I with List II in connection with the approaches to political theory :
List I List II
(a) Historical (i) John Rawls
(b) Empirical (ii) C. Wright Mills
(c) Normative (iii) David Easton
(d) Post-Behavioural (iv) George Sabine
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-ii, d-iv
(C) a-iv, b-ii, c -i, d-iii
(D) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
3. Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution resolves to set up in each federal unit –
(A) Scheduled Caste Advisory Council
(B) Tribes Advisory Council
(C) Scheduled Areas Advisory Council
(D) None of the Above
4. The politics – administration dichotomy primarily depends upon –
(A) The focus or “what” of public administration
(B) The locus or “where” of public administration
(C) The actors or “who” of public administration
(D) The time span or “when” of public administration
5. Humza Alavi in theorizing the over developed post-colonial State focused on
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bangladesh and India
(D) Bangladesh and Pakistan
6. Machiavelli is considered the first political thinker because of his focus on
(A) Democracy
(B) Republicanism
(C) Power
(D) Communitarianism
7. Match the List I with List II in connection with the approaches to political theory :
List I List II
(1) Dharma (a) Material Wealth
(2) Artha (b) One’s Duty
(3) Karma (c) Liberation of Soul
(4) Moksha (d) Gratification of Desires
(A) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
(B) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c
(C) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
(D) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b
8. Who argued that nationalism strives for one culture or ethnicity under one roof or state ?
(A) Hans Kohn
(B) Ernest Gellner
(C) Eric Hobsbawm
(D) Benedict Anderson
9. The Transgender person (Protection of Rights) Act was passed in :
(A) 2017
(B) 2018
(C) 2019
(D) 2020
10. Who coined the term ‘information elites’ in Political Communication discourse ?
(A) Robert Denton
(B) Karl Deutsch
(C) Everett Rogers
(D) Daniel Lerner
11. In reference to the theory of multiculturalism, match the following :
(i) Will Kymlicka (a) Intercultural dialogue
(ii) Charles Taylor (b) Freedom from domination
(iii) Phillip Pettit (c) Politics of recognition
(iv) Bhikhu Parekh (d) Group differentiated rights
(A) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
(B) i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a
(C) i-b, ii-c, iii-d, iv-a
(D) i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b
12. Who made a pioneering distinction between political society and civil society in Marxist discourse ?
(A) Antonio Gramsci
(B) Louis Althusser
(C) Ralph Miliband
(D) Partha Chatterjee
13. What is/are the features of the shift in the defense policy of Japan in December, 2022 ?
(A) Focus on National Defense Strategy
(B) Focus on Defense Buildup Programme
(C) Focus on Free and Open Indo Pacific
(D) All of the above
14. Which of the following section of the Indian Penal Code is related to LGBT Community ?
(A) 377
(B) 370
(C) 375
(D) None of the above
15. The 103rd Constitutional Amendment regarding the reservation for the Economically
Weaker Section amended the following articles :
(A) Articles 9 and 10
(B) Articles 15 and 16
(C) Articles 18 and 19
(D) Articles 30 and 31
16. Dalit Panthers was founded by
(A) B. R. Ambedkar
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Namdeo Dhasal
(D) Kanshiram
17. Who is the author of ‘The Indian War of Independence 1857’ ?
(A) B. G. Tilak
(B) G. K. Gokhale
(C) M. N. Roy
(D) V. D. Savarkar
18. Who proposed the concept of ‘bounded rationality’ ?
(A) F. W. Taylor
(B) H. A. Simon
(C) L. Gullick
(D) F. W. Riggs
19. Kenneth Neal Waltz is associated with
(A) World System theory
(B) World Culture theory
(C) Neorealism
(D) None of the above
20. First Past the Post voting system is known as
(A) List system
(B) Simple majority system
(C) Mixed-member system
(D) None of the above
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